Oil Paintings (21,735)

Artists Describing Their Art:

Stefan Fiedorowicz - The language of lyrical abstraction interpreted... by Michael Bouger 2008 Stefan Fiedorowicz, a Canadian now residing in Vienna Austria has amassed a most impressive resume with shows spreading out from Canada, United States and Europe. Fiedorowiczs work has often been compared to the great modernists of the past following the notable style of lyrical abstraction, a term meaning an opening to personal expression. While perhaps a compliment, this also seems a disservice to his striking talent. The emotion in my work comes from somewhere deep down, and can speak to the inner part of each person... My work is intuitive colour is the language that I use to express an emotion. It is the interaction of colour that interests me. Fiedorowicz possesses something more than a painter following in the footsteps of others before. There is a supreme depth to his work that captures a newer sense of Modernism, something that is sadly missing from the current art scene. His shapes and lines infuse his paintings with a richly exotic symbolism of style. There is purpose and psychology to his work, conveying a sense of confidence from a broad spectrum of experience. Fiedorowiczs distinction as a modern painter is in ...

Vladimir Volosov - I was born in 1937 in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). My way to art was a lengthy one. Before becoming an artist, I studied for thirty years at the forefront of modern physics as a PhD scientist and professor, author more than 150 scientific articles in contemporary laser physics. Thirty years of strenuous scientific work on the front edge of modern physics gives me a deep feeling for the anxiety and unprotectedness of the world's beauty. The formula, "beauty saves the world" fits my own attitude. My creed is also embodied in the statement: "to have time to realize everything given to you by Nature." At the threshold of my fifties, I decided to live one more life, a new, alluring life of the free artist. I walked away from my established scientific career and completely devoted myself to painting. In 1991 I founded and headed the association "Light, Color and Art" to connect with scientists engaged in the arts. The main directions of my paintings are lyrical realism and abstract compositions. My paintings are about light, color, atmosphere and space. For me, the most important elements are light and color and their juxtaposition/nexus/meeting of...

Dave Martsolf - Dave Martsolf Dave Martsolf was born in 1949 in Kansas, moved to Western Pennsylvania in early childhood and at age 12 moved to New Hampshire where he resides today. MartsolfaEURtms father and grandfather were architects and his mother a professional photographer. Martsolf attended MIT and later UNH where he earned a degree in Fine Arts. His early work was influenced by the great masters and others such as the post-impressionists Miro, Matisse, Kandinsky, Klee, Picasso, and the surrealist Salvador Dali. Architectural instincts developed due to his close association with architecture in his youth. DaveaEURtms focus has been in visual arts his entire life. His style extends from realism to surrealistic to fantasy and abstraction. His work uses the mediums of oils, watercolors, inks and pencils, to the more technically-oriented media of computer-based art. Beginning in the late 80aEURtms Martsolf spent productive time with the tools of Bryce, Poser, KaiaEURtms Power Tools, and similar photo editing and photo manipulation products. He was creator, owner and artistic director of Damsel Software Group in the 1990aEUR2s as a producer and manufacturer of original content screen savers. Today, Dave has returned to handmade art. He continues ...

Sandra Zekk - Sandra ZekkaEURtms abstract paintings are dreamscapes, inspired by her imagination, subconscious, and inner reflections. Through color, brushwork, and the subtle allusions in her titles, Sandra leads you through the emotional subject of her work. Whether the art speaks to desire, identity, or choice, the bold paintings have an adventurist and futuristic style, executed in strong shapes and luminescent color. Each piece has a clear vanishing point, which creates a strong sense of three-dimensionality, depth and power. The work brings us up close to the introspective drama of the artist, placing us in the center of its power, enveloping us. There is a mystical and serene quality in each painting, which transfers to the surrounding space, creating a unique atmosphere with its presence. ...

Stanislav Bojankov - BORN 1966 in Bulgaria. EDUCATION MFA in Printmaking-1995, at the Academy of Fine Arts-Cracow, Poland, in the Studio of Prof. Andrzej Pietsch. Works in the areas of Painting, Drawing and Graphic Art. IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, BIENNIALS, TRIENNIALS AND OTHER SHOWS Nearly 400 exhibitions around the world Lincoln,Maastricht,Varna,Maribor,Toronrto,Taipei,Majdanek,Cracow,Wimbledon,Ibiza,Lubin,Philadelphia,Kanagawa,Lodz,Plovdiv,Sofia,Beogrd,Ljubljana, Cluj,Rijeka,Leskovac,Olkusz,Kolobrzeg,Carbunar,Kuala Lompur,New York, Cheju,Cairo,Pisa,Katowice,Wieliczka,Rosario,Busan,Livorno,Torun,Boguszow-Gorce,Bitola,Thessaloniki,Kyiv,Gliwice,Oldenburg,Moscow,Evora,Pleven Timisoara,Istanbul,Elassona,Milano,Guanlan,Novi Sad, Sarcelles,Xativa,Aqui Terme,Bologna,Tarragona,Malbork,Guangzhou,Luxembourg,Tuzla... IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND GRANTS -22 International Awards, Mentions, Diplomas -2003 and 2007-New York, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, USA, -2016-The 2016 American Art Awards, Category Cubism 5th place - Hollywood, LA, USA Works and lives in Bulgaria, Europe. WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Belgium, Malaysia, Egipt, Kazakhstan, USA, Taiwan, Turkey, Macedonia ,Greece ,Italy, Serbia, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, e.c.t. Works sold to private collectors around the world United States, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, ...

Marsha Bowers - Marsha Bowers was born and raised in the Central Valley of California. She is a classically trained fine artist, skilled in the old Masters techniques of Flemish/Bistre and Venetian method using a grisaille underpainting and glazing with many layers. Most of her fine art paintings are rendered in oil. She sometimes applies real gold leaf into the artworks. Marsha finds inspiration in the old masters of the past. She spends many hours visiting Museums studying their work. Gothic and Renaissance are her favorite periods along with the Pre-Raphaelites artists. The artist loves the blending of the classical painting techniques with a more contemporary approach to her paintings. Her recent fine art paintings are of women, both figurative and portraiture. The inspiration for her paintings comes from her observations of life itself and through her own experiences. Each painting shares a message, story or emotion. Its what the artist herself describes as a "flowing" of the spirit, a creative process through which the artist paints a story unto the canvas, realizing that each viewer of her work may have their own interpretation of what the art is conveying. Most recently Marsha was invited to be included into the International ...