Ben Henriques

Blue Poppies

A wonderful egg-shaped tower painted in painstaking colour and creativity, by the new Italian artist Gulio Rigoni. A worthy purchase for collectors wishin...

A silent art, Gulio Rigoni's intellectual technique is yet to be written about comprehensively. He is a new artist to this gallery, and emerged from Turin...

A carefully burdensome piece from the 'Torri Infiniti' of Gulio Rigoni—a mausoleum-cum-celebratory piece of architecture, lauding with classical basis, it...

A perfectly executed watercolour portrait scene entitled 'The Mansion'. Reminiscent of so much cultural commentary import in its cool and classic choice composition, and yet its medi...

A new artist with promise for Jonathan Cooper Gallery, whose Endless Series of Towers are unendingly playful and curious.

GIRASOL depicts a bouquet of Mexican sunflowers bundled atop a column. A monarch butterfly seeks nectar, while behind it a vast field of sunflowers faces the light. The painting is a...

A painting by Penelope Gottlieb. "Castilleja cruenta standl" is a contemporary painting, ink, acrylic and oil on canvas panel in a variety of bright, bold colors by American artist Penelope Gottlieb. After receiving her BFA from the Art Center College for Design in Pasadena, Penelope Gottlieb went on to earn her MFA from the University of California in Santa Barbara where she currently lives and works. Gottlieb’s artistic repertoire is thoroughly modern and includes innovative paintings as well as compelling media design, for which she received an Emmy in the field of motion picture title design in 1993. Gottlieb’s more recent works showcase a unique synthesis of her modern graphic design background and the vintage botanical renderings of natural scientists. However, her paintings are also unique in their perspective on the traditional floral still life. Stylized flora and fauna are depicted as emanating from a comic book explosion, illustrating what the artist refers to as “the dire state of the planet” as faced with species extinction and the resulting biological and ecological ramifications. These violent representations of the artistically typified placid natural world are intended as “visual eulogies for lost plant life.” The particular specimens that Gottlieb depicts are in fact extinct and she is able to recreate them only from historical drawings and botanist’s descriptions. Although avant-garde and aesthetically unique, Gottlieb’s paintings delineate clear influences from the renowned artists of Pop and Expressionist art. The composition of many of her paintings is reminiscent of Kandinsky’s canvas-filling outpours while her bold color palette and black outlines recall Lichtenstein’s comic book panels. Her work is also closely related to a more contemporary group of artists, including Alexis Rockman...

Henk Boon Composition in Blue and Green Oil on canvas on wood 100 x 120 cm Frame included 107 x 127 cm The still-life paintings of Dutch painter Henk Boon ...

Image: 12h x 17w inches Framed: 14 1/2h x 20 5/8w inches Signed at lower right: COLLINS '22 A leading figure in the contemporary revival of classical painting, Jacob Collins was bo...

Image: 12h x 16w inches Framed: 14 5/8h x 20 5/8w inches Signed at lower right: COLLINS '22 (note: main image was taken before signature was added, see signature in framed images...

Image: 8h x 12w inches Framed: 12 5/8h x 16 5/8w inches Signed at lower right: COLLINS '22 A leading figure in the contemporary revival of classical painting, Jacob Collins was bor...