Erica Rose Levine

Moonlit: Blue I (2022) color pencil portrait, woman, face, hyperrealism, blue

2022

"Femme Fatale" (2021) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, magical realism, neo-folk, portrait of woman with braids, wearing a purple glove and holding a glass of pink champagne, surrounded by blooming indoor plants and freshly cut daffodils; interior setting with dark wood furniture...

"Mrs. Peacock" (2021) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, magical realism, neo-folk, portrait of sophisticated older woman dressed in houndstooth and blue boa with bold jewelry -- a necklace, earrings and bracelets, holding on her lap a white cat with pink ears, seated on a pink colored divan in front of a window that looks out onto a daytime sunlit blue sky with soft white clouds; on the windowsill are blooming lilies and a snake plant (Dracaena trifasciata) and the window is flanked with teal blue curtains...

"Spring and All" (2019) by Gail M. Boykewich Acrylic on wood panel, figurative, butterfly, daytime, skyscape, portrait, woman holding an open book, flipping through the pages, a cup ...

"Untited" (2018), by Brittany Williams, based in the Finger Lakes region of NY state Figurative portrait, female face, profile portraiture, geometri...

Like the Westerns I grew up with, my own work is camouflaged in a veil of nostalgia. The figures in my work are often portrayed against a stark background. This forces the viewer to recognize the myth before the critique exposes itself. I work from observation and my imagination using watercolor and traditional printmaking methods. The figurative images I create are heavily researched. By using the West, a subject that I am both familiar with and continue to question, I aim to engage with our inherent perceptions of the past and the myths embedded within. - Jed Webster Smith

Like the Westerns I grew up with, my own work is camouflaged in a veil of nostalgia. The figures in my work are often portrayed against a stark background. This forces the viewer to recognize the myth before the critique exposes itself. I work from observation and my imagination using watercolor and traditional printmaking methods. The figurative images I create are heavily researched. By using the West, a subject that I am both familiar with and continue to question, I aim to engage with our inherent perceptions of the past and the myths embedded within. - Jed Webster Smith

Like the Westerns I grew up with, my own work is camouflaged in a veil of nostalgia. The figures in my work are often portrayed against a stark background. This forces the viewer to recognize the myth before the critique exposes itself. I work from observation and my imagination using watercolor and traditional printmaking methods. The figurative images I create are heavily researched. By using the West, a subject that I am both familiar with and continue to question, I aim to engage with our inherent perceptions of the past and the myths embedded within. - Jed Webster Smith

'SAFFO' is a contemporary portrait of a young woman created in oil on round wood panel. from Russian American Elena Zolotnitsky who is Inspired by the concepts of beauty, adolescence...