Sentences with phrase «by painting from»

Influenced by Baroque and modern figures, Khushna combines traditional and digital approaches by painting from photographs rather than live subjects.

These are complemented by a painting from the 1970s by Alma Thomas who in 1972, at the age of eighty, was the first African - American woman to receive a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

By painting from images captured by renowned photographer Mark Berghash, Ozeri's black and white somber self - portraits portray a man vulnerable and introspective.

I am influenced by painting from the ancient past as well as the present.

The only artist to be selected for more than one gallery is the painter Philip Guston, who will be represented by a painting from the early 1960s chosen by Christopher Wool and a painting from the mid-1970s chosen by Amy Sillman.

She approaches her self portrait by painting from a mirror, but works from video images of the children.

Important positions in minimalism are represented by painting from Scandinavia.

[10] Jones notes that Riley investigated Seurat's pointillism by painting from a book illustration of Seurat's Bridge at an expanded scale to work out how his technique made use of complementary colours, and went on to create pointillist landscapes of her own, such as Pink Landscape (1960), [10] painted soon after her Seurat study [13] and portraying the «sun - filled hills of Tuscany» (and shown in the exhibition poster) which Jones writes could readily be taken for a post-impressionist original.

Soutine derives an immediate advantage by painting from life; because his motive is settled in advance, he does not have to tease it out in the process of painting.

A tranquil, meditative tenor is established by paintings from Agnes Martin, Ad Reinhardt, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Jo Baer, Carmen Herrera, and Jasper Johns, only to be radically disrupted by the reentry of day - to - day life into art's refined spaces.

Leading contemporary musicians and sound artists compose exclusive, new works inspired by paintings from the collection

These are followed by paintings from the late 1980s and early 1990s made in Chicago, where Marshall lives and works and developed a signature practice of painting in acrylic on the collaged surfaces of large unstretched canvases.

Van Hove's sculptural installations, placed on pedestals and concentrated mainly in the front of the gallery, are overlooked by paintings from Alleck's «Continuum» series, which has been ongoing since 2006.

I found myself comically repulsed by the paintings from a distance of ten feet, and then hypnotized by their line work as I stepped closer.

The events energetic dances are inspired by paintings from Masterworks from El Greco to Picasso in The Phillips Collection, on display at MFAH through January 5.

Flights of fancy were on display in Barbara Westbrook's dramatic entry hall and foyer, where a pair of Tom Corbin's bronze sculptures — illuminated by paintings from Pryor Fine Art — draw the eyes upward to the sweeping staircase, and porcelain butterflies (hand - imprinted with varying patterns of antique lace) appear to be flying toward the daylight - lit oculus above.

Not exact matches

«Chesapeake Requiem,» a forthcoming book by Earl Swift, paints a timely portrait of the 200 - year - old crabbing community as it faces extinction from rising water levels.

From honoring scientific discoveries to displaying paintings by masters, museums help to preserve, document and share some of the most spectacular accomplishments of people.

From the vast original painting library created by Pinot's Palette artists, to the eye - catching logo, right down to the precise methods of setting up the studio, everything flows perfectly.

That's a far cry from just five months ago, when Sotheby's and competing house Christie's garnered record sales, and worldwide attention, by each selling $ 1 billion worth of paintings and sculptures over the course of a week.

The CEO, says a person familiar with his thinking, believed selling through big boxes could introduce Moore paint to new customers; once impressed by the brand's quality, he believed, they would buy directly from Moore stores.

Science fiction paints us as petrified by our own creations; fears of a bot planet have influenced everything from Asimov's «Laws of Robotics» to HAL 9000's homicidal impulses to Skynet's global genocide.

is painted on our office wall accompanied by handwritten success stories from satisfied customers.

A Loo in Lieu: The White House asked to borrow a painting by Vincent Van Gogh from the Guggenheim; instead, the museum offered to lend an 18 - karat gold toilet.

They remember Cruz as a quiet and helpful colleague — a far different portrait from the one painted by classmates, neighbors and teachers who were so concerned by his erratic and violent behavior and obession with guns.

Accompanied by a troupe of dancers with gongs, drums, and banners, and by Australian aborigines in paint and loincloths, she invoked ancestor spirits and indicated that the best «image of the Holy Spirit comes from the image of Kwan In... [who] is venerated as Goddess of compassion and wisdom in East Asian women's popular religion.»

And what historical evangelical theology is communicated by paintings of cottages printed on mousepads, and T - shirts that print Scripture pulled from context across an American flag or keychains, or romance novels minus the sex?

Amy Mandelker has drawn attention to the term «reverse perspective» as used by Russian Orthodox theologians to describe the unusual dimensions of icon paintings, with the gaze of the viewer drawn to the level of earthly events and yet given a peculiar perspective, as from a heavenly seat, so that people and objects do not have their expected everyday appearance.

You paint yourself into a corner by disallowing yourself from saying «no» to ideas, opinions, beliefs, and behaviors.

I could stand to live in a world painted by Bob Ross... it would be mellow and soothing and no fear of damnation from our «happy accidents».

From this position he can accurately paint the despair felt by many young blacks.

The second is the equally incontestable fact that culture is derived from and connected to religion: architecture to temples of worship, drama to religious ritual, universities to acquiring sacred knowledge, music, sculpture and painting to the praise of the divine, indeed science and political economy themselves to categories generated by divine stories.

The paintings which depict Radha and Krishna surrounded by darkness while they themselves are lit by a sullen glare from the sky, or portray the lovers enclosed in a triangle of night while the inhabitants of Vrindavan unconcernedly go about the day's tasks, are visual metaphors for a sensualism which is simultaneously hidden from the world and from the lovers» awareness.

But there is another iconoclasm: the one that attacks portrayals of God made by Christians, even apart from statues and paintings.

The Guadalupe image is made from everyday paint, the kind typically used by artists in the 1500's, and even shows brush strokes and perhaps pencil marks.

That, says Dr. Southgate, is because the issue is focused on HIV / AIDS, and she asks readers to consider the «incalculable loss» from the disease --» the loss to all those whose lives would have been touched, even changed, but were not, by books not read because they were never written, by paintings not seen because they were never painted, by performances never heard because the song was not sung.»

In this short documentary produced by Valspar, the paint company shows how high - tech «EnChroma» glasses are giving individuals who suffer from colorblindness, the ability to see the full spectrum of color.

Another matter in which the men differed from the nairs was that when they come to battlefield, they do not smear their heads nor do they paint their bodies with the ashes of cow - dung blessed by the cursed jogues.ie, the yogis or the Hindu priests, which the nairs make very much of.

A picture of a five year old girl from Northern Ireland with an anti-Catholic slogan painted on her forehead is being looked into by police.

On the walls are Japanese shikihi (fine paper squares) with Zen sayings in the Sino - Japanese ideographs, two Taoist paintings and a picture of the Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva) from Koryuji, Kyoto, These are well received by people and set a good tone to the room.

This exhibition of his work, «Souvenirs from the Waste Land,» includes eight paintings inspired by collector Roberta Green Ahmanson's extensive private postcard collection in Los Angeles.

Above the saints, who were painted by Mark Dukes, is a text from St. Gregory: «The one thing truly worthwhile... is becoming God's friend.»

Informed by seventeenth - century Flemish trompe l'oeil painting, Gordon appropriates images from multiple sources to create new references in his compositions on wood panels.

Accompanying the exposition are a picture and paragraph devoted to architecture (Solomon's Temple), a lithograph of the Jerusalem temple, a pictorial representation of Solomon and Queen Sheba from Ethiopia, a painting by Cornelis de Vos of Solomon offering sacrifices to idols, a map of the divided kingdoms, a contemporary Chinese painting of Elijah, another painting of Elijah by Peter Paul Rubens, a 17th - century needlepoint rendition of Jezebel's death, a sidebar devoted to the term «Jezebel,» and a picture of a panel showing King Jehu offering tribute to the Assyrians.

My fondness grew this trip during my drive from Albuquerque to Taos to Chimayo — surrounded by stretches of Georgia O'Keeffe painted deserts under infinite azure, cloud - crowded skies.

The paintings, created by artists from around the world, memorialize and celebrate John Jameson's legendary character, in particular his reputation for being a man loved by the people of Dublin.

The collection of classical and contemporary paintings, on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been featured in Architectural Digest, and is perfectly accented by the French lace curtains and Viennese velvet draperies.

Distressed murals inspired by the underground graffiti scene — created and painted by local artist Crystal Solis — line the walls while enchanting Japanese signage hangs from above.

The room is spare but warm: Windsor - backed black chairs and simple wooden tables look timeless; the plant wallpaper in the bathroom (drawn by Anna) and the painting behind the bar (from David's brother) add charm.

I'd learn later that these teepees were hand - painted by a Native American artist from Santa Fe and are fully furnished with iron and wood beds, Navajo rugs, antique quilts and trade blankets, and Victorian iron chandeliers.