Norwegian artist Tor-Arne Moen’s artwork is a reminder of the past. In his imagery, it is through recollections of family life and coming-of-age stories. In the creation of the work, it is the use of the classic medium oil-egg tempera. The combination of the two enhances the aesthetic, with the medium lending itself nicely to the old-time flair that the works conjure.
At the heart of Moen’s art is the storytelling, which comes alive on the canvases through casts of characters that are emotional and nostalgic. Yet, these are not the only stories that Moen tells. His lifelong fascination with the narrative has led him to writing, photography and even filmmaking, which all inform his artwork. Then, there is the influence of outside sources as well.
“For me, the practice of photography, painting, literature and film has turned into a way of life. Although I primarily consider myself a painter, the other arts are prerequisites for my painting. I often get inspiration and energy for my motifs from books, as from purely visual studies,” Moen elaborates. “My breakthrough as a painter came in 1994 when I presented a series of 33 paintings related to the Norwegian author and Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun’s Collected Works. Through this artwork, I made a connection between the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch and Hamsun by immersing myself in Munch’s picturesque stories and using his visual idiom to interpret Hamsun.”
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Guardians of the Temple – Simon Dinnerstein reflects on The Fulbright Triptych 50 years later.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University exhibits Simon Dinnerstein's The Fulbright Triptych haunts the visual lexicon of 20th century American representational art. Fifty years have passed since Dinnerstein completed the painting in 1974.
A City Perspective
Leslie Gaduzo has always been interIested in art. Since childhood, he has been drawing constantly, from single point perspective drawings at age 10 to complex architectural drawings.
Living Legacy
The Butler Institue hosts Allied Artists of America's 110th Annual Juried Exhibition.
Elegant yet Approachable
The second edition of the RTIA Show presents even more art to explore and expanded special programming.
Figuratively Speaking
New York has always been an epicenter of artists on the edge of excellence, pushing the envelope and finding their voices.
JAMES AYERS: The Importance of Play
Like many artists, James Ayers' work took a turn during the Covid-19 pandemic. Seeing the enjoyment his kids took from playing with paint in his studio and exploring their creativity inspired him.
GINA MINICHINO: Playing with Food
Gina Minichino started her journey in visual arts because of Charles Schulz. \"He was my earliest influence for drawing and the reason I wanted to be a cartoonist,\" she says.
Island Light
The Cuttyhunk Island Artists' Residency is held in a sprawling, 100-year-old house on an island off the southern coast of Massachusetts.
Solitary Forms
Hogan Brown has been working with Arcadia Contemporary for two and half years and is excited to be featured in his first solo show at the gallery. He doesn't take for granted the many talented figurative painters Arcadia represents and is thrilled to be among them.
Living the Dream
Counterintuitively, David Gluck was a painter before taking up tattooing little more than a decade ago. While skin is a completely different substrate and ink a far cry from oil paint, the skills must be transferrable to some degree because there is a wait-time of nine months to get an appointment with him.