Michelle Howard

Introvert, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2018

Original oil painting of evening light on water by award winning artist. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...

This painting is vibrant and colourful depicting the beautiful fall colours on Vancouver Island. The piece has been wired and the sides of the thick canvas are painted to complete th...

Richly textured alla prima painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

Richly textured alla prima painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...

Elizabeth Geisler’s dazzling contemporary water reflection acrylic paintings bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little di...

lake, water, calm, green, blue, teal, aqua, dusk, lake, trees, reflection, mountains. Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on can...

acrylic on brushed aluminum b. 1950, Teaneck, New Jersey One of the most powerful tools an artist possesses is an ability to bridge the gap between what is considered real and what is illusion. This ability to alter or enhance reality is the very crux of what an artist is all about, and their success at attaining this is usually the defining element as to their stature in the field, as either an abstract or realist painter. Occasionally a painter is able to combine these two distinct disciplines and create an art form, which holds a viewer’s attention by balancing the paradox of the flat painted surface with the illusion of depth and space. "As a painter, it is important for me to address the concerns of painting what has been done-and what can I add to this. My work on aluminum is an attempt to use the qualities of refracted light, and have these qualities interact with the painting. The completed image is produced both by refracted light, created by the use of various wire brushes and paint airbrushed in transparent layers. Within this process about half of the image is produced by refracted light alone, simulating paint, and about half by paint." For over twenty years, David Kessler followed a Photo-Realist tradition, often depicting the Arizona desert landscape...