Michelle Dunaway's engaging smile, accompanied participants on the second day of the workshop at The Art of The Portrait, the Portrait Society of America's annual convention, now in its 23rd year. The theme proposed by the artist was: "Painting the Portrait" a title chosen not by chance since its drafting, carried out with big brushes, accompanied Dunaway's gestures, in a charcoal portrait, as if she were working on an oil painting. The ...
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First day of pre-convention workshops for "The Art of The Portrait," the Portrait Society of America's annual convention, now in its 23rd year. The day was entirely dedicated to the theme: "The Eye and Hand Connection”. What better artist than Robert Liberace could introduce a delicate and sometimes underestimated topic like this? Portraying the image of his daughter Ava from a photograph, Master Liberace highlighted, live in front of dozens of people, ...
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Countdown to the 23rd annual conference, "The Art of The Portrait”, by the prestigious and historic Portrait Society of America. Given the great success of 2020, and the restrictions still in place due to Covid-19, the four-day convention will be virtual for the second year below, May 3-6. The meeting will be able to make up for the lack of human contact with themes that deal with the traditions and ...
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It's been almost a year since Michelle Dunaway, pupil of Richard Schmid brilliantly interviewed -virtually, given the pandemic times- him and his wife, the beloved artist Nancy Guzik during the 22nd annual seminar of The Portrait Society of America. This year's 23nd edition is just over a month away, yet a shadow has been creeping over the world of contemporary American realistic art since Sunday, April 18. In fact, Richard ...
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Conde Contemporary, a fine realist art gallery specializing in works by predominantly Latin American artists and until recently at home in the luxurious Miracle Mile in Coral Gables has relocated to Natchez, Mississippi for more than legitimate reasons: the unconditional love for art and the desire to invest her energies in it as a socio-economic driver, pushed Stacy Conde to refuse the astronomical premium of doing business in Miami. Full ...
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The article by Miami Niche in the journal of the Portrait Society of America closing the 22nd Conference of the Art of Portrait, this year virtual. The Art of the Portrait Journal is a color collectible publication that presents a variety of content including the Miami Niche article. All members receive complimentary copies of this publication on a quarterly basis. A great honor and a great pleasure to be present ...
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Last day of convention: after the surprise of Eric Rhoads as Bob Ross, artist and instructor beloved and adored by the American people, who passed away in 1995, the session of Graydon Parrish begins. A participant, yesterday said that Realism Live offers the possibility to get in touch (it would have been really live if the meeting hadn't jumped because of the virus) with the great contemporary artists who will ...
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The day of Realism Live always begins with the cheerfulness of the fancy dress dance (reminiscent of the Halloween party that should have been celebrated in Baltimore with the fourth edition of FACE -Fine Arts Convention and Expo, postponed to next year in Williamsburgh (virus allowing) which is punctually followed by the energy of Eric Rhoads who presented himself this morning with a Caribbean-themed fruit hat. After the opening greetings ...
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Realism Live attracts people from all over the world who connect at any time of the day or night - for good reason - to attend this extraordinary convention. It is the ambitious English landscape artist Erik Koeppel to inaugurate the second day of Realism Live, who on the occasion of the demonstration proceeds in the execution of a dramatic mountain landscape that is composed of layers on layers in ...
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The loquacity of Peter Trippi's expressions equals the energy of Eric Rhoads in inaugurating the first official day of Realism Live: the convention that brings together artists, enthusiasts and collectors of realistic works related to figurative art, landscape, still life and floral art. The day obviously started with the presentation of Eric Rhoads and Peter Trippi, respectively publisher and chair-man and editor in chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, FACE ...
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