Grenning Gallery Still-life Paintings

John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, 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. John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. ARTIST STATEMENT Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...

World renowned plein air painter, Marc Dalessio, has captured the essence of two wild roses, how they've grown organically in the natural world. Not trimmed, or arranged at a florist...

"Boathouse, Evening Light" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting, painted en plein air. A recognizable East Coast scene in the Fenske style. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a ...

Painted en plein air on a beach in Italy. Sheets are strung up and stretched with driftwood, and create a shaded area for beach-goers to sit beneath. The rigid driftwood poles arrang...

Awards 2013 Loring W. Coleman Award for Watercolor/ Allied Artists of America, 100th Annual Exhibition at the National Arts Club 2011 Mary Bryan Memorial Medal / Allied Artis...

An oil painting by American plein air painter Marc Dalessio. Painted en plein air on a street in Belgium. Dalessio places the viewer in the shade, along a line of trees. Dashes of li...

An oil painting of a rose bush with bright pink dots of paint to depict the roses. This is his fourth in his series of rose bush paintings 2017. N...

Painted from life in the artist's studio, a rustic, wooden basket overflows with bright colored flowers. Four apples scattered in the foreground, cast shadows, and reflect on the gro...