Andrea Broyles’ figurative paintings are sculptural Andrea Broyles’ work has always been inspired by the figure. It informs her choices and shades her compositions. Her oeuvre consists of both painting and sculpture with a lot of cross pollination between the two mediums. I am not sure if my paintings are sculptural or my sculptures are […]
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Eve Shepherd, figurative sculpture, portrait sculpture This year Eve celebrates her 22nd year as a professional figurative sculptor. Eve started her career as a sculptor aged just 17, working as an apprentice to established animal sculptor Anthony Bennett. Bennett quickly recognized Eve’s natural ability with clay and the human form and after only 4 short
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Fernando Reyes, colorful figurative painting Art is a second career for me after spending 17 years in banking in San Francisco. I began as a self-taught artist, then decided to seek formal art education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where I received a BFA degree in 1997. I then returned to
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A painter goes into the third dimension I’m a figurative artist, and have done lots and lots of drawing from life, working from photographs, and making composites of drawings, photographs and my own drawings. It takes a certain mindset and orientation to translate that three-dimensional world into the confines of a 2-dimensional flat surface. I
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Garry Harper, figurative painter from Glasgow Garry was born in Glasgow, Scotland 1966. He studied at Glasgow School of art from 1984 – 88. A love of the moving image led him to work as a designer for Television for some years before returning to painting, with much success. His work is mainly figurative, using
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David Jon Kassan, master figurative painter Raw, poignant and profoundly honest, David Jon Kassan’s work aesthetically captures humanity in its true form. As an artist, Kassan acts as an empathetic intermediary between the subject he portrays and the viewer. More than simply replicating his subjects Kassan seeks to understand them. He seeks to capture the
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Bill James, pastel figurative painting Bill is a B.F.A. graduate of Syracuse University and now lives and works from his studio in Florida. He was awarded the title of “Master-Pastelist” by the Pastel Society of America, “Life Member” by the Southern Watercolor Society, and “Dolphin Fellow” by the American Watercolor Society. He is a member
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Mary Heebner, lovely loose nude figure painting My artistic practice is deeply grounded in place. Acknowledging the power of ancient presences and landscapes is integral to the creation of my paintings, collages, handmade-paper, photography, and artist’s books. Fragments, both literal and metaphoric, are also vital to my process. Through a parsing out and weaving together
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