Linen Still-life Paintings

Morfis paints a tromp l'oeil spataula hanging on a hook from the blue wall that fills the composition. Such a simple object is raised to importance by being the only (very detailed) subject of the scene. Framed dimensions: 21.5 x 15.5 inches Artist Bio: 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...

A trompe l'oeil depiction of a fishing gadget hanging from a hook on the blue wall that is the backdrop for the entire canvas. A small utilitarian object elevated to academic realist painting. Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 15.5 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...

"Rise" Sunflowers 36 x 24 inches. Elizabeth Barlow began Rise in December 2021 and finished it on February 21, 2022. This was prior to the tragic crisis in Ukraine that we are witnes...

Elizabeth Barlow continues her journey to discover the essence of beauty through the observation and painting of seemingly “ordinary” objects, including her current focus on flowers ...

Framed dimensions: 40.5 x 48.5 inches Painting dimensions: 39 x 47 inches An oil painting of a a small row-boat resting in the shadows on a quiet beach in Sag Harbor. Bright blue se...

An oil painting of a ladle. A white enamel ladel with red trim. Vintage enamel kitchenware is rare these days, and Morfis captures the form in its glory and in its decay, rust chips ...

"LOVE Flowers" is a contemporary painting, made with oil paint and resin on linen. Yektai paints a a bright teal simple floral still life using rich teal paint. After pouring liquid ...

Darius Yektai's "Edge of Table" is a layered experience, resulting in a 3-dimensional floral arrangement atop a resin covered oil on linen painting. This painting is vibrant, bright ...

A bouquet of pink and white blossoms fills a white and blue jug in this elegant floral by Jennifer Hornyak. Set against a moody blue backdrop, the viewer’s eye is immediately drawn t...

American Impressionist, mid-century floral still life by listed artist Daniel (Danny) Garcia (American, 1929-2012). Signed "Garcia" lower right. Signed and dated on verso, "1968" and "D. Garcia." Biography statement applied on verso. Presented in a rustic wood frame. Image, 24"H x 18"W. Daniel (Danny) Garcia was born in Monterey, California on April 23, 1929. He died in 2012 at the age of 83. The town’s colorful waterfront, with the clanking machinery and squawking sea gulls of the sardine canneries, made a vivid impression on the young Garcia. When he was thirteen, he enrolled in a summer art course and received his first instruction in oil painting. Following Far Eastern service on active duty aboard a destroyer in the U.S.N.R. during the Korean War, Garcia studied art and architecture at Monterey Peninsula College, graduating in 1954. Over the years, the artist’s style ranged from realism to abstraction, although he is known primarily as an impressionist. Probably one of the most intriguing characteristics of Garcia’s work is his “vertical color-flow,” inspired by the myriad forms of lights and movement under the sea, which he observed during years of skin diving. Mr. Garcia started his Garcia Gallery with his wife Carmen in the 1950s as a one-room operation in Carmel and later expanded to include two full gallery locations in Carmel. In 1965, Garcia was commissioned by Father Edward Varni to paint the fourteen “Stations of the Cross” for the Chapel of the Most Precious Blood, in Concord, California. And in 1966, the artist was given another religious commission, by Father Jeremian O’Sullivan who asked Garcia to paint “The Crucifixion” for St. Jude’s Church in Marina, California. Notable collectors who have owned his work include Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon; Mr. Frank Sinatra, Mr. & Mrs. Steve Allen, Greer Garson, Trini Lopez, Mr. & Mrs. Dean Martin, Mrs. Lauritz Melchior, and Mr. & Mrs. George Shearing. His impressionist paintings have been acquired by collectors worldwide. Paintings by Garcia...

Painted from life in his studio, John Morfis paints with a proclivity for precision; Trompe l'oeil. A toy gun peeks out of it's leather holster which hangs from a nail on a pale blue...

Pop Realism portrait of Henri Matisse, from Elizabeth Barlow, who works in the spirit of the great portraiture tradition, but deviates from its usual approach, by creating oil painti...