Portrait Paintings

CONGRATULATORY 2020 Paris, France Subtle, black & white, figurative portrait in chalk on antique wood. Wood itself has a lot of character, with a beautiful, grey patina. Evidence o...

A double sided pair of oil portraits on board. One side shows a woman on a red background in three quarter profile, The other side shows a man on a grey blue ground, wearing glasses ...

After Carlo Dolci "The Angel Gabriel" Oil on Canvas: Painted oval form :13 x 11 in. Frame: 29 x 23 in. Fine carved giltwood Florentine frame. Late 18t...

Original painting on canvas by French artist Françoise Collandre. A graduate from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Métiers d'Arts in Paris, Françoise Collandre entered the fine a...

Biography Ammama Malik (b. 1992) is from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ammama is a graduate from National College of Arts, Rawalpindi who has majored in painting...

OIl paint on canvas Hand-signed on the back by the artist “At first glance, we are invited to a colorful carnival. Everything is movement here! As if Julien Wolf had tried to captur...

An interesting portrait of a young girl walking barefoot along a rocky cliff path, with a dog at her feet and a young lamb over her shoulders. A bird of prey hovers overhead. This at...

"Figure de Notier" oil on canvas painting of a human figure by Max Papart. Signed Max Papart on front. Signed and titled "Max Papart Figure de Notier" on back. Additional markings o...

"After Kupta" 7 x 5 Framed 12 x 10 One of my favorite paintings is the Yellow Scales, a self portrait by Frantisek Kupka hanging in my home city museum, Houston Fine Arts, and whe...

This portrait depicts us the trusted confidant of the Conflans d'Armentières family. More precisely, Julien Prieur was the fiscal procurator of the Marquisate of Armentières, playing the role of representative of the "public ministry", safeguarding the interests of his lord. His role, one can imagine, was crucial at the death of Michel de Conflans (in 1717) since the latter left an heir, Louis, aged only 6, and a widow, Diane Gabrielle de Jussac, whom some memoirs describe as "a very clever grande dame" . Prieur ensured the smooth running of the family's affairs and it is probably to thank him for his services that Diane Gabrielle had his portrait painted, most probably by a painter close to Jean-Baptiste Oudry. Julien Prieur appears as he is, middle-aged, with a benevolent look, in his hunting suit. Only his knotted wig links him to the nobility. Above all, he is depicted as a hunter, a passion that he shared with the Marquis of Armentières. His very young master, Louis, became a first-rate hunter, hunting in the King's entourage, in whose cabinet he died of apoplexy in January 1774. As for the his son, he was one of Louis XVI's closest hunting companions, as numerous souvenirs attest . 1. Some biographical information about the model and the commissioner While the identity of many 18th century portraits is uncertain, an old label stuck on the reverse of the canvas gives us some precise information on the identity of the model: "Mr. Julien Prieur, homme d’affaires de Mr. le Marquis d'Armentières - Commune of Brécy - Aisne". The label also suggests that it could be his son Louis Prieur living in Rocourt (probably Rocourt-Saint-Martin, a neighbouring municipality of Brécy), born on 30 September 1745, who died on 8 July 1826, but this hypothesis must be rejected in view of the model's clothing. This label probably gives us an indication on the previous owner the owner of this painting; we will see later why it seems likely that this label was affixed between 1826 and 1832. Brécy is now a municipality in the Aisne County (Hauts-de-France) located between Soissons and Château-Thierry, slightly north of the Paris-Reims axis. It borders the municipalities of Armentières-sur-Ourcq and Rocourt-Saint-Martin. According to Louis Prieur's death certificate, he was in fact born in 1743 and not in 1745 . The age of the model in the painting and the dating of this painting would indicate that Julien Prieur, was probably born at the very end of the 17th century. In Louise-Marthe de Conflans-Coigny, chatelaine de Brécy , we read that "the Conflans were a family of ancient nobility, which genealogists trace back to the 12th century, when it was said to have come from the house of Brienne. In the 16th and 17th centuries, this family had several illustrations in the profession of arms. [...] Michel de Conflans, [...] belonged to a younger branch of the family, of which Saint-Simon wrote, with his acid soaked pen, that "poor and obscure, they had never left their village, where their house resembled a hut" and elsewhere that they "lived on their rifles and cabbages". Fortunately for Michel de Conflans, the last representative of the elder branch, Henriette d'Armentières, made him her heir on her death in 1712. It was through her that the land of Armentières and its 14th century castle became part of the estate of this branch, as well as, not far from there, the land of Brécy and the castle of Le Buisson, where the family lived. In the early years of the 18th century, Michel de Conflans was able to push himself into the entourage of the Duke of Orleans, becoming his first gentleman of the chamber. However it was above all his son Louis who restored the family status through his military career. Born on 23 February 1711, Louis de Conflans, Marquis d'Armentières died of apoplexy on 18 January 1774, in the King's cabinet at Versailles. Appointed lieutenant general in 1746, he received his Marshal of France’s stick in 1768. The Dictionary of French Biography writes of him that "without ever achieving a high command, he appeared with honour in all the wars of his time". The estates of Armentières and Le Buisson were sequestered during the French Revolution, declared national property and sold at auction (in 1794 and 1795 respectively) after the Marquise d'Armentières, the Marshal's second wife, was beheaded in 1794. The Château du Buisson (where Michel de Conflans died in 1717) was bought by a granddaughter of the Marshal de Conflans, the Marquise de Coigny, in 1816 and remained in her family after her death in 1832 until the sale of the 1,054 hectares estate in 1866. The bayonet blows that probably pierced the canvas in three places may well have a revolutionary origin and it is conceivable that the painting, acquired by the Marquise de Coigny from Louis Prieur, Julien's son, after the latter's death, was then restored and given the label specifying the name of the model. 2. Description of the portrait The painting presents a man in his thirties in his hunting costume. Pictured at mid-body, his face is marked by his life in the open air and characterised by a look of great bonhomie. Holding a rifle under his elbow, he is soberly dressed in a large caramel-coloured jacket, decorated with silver buttons. Presented in a three-quarter view, the model holds a partridge in his right hand. The jacket opens onto a vermilion waistcoat. A green shoulder strap probably holds a powder flask hidden under his arm while a satchel is visible on his belt. The model is wearing a grey wig, tied at the back with a black ribbon that seems to fly in the wind. This ornament anchors Julien Prieur in his time. "The new King of France, Louis XV, [imposed] a style of smaller wigs for men and the rigorous white or preferably greyish powdering. From the middle of the century men also used a ponytail on the back of the neck, tied with a ribbon, a style that became very popular in all courts." He stands out against a dark, purplish sky at the end of an autumn day in a soberly sketched forest landscape. The treatment of the sky recalls the influence of Largillière, Oudry's first master. 3. Jean-Baptiste Oudry Jean-Baptiste Oudry was born on 17 March 1686 in Paris, rue de la Ferronnerie. He began his apprenticeship around 1705-1707 with Nicolas de Largillière, with whom he stayed for five years. In 1713 Oudry established his "livre de raison" in which he reproduced all his early works in wash drawings up until 1718. During this first period which lasted about 7 years, Oudry produced works of great diversity, both in the genres that the artist tackled and in the artists which influenced him. It has been estimated that he painted about 150 pictures during this period: mainly portraits, but also still lifes and some religious paintings and landscapes. Of the hundred or so portraits that Oudry is said to have painted during this period, only fifteen have been identified today. A number of those lost portraits are probably still confused with works by Largillière. First admitted to the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1708, he was then allowed to join the Académie Royale in 1717, and subsequently admitted as a history painter in 1719. This year marks a turning point from which Oudry will assert himself as an animal painter. In 1723 he met Louis Fagon, Intendant of Finances, and the Marquis de Beringhen, the King's first equerry, who became both friends and patrons of the artist, giving him access to royal commissions and enabling him to be appointed as painter of the Royal Tapestry Factory of Beauvais in 1726. From 1728 onwards, the creation of tapestries became the core of his work, even though at the same time Oudry developed his skill as an illustrator, first for Scarron's Roman Comique and then for La Fontaine’s Fables. Between 1726 and 1731, Oudry created the decoration of a large drawing room at the château de Condé-en-Brie, about twenty kilometres from Brécy, which has remained in place to this day. This important commission, about which few details are known, is said to have originated with the Countess de Verrüe, a great lady of the French Regency who often stayed at Condé with her friend Jean-François Leriget, Marquis de la Faye, then owner of Condé. A prolific artist, Oudry fulfilled numerous commissions in parallel with his regular contributions to the Salons, to which he regularly took part until 1753. He suffered a stroke in 1754 and died the following year. It seems almost certain, in view of the importance of his work, that Oudry supervised a workshop in which several artists were involved, but this point is very poorly documented. Given the geographical proximity of Brécy and Condé-en-Brie, the links between the Armentières family and the Condé patrons, and finally based upon the quality of our portrait, we propose the hypothesis that it was painted by one of the painters who worked with Oudry at Condé. 4. Related artworks: comparison with some other portraits of hunters by Jean-Baptiste Oudry While Oudry gradually abandoned portraiture from 1720 onwards to devote himself to animal paintings, he seems to have made an exception for hunter portraits, which were often depicted in the company of their hunting dogs. Two examples seem particularly evocative and suggest a dating for our painting around 1730. We will see in a second part why this dating proposal seems relevant. The first portrait worth mentioning is the presumed portrait of Lieutenant Claude-André Courtin de Crouey, lord of Quatre Fils and Cormeilles-en-Parisis made in 1723, reproduced below. Also presented in a very tight frame, it is interesting for the similarities in the representation of the rifle, and in particular the two metal rivets that are almost identical in our painting. The painting that seems closest to ours is the presumed portrait of Monsieur...

Wait Oil Painting on Panel Surrealism Portrait In Stock Tino Luciano (1953, Sardinië) Like most artists, Luciano started painting at an early age....

Angelica Angel Oil Painting on Canvas Italian Classic In Stock Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His...

Édouard Henri Théophile PINGRET (Saint-Quentin, 1785 – Paris, 1869) Presumed portrait of Athanase Peltier in front of the Fort of Ham Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 40.5...

The Greek goddess Athena based on the Ukrainian motif

Mixed Media using modeling paste and oil paints on paper.

French school circa 1815 Portrait of a young boy Oil on canvas H. 84 cm; L. 70 cm Provenance: Señor Valdes Fauri Collection, Madrid around 1900/1950; then Private collection, Bordea...

This Mid-Century modernist mix-media abstract composition is signed by American artist Canthi and dated 1961. The brutalist design in black and brown colors contrasts with the yellow and orange tones of the background. The composition is ornate with its original vintage black wood...

Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right by the artist THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI “Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...

Outstanding small oil on velum sketch of a North African/ Arab head study. The painting is a classic sketch and I'm sure the figure would have been used in a much larger finished w...

This dog painting is of a regal tri-color Cavalier King Charles Spaniel by romantic realist Faith Cameron Semmes. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is bathed in "Caravaggio light" w...

Oil on panel Panel size: 7 x 5 inches Signed and date '1859' lower left

Carl Lasch (1822-1888 German) "The Walk Back Home" A Monumental Exhibition Painting, Oil on canvas laid to masonite in original gilt-wood frame. ...

Lilly Martin Spencer (American, 1822-1902) A Portrait of a Mother and Child 19th Century. Oil on canvas, signed Lilly Martin Spencer was one of the most popular and American female genre painters in the mid-nineteenth century. She primarily painted domestic scenes, paintings of women and children...

Sunny face. Bilateral. Cardboard, tempera, 53x35.5 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...

Charles E. Willette: 1899-1979. Listed American artist who studied at the Arts Student League in the 1930s with Raphael Soyer and Robert Brackman. This powerfully painted portrait of...

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...

JO BASKERVILLE Title: African Adobe Ancient Modern Signed on the Reverse Flat and Acrylic Paint on Canvas Jo Baskerville 1968, Petersburg, VA Currently resides in Atlanta, GA EDUCATION: 1991 BA in Fine Arts, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Fashion Modernism: This is not a Movie, The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville GA 2009 Conversations with Shoes, Rose Squared Gallery, Decatur GA GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Norfolk State University Alumni Show, Norfolk VA 2012 “The Colors of Summer” 2 Rule Fine Art, Marietta GA 2012 Teal Fine Arts & Events, Roswell GA 2012 “Love & Commercialism” 2 Rule Fine Art, Marietta GA 2011 “Bald and the Beautiful” Quinlan Visual Art Center, Gainesville GA 2010 “Ultimate Landscape” Gallery 13, Minneapolis MN 2010 MOCA GA “Off the Wall Pin Up Show” Atlanta GA 2010 Anniversary Show Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2009 “ Common Ground” Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2009 “Spring Foward” Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2008 7th Annual “Off the Wall Pin-Up Show and Sale, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2005 Looks Good on Paper 3rd edition, Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody GA 2000 Sopo Gallery Exhibit, Atlanta GA 1999 “A World of Art” Gallery Zebu at Tula Art Center, Atlanta GA 1999 “A World of Art” Gallery Zebu at the Cobb Galleria, Marietta GA MOVIES, TELEVISION, PLAYS AND MUSIC VIDEOS: 2012 “Probable Cause” Blue Lion Club Productions 2011 Single Ladies VH1 2007 Tyler Perry...

Olga Cairols is a Spanish artist with more than 35 years of career. Olga studied Art History and Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. She has a bachelors degree in Design, Art ...

The Herring Net, circa 1900 Winslow Homer (1836-1910) interest Circa 1900 American School scene of fisherman bringing in the herring net, oil on pane...

ARTIST: Janet Patterson (1941-) Scottish TITLE: “Portrait OF A Seated Lady” SIGNED: lower right MEDIUM: oil on board SIZE: 30cm x 25cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Painter and teacher, born in Edinburgh. She trained at Slade School of Fine Art. A French Government Scholarship enabled her to extend her studies, and a Churchill Fellowship in 1987 provided six months travelling and painting in Australia. Lectured at Liverpool and Wallasey Colleges of Art and then at Edinburgh College of Art, later moving to London. She said that her painting was “about the passage of life, how I react to situations and atmosphere”. Group exhibitions included Sheffield Open, Liverpool Academy, LG, National Trust and Fine Art Society, Edinburgh. Solo shows included Petter Potter, Haddington; Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh; and Camden Arts Centre, 1982. Was included in Scottish Art in the 20th Century at RWA, 1991. Won second prize, Hunting Art...

Middle Eastern Indoor Scene, watercolor of a man and a reclining woman. Artist: Giuseppe Aureli (1858 - 1929) Origin: Italian Date: 19th Century Medium...

In his work, Tetteh condenses the internal sentiments and tensions of his characters and focuses them, using the eyes as the outlet for expression. In this way his subjects become independent bodies, bold and daring. By examining the psychological conditions we as humans are prone to experience, and then exhibiting them through physiological manifestations of that experience, Tetteh’s work is processual in nature, approaching each personality with care and consideration. His experiments are not only in content but in form, colour, and texture, manipulating paint through swift brush strokes and thick impasto. Theophilus Tetteh...

Discover the captivating allure of this abstract assemblage composition by German (Hannover) artist Hans-Jürgen Breuste (1933-2012). Crafted with mixed media on a wooden board, it co...

Thota Vaikuntam - Telengana Man with the Scriptures Acrylic on Canvas, 19.5 x 15.5 inches Thota Vaikuntam is one of the Greatest Artist from the Indian Sub-contitent. He is preoccupied with portraying the men and woman from his region. Thota Vaikuntam (born 1942) is an Indian Modern painter.His paintings capture simple lifestyle of villagers like the paddy fields, toddy pots on shoulders of men, the household chores, temple rituals etc. His drawings range from stark charcoal on paper, transparent washes and pencil drawings. Vaikuntam paints colorful and elaborately dressed Telangana region men and seductive women. His muse is the sensuous and voluptuous women of Telangana with their omnipresent vermilion bindis, draped in colourful sarees that highlight their dusky skin. The stylisation of a painting are a perfect foil to Indian classical dance as the figures seem to dance, as if following their creator in a statuesque movement, reminiscent of temple friezes. He uses the brightest of reds and yellows. The simple women become larger than life as they fill the small format of his paintings draped in bright Sircilla saris. "I like using rich primary colours, which give a sense of character and depth to my paintings. Like reds and saffron and even orange, because these are essentially Indian colours. I don't like using colours that are mix of two, because they are not natural, they don't exist in surroundings around us, in our everyday life. - T. Vaikuntam” Style : Men and women of his village are often the central characters of his work. The obsession can be traced back to his childhood, when he used to be fascinated by the male artists who used to impersonate female characters in the travelling theatre groups that performed in his village. He admits finding the women of his village very sensuous and that he only attempts to capture their vibrancy. Vaikuntam’s art has a sense of strength to it, a power that emanates from the paint or charcoal that he applies to the surface, from his controlled lines, and from the fine strokes that he executes. He generally uses only primary colours, as he believes that composite colours do not exist in nature and are therefore, unnatural. About the Artist : Born : 1942 in Boorugupali, Andhra Pradesh. Education : 1970 - T. Vaikuntam completed a Diploma in Painting at the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad. 1972 - Painting and Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda. Solo Exhibition : 1973 - He held his first solo exhibition at the Kala Bhavan in Hyderabad and since then has had regular shows...

'Portrait of a Girl', gouache and crayon on fine paper (1966), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). Here the artist paints a young girl with blond hair in his post-cubist style. Clearly...

Workshop/Circle of François de Troy (Toulouse 1645 – Paris 1730) Portrait of a young lady (probably Marianne de Cogny, epouse de Philippe-Emmanuel de Beaufort...

"The Maternity" by Jose Royo oil on board. Oil on board Jose Royo's "The Maternity." Even in its small frame, this powerful painting packs a big punch becau...

This exceptional quality watercolour depicts a snapshot of innocence and childhood with this delightful portrait of a red-haired young girl. Presented in a fine quality, hand carved and pierced, period frame with inlaid detail. Circle of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) Portrait of a red-haired young girl Watercolour with touches of white 4 inches diamter (image only) 11 x 11 inches with frame This beautiful image is of exceptional quality, as apparent in the delicate detailing to her eyelashes and the sunlit highlights of her hair. This is the work of an artist at the very peak of their powers and the intimacy of the work suggests a connection between artist and sitter such as daughter and parent. The level of draughtsmanship brings to mind artists from this period such as Myles Birket Foster, Fred Morgan and Helen...

Genoese school of the second half of the seventeenth century Circle of Domenico Piola (Genoa 1627-1703) The Holy Family Oil painting on canvas 83 x 68 cm. - in an antique frame 99 x...

This charming and distinguished looking couple still survive in the radiance of their youth captured for all time by the Plymouth portraitist W. Andresen. Although we know little about the artist, his skill is evident in the fine quality of these images. Captain Evelyn R. le Marchant, commander of his Britannic majesty's battleship `Nile', posed for this portrait in Plymouth, England in January 1906. His vessel, one of the earliest battleships to operate without sails, is shown anchored in the background. The following month his lovely wife Edith posed for her portrait. These two fine images show an interesting balance with the man of the sea in his element and his shoreside wife surrounded by her garden. Both paintings are very well done in watercolor with added body color, pencil, and charcoal. Their condition is outstanding and both are mounted in their original period frames with antique glass. Sight Size: 41 Inches x 29¾ Inches each. Each painting signed LR: W. Andresen, Plymouth Vallejo Gallery features the finest in marine and maritime antiques...

A Party To The Castle in the 18th Century Oil on canvas with a signature G.Weiss low left Old frame regilded Dim canvas : 46 X 38 cm Dim frame : 66 X 58 cm

Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio with elegant white dress. Pastel on Canvas with finely carved gilt wood frame. Signed CFroschl . Carl Forsche 1848- 1934 . Austrian Painte...

Born on 13 March 1824 in Lymington, Hampshire, George Elgar Hicks was the second son of a wealthy magistrate. His parents encouraged Hicks to become a doctor and so Hicks studied med...

Garibaldi Redshirts Encampment, 19th Century attributed to Remigio Legat (19th century Italian) Large 19th century landscape of Garibaldi's Redshirt in camp with an officer in the ...

Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with ...

Francesco Paolo Palizzi (Vasto 1825 – Naples 1871), Portrait of his sister Luisa Oil painting on canvas 62 x 49 cm, on the back of the canvas there is the declaration of authenticit...

Acrylic paint on canvas Hand-signed lower right by the artist THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI “Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves slowly according to ...

LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT Mario is a portrait by Judy Crowe that was just completed in 2022 Mario is an example of the the Impressionist painters that the artist most adm...

Judaic oil painting by Krakow, Poland born artist Mark Siegband. Signature on top left. Framed w title plaque on frame. He is one of many great Jewish Polish artists that included Leopold Gottlieb...

Abstracted portrait of a renaissance era woman by Sonia Gichner (20th Century). This piece is painted with splashes of bright colors, contrasting nicely with skin tones and black lin...

Portrait of Garibaldi is an original modern artwork realized by an unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.

A romantic and idealised portrait of a young, red haired bride in a Regency style wedding dress. The young woman looks with sultry gaze at the viewer from under her veil. Her blushi...

Intimate Oil Painting on Panel Surreel Portrait In Stock Tino Luciano (1953, Sardinië) Like most artists, Luciano started painting at an early age. His paintings can be considered a...

Pinckney Marcius-Simons, (American, French, 1867-1909) Signed: Marcius-Simons, (lower, right) " Lost in Her Thoughts ", circa 1890-1892 Oil on mahogany panel bearing the stamp on verso of " H. Vieille e. Troisgros Sueei, 55 Rue de Laval...

Summers End (Blue Eye) Oil on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern, abstract Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dis...

JO BASKERVILLE Signed on the Reverse Flat and Acrylic Paint on Canvas Jo Baskerville 1968, Petersburg, VA Currently resides in Atlanta, GA EDUCATION: 1991 BA in Fine Arts, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Fashion Modernism: This is not a Movie, The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville GA 2009 Conversations with Shoes, Rose Squared Gallery, Decatur GA GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Norfolk State University Alumni Show, Norfolk VA 2012 “The Colors of Summer” 2 Rule Fine Art, Marietta GA 2012 Teal Fine Arts & Events, Roswell GA 2012 “Love & Commercialism” 2 Rule Fine Art, Marietta GA 2011 “Bald and the Beautiful” Quinlan Visual Art Center, Gainesville GA 2010 “Ultimate Landscape” Gallery 13, Minneapolis MN 2010 MOCA GA “Off the Wall Pin Up Show” Atlanta GA 2010 Anniversary Show Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2009 “ Common Ground” Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2009 “Spring Foward” Bobbe Gillis Gallery, Atlanta GA 2008 7th Annual “Off the Wall Pin-Up Show and Sale, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2005 Looks Good on Paper 3rd edition, Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody GA 2000 Sopo Gallery Exhibit, Atlanta GA 1999 “A World of Art” Gallery Zebu at Tula Art Center, Atlanta GA 1999 “A World of Art” Gallery Zebu at the Cobb Galleria, Marietta GA MOVIES, TELEVISION, PLAYS AND MUSIC VIDEOS: 2012 “Probable Cause” Blue Lion Club Productions 2011 Single Ladies VH1 2007 Tyler...

Summer Sun Description: Oil on canvas, multi-color, bright, figurative, abstract Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dissolve ...

Saint John, The Forerunner, after a Russian Icon from the 16th Century. Tempera and gold leave on gesso over a wooden board. Dimensions: (H) 33 x (W) 25,5 x (D) 4 cm. John, The Forerunner, is depicted as an ascetic desert saint with a tousled beard and a coat made from camel hair. The expression that transmits his beautiful face is very intense. This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon: “The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal. The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability. Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well. Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterward, the gold leaf is "shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold . Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments. Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light. When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Samsinger...