Fiona Carver Figurative Paintings

An impressionistic depiction of a figure in the snow with cars and buildings in the busy City Streets. The Empire State Building is portrayed in the background as the snow filled str...

Floral Vintage Oil Painting of Wild Red Poppies in a Field in the English Countryside, by 20th Century British Artist. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 22 x 18 inches ...

Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.

In the Garden by Lu Haskew Oil Painting of woman with an umbrella in a backyard garden 10x8" image size 14x12" framed Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe t...

A charming Impressionist winter pastoral scene depicting the snow covered New Hope Train Station in Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christop...

Miniature Landscape with Waterfall - Vintage Oil Painting by British Artist, David James. Art measures 10 x 7 inches Frame measures 13 x 10 i...

Artist: Antoni Llobet Aracil (Barcelona, 1910 - 1983) Title: Catalan Landscape with Masia Technique: Oil on board Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in Support: Board Framing: Unframed Period: 19...

Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.

Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1999. Hand signed. Titled and dated on rear. Very good condition.

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Still Imagined" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape with leafless trees and saplings together in the dark Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in paintings...

Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Excellent condition.

Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.