Paintings
Robert Neffson
Robert Neffson was born December 28, 1949 in New York City. He began attending classes at the Art Students League of New York in 1961 and then Boston University College of Fine Arts, graduating in 1971. He went on to earn his master’s degree there in 1973. Neffson is known for his photorealistic street scenes…
Read MoreOdd Nerdrum
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…
Read MoreAdam Normandin
Adam Normandin, born in 1965 in Hempstead, New York, is a Los Angeles-based contemporary realist artist whose detailed paintings of rustic freight trains often sprayed with graffiti offer a glimpse into the lesser-explored aspects of American life. The contents of these steel mammoths are unknown, offering a mysterious trait to each composition. Drawn to subjects…
Read MoreAdriana Rinaldi
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…
Read MoreRonald N. Sherr
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…
Read MoreClive Smith
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…
Read MoreRaphaella Spence
Raphaella Spence was born in 1978 in London, England, and is a hyperrealist painter whose current works consist of high-resolution digital camera images combined with freehand cityscape paintings. Spence and her family moved to France, where she spent the first eight years of her life. At the age of 12, she moved to Rome, Italy,…
Read MorePeter Swift
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.
Read MoreJames Valerio
James Valerio was born in 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, where he currently lives and teaches at Northwestern University. His mother was an artist, and as a child he took weekend classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. When a back injury prevented him from finding work as a laborer, Valerio enrolled in night classes for…
Read MoreNathan Walsh
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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