Portrait painting, portraiture, people in paint, faces, characters in painting
My current work is a series of portraits (48″ x 48″ oil on wood panels) that focuses on the growing homeless population in America and in my hometown, which I am juxtaposing against backdrops of ornate wallpaper designs. The goal of these large realist portraits is to highlight a universal struggle for survival. This colorful …
“Storytellers”, 10 sculptors working in clay Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL, March 29-April 30, 2011 Cheryl Tall Gerit Grimm Cynthia Siegel Angel Dicosolo Magda Gluszek Misty Gamble Priscilla Hollingsworth Maria De Castro Ceil Sturdevant Nuala Creed Cheryl Tall, “The Phoenician Couple”. 2011, 48x22x27″, ceramic Exhibition Dates: March 29-April 30, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, April 1, 7pm …
By Douglas Britt Alice Neel – a portrait painter during an era when portraiture was considered obsolete – was heading into old age by the time she began to enjoy some recognition in the 1960s, and her reputation has grown steadily ever since. Marlene Dumas, a figurative painter whose career has benefited from Neel’s trailblazing, …
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 had an idea to do a …
Ellen Milinich, portraitist & surgical technician Read More »
I create fine art with a green heart. I have been a painter all my life, about 10 years ago, I began incorporating other resources into my work- mostly junk mail; excess paper that would go to waste. Today, most of my collection is created in a “mosaic” process. My tiles are hand-cut from postcards, …
Jim McVicker paints a watercolor portrait of a very colorful fellow. Warning, contains some colorful language from the sitter but if you don’t mind some minor cussing, you’ll enjoy it. July 25, 2010
Hello, this is John Paul Thornton. Friday, June 4th is the opening reception of a gorgeous exhibit I am in called “Three Artists-One World.” The exhibit is at the Burbank creative Arts Center. The reception is from 7 to 9pm (the show runs through June 24th). Many of my new large scale figurative works featuring …
Toni Scott, John Paul Thornton and Charlie Morey, Burbank, CA Read More »
