Local artist Steve Creighton has been notified that his painting, “Studio Grouping,” has been accepted into the Oil Painters ...

specializes in contemporary representational art. And that was the subject of David Menard: Urban Grotesque. To create his pieces, the artist began by scanning photos — both his and those of ...

particularly in portrait and female figure painting. Born in 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, he was recognized for his technical skill and the distinctive style that marked his contributions to the revival ...

became successful representational artists. And some, escaping from the chunky nude moms and arm-and-hammer mill workers, the wheat stacks and cogwheels of federal wall paintings, have turned into ...

These early artists decorated walls of caves with ... in what were likely some kind of ritual act. The oldest representational cave painting dates from about 30,000 years ago.