Laura Iniesta

"Adage" contemporary abstract expressionism painting on aluminum red white black

2021

Tema is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture the musica...

Periodo is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture the mus...

Antifona is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture the mu...

Temperamento is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture th...

Contralto is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture the m...

Crescendo is from Francesco's signature Dyssomnia Series: "Deep in the night where the painter is not sleeping, being a musician, instead of writing songs, he starts to capture the m...

“I’ll find me a place by the river now and give up all my story lines.” – Van Morrison All of these paintings originated in the past year, but I suspect they truly began in 1955 after I returned from the army to complete my college education at Fresno State. Having discovered the heroic-scaled canvases of the abstract impressionists while away, I changed my major to art. Soon, after enrolling into a painting class taught by Darwin Musselman, I felt I’d be advancing from the old school to the new wave. Wrong. Musselman, an intense taskmaster, held me firm to the basics and taught me how to crawl first. The flying would come after I paid my dues. Musselman had studied at the Los Angeles Art Center and The School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Proficient in many styles of painting, he never shied away from demonstrating techniques he felt might spur a student’s progress. About the time I began to suspect he was controlling us all too tightly, he showed the class Hans Namath...

STILL IFE WITH IRISES This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas, 'Still Life with Irises', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chet...

THEATRE This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas, 'Theatre', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very affordable price. Produce...

PENGUIN MIGRATION This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas of 'Penguin Migration', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very afford...

AFTERNOON This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas, 'Afternoon', by Vasily Golubev, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Golubev masterpiece at a very affordable price. Be...

MORNING This hand crafted Giclee print on canvas, 'Morning', by Boris Chetkov, provides the opportunity to own and enjoy a Chetkov masterpiece at a very affordable price. Produced to the exact size of the original work and beautifully textured with a clear gesso finish following Chetkov’s distinctive brushwork, this reproduction was exclusively authorized by the artist and is currently available only on 1stDibs. "In the last years of his life, Chetkov conveyed through his paintings a certain clarity and vision, with his works evolving up to the very last day, as is evident in 'Morning', a musical explosion of color harmony, unbounded with light and brilliance and the hopeful expectations of a new day." From 1995 until 2014 when Russian invaded Crimea (at which time cultural exchange largely came to an end) the Pushkin Gallery...