As far as that goes, an Edmonton painter, Robert Lemay, has worked for
a long time in/with the traditions of Still Life, beautifully:
www.robertlemay.com
It all depends upon...
Doug
On 13-Nov-08, at 10:53 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> Nerdrum is certainly successful, but I think there's not much there
> there. Two painters who use the conventions and techniques of
> classical European realist painting more tellingly are the late
> Gregory Gillespie (check Google Images) and the young Mexican artist
> Hugo Crosthwaite (http://www.hugocrosthwaite.com/, and an amazing
> minidoc on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0guLRCtNTs).
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