Thomas Mainardi

THE INTROSPECTIVE SALVATION

2019

Magda Peace by Kokian Circa 2019 Mixed art 100X 100 115 x 115 with box frame drop thick French artist born in 1971, he is one of the heirs of the Bad Painting expressionist movement....

Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint, pigments, mortar, wood, paper, cardboard and fabric ribbon glued on canvas - 100x50 cm - 2013 SALE PRICE: 2900 € (framed in white American cash) Am...

"LA VENGEANCE DE NÉMÉSIS" : Technique mixte, acrylique, peinture aérosol, pigments, gesso, encre, Posca, feuille d'or et cuivre oxydé sur toile - 116x89 cm - 2019 PRIX DE VENTE : 450...

JAZZU - Fever 2020 100x50 frameless 106 x 56 with frame Mixed media on canvas Signed on the back

Star Wars Storm Trooper Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Entitled The Good The Bad & The Ugly. Art measures 42 x 24 inches Frame measures 50 x 32 inches Chri...

Silver Street with Abstract Background Pop Art by British Urban Graffiti Artist, Chris Pegg. Chris Pegg is a self-taught Street Artist producing artwork with a strong social comment...

Gold & Despair is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece "The Woman In Gold", also known as The Mona Lisa of Austria. Having admired the symbolic art of Klimt since my working days as a fine art restorer at Vienna’s prestigious Conservation Institute (Bundesdenkmalamt) in the 1980’s, I conceived the idea to recreate the jewel of his gilded period with an interpretive lens on the looming darkness of the Holocaust and World War II. As a native of Austria, Salzburg, I have developed an appreciation for Klimt’s art, and Art Nouveau in general. For the last thirty years, I have lived in New York City and worked as a fine art restorer, conservator, and painter as well as in the healing arts. Klimt had executed The Woman in Gold in the span of four years (1903-1907). My own creative process during 2014-2017, reflects my diligent care and thoroughness in rendering the original painting. In 2014, I started with the preparation of the canvas using Klimt’s original size of 54 x 54 inches (167 x 167 cm). For gesso, I used the traditional method of rabbit skin glue and chalk. For the painting, I used oil paints and genuine 23.5 karat gold in various shades, as well as silver leaves, to magnify the brilliant sheen of Klimt’s gold...

This is my adaptation of Gustav Klimt’s "Judith and the Head of Holofernes.” Klimt’s painting depicts the biblical character of Judit...