Sharon Okun

Chrysalis

2020

Chrysalis II. Oil painting on birch wood panel. 30 x 30 inches. Painted by Sharon Okun in Niagara on the Lake, Canada. A study in light.

Peanut. Oil on primed birch wood panel. 60 x 60 inches. Painted in 2020 in Ontario, Canada. Portrait of the artist’s niece. A study in youth, defiance and strength.

A study of flight and disintegration. A fusion of realism and abstraction,

Abstract realism. Inspired by art nouveau. A painting about flight, disintegration, motion and color,

This piece was inspired by an interior in Florence, Italy. It features the corridor inside of Palazzo Tornabuoni. This corridor lead to a room called the ‘Sala delle Muse’ (the salo...

Painted in Paris, Ontario in preparation for an exhibition at Scrap Metal Gallery in Toronto, Ontario. The exhibition was cancelled due to the covid pandemic.

During my travels across North America to various comic cons, I heard a common question from fans, “When are you going to paint The Flash?” It never failed; ...

ROGELIO DE EGUSQUIZA Y BARRENA LADY IN YELLOW signed "R. Egusquiza" (lower right) oil on panel 28-5/8 X 20-3/4 inches (72.5 X 52.7 cm.) framed: 32-5/8 X 24-3/4 inches (82.5 X 62.5 cm.) Rogelio de Egusquiza y Barrena (1845 – 10 February 1915) was a Spanish painter, known for his friendship with the German composer Richard Wagner, whose works he helped make familiar in Spain He was born in El Astillero, into a well-to-do family. He studied in Madrid and with Léon Bonnat at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1868, after travelling and participating several times in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, he returned to Paris and settled there. At first, he painted historical scenes, but later turned to genre scenes and portraits in the Academic style. Following the death of Marià Fortuny, he moved to Rome at the invitation of the Madrazos, Raimundo and Ricardo, taking Fortuny's place at their studio through 1875 and attending classes at the Spanish Academy in Rome. He heard Wagner's music for the first time in 1876, after returning to Paris. Three years later, he travelled to Munich to hear a performance of The Ring of the Nibelungen. His enthusiasm for what he heard led him to go to Bayreuth, where he introduced himself to Wagner and became his friend. In the following years, he and Wagner got together again several times; in Venice (1880), Berlín (1881) and Bayreuth (1882); where he was a guest at the premiere of Parsifal. After his first meeting with Wagner, he decided to devote his career to doing works on Wagnerian themes; mostly portraits of the characters rather than specific scenes. During his visits to Germany, he also created portraits of Arthur Schopenhauer (posthumous) and King Ludwig II...

JOSÉ MONGRELL Spanish, 1870 - 1937 VALENCIAN FLOWER PICKERS signed “J. Mongrell” lower left oil on canvas 29-1/4 x 45 inches (74 x 114 cm.) framed: 42-3/...

This evocative oil painting by Girbent depicts a woman in a hotel room, visible in the viewers line of sight and also reflected in the mirror. His interior sings with detail while m...

This oil on canvas painting exemplifies the skill inherent in all of Girbent's work. The work, "Painting (After Rubens), is in fact a painting in the sty...

"Dr. Lecter" is a portrait based on Anthony Hopkin's iconic portrayal of the character in Silence of the Lambs. Dr. Hannibal Lecter, though an absolute monster, had a charming side ...