Steve Hanks (1949 – 2015) was active/lived in New Mexico, California. Steve Hanks is known for Female figure painting, animal and interiors. Few artists could duplicate the emotional depth Steve Hanks achieved in his spectacular watercolors.
Realism | Contemporary art
Realism in art is an approach that emphasizes accurate, objective depiction of the world, often focusing on everyday subjects and situations. Realist artists attempt to represent the world as it appears, without adding any idealization or personal interpretation. The goal is to create a faithful and objective record of what is seen and experienced. Realism emerged in the mid-19th century as a response to the Romantic movement, which emphasized emotion, imagination, and the supernatural. Realism sought to restore a focus on the concrete, observable world and its social realities, often depicting scenes of working-class life or rural landscapes. Today, realism remains an important and influential style across many genres, including painting, sculpture, literature, and film.
Rafael Merinoo is a Mexican artist considered one of the most accurate artists in the definition of the human body. Art Connoisseurs has pointed to Merinoo as a complete artist and dedicated to his passion, and thanks to his mastery of color, his acrylic paintings on high quality canvas have led him to a consecutive presentation with more than 100 collective exhibitions and individual, in national and international museums and galleries.
Svetlana Valueva was born in Moscow in 1966. She studied art at the Surikov Art School for seven years. After graduating from school, Svetlana studied art at the Surikov Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, and then spent a long internship at the Stuttgart Academy of Arts (Germany).
Marek Rużyk (1965) invites you to his world of light, color and water. Marek Ruzyk creates marine paintings, using oil on canvas technique, often against the backdrop of a dramatic sky – he continues the tradition of marine art from the Romantic Era.
Michael Turner (born 1934) is a British illustrator who specialises in motoring and aviation paintings. He is regarded as one of the early examples of such type and is one of the most highly regarded of all.
Delphin Enjolras (Coucouron, May 13, 1865 – Toulouse, 1945) was a French academic painter. Enjolras painted mainly landscapes in his early career; later it became evident that his love was for painting women. He changed genres, focusing mainly on the portraiture of elegant young women by either lamplight or black lighting. He would become an excellent painter of nudes, and many of his later works, such as “La Sieste” are of an erotic and sensual nature.
Ginette Beaulieu is a professional hyperrealist painter from Quebec (Canada). She was always passionate about drawing and in particular, was drawn to the techniques of the Renaissance masters, of which she completed formal training from 1979-1980.
Yuri Klapoukh was born in 1963. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of painting of V.I.Surikov in 1993. Professionally engaged in painting during 15 years. His favorite themes are Russian landscape, classical portrait and genre scene of the rural life. Took part in many group and personal exhibitions. His paintings are in private collections in the USA, Czechia, Poland, Austria, the Republic of South Africa and Germany.
Andrei Belichenko is a Russian painter born in 1974 in Kazahstan. Andrei studied in the Graphic Department of the Academy of Arts. Consumed by the importance of detail, realism, and the individual expression of his subjects, Belichenko’s exceptional talent and excellence in academic standing earned him a Master of Fine Arts within five years instead of the customary six.