Odd Nerdrum

Odd Nerdrum, Three Namegivers

Odd Nerdrum was born in Sweden. Raised in Norway, he dropped out of high school at eighteen and began his studies at the National Academy of Art in Oslo but was never made to feel welcome in an environment that was hostile to Nerdrum’s interests in a more traditional technique and style. Nerdrum is known…

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Adriana Rinaldi

Adriana Rinaldi, Plum Pudding

Adriana Rinaldi was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and moved to Italy with her family when she was very small. Her experience in Italy had a profound artistic effect on her – she kept busy in her countryside home drawing whatever she saw. The artist returned to Canada and continued her artwork as a hobby throughout her high school years and after 32…

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Ronald N. Sherr

Queen of Hearts

Ronald N. Sherr was an American artist and teacher (1952-2022), who began his art studies at the DuCret School of Art in New Jersey, then moved to New York City to study at the National Academy of Design. While Ron had an illustrious career in fine art portraiture, the exhibit at Seven Bridges features selected…

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Clive Smith

Smith_Caught

Clive Smith is a highly trained British painter interested in how contemporary painting can speak to modern societal issues. Born in St. Albans, England in 1967, the artist has lived and worked in New York since 1988. Smith was educated as an artist first in the U.K. at Kingston Polytechnic and then at the Art…

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Peter Swift

Peter Swift, Eight Wood Screws

Peter Swift, a former corporate lawyer, has been painting full time since 2015. Specializing in still-life painting, the artist has created a new genre which he calls “Symmetrical Realism” — photorealistic renderings of objects, arranged in symmetrical designs.

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Nathan Walsh

Walsh _ NYC 6AM

Nathan Walsh was born in 1972 and is a contemporary realist painter living and working in Wales, United Kingdom. Walsh is known for his large-scale paintings, some measuring up to nine feet in width. He travels abroad to large cities like New York to research his compositions, and then returns to his studio in Wales…

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Will Wilson

Entr'acte

Will Wilson was born in 1957 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was educated at the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore from 1975 to 1979 and then at the New York Academy of Art in New York City from 1989 to 1990. His first solo show was at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been…

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