Paige Wallis

Glass of Flaming Beauty, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel

2017

Etheral lilies glow like stars against a midnight blue backdrop. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...

This still life painting showcases the beauty and harmony of the Lladro porcelain figure, the lily flowers and the orange. The combination of the bright hues and intricate details cr...

With a contemporary perspective on still-life painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captu...

Oil paint on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects. In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections. Mr. Newton resides in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting. The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...