Realism Today

American artist Sharon Sprung shares a glimpse of insights into her new figurative oil painting, "Backscape."

Her capacity to express connection through everyday human interaction features in Keery’s imagery, which foregrounds what she calls the “beauty, intimacy, and magic in insignificant, often unnoticed moments.”

Congratulations to Fernando Micheli, whose work has been recognized in the monthly PleinAir Salon: I painted "Lovrijenac Fortress Overlook Dubrovnik" from observation, sketches and photo references on our recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia at one of the bay inlets outside the city fortress walls along the Dalmatian Coast, made famous recently in the TV series, Game of Thrones.

This multi-painting exercise works in the studio and in the field. Here’s a look at a few of the simple subjects I’ve painted over and over in my quest to build familiarity and to learn more about my own my artistic voice.

This artist's process involves no drawings or studies, only rapid brushwork executed on site that relies upon her firm understanding of perspective, value, and proportion to complete the large works, sometimes in only one session.