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Massachusetts-based artist Barney Levitt creates rich and detailed oil paintings from precariously placed still lifes. by Naomi Ekperigin A Fine Balance 2006, oil on panel, 16 x 19. Collection Garrett Demarest Minnie Smells a Trap 2007, oil, 16 x 20. Collection the artist. “I prefer not to label...
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Read the transcript from our online chat with mutimedia artist Fran Hardy. 2007-07-26 12:00:14.0 Administrator: You have joined a chat with Fran Hardy, an artist who transforms her graphite drawings into remarkable multimedia pieces that incorporate sgraffito. Feel free to ask her some questions and...
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The Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, in New York City, presents this third solo exhibition of still life paintings by Roberto Bernardi. Roberto Bernardi: New Still Life Paintings Through December 1 Bernarducci Meisel Gallery New York, New York (212) 593-3757 The Bernarducci Meisel Gallery , in New York City...
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Santa Barbara artist Ann Sanders finds natural beauty in her surroundings and puts it down in pastel using proven methods—and she stresses that you can too. by Bob Bahr Devereux Afternoon 2006, pastel, 11 x 15. Collection Shirley Dettmann. The scenes in Ann Sanders’ pastel paintings are pretty...
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Two masters of still life painting have much to teach us about developing our paintings. by Joseph Gyurcsak Ochre & Blue Gray 2007, oil, 12 x 16. Collection the artist. Two of the most admired masters of still life painting are the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) and the French painter...
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Oil painter Debra Teare mixes the best of conventional trompe l’oeil techniques with her own modern sensibilities to make her illusionistic pieces. by James A. Metcalfe Everything Nice 2007, oil, 13 x 10. Collection Christine E. Lynn. For more than 3,000 years, art lovers have marveled and celebrated...
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Hackett Freedman Gallery presents this exhibition of recent still life paintings by Northern California artist David Ligare. David Ligare: Aparchai Through October 27 Hackett Freedman Gallery San Francisco, California (415) 362-7152 An illustrated catalogue is available. Hackett Freedman Gallery presents...
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For New York City artist Ellen Buselli, painting is centered on translating what she sees to canvas, which is why she finds observing and understanding the nature of color and light so important. by Linda S. Price Classical Light 2007, oil on linen, 20 x 21. Private collection. The corners of the background...
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In the January 2008 issue of American Artist, New York City artist Ellen Buselli explains why she finds observing and understanding the nature of light and color so important. Her attention to light and color is also evident in the still lifes presented in this online exclusive gallery. Sunlit 2004,...
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This Dominican-born artist uses rich color to create an exotic and intense experience of the world. by John A. Parks Standing Nude Study 1988, oil, 20 x 16. All artwork this article collection the artist unless otherwise indicated. Although he has long lived in New York City, Ismael Checo paints light...
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We present the semifinalists in the drawing category. by Karen Stanger Johnston Study for the Portrait of Autumn by Chusit Wijarnjoragij, 2007, brown and white colored pencil, 25 x 19. First Place: Chusit Wijarnjoragij For Thailand-born Chusit Wijarnjoragij, every work of art he creates begins with mood...
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We present the semifinalists in the colored pencil category. by Karen Stanger Johnston Ya Reckin by Rosemarie Rush, 2006, colored pencil, 16 x 20. First Place: Rosemarie Rush Like most of the images of Western life by California artist Rosemarie Rush, Ya Reckin was based on a photograph and has no background...
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We present the semifinalists in the oil category. by Karen Stanger Johnston Hyacinth (and the McCoy Pot) by Ellen Buselli, 2006, oil on linen, 12 x 16. Private collection. First Place: Ellen Buselli Ellen Buselli’s favorite subject is the still life. Influenced by Dutch masters as well as Emil...
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During the second half of the 19th century a single writer held enormous sway over the hearts and minds of American artists, critics, and their public. by John A. Parks Devonport and Dockyard, Devonshire by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1825–1829, watercolor and gouache with scratch work on cream...
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Chicago’s School of Representational Art offers a classical art education in a modern world. by Mark G. Mitchell Tartan by Steve Ohlrich, 1999, charcoal and pastel on white paper, 25 x 19. On the top floor of an old factory warehouse in the arts district that lies just north of the Chicago River...