Driss Ouadahi

edged

2009

watercolor on paper 9.325 x 13.325 inches 23.7 x 33.8 cms

watercolor on paper 9.325 x 13.325 inches 23.7 x 33.8 cms

oil and acrylic on canvas, 2024 signed on the reverse

acrylic and oil on canvas 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in ; 40 x 50 cm

acrylic on brushed aluminum b. 1950, Teaneck, New Jersey One of the most powerful tools an artist possesses is an ability to bridge the gap between what is considered real and what is illusion. This ability to alter or enhance reality is the very crux of what an artist is all about, and their success at attaining this is usually the defining element as to their stature in the field, as either an abstract or realist painter. Occasionally a painter is able to combine these two distinct disciplines and create an art form, which holds a viewer’s attention by balancing the paradox of the flat painted...

acrylic on brushed aluminum b. 1950, Teaneck, New Jersey One of the most powerful tools an artist possesses is an ability to bridge the gap between what is considered real and what is illusion. This ability to alter or enhance reality is the very crux of what an artist is all about, and their success at attaining this is usually the defining element as to their stature in the field, as either an abstract or realist painter. Occasionally a painter is able to combine these two distinct disciplines and create an art form, which holds a viewer’s attention by balancing the paradox of the flat painted surface with the illusion of depth and space. "As a painter, it is important for me to address the concerns of painting what has been done-and what can I add to this. My work on aluminum is an attempt to use the qualities of refracted light, and have these qualities interact with the painting. The completed image is produced both by refracted light, created by the use of various wire brushes and paint airbrushed in transparent layers. Within this process about half of the image is produced by refracted light alone, simulating paint, and about half by paint." For over twenty years, David Kessler followed a Photo-Realist tradition, often depicting the Arizona desert landscape...

Artist: James Rosenquist Title: Window Washer Glass House (State 2) Medium: Intaglio and relief printed in dark gray and embossing Date: 1978 Edition: 53...

There is a palpable sense of relief permeating this painting. Life courses through the background, never ceasing to hope, and the constricting structures in front of it are dissolvin...