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 Sao
Sao's paintings of elegant flowers and simple cross shapes indicate the artist's background in design. Each blossom sprouts from the artist's imagination. "I give life to the white paper when creating the flower that I see in my mind at that moment." Sao studied at Art School of Aarhus in Denmark and has exhibited her works in such prominent locations as the Textile Museum in Washington D.C. and at the Vatican Museum in Rome. |
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Sandra Caplan
Collecting objects from all over the world, Sandra Caplan creates intricately detailed still-life paintings of flowers, antique vases and sentimental objects that are usually situated in a soft, sunny landscape settings. Caplan studied at the Yale University School of Art and has shown her work throughout New York. Her work belongs to several corporate collections including Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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Matthew Forderer
The unique photographic collages of Matthew Forderer are inspired by the surrealist compositions of René Magritte and Salvator Dalí. In his unusual compositions, typewriter-headed figures emerge from the sea and farmers confront toasters. Forderer studied at the Colorado Institute and lives and works in southern California.
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Vincent Scilla
Baseball season has begun, and Vincent Scilla's beautifully colored portraits of baseball and golf players in action are just in time for opening day. The artist's portfolio is a diary of his long relationship with sports. Scilla's work belongs to the collections of the Baseball Hall of Fame, U.S.G.A. Golf Houses, the Atlanta Braves Baseball Club, the U.S. Sports Academy, the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Art and the San Diego Padres Baseball Club.
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Midori Curtis
Japanese artist Midori Curtis uses printmaking techniques to create her unique works on paper. "My work reflects memories of my Japanese past and the frenetic present of New York City life." She uses Chine-collé, an old European technique, "to merge two or more different materials, such as plastic and natural objects." Curtis received her MFA from Columbia University. Her work belongs to many corporate and public collections such as the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Calvin Klein Cosmetics, British Airways and Gotham Capital.
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Janet Indick
Janet Indick's rhythmic compositions balance geometry and color and resemble textile designs from the 1950s. "I manipulate simple geometric shapes, curves, angles and lines, and like a choreographer, I connect parts into a fluid whole that exhibits movement, energy, symmetry and balance." Indick studied at the New School and Hunter College in New York City and has exhibited her work prolifically throughout New York and New Jersey, with shows at the Nassau Museum and the Bergen Museum. |
Updates
Also, enjoy the latest exciting additions to the collections of the following PaintingsDIRECT.com artists: Peter Illig, Gladys Barbot Desmangles, Marine, Francoise Carrier and Ngombo. |
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