Mel Reese

"Skidmore Thesis 3", nude figures sitting with legs out, black & brown drips

2013

This painting is from my undergrad senior thesis at Skidmore College in 2013. This was an important painting for me because it was the very first bridge between my print making and ...

Large scale acrylic painting with gold oil paint elements of female nude lounging in her home office chair. Bold, confident, and bright, this painti...

Large scale acrylic painting with mylar collage elements of female nude lounging on her bed while reading. She is soft and elegant yet, bold, confident, and bright. This painting is ...

A nude figure portrait painting of a man lounging in a chair with socks on. My fascination with line and form originated with my love for figurative painting. This is a drawing I cr...

A nude figure portrait painting of a woman laying down. My fascination with line and form originated with my love for figurative painting. This is a drawing I created during my time...

This is a piece from my "Body Abstraction" Series. It is a series I created during my MFA where I was interested in zooming in on the female body, my own body specifically, to focus ...

«Ta meg i mot» oil on canvas by Anastína Eyjólfsdóttir. A toppless woman equipped with blue boxing gloves poses by the shore. Behind her, the sky and small strip of sea create a bl...

Red Nude oil on canvas Original, one-of-a-kind, painting. FRAMED with gold minimalist frame Part of "Nude in Interior" solo show, March 2022. Artist Statement "I started by painti...

"Nude in French interior", in a room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Inspired in contrast and colors by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Nude placed in a French palace, a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern relaxed attitude of the main character. Size is 150x150cm / 59x59in, oil on canvas. Painting was part of my solo show "Nude in Interior", March 2022. Can be shipped rolled in a tube for faster and less expensive shipping. Please inquire. "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...

Olga Sazykina (b. 1990) Russian painter and artist. In the years 2011-2013, she studied in the field of painting under the direction of V. Nevzorov, then in the years 2013-2016 at th...

Daniela Astone Tribute to the sculpture Alimondo Ciampi 60 x 50 cm Oil on canvas The painting is framed in a golden frame, with frame the size is 67 x 57 cm Daniela Astone works and...

Daniela Astone The Fall 150 x 200 cm Oil on canvas Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltime works as a painter. Her works are all around the world in great collections. This monumental big painting tells a story. The artist about this painting: For most of our lifetime we believe in a idea of ourselves or of others that gives us a comfortable sense of what to aspect . But then there is a moment when that idea / imperator of our mind fall down and we can finally enjoy the multitude inside of us . .. The Currator of Galerie Bonnard says: The classical structure and narrative paintings show a technique that is special. Her style is virtuoso and her subjects narrative. The keys are loose and subtle. For this artist, standing in front of a painting means watching...