Mira Vitarello

Bedford Village, Painting, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper

2021

This bright and vibrant painting illustrates a young man rushing past a bookstore at dusk, with a contemporary flair. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an officia...

Impressionist landscape with a focus on a house during sunset. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...

This abstraction of a winter street is full of lively brushstrokes and surprising detail. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentici...

Winter, small town scene. Cars and trucks make their way home on an icy road. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...

Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Village of Shadows in Pastel Light By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930) Size: 8 x 10.75 inches (height x width) Oil painting on board, unframed C...

Artist Commentary: I started a series of paintings of places in the town I live in: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. In many New England small towns, the most important buildings are the white protestant churches in the commons. In Shrewsbury, this church is called “the First Congregational Church”. So it made sense to start my painting collection with this church. My fellow painters told me that New England churches have been painted millions of times, and that it could be a boring subject. However, I was struck by the beauty in these churches. Coming from the French Loire Valley where winters are grey and rainy, I loved the crisp, blue sky of New England in winter and the way the church and the snow shared the same pearly white color. Compared to where I come from, churches are instead made of yellow ochre stone and snow is very rare. Overall, I just started to paint what was different for me. Even though my paintings of New England...

Untitled (Coastal New York) Pastel on paper 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 in. Signed lower right

Ye Old Towne Bar Original Pastel Salmagundi Club Auction 2004 with auction label, auction catalog, bio and American Artist magazine page Sidney Hermel (American, 1922-2006) Sidney ...