Gary Ruddell

Young Girl with a Shot of Courage

2019

Mark Swanson (b. 1958) “Mountain Springtime" Oil on Panel 18 x 22 inches/ 25 x 29 Framed Mark Swanson was born in 1958 in South Dakota and raised in California. Although his uncles, Ray and Gary...

Riot, Revolution, Police figures on Horseback in City Streets. Hand signed lower right. Painting measures 6 x 12, framed 9 x 15 inches. Arthur Smith is a...

An oil painting created from direct observation. A bound branch of birch leaves, secured with a length of twine and hung upon a white wall for observation. A soft shadow is cast by t...

Painted from life, from a beach, looking across a little harbor full of brightly colored boats towards a little whitewashed town. Along the shoreline are the remnants of a child’s sandcastle. Signed "Personett" lower left corner. Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim. Framed dimensions: 13 x 12 inches Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel Personett works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenged of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes. Artist Statement My mother had studied advertising in college, so she knew a lot about arts and good craftsmanship. She did talks at my elementary school each week and on a different artist. I remember being very moved by the images of Van Gogh and Andrew Wyeth. At the Florence Academy I really liked Sargent, Sorolla, Willard Metcalf, Henri Fantin-Latour and Velazquez. At Odd Nerdrums I gained new respect for Rembrandt and was introduced to other Scandinavian painters...

Nanci France-Vaz's "Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a regal horse with a dark coat and wearing a leather bridle.

Oil on panel painting by Lewis Lee Tilley (1921-2005) titled "Opera Matinee" from 1948. Image presents two women at an opera, one in pink leans over to the other in blue to whisper i...