Penny Purpura

"Reverie"

Early 21st Century

Kayo Lennar (French/ American, b. 1923), "Barfleur Evening", Oil on Canvas, 1983, signed lower right, titled and dated to verso, ebonized and gilt wood frame. Image: 29.5" H x 23.5" ...

Penny Purpura (American, XX-XXI), Reclining Woman, Oil on Canvas, depicting a seated Afro-American woman in purple dressing gown, apparently unsigned, unframed. 23.75" H x 35.75" W. ...

Penny Purpura (American, XX-XXI) Study of a Woman's Body, Oil on Canvas, depicting an arm resting atop two legs, signed to edge, unframed. 16" H x 12" W. Provenance: Property from th...

Penny Purpura (American, XX-XXI), Beach Scene, Oil on Canvas, depicting a seated woman in a bikini, signed to edges, unframed. 30" H x 24" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of ...

DANNY GALIEOTE Beach Bun Oil on Canvas 16 x 12 inches 18.5 x 14.5 inches, Framed Danny Galieote has a propensity for capturing the quintessentials of Americana in works that blend ...

"Profile in Red" Figurative Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for h...

"Corniche by Night" Landscape Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Mohamed Abla Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished schoo...

Signed lower left Elizabeth Higgins (Canadian, 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 that drives her work. Higgins’ paintings are rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, and the Canadian Group of Seven (also known as the Algonquin School of landscape painters, 1920–1933). She is influenced by the work of her artist-teachers Paul Resika—himself a student of Hans Hofmann—and Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922-1993), as well as the paintings of 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...