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Steve Hanks: A Master of Figurative Watercolors
Steve Hanks
February 26, 1949, in San Diego, California – April 22, 2015, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) (age of 66).
Nationality: American
Occupation: Watercolor Painter and Artist
Influenced by: The Pacific Ocean, surfing, and the music of the 1960s, particularly by the music of Bob Dylan, which he often listened to while painting.
Movements: Figurative Realism
Styles: Emotional Realism, characterized by detailed and realistic depictions of light and shadow. Backlighting is also a signature element of his style. He often leaves the faces of his figures obscured or turned away, not only to leave the face to the imagination of the viewer but also to allow the entire figure to express the emotion. Each of his paintings contains a mystery, and reveals the emotions and stories of the artist who created them. His paintings were highly detailed and realistic.
Subjects: Hanks’ subjects were mostly domestic scenes. Women and children, often in intimate and introspective settings. He loves to paint sunlight and according to him sometimes his work is more about sunlight than anything else.
Genres: Watercolor Painting
Mediums: Watercolor, oils, pencil, acrylics, and Etch A Sketch.
Unique Distinction: Steve Hanks is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists of his time.Known for his exceptional mastery of watercolor painting, achieving a level of realism and detail that is rare in the medium.
Achievements and Main Contribution to Art: Consistently recognized as one of the top ten American artists by U.S. Art Magazine, received the National Watercolor Society Merit Award, the National Academy of Western Art Gold Medal, and was inducted into the U.S. Art Hall of Fame. Hanks had a significant impact on the art world, particularly in the field of watercolor painting. Hanks’ impact on the art world was also evident in his role as a mentor and teacher, sharing his expertise and techniques with other artists.
Quotes
“The ocean made a strong and lasting impression on me. It was good for the soul to be out in the water — surfing, swimming, or simply getting in touch with its mysterious power.”
“I’ve tried to be responsible and put positive images out into the world.” “I hope that my work brings comfort, pleasure and insight into people’s lives.”
“Sunlight has become one of my favorite subjects. I’m fascinated by how it filters through things, how it floods a whole room with color. Often my paintings are really more about sunlight than anything else.”
Family Background and Early Life Experiences: Born into a military family, Hanks grew up playing tennis and surfing along the beaches of Southern California. He says that it’s good for the soul to be out in the water surfing, swimming and playing.
His father was a highly decorated WWII Navy flyer. The family moved to New Mexico when Hanks was a junior, and he attended high school there. He developed an allergy to oils, which led him to experiment with watercolors.
Education Background: Attended the Academy of Fine Arts in San Francisco, earning excellent marks in commercial art and figure drawing. He then transferred to the California College of Arts and Crafts, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Professional Work Experience:
• Worked as a caretaker at a Campfire Girl’s camp in New Mexico, where he spent four and a half years experimenting with various mediums, including oils, watercolor, pencil, and acrylics.
• Consistently appeared in the list of top ten American artists compiled by U.S. Art Magazine since 1993.
• Received the National Watercolor Society Merit Award and the National Academy of Western Art Gold Medal.
• Featured Artist at the 7th Annual Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children in 2002.
• One of the top 25 selling artists in the June 2002 issue of Decor magazine.
Personal Life: Married to Laura, with whom he had three daughters. His marriage to Laura and the arrival of three children provided new inspiration for the artist. His family often appeared in his work, and he sought to capture intimate moments of their lives. Many lovingly rendered domestic scenes were added to the portfolio during those years. His work focused on capturing intimate moments he called “moments of introspective solitude.”
Personality Traits, Hobbies, and Interests: He was known for being a responsible artist who put positive images out into the world.
Hanks believed that art came from a deep inner sense of direction and was deeply affected by the emotions and music of the 1960s. Park West Gallery remembering Steve Hanks, wrote that thanks to his creativity, the multi-talented artist was even more recognized than his relative, actor Tom Hanks.
Pino Daeni – Italian Impressionist Painter of Women’s Beauty
Pino Daeni
Giuseppe Dangelico
(November 8, 1939, Bari, Italy- May 25, 2010, New Jersey, USA), (aged 70)
Nationality: Italian
Category: Art Workers
Occupation: Painter, book illustrator
Specification: He is known for his style of feminine, romantic women. Noted for his ability to capture fleeting expressions and movement, his women are often lost in thought. The use of warm colours in a unique manner made his paintings exceptional.
The famous modern painter Vidan is his nephew
Influenced: Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaaoli He found inspiration in the works of such artists as Sargeant, Sorolla, and Boldini.
Style: Impressionism, Expressionism
Subjects: Portraits, seascapes, the nude
Education: He was a self-taught artist. He enrolled at the Art Institute of Bari, then went on to Milan’s Academy of Brera in 1960
Contributions: He created over 3,000 book covers, movie posters and magazine illustrations. his style has dominated and influenced the market.
From 1960 to 1979, his work garnered several prizes and awards. He is one of the highest-paid book illustrators of his time.
Main works: “Remember When”, “Mystic Dreams”, “Morning Breeze”, “Love”, “First Glance”, “After Dinner” and “Anticipation”.
Career and personal life: Pino was born in Bari, Italy on November 8, 1939.
He began his studies at the city’s Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan’s Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent and skill for painting nudes.
His skills in painting were heavily influenced by the pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaaoli.
From 1960 to 1979 his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe.
At the same time, he was commissioned by Italy’s two largest publishers. Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations.
Pino also experimented with Expressionism in the late sixties during his stay in Milan.
In 1979, he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. He brought with him his family—wife Chiara, seven-year-old daughter Paola, and five-year-old son Massimo.
In 1980 Zebra Books Publishers commissioned him to do his first book cover. His romance novel covers, painted for such authors as Danielle Steel, Sylvie Summerfield and Amanda Ashley, helped sell millions of books
In the United States be became fascinated with the works of Soralla, Sargent, Benson and William Merrit Chase.
In 1992 he contacted one of the major galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona, the May Gallery. Since then his paintings have appeared in Morris and Whiteside Gallery in Hilton Head and Stuart Johnson’s Settlers West Gallery in Tucson.
In 2001, Pino’s son, Massimo, more known as Max, began representing his artist-father, despite Pino’s initial reluctance.
On May 25, 2010, Pino died at the age of 70
Vidan – Contemporary Italian Impressionist and Figurative Painter
Vidan
Vittorio Dangelico
(born on 1965, Perugia , Italy)
Nationality: Italy
Category: Art workers
Occupation: Painter
Specification: His portraits reveal a spectrum of hues as well as a range of atmosphere and emotion.
Influenced: His art would be influenced by the Italian Renaissance arts, impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Paul Gauguin and his uncle Pino Daeni.
Style: Figurative, Neo-realism. Also his style has been compared to the early Impressionists.
Subjects: Portraits, seascapes, the nude,
Medium: Pastel, oil.
Education: Attending some of the finest art schools in Italy to include the Liceo Artistico diMilano and later the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Brera.
Personal Life: Vidan was born in the picturesque city of Perugia, which is nestled between the elegant cities of Rome and Florence. In his youth, Vidan realized his passion for the arts.
Vidan is the great Master Pino’s nephew and spent years painting side by side with his famous uncle until Pino’s death in 2010.
Career: Since moving to the U.S in 1988, at the age of 23, Vidan began a career in the book cover industry and quickly establishing himself as a top romance artist.
Like his uncle Pino, hwo moved to the US in 1979, Vidan for over fifteen years worked for such notable and prestigious publishers as Doubleday, Harper-Collins, Harlequin, Zebra, Berkeley, and Ballantine. At the same time, he created art for the Vogue Italia, TV Guide, Snapshots, and MaryKnoll greeting cards.
But Vidan has always pursued his love of fine art and his masterful work as a portrait artist.
In 2002 he began painting for galleries and finally, in 2004, major galleries began to display his work.
Now his work can be seen in galleries all over the USA as he continues to create beautiful and inspiring pieces of art.
Vidan began studying under his uncle, world renowned artist Pino (1939 – 2010). It is often said that Vidan’s potential and progress is reminiscent of Pino’s earlier work.
Vidan has amply proven to be extraordinarily talented in his own right and become one of America’s premier figurative and Expressive artists.
His original portraits and landscapes are found in many prestigious galleries worldwide
Vidan’s works are collected throughout the United States and Canada.
Vicente Romero Redondo – the Superb Spanish Painter of Beauty and Light
Vicente Romero Redondo
(born on 1956, Madrid, Spane)
Nationality: Spane
Category: Art workers
Occupation: Painter
Specification: He is known for amazing female pastel and oil paintings. “Superb Spanish painter of beauty and light”.
Gender: Male
Style: Figurative, Neo-realism, Impressionism
Subjects: Portraits, seascapes, the nude,
Medium: Pastel, oil.
Major topic: Female and her femininity.
Education: In 1982 he graduated from the art faculty of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (Madrid).
Spouse: Silvina Gottero (married in 2008)
Personal Life: He is the eldest of four sons in family. Due to the work of his father, he grew up in many different towns all over Spain.
In 1971 he with his family moved back to Madrid.
He sdudied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Francisco Goya was once one of the academy’s directors, and, its alumni include Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, hwo studied there from 1922-1926. He started his early years in sculpture and later turned into painting.
Since 1987, he lives in the town of Calonge on the Mediterranean coast of Costa Brava (the birthplace of Salvador Dali).
Career: After graduating from the Academy he worked on the street for several years. Since the early 90s Romero’s paintings have been shown in individual expositions in Portugal, Spain France and the USA . In 2001 he moved to Madrid, but he still spends time in the Costa Brava. Since 2002, took part in the fifteen major art exhibitions.
Some galleries have permanent exhibitions of his work: the Euroarte (Lisbon), Masters Gallery (Denver), Masters Gallery (Vail), Aspen Grove Fine Art (Aspen), Galerie Züger (Dallas), Puerta de Alcalá (Madrid), The Little Gallery (Saint-Émilion). Some of his most recent exhibitions: Petleys (Londres,2010),Pizarro (Valencia, 2011), Benedito ( Málaga, 2012), Salon International du pastel en Périgord (2012).
Creative style: He used to work with the classical style, which allows to get most out of oil paints highlighting the colors and shapes. In recent years, he gives preference to the pastels, wich he more spontaneous. The artist himself states that pastel colors allow to have “unrivaled delicacy” and to compose elements with admirable light. Recently, he producing a mutually enriching dialogue between the two techniques.
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