Friday, June 26, 2009

Henry O Tanner


Virgin Mary in Meditation, c.1905, 12 x 9 inches

Don Hatfield- American


Treasure Found, 24 x 36 inches

Kristin Vestgard


60 x 60 cm

Kristin is a Norwegian artist who has exhibited in the UK. Her work is characterised by day-dreamy figures in muted tones and washes of diluted oil paint.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nigel Cox - UK


24 x 24 inches, Oil on Linen


The Seer

There is a tendency in contemporary figurative art towards sole figures lost in white or grey voids. This lends a mood of reverie, but could also be a reflection of the autism of the modern world. A vector to a corner is traditionally seen as a defect of composition, but the shadow in the square work is an example of how breaking the rules can produce a refreshingly edgy image.

M Collier


Painting of a statue of an ideal female head, Getty Museum,
6 x 6 inches

Gustav Stevens


Adele et la Cariatide, 65.5 x 98 cm

Byam Shaw


Arthur Lemon


The Wooing of Daphnis