Will Wilson

GIRASOL - Mexican Sunflowers Still Life / Contemporary Realism

2020

Original Painting by Elizabeth McGhee

Original Painting by Eric Wert

Original Painting by Elizabeth McGhee

Original Painting by Elizabeth McGhee

Original Painting by Elizabeth McGhee

Original oil painting by Samuel Hung

Pale Cat Orchid on Red floral still life explores the many subtleties of hue found on pale, nearly white, Catasetum Orchid flowers. Descriptive brushstrokes shape cheerful petals, di...

Henk Boon Composition in Blue and Green Oil on canvas on wood 100 x 120 cm Frame included 107 x 127 cm The still-life paintings of Dutch painter Henk Boon ...

Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhi...

Using vivid colours that pop off the canvas, Montreal born artist Mel Davis creates still life paintings in her own contemporary abstract style. This oil painting of fruit is rendere...

In this charming abstract composition by Montreal born Mel Davis, a riot of bright colours in orange, yellow, deep blue, and mauve pop against the background of a red tablecloth...

A painting by Penelope Gottlieb. "Castilleja cruenta standl" is a contemporary painting, ink, acrylic and oil on canvas panel in a variety of bright, bold colors by American artist Penelope Gottlieb. After receiving her BFA from the Art Center College for Design in Pasadena, Penelope Gottlieb went on to earn her MFA from the University of California in Santa Barbara where she currently lives and works. Gottlieb’s artistic repertoire is thoroughly modern and includes innovative paintings as well as compelling media design, for which she received an Emmy in the field of motion picture title design in 1993. Gottlieb’s more recent works showcase a unique synthesis of her modern graphic design background and the vintage botanical renderings of natural scientists. However, her paintings are also unique in their perspective on the traditional floral still life. Stylized flora and fauna are depicted as emanating from a comic book explosion, illustrating what the artist refers to as “the dire state of the planet” as faced with species extinction and the resulting biological and ecological ramifications. These violent representations of the artistically typified placid natural world are intended as “visual eulogies for lost plant life.” The particular specimens that Gottlieb depicts are in fact extinct and she is able to recreate them only from historical drawings and botanist’s descriptions. Although avant-garde and aesthetically unique, Gottlieb’s paintings delineate clear influences from the renowned artists of Pop and Expressionist art. The composition of many of her paintings is reminiscent of Kandinsky’s canvas-filling outpours while her bold color palette and black outlines recall Lichtenstein’s comic book panels. Her work is also closely related to a more contemporary group of artists, including Alexis Rockman...