Untitled 514 Les Diaboliques

These intense paintings are by artist Francoise Nielly.  Nielly paints mostly with oils on canvas using various palette knife techniques.

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Sleepwalk - 2009 oil on canvas 24" x 30"

Finding Marion Pecks work on the web was a wonderful surprise!

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Oil on canvas 30in x 24in

Shawn Barber is best known for his life-like tattoo portrait paintings.   Barber has an extensive collection of work on his site, so make sure you check this guy out.

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oil on a canvas

I have not featured a painting in a while so I was glad when Nancy sent this to me.  I love how she has captured the feeling of being at the concert.  The singer is full of life, the lighting is amazing and Nancy’s painting style sparks movement on the canvas.  The black background feels a little flat compared to the rest of the painting, but it could be that the background looks better in real life and does not translate well in a photo.  In any case, this is not something that keeps me from enjoying the work.  This is a strong painting and Nancy does a great job of bringing the singer to life.

artist & website: Nancy Desrosiers - http://www.nannerland.com

mixed mediums on canvas - 54×64 inches

Again a piece that I am certain would be amazing in person.  I really enjoy the movement and texture in these pieces.  Vincent actually sent me another piece to feature, but I fell in love with these works.  Examples of the new work by Vincent Romaniello are here.

artist & website: Vincent Romaniello - http://www.vincentromaniello.com

Tree #1, from the series Photography-Act, 2007

This work reminds me, on a much smaller scale, of Christo’s Running Fence.  I guess the starkness of the white canvas used to cut into nature is where I find the similarity.  One key difference is this piece was designed to have one point of view.  Pieces like this one cause me to think about man made objects and how they interact with and chnage our landscape.

Simple in concept, complex in execution, Lee makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard.

artist & website: Myoung Ho Lee - http://www.lensculture.com/myoung.html

mixed media on canvas 40″ x 60″

artist & website: TMNK - http://www.flickr.com/photos/5150everywhere

artist & website: Ian Francis - http://ifrancis.co.uk

Oil Painting on Canvas

artist and website: Rebecca Campbell - http://www.rebeccacampbell.net

53″ x 66″ mixed media on canvas

artist & website: Greg Gossel - http://www.greggossel.com