Ryan Reynolds

Trinidad Pier

2023

Ryan Reynolds’ newest series of paintings features coastal Northern and Central California wooden piers that extend from the land into the sea. Reynolds’ thoughtful works have previo...

Ryan Reynolds’ newest series of paintings features coastal Northern and Central California wooden piers that extend from the land into the sea. Reynolds’ thoughtful works have previo...

Oil on panel, inscribed and dated '1946' bottom right Image size: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (49.5 x 39.5 cm) Period frame This painting stands out for its use of full-bodied brushstrokes and thick impasto application of paint. It depicts an Italian harbour in the 1940s, probably on one of the islands in the bay of Naples, such as Procida. The Artist Ezelino Briante was born and trained in Naples and he traveled around Italy and abroad (France, Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, United States of America) looking for naturalistic subjects that he preferred. This celebrated painter studied at the Accademia di Bella Arti di Napoli and his scenes of Italy won him great support and fame in Italy and internationally. His paintings of Italian piers, in particular those of Campania; well known are also his marine landscapes of Sorrento, Capri, Maiori, Amalfi Coast and Sorrento Coast...

This was a plein air painting that I painted on the outlook overlooking the ocean at south Laguna. Several days of returning to this spot, I created this piece. The sounds of the wav...