Tag: realism in art
Amélie Yerly creates oil portraits that unfold slowly, built through delicate layers of glazing that reveal depth, emotion, and quiet presence over time. Rather than relying on bold colour or immediate impact, her work invites viewers to lean in, discovering the subtle tensions and dualities each face holds. Influenced by patience and intuition, her process allows each painting to evolve gradually, capturing not just appearance but the inner life beneath it. Her figures exist in a space between strength and fragility, visibility and privacy, where emotion is suggested rather than declared.…
Selected for our Faces exhibition, Tanya Shark’s work stood out because it bypasses surface identity. Through animals rendered with quiet intensity, she captures emotional states people recognize instantly but struggle to name. Her late return to painting isn’t a limitation it’s the reason her work carries such depth and restraint.
Selected for our Birds virtual exhibition, Jennifer Holmes’ work stood out for its softness and restraint. Through flowers, animals, and light, she builds visual narratives that value stillness, mystery, and emotional depth over spectacle.
Five women. Five different paths. One shared way of working through careful looking and steady practice. This feature follows Stephanie Birdsall, Amy Verhoeff, Lori Putnam, Robin Cheers, and Carolyn Lindsey as they move between studio and outdoor painting, teaching and exhibiting, and the everyday routines that shape their work.
Ivan Shishkin was born on January 13, 1832 (Old Style) , or January 25, 1832 (New Style) , in the town of Yelabuga, Vyatka province, Russia. He studied art first at the School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture in Moscow (1852–1856), and then at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg (1856–1860).In 1860 he was awarded the Academy’s Gold Medal and granted a stipend to travel and study in European art centers , Munich, Prague, Düsseldorf. His exposure to the techniques and realism of the Düsseldorf school helped shape his…