Paintings
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 MoreWilliam Beckman
William Beckman was born in 1942 in Maynard, Minnesota. He received a BA from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and an MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He moved to New York City in 1969, rose to prominence in the mid-1970s and has had over 20 solo exhibitions. His work is included…
Read MoreCharles Bell
Charles Bell (1935–1995) born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned a BBA degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1957, then served for two years in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant. Bell worked as an accountant and served as comptroller of the International Nickel Corporation until 1980. According to a Guggeheim Foundation biography,…
Read MoreNoah Buchanan
Noah Buchanan, born in 1976, began his artistic studies in 1994 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied classical drawing and painting, as well as extensive studies in human anatomy. In 2002, he received his M.F.A. from the New York Academy of Art where he intensified his training in…
Read MoreDavis Cone
David Cone was born in 1950 in Augusta, Georgia. He received a BFA degree in 1972 from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, doing postgraduate work in photography and design from 1972–1973. Cone joined the photorealist movement in the late 1970’s and rapidly became a prominent painter…
Read MoreRobert Cottingham
Robert Cottingham was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and began his career working in graphic design, a choice which later provided inspiration for his iconic paintings of American signage. He moved to Los Angeles in 1964 to work in advertising and after four years,…
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 MoreCarl Dobsky
Carl Dobsky was born in 1972 in Victoria, Texas. After studying at the Ringling School of Art in Florida and the New York Academy of Art, Dobsky studied at Jacob Collins’ Water Street Atelier. His work is grounded in traditional forms of representation while still incorporating contemporary elements, bringing grace to the most mundane objects…
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.…
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