Geoffrey Laurence, Painting is about looking not speaking I was born in Patterson, New Jersey not long after the end of World WII. My parents were naturalized Americans, refugees from Silesia (a country that no longer exists) and holocaust survivors. When I was 4, my parents moved to England, where I was educated and lived […]
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Annett Schlichting, modelling portraits in clay Every human face is unique. Discovering it with the material terracotta is one of the biggest adventures for me. After completing my studies at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover, Germany, I worked for many years as a 3d modeler for various film studios. During my
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Patrick Earl Hammie, Parent Portraits Parent Portraits Portraits of Carolyn and Ervin Hammie, 2019, oil on linen, 36 x 60 inches © Patrick Earl Hammie Westbeth Gallery 57 Bethune St. New York, NY 10014 Westbeth Gallery is pleased to present Parent Portraits, an exhibition focusing on artists’ representations of their parents, curated by Robert Bunkin
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Westcoast Figurative exhibition, video & reviews Can’t make it to our exhibition in Gibsons, BC in person? Enjoy the exhibition here on this video. Westcoast Figurative Jan 12 – Feb 5 GPAG – Gibsons Public Art Gallery Gibsons, BC, Canada Jan DeGrass She started a website a few years ago www.figurativeartist.org that gathers images of
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Nathan Brad Hall, figurative art is how we view ourselves As artists, there is a moment when the landscape shifts, and how we see things, how we view ourselves is fundamentally altered. It can slip away, or it can set you on a new direction, one that not only offers a truer understanding of self,
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Meredith Spencer Mullins, feminine traditions in figurative painting The “women at the bath” genre is one I have revisited over and over. From my perspective as a female painter, it is important that the unadorned women in my work are portrayed honestly, without the gloss of perfection. The returned female gaze is deliberate and engaged.
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Constance McBride, figurative clay, powdered graphite burnish Statement My practice is inspired by the human form. The way time marks our bodies and my evolving emotions concerning this are what drive the direction of it. I’ve been meditating for some time now on change and loss. Pieces consist of fragmented parts, a metaphor for lack
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Lauren Amalia Redding, figurative metalpoint, silverpoint Within my art practice, I draw upon two primary influences: my mother’s Cuban family and their cultural and personal legacies, and the meticulous draftsmanship that constitutes my technical fulcrum. I primarily work in the anachronistic medium of silverpoint, drawing with a piece of silver or gold in a stylus
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