Valerie Mendelson

Lilacs

I primarily paint on location, en plein air. Direct observation allows me to translate the light and color of a particular location as I try to capture a specific point in time. The ...

Peggie Blizard is an 82 year old painter. Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and...

Kurt Moyer’s oil paintings explore his primal and personal connection to the forest. The artist grew up near French Creek State Park, a woodland of over seven thousand acres. It was ...

Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most art...

Raoul M. de Longpre paints a beautiful still life rendering of a bushel of lilacs with a unique gold border in his work entitled, “Lilacs.”

This still life oil painting by John Traynor captures a scene of a large bouquet of purple and pink lilacs in a colorful, porcelain vase. It sits on an off-white fabric next to a lemon which is half peeled, the peel spiraling off the edge of the table on which it sits. The wall behind the bouquet of flowers is a warm, earthy sienna. The painting is signed by the artist along the lower right-hand edge of the canvas. It is 20" x 24", and 27" x 31" framed. The frame is an ornate metal-leaf frame with a linen liner. It is wired and ready to hang. Professionally framed in classic, antiqued, closed corner frame. Frame is metal leaf gold. John C. Traynor's painting style is reminiscent of some 19th century painters and the Dutch Masters. He uses his knowledge of light and color to create a certain mood in each of his works. The creation of atmosphere is an important element in Traynor's paintings. Painting outdoors, on location, is a prime source of inspiration and ideas for his landscapes. John travels extensively, painting the landscapes around him. John was born in 1961 and spent his early years in Chester and Mendham, New Jersey. His art studies began at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, and from there he furthered his education at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied figure painting at the Art Students League of New York, as a merit scholar, with Frank Mason. Traynor continued his studies in Vermont with Mr. Mason on landscape painting, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont and sculpture with Brother Jerome Cox...

This colorful still life with purple, blue, and white lilacs is by Hungarian artist Bela Balogh also features a fruit arrangement and an ornate carafe ...

Acrylic on canvas. Small format. Heavy brushstrokes. Lilacs are the flowers of my childhood. I had a little garden of my own at the farm where I lived in France.. When they were in ...