Denny Holland

Truffles, realism, still life in rich deep hues, oil on panel

"Meat" is an oil painting of two raw cuts of meat resting on a wooden cutting board, atop a rickety wooden tabletop. A perfect painting for the kitchen or pantry. Painted from life, using classical techniques. Painting dimensions: 12 x 16 inches Framed dimensions: 14.5 x 18.5 inches Framed in a black frame with silver trim. Matthew Weigle...

An oil painting of a plate of a selection Kolbasa and accoutrements. On a plain plate is a spread of cut cured meat, including Russian sausage. Diagonally across the plate are three ...

A life size trompe l'oeil oil painting of a dried horseshoe crab. The background is painted with large textured brushstrokes, the light teal blue reflecting in the eye of the crab. Framed in a black wooden frame with a silvery inner edge. Framed Dimensions 26 x 21 inches BIOGRAPHY John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown. John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. ARTIST STATEMENT Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...

"Red Sand Shovel" is a contemporary trompe l'oeil oil painting of antique object in an interior. The child's shovel is hanging on a hook slightly off kilter. Artist Bio: John Morfi...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Mooers writes of his work, “My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Mooers writes of his work, “My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions...