Ioana Baltan

Melancholy- figurative, oil on canvas, mythological, women, Contemporary silk, f

2023

Ioana started "Irrational" in Milano (2016) and after a long thought-out process, it was finalized in Bucharest in late 2017. Conceptually, the project is a form of outsourcing contr...

Developed in London in 2019 and 2020, this project focuses on the idea of dreaming, and although the emerging compositions are closed and defined they are also very dynamic and vibra...

The piece is inspired by the mythological creature Medusa and is accomplished in a mixed technique which contains: oil, oil bars and glitter on linen. This figurative painting is part of ‘Goddess’, a new series where the artist focuses on femineity in ancient Greek myths. The character, Medusa, is depicted before being cursed as a young woman in a natural setting. Ioana Baltan...

“The Survivors” is a piece made in 2021 and it is inspired by the flood legends. Flood myths are stories found in many cultures around the world that describe a great deluge or flood...

This work is about… Two figures, high in the sky, above earthly concerns

This work is about… Imaginary figures transfixed and alienated in a flowing river, but with innocent hope for the future

This romantic French 19th century allegoric oil painting on square canvas has a sky blue background, a fluffy cloud fills the central part of the painting where a woman is lying down playing the lyre, while a graceful cherub seems to twirl over her. This oil on canvas painting represents the allegory of music - with a woman dressed in classical clothes and a putto- a very popular theme during all the neoclassical age, with its lively scene inspired by the Rococo period. The composition creates a awesome trompe-l'œil effect thanks to the color palette scheme. Well painted white and gray shadings (chiaro scuro) that stands out from the light blue background in typical grisaille style. This painting originally was an over door frieze...

This huge Italian 19th century armorial painting features the coat of arms of Montini, a noble Italian family that has among its ancestors the Archbishop of Milan, later known as Pope Paul VI. The large oval canvas has a brown and red background, the latter shaped like a shield, in which six mountains (from the etymology of the surname) and three white fleur de lis are painted. This big scale palatial oil painting...

“BS Trust” is 36” x 36”. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, created to last generations. Much of Frank Arnold’s work is sourc...

Last Dance is an Oil on Canvas painting in soft, light aqua tones with red/brown accents. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract...

“My Other Side” is 48”x 36”. This is an earlier piece by Arnold from the estate of a late collector of his work. This piece is predominantly shades of red from light to almost black....

"New Move 8" Oil on Canvas is a mix of blues and greens with chrome yellow accents. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculpto...