Figurative abstract art, Figurative abstract painting, Figurative abstract sculpture
Perhaps it goes without saying that for me art is not just a primary need, it has always been my way of living, breathing, looking at things. My father, a surrealist painter, was certainly my Master of Art and Life. I remember when I was just 4 years old when he raised me in his …
Michela Papavassiliou, contemporary abstract figurative painting Read More »
Artist Statement “Some time ago now, I noticed that when you look down at the body in front of you, it can appear to be very much like a fragmented, abstract landscape made up of hills, terrains, valleys, lines and curves. I began to perceive not only how the body replicates Nature in this way, …
Ruth Fox, nude body like fragmented, abstract landscape Read More »
City Arts Salon We at the City Arts Salon were looking forward to showing the new works of artist Mikel Elam at our season opener. Unfortunately this will not happen in the way we expected, due to the state of affairs locally and around the world. But Mikel’s work is hung and we are very …
Mike Elam, City Arts Salon lively figurative show online soon Read More »
I have spent my life creating safe spaces for patients to reveal themselves… In turn, painting has given me that safe space to reveal myself. The body is my medium- I see/feel/know the body as something that gives me inspiration. As a physician and artist it is the language with which I am most comfortable.Studying …
Katha Rossein, from physician to abstract figure painter Read More »
Dan Shupe was born in Colorado, in the late 1930’s. He grew up in Venice, California where he started sculpting at an early age. He took many trips to Mexico and was profoundly influenced by the local folk artists. Dan moved to the East Coast in the late 1950’s, where he studied with Franz Klein …
Dan Shupe, Neo-expressionistic style & bawdy humor Read More »
Tony is an invigorating contemporary artist based in Gloucestershire. His work celebrates the pleasure of movement and colour through an original and vibrant style. He creates work which is ambitious, unrestrained, determined and exciting. Painting is essentially a two dimensional art and a fascination for me is to create the impression of depth through the …
What type of painter am I? I am a figurative painter who paints according to certain traditions, the creation of space (vs. mimicking of space) on a flat picture plane, the use of color and space to create light (vs. mimicking of light), using the principals of abstraction to paint solid forms, compose an entire …
Betsy Podlach, sensuous figurative abstract expressionism Read More »
I lived in Detroit, Michigan with my mother and father and three sisters for twenty-five years. When I left there, I was a working artist in what is known as the Cass Corridor, where artists made art and did not talk about art. I then lived in Chicago, Illinois and worked as an assistant printer …
Gregory Grenon, representation of pure emotion, oils on glass Read More »
