Contemporary paintings
Afternoon Stroll
“At the Club”
Royal Azim
About The Artist
Roya Azim was born in September 1964 in the rural city of
Tehran, Iran. The daughter of a well-off military general,
Roya and her family had the opportunity to move to
Atlanta''s Dobbins Air Force base in 1979. In the American
system, Roya was raised with a broad liberal arts education.
At the college level, she complemented the humanistic study
of art history and literature with the practical skills of
business administration. She excelled in both areas.
Although discouraged by family and friends, art became a
central focus in Roya''s life when she began working as an
apprentice and assistant Babak Emanuel, a renowned artist
sharing her Persian heritage. At first she learned only
fundamental artistic techniques with Emanuel, and much of
her time was spent in an administrative role. However, her
natural and unique talent became quickly self-evident, and
her title was changed to Artistic Assistant. After five years
of working with Emanuel, Roya decided to focus exclusively
on developing her own style. As a beginning, Roya has
chosen to explore the theme of golf in several of the series
she has produce thus far. The sport represents much of the
American customs that simultaneously fascinate her - such
as masculinity, wealth, nature, recreation, and competition.
The sport also provides a source of identification for Roya,
as it displays the same nuances as many of her own cultural
traditions. Moreover, the meticulous skill and diligence
found in this leisure activity are mirrored in Roya''s own
approach to her work. Like the sport of golf, Roya''s images
indicate that a precision of detail and an attention to form are
as important as the easy grace and melodious balance of the
overall composition. Although Roya''s series have been only
recently exhibited, her works have already been
enthusiastically collected by several private and public
institutions across the country.
Pino
Pino is a famous contemporary realism artist in the world.
His original paintings usually are priced at over
$78,000. Afternoon Stroll is one of Pino's classic artworks
very well known and popular in US. In the market, there are
many kinds of reprints of this painting, either printed on
paper directly or printed on a canvas then finished up with
added color paints to mimic the oil painting effect. These
reprints normally are sold at around $3,200.
Show Of Splendor
Richard Brandon
About The Artist
Richard Brandon (a studio name for artist Richard Hall) was
born in 1952 in Bradford, Yorkshire, the industrial heart of
northern England. He attended both the Sheffield College of
Art and the Kingston-upon-Hull College of Art, receiving
his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1976. After earning
his Master of Fine Arts from Sussex University, he left
England for warmer climates, ending up in the Southwest
United States where he pursued the arts of painting and
sculpture. In addition to creating his own artwork, he has
worked as an Art Director for the last few years, thereby
affecting the careers of young artists under his tutelage and
reaping the fulfilling rewards of close interaction with these
artists. This has proven to be a catalyst for his own artwork,
propelling it in new and wholly unexpected directions. As a
boy growing up in England, Brandon spent many hours
watching his grandfather create fine furniture. The man was
a master craftsman, employing traditional tools and working
methods handed down through generations. He passed on to
me to joy of creating something unique. I carry on these
traditions in my own work. Today as an adult, he views
himself as actually building a painting, in perfect analogy to
his grandfather building furniture. As I ''build'' a painting or
sculpture, it is often the actual working methods that I am
most drawn to. As I learned to finish fine furniture with
layer upon layer of polish and wax, so I now find myself
working with layer upon layer of texture and color. This
method of working triggers memories and feelings that I
channel into my art, and it enables me to give form to my
ideas.
Charge Of The Flower Bottle Brigade
Guy Buffet
About The Artist
"I am not trying," says Guy Buffet, "to convey a message in
my work. Instead, each painting is an invitation to a world
where my dreams and fantasies become reality." Since he
sold his first watercolor at the age of thirteen to an American
tourist who was visiting the Buffet family restaurant in Paris,
that reality has included, among other things, landscapes of
Polynesia, dreamscapes of Hawaii, several battalions of
quirky French culinary workers, historical scenes of the
French Revolution, and a few dour Scotsmen on wind-
blasted moors unaccountably trying to play golf. His sublime
sense of the burlesque is unparalleled and infectious.
Buffet''s father was sixty-three years old when his son was
born in 1943 and died before Guy was a teenager. For his
twelfth birthday Guy''s mother gave him a set of paints and
brushes, which he passionately put to use. In 1957 he and his
mother moved to a town in Provence near the Mediterranean
port of Toulon, where she enrolled him in the Beaux Arts de
Toulon Art School. The following year he began to study
advanced painting at L''Academie de Peinture de la Ville de
Paris, and his studies continued there until he was drafted
into the French Navy in 1961. While serving on the cruiser
De Grasse as gunner''s mate, Buffet had his first one-man
show. Organized by the Mayor of Papeete, Tahiti at the
Gallerie Mourareau, the show was a sellout. As the cruiser
made calls on other ports in the Pacific, Guy continued his
one-man shows. In this way, a certain young French sailor
began to make a name for himself in the world of
international art. Today he is world famous for his
whimsical humor. Considerations of space preclude
mentioning more than a fraction of Guy Buffet''s artistic
accomplishments. He has assembled countless one-man
shows in literally every part of the globe and served as
official artist for numerous advertising campaigns, including
Champagne Perrier-Jouet, Absolut Vodka, Aloha Airlines,
and the Tour De France. His works are displayed in several
museums, including La Musée de la Monnaie in Paris, the
Museum of the French Navy in Toulon, the Honolulu
Academy of Art, and the John Deere Museum. They are part
of more than twenty corporate collections, including
Seagrams, IBM, Bank of America, Grand Marnier, Westin
Hotels, and American Isuzu Motors. His art has been chosen
by thousands of private collectors, among whom are
Maurice Chevalierk, Jackie Stewart, Rory Calhoun, Kirk
Douglas, Rod Stewart, John Harrison, Edgar Bronfman,
John McVay, Charles Feeney, Van Cliburn, Paul Bocuse,
Wolfgang Puck, and the former American Vice-President
Dan Quayle. "Art should be something to enjoy and help
you forget your worries. I invite the viewer to share my
experience; I take you into my world like a guest into my
home. I want you to be comfortable and relaxed. When
people take a painting of mine into their home because it
makes them happy and they like it, it has accomplished its
purpose."