Mark Tennant’s photorealistic paintings are renowned for their uncanny ability to capture small details of light and movement. Most of Tennant’s works are lit with a bright flash, giving the sense that his young subjects are the unsuspecting subjects of late-night Polaroid snapshots. His works are informed by the painting techniques of the Impressionists Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Tennant has taught museum copying at the Louvre and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His captivating paintings have been exhibited numerous times in the Salon d’Automne in Paris and...
A lawyer by profession, Hunter Biden now devotes his energy to the creative arts, bringing innumerable experiences to bear in his works. The results are powerful and impactful paintings ranging in theme from the photogenic to abstraction. His chosen substrates are canvas, YUPO paper, wood, and metal on which he affixes oil, acrylic, and ink along with the written word, coming together to create a unique, signature visual image.
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Hisako Kobayashi grew up in Tokyo before moving to New York City in 1981 to earn a Master of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute. An abstract painter, she has since exhibited her work on five continents over a span of three decades. Upon observation, her works clearly and openly illustrate a maternal devotion to her native Japan while at once embracing the essence of her newfound Western sensibilities.
Art critic Donald Kuspit has authored this on her work, "Kobayashi's paintings exemplify the romantic idea that 'it...
Mark Tennant’s photorealistic paintings are renowned for their uncanny ability to capture small details of light and movement. Most of Tennant’s works are lit with a bright flash, giving the sense that his young subjects are the unsuspecting subjects of late-night Polaroid snapshots. His works are informed by the painting techniques of the Impressionists Édouard Manet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Tennant has taught museum copying at the Louvre and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His captivating paintings have been exhibited numerous times in the Salon d’Automne in Paris and...
Todd Williamson is a contemporary painter based in Los Angeles. His work is strongly influenced by mid-20th century American Abstract Expressionism. Williamson's paintings are characterized by their strict observance to geometry, enlisting parallel formations that reflect a formal consideration of light, color, and shape. Using a refined process of building and removing multiple layers of oil on canvas, his works employ both complementary hues and opposing values, focusing on subtle layers of color and movement.