Sentences with phrase «between traditional figurative painting»

His subjects hover between traditional figurative painting and portraiture, with subjects often seemingly caught in an interrupted moment, as if the sitter has just realized the artist's presence.

His subjects hover between traditional figurative painting and portraiture; only about five percent of his production is true commissioned portraiture.

Not exact matches

Ignoring the traditional distinction between naturalistically depicted and abstracted figures, the sensuous color and bold, sinuous contours of these elusive and lyrical paintings play on the tension between figurative references and abstract forms.