Darren Thompson

Reflections

12" x 16" Unframed Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by Darren Thompson

12" x 16" Unframed Original Oil on Canvas Board Hand Signed by Darren Thompson 2013

12" x 16" Unframed Original - Oil on Linen Hand Signed by Darren Thompson 2014

12" x 16" Unframed Original Oil on Board Hand Signed by Darren Thompson 2013

Signed "Tom Benrimo" at lower right The overall dimensions including the frame are 35 x 41 inches

b. 1960 Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an inspiration to begin a painting. Fidelity to the landscape, the figure, or the still life is relative, as she isn’t interested in literal depictions; instead, it’s the abstract relationships of these shapes and colors, the abstract pictorial design. Her work is rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, the Canadian Group of Seven, to her artist-teachers Paul Resika, Robert de Niro Sr., and finally, the contemporary artist, Peter Doig. Her artistic evolution stretches across this continuum. It is the “in-between”, the hovering between representation and abstraction, that interests her, not the labeling effect of details; instead, she aims directly at the spirit of the painting – of making something come to life. John Goodrich wrote in her catalog essay, “Elizabeth Higgins’ direct brushwork and simplified forms suggest an energy, but crucially, reveal a painter who knows the power of color…” Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena Rubenstein Award recipient, Higgins earned her MFA from Parsons School of Design, where she studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Albert Kresch and Robert deNiro...

Title : Reflections #2 Materials : Oil on panel Date : March 2017 Dimensions : 60 x 48 x 1.5" COA provided Deatrick's work is an exploration of figure and space as still life, and h...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...