Laura Lasworth

Wood Chair

2016

"Simple Beauty" is a colorful flower still life with orange, purple, and blue Artist Bio Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also recei...

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...

A trompe l'oeil oil painting of a child's beach shovel. Morfis' incredible realism contrasts the quaint illustration on the shovel. Framed dimensions: 23.5 x 17.5 inches John Morfis was born in Bayville, 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...

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 ...

"Coffee, Fireworks, and Amphetamines" is an oil painting of the titled items, a to-go coffee cup is the focal point, a few red firecrackers resemble miniature dynamite sticks. Pills scattered about the tabletop in capsules and tablet forms. A single match with a red tip rests along the table's edge, ready to ignite a spark. A diagonal shadow dissects the composition. A hole in the wall can be found on the upper right. Painting dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Framed dimensions: 13.5 x 16.5 inches Matthew Weigle...