Malcolm T. Liepke is a contemporary American painter known for his loosely brushed yet nimbly executed depictions of figures in interior settings. Influenced by

My first blog focused on American contemporary female painters. Some of these artists I admire, or just like but I don’t think they necessarily influence my work in the way that the American painters in my first list do. Again most of them are not especially famous but I thought I’d share their names and […]

István Sándorfi, also known as Étienne Sandorfi, was a naturalised French painter of Hungarian origin. He received his formal art education at École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. He mastered what art critics now term hyperrealism. But

I should title this post “The Least Macabre Paintings I Could Find by the Artist Nicola Samori.” I love his figurative works: the simplified compositions, the suggestions of movement and time, …

Browse the Felicity House Figures & Portraits gallery. Felicity House is an award winning Dorset-based artist, working primarily in Pastels.

"the aim of every artist is to arrest motion…" -Faulkner

Antonella Masetti Lucarella was born in Taranto Italy. She actually lives and works in Milan. She works using mixed techniques. Talking about her practice, the artist says she has chosen to create "Italian" art, despite the fashion of the times. Her paintings have a timeless beauty and the artist has reached international fame. Her predilection toward figurative painting generates images of great beauty, refined and ethereal, but at the same time strong and introspective: her paintings are not just mere scenes of daily life, but portraits that gaze beyond the surface, and convey all the characters' drama and inner torment.

Del Kathryn Barton has laboured meticulously over her mark making in 'Come of things', with every stroke, dot and run of paint counting in the final composition. The attention to detail almost overwhelms the subject matter, as paint and image ...

Part Three in a series of articles about the Slade School Artist by guest writer, Neil Plotkin. Euan Uglow, Curled nude on a stool 1982-3 Oil on canvas 30 x...Read More

Kote’s trade marks are his bold brush work and sweeping strokes of vibrant colors applied - more often than not - with a pallet knife, ►

Francis O’Toole is a Dublin based artist, who has studied in Florence, Italy. At 17 Francis was involved in an industrial accident which very nearly claimed his life. After spending over a year in hospital and rehabilitation, Francis spent a number of years confused about what path to take in life..

Cristina Troufa is a Portuguese artist born and based in Porto. With the paintings, she wants to consolidate the idea of a spiritual, emotional, and psychological inner self-portrait. She is playing, discovering and fighting with herself. The viewer can only guess what’s unfolding in front of him while Cristina tries to create the ultimative self-portrait. […]

The artist's new exhibition asserts her status as one of Britain's leading figurative painters.

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Joan Marti is one of the most important artists in Spain. Born in Barcelona, he began his artistic studies in 1950. His artistic talent was developed and perfected first at the Academia de Valls

Friant’s Naturalist commitment to depiction of the lives and leisures of the rural working classes was in keeping with the dominant mode of representation in the final decades of the century