Kenneth Toohey

Brilliant Rose

2025

Kenneth Toohey, also known by his online moniker Chewyangelo, is an up and coming American painter who draws inspiration from everyday objects and animals. His paintings often featur...

Kevin Frank statement: For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new masters help to create unique modern images. As with all enc...

There is a sense of freedom that I experience when painting landscape. The quality of these kinds of images allows for expression and interpretation, yet they can still be viewed as...

Represented by George Billis Gallery. There is a sense of freedom that I experience when painting landscape. The quality of these kinds of images allows for expression and interpret...

Rosas Signed Oil and Collage on Linen 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in 100 x 100 cm Born in Huelva in the south of Spain in 1979, Fran Mora studied at the School of Fine Arts in Seville where he ...

Small, abstract oil painting on panel.

A still life from the masterful still-life artist, Maryann Lucas. Artist Bio Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights. Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness. For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint. Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...

The abstract diptych Petunia is a visual metaphor for lightness, motion, and warmth. Inspired by the natural sway of petunia blossoms in the breeze, this artwork transforms fleeting ...