Posts by Seven Bridges
Rich Alexander
Rich Alexander is a trained draftsman and owned and operated a sign company, hand lettering signs and trucks with lettering enamels. In 1986, Rich became a New York City fire fighter. During his 21-year career with the FDNY, Rich designed, built and painted dozens of firehouse tables all over New York City, painted murals on…
Read MoreSteven Assael
Steven Assael was born in 1957 in New York City. He attended the Pratt Institute and presently teaches at The School of Visual Arts and the New York Academy of Art in New York City. The artist’s technique of balancing realism and romanticism, focusing on the human figure either individually or in a group and…
Read MoreBo Bartlett
Bo Bartlett was born in 1955 in Columbus, Georgia. He began his artistic training with private studies in Florence, Italy, in 1974. Bartlett continued his studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, graduating in 1981. His paintings are in the American realism style and depict people he knows set in scenes around…
Read MoreDale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly was born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington. He was introduced to glass at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965 Chihuly enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design where he later established the glass…
Read MorePaul Day
Paul Day was born in 1967 in Horsham, England. Upon finishing his education at Cheltenham School of Art, Day began working professionally aided by a grant from the Prince of Wales Business Youth Trust. Day has spent more than twenty years developing a highly personal approach to figurative sculpture using high-relief, an art form that…
Read MoreVincent Desiderio
Vincent Desiderio was born in 1955. He graduated from Haverford College in 1977 and later attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy, followed by four years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Desiderio has said that the works of Eugène Delacroix had an important influence on the development of how he treats light…
Read MoreBryan Drury
Bryan Drury was born in 1980 in Salt Lake City, Utah and relocated to New York in 2001. He received his MFA Cum Laude from the New York Academy of Art in 2007 and BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2005. He has exhibited and received awards throughout the US and Europe.…
Read MorePaul Fenniak
Paul Fenniak was born in 1965 in Toronto, Canada. He completed his BFA at Queen’s University in Kingston and received his MFA in 1993 from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. His work has been considered psychological realism.
Read MoreRalph Goings
Ralph Goings was born in 1928 in Corning, CA. He received his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1953 and his MFA from Sacramento State College in 1965. He had his first solo exhibit in 1970. Goings became one of the founding members of the photorealist movement, writing that “form, color and…
Read MoreDaniel Greene
Daniel Greene was born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Art Students League in New York, where he later returned to teach. His paintings and pastels are in over 500 public and private collections, including major museums . He has won numerous awards over the years.
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