Shana Smith’s art reflects her faith These two paintings were my final project for my painting class last semester. This was my first time having a nude model to myself, it was a very positive experience for everyone involved and I am grateful for the opportunity. I really felt in my element while doing these […]
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Figure painting having a resurgence Figure painting has been in a long declineBy Dorothy ShinnBeacon Journal art and architecture critic.Figure painting has been in a long decline. It’s as though everyone finally paid attention to Alfred Stieglitz’s 1922 diatribe on its downfall at the hands of fine art photography. It’s not as if figurative art
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Ellen Milinich, portraitist & surgical technician Besides being a busy charcoal portraitist I have a full time Job in the Labor and Delivery floor of the local hospital as a surgical technician. During my day my thoughts drift about my art. I think about what kind of portrait I want to do next. Then I
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Women Painting Women from a Blog to an Exhibition “Last year Sadie Valeri, a San Francisco artist and teacher, created the Women Painting Women blog to highlight the work of living, realist women painters who use the female subject in their paintings. The blog proved to be so successful that Sadie enlisted the help of
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Camille Barnes, portrait painter New Orleans Artist Camille Barnes studied at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and attended many workshops. As a realist her paintings capture the essence of the subject matter, using color, light, and attention to details to make her subjects come alive. Much of her life has been a career
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Lucia Horakova, wet paintings straight off the easel This collection of portraits is called I SAID: I SAID : I said forever I said I’m princess I said any mushrooms I said no yes or maybe I said I’m a lucky boy I said I heard sounds of drums I said I want to see
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