Paula Craioveanu

Ballerina Nude Interior Painting, Original 15.7x15.7in, Unstretched in Florida

"Sensory Experience", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. Choose between express or standard shipping. This particular piece is in my studio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Other pieces are in my other studios in Europe, or in NY. Artist Statement "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...

“Deja - Vu” . Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original painting. size 20x20in / 51x51cm . Acrylic on canvas. This is the second version of Nude in Armchair painted in a more fre...

"Nude in Interior - Woman on Top" - original large art by Paula Craioveanu in Contemporary Expressionist style. Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 39x27in / 100x70cm . ...

"Nude in French interior", in a classical room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Nude placed in a a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern rel...