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The Art of Angela Fraleigh

Questioning social constructs of beauty, class, gender and role play I am interested in the complications of desire, what power people have available to them and how they use that power. These images serve as a means of escape from one’s personal histories but also provides a space to question these idealistic scenarios. Drawing on dramatic moments from literature and framing the romantic stereotypes that are created these images are complicated by obscured power structures. Ambiguity conceals where authority lies in these familiar images disrupting our understanding of these hackneyed relationships while bringing into the foreground the continual power struggles still fueling our political, social and intimate relationships. Link

Tags: gender, oil, passion, romance, they are melting!, water color

The Art of David Reeves

David Reeves lives in New Brunswick, Canada on the beautiful Kennebecasis River. David has been interested in drawing and painting all of his life. His love of the sea is evident in many of his subjects.

He was educated as a professional engineer and has pursued that profession for greater than 25 years. In the past few years he has devoted much of his time to his artistic interests and expects to continue in this manner. Link

Tags: acrylic, man of many paints, oil, pastel, watercolor

The Art of Jacques Resch

Jacques Resch (1945 - ) is a French born artist who lives in Africa. He began painting as a child. At around three or four years of age, his mother entered his drawings in a contest where he won first prize.  At seven years old, his mother enrolled him in art courses.

Resch enjoys being spontaneous with his work, because he thinks that errors show the feebleness of human nature.  His work is also influenced by technology such as the television and internet which barrages people with images.  In contradiction to such modern advances which cause the viewer to become passive, Resch’s work encourages the viewer to become active and to examine for themselves the problems that afflict the work today. Link

Tags: bizarre, oil, what the f.....

The Art of Ralph Heimans

Ralph Heimans’ work has been described to have a disarming quality, recalling the methods and conventions of 16th and 17th century European portraiture, while at the same time playfully undermining those traditions. Although his technical approach pays homage to masters like Caravaggio and Velazquez, particularly in the use of chiaroscuro, his subject matter is distinctly contemporary, drawing inspiration from technology and images of modern life. His work is a departure from the way in which portraiture, and the process of commissioning art, is generally understood. Rather than conventionally depicting his subjects, his paintings offer a detailed narrative about their character and life story. Subjects are often portrayed in action or in a context containing clues about their lives. These settings are reconstructed, either from the imagination, or by altering places of actual significance, which contributes to the surreal quality of some of his work. The play of strong light and shadow, a dominant recurring theme, further enhances the sense of an imagined reality. Link

Tags: head shots, it looks so real but it's not, narrative portraits, oil, portraits