figurative painting

Nuno Evaristo, bold approach to contemporary figure painting I began experimenting with Abstract art age: 18, and to this day, I am an untrained artist. I moved to London, England in the early 90’s to pursue my interests in art, music and poetry. I’m actively exhibiting in the London area, as well as internationally. Much […]

Mark Cross, the water bathers Born in Auckland in 1955, Mark Cross began making art during his mid teens. At the age of 23 he moved with his family to his wife’s village, Liku, on the island of Niue and it was during these early years that a strong philosophic and stylistic foundation was established

Barbara Shark, painting people for 40 years I have been making paintings for 40 years. I am interested in the way people and things look. I observe friends and family in their environments; working, playing, eating, caught unaware. I’ve made drawings and paintings of these moments in between; their personal, metaphoric and art historical connotations.

Lucien Freud, dead at 88 On July 20 in London, the great painter Lucian Freud passed away. He was 88 and had long since established himself as the last in a line of English masters stretching back to Thomas Gainsborough, John Constable, and J.M.W. Turner. He’d also established himself as a classic bohemian who spent

Melody Owens – Hollywood paintings I am captivated by the mystery behind a face that makes a person beautiful and iconic. I look to capture the radiance of soft light diffusing certain features contrasted by bright colors and textures. I play with the balance of abstraction, loose and soft painterly strokes to tightly rendered details

Pilar Mehlis – virtues and vices Pilar Mehlis features dynamic compositions that use symbols drawn from historical visual language as well as Greek mythology, and symbols that are culled from the artist’s own experience. Of particular importance is imagery relating to vices and virtues and their transformative powers. Through the power of imagination, Pilar explores