Edward Butler

YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE - Contemporary Realism / Still Life Color Apples

2019

Robert C. Jackson (b. 1964, Kinston, NC) began his career path as an electrical engineer before turning his passionate hobby into a full-time profession as a contemporary still life ...

Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler. Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...

Original Painting by Loren DiBenedetto Loren DiBenedetto (b. Carteret, NJ) received a degree in Fine Arts from the Du Cret School of the Arts in Plainfield, NJ. She furthered her ...

Contemporary still life painting of a Pear by Olga Antonova. Olga Antonova (b. 1956, Volgograd, Russia) completed her classical art training a...

"The still life with yellow apples". Acrylic on canvas by Elena Narkevich Dimension art: 35 H x 27 W cm x 2 cm D Dimension framed: 57 H x 49 W x 4 D cm Elena Narkevich work is well ...

Oil paint on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects. In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections. Mr. Newton resides in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting. The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...

This elegant still life by Trinidad Ball, painted in 2005, depicts three luminous apples arranged in soft diagonal alignment on a light surface, contrasted against a deep teal backgr...

Signed and dated (at lower left): W. R. Miller 1891; (at lower right): No. 10