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New Light Results & Exhibition Now Live
Judging is complete. Congratulations to all the entrants and winners.
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Judging is complete. Congratulations to all the entrants and winners.
Click here to view the full exhibition gallery.
A beautiful little painting by the legendary Denys Gorodnychyi.
Don’t forget to read the interview with Denys here too:
5.5x7 inches oil on board.
A beautiful evening painting by the Legendary Denys Gorodnychyi. Don’t forget to read the interview with Denys here too:
13.5x20 inches oil on board.
A beautiful blazing, yet tranquil masterwork by the legendary Maurice Sapiro.
16×12 inches oil on board.
Don’t forget to read the interview with Maurice here too.
A painting of inspired by the low-lights of the Swedish Winter, on the way to Gothenburg for work.
11x14 oil on canvas.
Scudding Clouds Edgehill by David Smith is oil on board, 8 x 10 inches, 20 x 25 cm. Shipping is $50.
David Smith is a well renown Artist living and painting in Oxfordshire, England, and having been painting since childhood he now regularly exhibits as part of the Royals Societies of Artists in the UK. Originally a landscape gardener, David’s profession and love for the English countryside informed and fueled his beautifully composed designs for his paintings, which are full of feeling, atmosphere and emotion.
A minimalist palette inspired this scene using just Orange and Green and White.
Oil on board, 6x9.
January Dawn by David Smith is oil on board, 8 x 16 inches, 20 x 40 cm. Shipping is $50.
David Smith is a well renown Artist living and painting in Oxfordshire, England, and having been painting since childhood he now regularly exhibits as part of the Royals Societies of Artists in the UK. Originally a landscape gardener, David’s profession and love for the English countryside informed and fueled his beautifully composed designs for his paintings, which are full of feeling, atmosphere and emotion.
Inspired by a Jimmy Hendrix song Jon was learning at the time.
Oil on board, 6x9.
‘Dusk’ is from 2020, oil on canvas and sized 35 x 40cm or 13.8 x 15.7 inches
Ukrainian modern master Denys Gorodnychyi is famous for his thick textured, yet delicately beautiful paintings. You can read about Denys in his interview for Tonalism.com here.
“With so much that’s wrong with the world now, quiet tonal paintings I think are a welcome reminder that the world still is beautiful, serene, and full of wonder.”
"I’m just a simple man who enjoys painting scenes from my life to give people a glimpse of my time here on this planet”
“We have no choice but to follow our own star, to pursue that Holy Grail which is there to be won.“
“I like to think that when I’m long gone my paintings will tell people far more about me than anything or anyone else could.”
“Painting's greatest power, not unlike music or filmmaking, is the ability to move people”.
“I believe the purpose of art is to enhance and enrich one's life and the lives of others.”
“Memories can be hazy or clear, and we think of them as accurate, but they contain vast fictions.”
“If one is open to contemplation, of slowness of thought and a willingness to embrace nature, the more new ‘doors’ to the secrets of painting will open.”
“Art should elevate the soul of the viewer... it should awaken, transcend, and heighten society in its pursuit of truth and beauty.”
Morning seamist, Weymouth Harbour.
Oil on board, 6.x4 inches
As a landscape painter the problem of colour is always there to make me ask questions and hopefully honestly answer them. Mist and fog changes the questions, it changes the colour because it's a thing so you have to paint It... I walk this Harbour nearly every day so draw and paint very regularly. Every day and evening is different.