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Online artists – figuartive art

Frank McFadden: Figurative art

March 5, 2012
Drag

Frank McFadden – unique artist So many artists have had troubled personal lives – Van Gough to mention but one. Add to that legion – Frank McFadden, Glasgow born artist. Frank trained as a graphic designer and worked for a time as a signwriter. Unfortunately, his life span out of control and Frank McFadden became [...]

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Michael Alford: figurative art and landscape art.

January 9, 2012
A Red Gown No. 2

Michel Alford: figurative artist: Michael Alford is now a well respected and much collected artist living in London. But his first degree was taken at Durham University where he studied modern languages – Arabic and Spanish. His childhood was split between the UK and Germany which perhaps influenced his decision to become a war artist [...]

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Garry Wilson: figurative art.

November 11, 2011

Garry Wilson: figurative art; portraits and commissions. Garry Wilson attended the  Duncan of Jordanston College of Art in Dundee and graduated with an honours degree in fine art. He lists among his many influences the drawings of: Leonardo Rodin Auerbach and Matisse. He is also strongly influenced by the paintings of: Andy Warhol The Fauvists [...]

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Andrew Fitzpatrick: figurative art

September 23, 2011
Tango 6

Andrew Fitzpatrick: Figurative Artist To say Andrew Fitzpatrick has an obsession with dance and , in particular, the tango is to say the least and understatement. Being born in Greenock on the west coast of Scotland, better known for its rainy climate, make this obsession with the tango even more interesting. After showing early promise [...]

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Fereshteh Stoecklein – figurative art – online artist

July 6, 2011
FS 2

Fereshteh Stoecklein – figurative art Horse riding competition on snow ‘St. Moritz’ “I create paintings that generate a calm, peaceful expression and a temporary inclusion of the observer in the work. The viewer spontaneously enters and experiences the harmony of the, mainly figurative, contemporary art.” This statement by the painter herself defines her works, whether [...]

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Richard Wallace portrays characters from literature and mythology

July 5, 2011
Fallen Angel

Richart Wallace – portraits from literature As a self-taught painter, Richard Wallace’s first show was held in Manchester City, England in 1980. Since then he has participated in more than twenty exhibits including two in Oslo, Norway. He was also the Artist In Residence at Derby City Art Gallery in 1992. He loves to portray [...]

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Michael Gorman – Figurative art

May 7, 2011
La Fontana

Michael Gorman – Figurative Artist Painter Michael Gorman was born in 1938 in Wolverhampton, UK. He currently resides in Cyprus, where he has lived since 1989. Michael received his degree of Fine Art in 1969, from The University of Newcastle. A major influence was Richard Hamilton, an important artist in the department. He attended at a [...]

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Elena Kourenkova: Figurative Art

May 5, 2011
Hard to catch

Elena Kourenkova; figurative artist Elena Kourenkova, born and raised in Russia, is an eclectic artist now based in Scotland whose primary focus is on creating very unique figurative oil paintings. After graduating from an Architectural Institute in Volgograd(formerly Stalingrad), Russia in 1989, Elena became an architect in Moscow. She later decided to try her hand at interior [...]

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Susan Wilson – Figurative Art

May 4, 2011
Bresley

Susan Wilson- Images through the Eyes of an Artist- Figurative Originally trained as a nurse in her native New Zealand, Susan Wilson’s life-long love of art and nature culminated in her desire to study the discipline formally at Camberwall and the Royal Academy in Great Britain 1976. Since that time she has also worked as [...]

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ULLA PLOUGMAND – Figurative and Landscape Art

March 23, 2011
URSULA

  ULLA PLOUGMAND – Figurative Art  Ulla was born and brought up in the Danish countryside where she reveled in the contrast between the wild seas of Jutland’s west coast and the flower-strewn meadows that lay behind the dunes. The daughter of a country doctor her upbringing was traditional, but her life since has been anything but. [...]

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