portrait painting

Ivan Pazlamatchev, art rooted in the figurative tradition

Ivan Pazlamatchev, art rooted in the figurative tradition Ivan Pazlamatchev is a Bulgarian-American painter rooted in figurative tradition. His paintings delve into allegorical narratives and compositional tensions, with contemporary interpretation backed by classical training received at the prestigious School for Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. With over 30 years of experience working as a fine …

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Lisa Kovvuri, fine portrait paintings

Lisa Kovvuri, fine portrait paintings “I like to think of the frame around one of my paintings as a portal to a parallel universe. Through that portal, on the other side of the wall, intangible things like feelings, moods, and experiences take visible form. They materialize into space, shape, atmosphere and color. People occupy that …

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Katie Ray, intriguing figures in costume

Katie Ray, intriguing figures in costume My interest in oil painting was first inspired by my love of Victorian house interiors. Without being a too obsessive about period detail, I wanted to embellish my old house with furnishings and decoration that was in keeping with the mood of the property. I found many prints and …

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Patricia Schappler, connected histories in an ongoing love story

Patricia Schappler, connected histories in an ongoing love story My imagery focuses on the drawn and painted figure in shallow, often collaged spaces. I work from family and friends and am encouraged by the narrative that naturally accompanies a psychologically driven subject. Merging my love of Western sensual form with Eastern, flat patterned design, I …

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Raime Lee, artist, illustrator, designer

Raime Lee, artist, illustrator, designer Raime Lee is an artist, illustrator, and designer. Her fine art investigates emotions and themes of life and death by using both figure and environment in her image-making. She faces the uncomfortable depths within to better understand the breadth of sorrow and love that coexist together, encouraging others to do …

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Amanda Grae Platner, perseverance amid challenge & the psychology of choice

Amanda Grae Platner, perseverance amid challenge & the psychology of choice My work explores discipline- perseverance amid challenge, and the psychology of choice, with a focus on painting and durational/endurance performance. Increasingly, the viewer is required to perform an action to complete the work. For example, Stand Back, I’m Busy [All These Options Series- No.1] …

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Carole Belliveau, fine art dolls to figures in landscape

Carole Belliveau, fine art dolls to figures in landscape My mother always told the story about me coming home from Kindergarten with a colored picture of a duck. She praised me for coloring within the lines only to find out from the teacher that I had drawn the duck myself. From that moment there was …

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The Florence Academy of Art Videos & Lectures now available on Patreon

The Florence Academy of Art Videos & Lectures now available on Patreon The Florence Academy of Art Videos & Lectures now available on Patreon!Patreon is a subscription website, and the Florence Academy is excited to use this platform for educating and inspiring artists about the craft of painting and sculpture. “The Florence Academy of Art …

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