Steven Boksenbaum

Student Crossing Meyran Avenue, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2015

This picture is about the movement of people through the city and the reflections and patterns of the street and its accoutrements. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bar...

A crowded intersection on a cool day in Pittsburgh, as the light turned green. The resolution of the figures and the activity of city life remind me of the regionalist painters of th...

Students waiting to cross the street in Pittsburgh, near the hospitals. Oil on cotton canvas over double width pine stretchers. Can be hung as is or f...

The quad on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. ::...

Walk in the city Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm

Kotlicki is a constantly searching artist. Treading his own path, aiming at defining himself, giving his work a clear identity, he came across the avant-garde. He would back off the way, though, reckoning that a particular style imposes some limitations, and the real art is the liberation from the clichés and guidelines. Following this line of thinking, he managed to remain the independent artist, creating plainly under the influence of his own feelings experienced in a certain moment, the influence of certain occurrences. Kotlicki’s works are texturally rich to great extent. Along with chiaroscuro, the author plays with contrasts, setting flat colour patches with a thick, uneven layer of paint, round shapes with angular ones, oil paint with pastel, realism with non-descriptive painting. In terms of colours, he rather remains dedicated to monochromatism. The different colour appearing at times is to strengthen the effect of the domineering colour scheme. Similarly like in the case of chiaroscuro - it is not a compulsory action, the author remains open for his creative train of thought. Born 1972 in Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland in 2000, painting diploma by Prof. Ryszard Hunger. Currently works as assistant at the National Film School in Łódź at The Film and Television Directing Department (PWSFTViT). In line with his background, his creative work is multimedia-oriented with an emphasis on painting. They have been displayed at: Ningbo Museum of Art (China), the National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, the Audio-visual & new media arts festival Madatac in Madrid (Spain), the MS Dockville Festival in Hamburg (Germany), the International Video Festival in Novi Sad...

"Never Give Up" is a 2019 unique oil on canvas painting by German mid-career artist Michael Pröpper. Comes with certificate on back. It depicts a female and male figure on the move...