Born 1980 in San Francisco, California, Aaron Nagel began drawing as a child and gradually made his way to painting. Upon discovering oils in his early twenties, he became enamored with the medium and has been obsessed ever since.
Figurative | Contemporary art
Figurative art is a form of artwork that has existed for thousands of years in cultures all around the world. Figurative art can be made in any media and in a variety of styles. The term “figurative art” is often taken to mean art which represents the human figure, or even an animal figure, and, though this is often the case, it is not necessarily so.
Working mainly in oil, Lacey Lewis is an award winning contemporary realist figurative artist who paints in a classical style. Whether or not one is versed in the elusive language of visual design, Lacey’s paintings communicate to the viewer as she purposefully chooses recognizable aspects of reality to recreate on the canvas.
Sarah Fecteau is a Quebec artist born in Thetford Mines on August 24th 1983. As a young girl, Sarah developed a passion for drawing and a dedication to detail that would characterize her work throughout her career. She became highly influenced by the American hyperrealism movement began experimenting with acrylics in that style.
Vachagan Manukyan is a Contemporary Armenian artist who was born in 1977. He received his education at Hakob Kojoyan Art School, College of Fine Arts, and the State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Fine Arts, all in Yerevan.
Lluis Ribas was born on December 28, 1949, in Masnou, Spain, a coastal town in the Maresme district near Barcelona. Ribas spent hours on the beach tracing his first drawings in the sand. His mother dreamed of a life for him that would be less difficult than that of a fisherman. At nine years of age he began studying drawing and painting with Jose Maris Martinez.
Carole Assié is a painter from Toulouse, holder of a degree in plastic arts and has lived for several years in the Lèze valley (France).
Sergey Lesnikov is an award-winning Russian painter who has exhibited nationally. His works are a broad scope of landscapes, still-life, as well as figurative.
Danie Cronjé resides in Villiers, Free State, South Africa. He is known for his beautiful portraits and paintings in oil and pastel of the female figure.
István Cene gál was born in 1969 in Salgótarján, Hungary. He studied artistic drawing under the guidance of first Ödön Iványi, then Péter Földi. He also studied art history in a course led by Professor Dr. Lajos Végvári at the Association of Art in Miskolc. He got his degree at the College Department of the university DOTE EU.