Mark Thompson

The Witness

A contemporary realist oil painting by American artist A.J. Fries. Artist’s Statement: My paintings are less about the images or scenes that they depict and more about my state o...

Behind Pretty Things (2022), oil on wood panel painting by Max Vesuvius Budnick, portrait, patterns, faux naif Classic faux naif portrait and interiors oil painting by Max Vesuvius Budnick. The artist cannot resist painting an appealing pattern and loves to render them by hand. In this painting he renders the ribbed pattern of his green corduroy hat, the tropical jungle motif of his bandana neckerchief complete with tropical birds, the tropical palm leaf pattern of his cell phone case, the blue stripe pattern of his button down shirt and the purple gradient of the walls behind him as he poses for a selfie in the mirror. His red beard peeks out from behind his bandana and on the wall behind him is a framed print of the painting, "Floral Still Life," by WWI veteran and African American artist, Horace Pippin...

IKEA (2022), oil on wood panel painting by Max Vesuvius Budnick, coral reef and banana, bright pattern, faux naif Classic faux naif interiors oil painting by Max Vesuvius Budnick. The artist cannot resist painting an appealing pattern and was enamored with this IKEA shower curtain...

ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...

ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...

MALGORZATA ROZMARYNOWSKA (born in 1955) She studied in the Public High School of Plastic Arts at the Department of Painting and Graphic and graduated in 1981 in Professor Wladyslaw J...