Alexandra Pacula

ASCENDING LINES - Cityscape, Realism

2025

Original Oil Painting by Ioanna Stefou. Ioanna Stefou (b. 1981, Lamia, Greece) is a painter based in Athens. In 2006, she completed her degree in Architecture at the National Techn...

Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler. Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...

Original Oil Painting by Walter Hatke. Walter Hatke (b. 1948, Topeka, KS) is a realist painter known for his depictions of the interiors and exteriors of American buildings. He earn...

Through aerial perspective, Alexandra Pacula captures glassy facades twisting into the air; or in panoramic views fleeting lights are captured in long silky pulls of paint; Sometimes...

Karl Friedrich Johannes Leitzen Summer country landscape by Karl Friedrich Johannes Leitzen (Germany, 1848-1922). Today the Windmills are historic landmarks, but there was a time whe...

A dramatic, spacious abstract landscape and sky painting. "I feel my boots trying to leave the ground, I feel my heart pumping hard. I want to think again of dangerous and nobl...

An oil painting of a landscape in Sagaponack NY. Lines radiate across the canvas towards the bottom and right side of the canvas in shades of yellow, brown and orange, indicating rows of plants or tilled soil in a field. The field is surrounded by lush thick brush-stokes in shades of green flecked there and there with bright orange. The top fourth of the painting shows the sky, full of points of paint, most under the resin. The white dots above the resin cast shadows below, adding dimension to the piece. The two radiating lines that surround the lower righthand corner are also painted above the resin, one white and one a swirl of primary colors loosely mixed together. The raw white gessoed linen canvas is clearly visible between the precisely placed brush-strokes, all sealed under resin...

Interesting phenomena affect the look of the landscape, whether it is the light effects caused by the reflective particles thrown into the air by a volcano, or the strange twilight caused by a storm suddenly and dramatically changing the angle of the sun’s rays and for a moment, relighting the landscape. In this painting it is a thunderhead cloud forming suddenly above the mountains. This small alla-prima painting is created directly in a single session, on gallery wrapped linen, with 1 1/2 inch deep stretchers. The edges are hand painted, providing a finished look, suitable for framing, or beautiful left as is. Katherine Kean has exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States, and has been acquired by many private and corporate collections. She has been honored to have her work selected for Bloomingdales in Santa Monica, California, Schiffer's 100 Artists of the West Coast II, Paint America's Paint the Parks, Manhattan Arts Healing Arts International...