Bruno Surdo

The Eighth Labor of Hercules, Nude Male Figures on Horseback, Oil on Canvas

2019

Adversary is the Hebrew definition of the word Satan. In the New Testament, Satan becomes the being that stands in direct opposition to Christ and, by extension, God the Father. Nev...

The Greek myth of Medea, the enchantress who helped Jason, leader of the Argonauts, obtain the magical Golden Fleece, is a classic story of betrayal and vengeance. Like many Greek myths, this one too has a tragic ending. She was of divine descent and had the gift of prophecy and married Jason. Theirs's was a passionate beginning but when Jason found another, Medea made the ultimate sacrifice by killing the children the two shared. Jason, Medea and the Golden Fleece is one of the oldest myths of a hero's quest. Gibbons portrays the hero as a bare-chested god with a halo of roses and gold. The Heroine is portrayed with a golden crown and an aura of golden rays surrounding her. His soft features and partially opened lips and her sultry gaze add to the sensuousness of their passionate love affair. The paintings are framed in a simple walnut wooden frames measuring 21.5 x 17.5 inches each. Richard Gibbons Jason and Medea...

As the title suggests, an uprising is happening. A lone nude figure emerges from a fissure in the earth while troops surround him with weapons drawn. His arms are drawn in surrende...

An always available and willing subject, the artist paints himself in this deconstructed self portrait. Made up of three individual canvases, this triptych has a trompe l'oeil effec...

One of the key lessons we can glean from the myth of Sisyphus is the importance of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity. Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of ceas...

In what appears to be a moment of defeat, the subject sits glassy-eyed in the corner of a boxing ring. A momentary respite, perhaps, before he begins the voluntary abuse to his body...

Lying Nude with Signal 2 (Nudo disteso con segnale 2) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original oil o...

Lying Nude with Signals 1 (Original Title: Nudo disteso con segnali 1) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017)...

"Nude in French interior", in a room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Inspired in contrast and colors by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Nude placed in a French palace, a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern relaxed attitude of the main character. Size is 150x150cm / 59x59in, oil on canvas. Painting was part of my solo show "Nude in Interior", March 2022. Can be shipped rolled in a tube for faster and less expensive shipping. Please inquire. "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...

Red Nude oil on canvas Original, one-of-a-kind, painting. FRAMED with gold minimalist frame Part of "Nude in Interior" solo show, March 2022. Artist Statement "I started by painti...

ARTIST: MAREK OKRASSA. Born in 1975, he studied painting in the studio of professor M. Swieszewski and drawing in the studio of Maria Targonska. Okrassa was twice awarded a grant fro...

ARTIST: MAREK OKRASSA. Born in 1975, he studied painting in the studio of professor M. Swieszewski and drawing in the studio of Maria Targonska. Okrassa was twice awarded a grant fro...