Romantic figurative art painting sculpture, romance, love, amour
Artist Statement I am a figurative artist working in the classical forms of oil painting and drawing media. I use narrative structures like symbols and myth to explore meaning in our common experience and to evoke a spiritual presence. My work prioritizes aesthetic principles, technical rigor, craft, perception and design. My principle subject is the …
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Mardie Rees is a fine artist and figurative sculptor who is native to the Pacific Northwest. Born into a creative household, her childhood was spent sewing garments and building homes, drawing pictures and visiting museums. In her adolescence, Rees’ family uprooted and moved to Ecuador to facilitate community development. The years spent in Latin American …
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Cristina Cordova received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagaez and continued to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. In 2002 she entered a three year artists residency program at Penland School of Crafts where she later …
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In a time in which figurative art has reached a pinnacle of quality, up-and-coming painters need more than just the know-how of old master techniques and the ability to paint over-idealized beauty. Perhaps as lovely and as temperate as Shakespeare’s love was to his summer’s day, the painted works by Adrienne Stein are ideal images …
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I paint Figure Paintings, Classic Still Life and Marionette Themes. I discovered serious art as a young child through my parent’s art collection, absorbing valuable lessons from master drawings and paintings. I first studied directly with professional artists, then won a Maryland state scholarship to the Corcoran Museum School in Washington D.C. Afterwards, I studied …
Lyndall Bass, bringing discipline, courage and passion to my art Read More »
Arcadia Contemporary Portraiture 2020 has just ended. Click for full catalogue of many beautiful figurative works of art at this dynamic fine art gallery in Pasadena, CA MARY JANE ANSELL – WALES BEN ASHTON – ENGLAND LO CHAN PENG – TAIWAN LORIBELLE SPIROVSKI – AUSTRALIA WILL ST. JOHN – U.S. Arcadia Contemporary Feb 5, 2020
I have been diagnosed with cancer myself and the first thing you learn is loving your family is the top priority of life and the balance between time and quality is something you can help with. So take as long as you need. My top priority is family and painting. I told my oncologist, my …
Graeme Balchin, the artist’s journey & craft of painting Read More »
B. 1955, Mason City Iowa. B.A Art and Design, Iowa State University, College of Design, 1983. Winner of the Janice Peterson Anderson award during his final semester. He started his career as an architectural illustrator for Bloodgood Architects, in Des Moines, later he moved to New Hampshire and worked with Matarazzo Design and returned to …
