Portrait With Hat and Bees, Impressionist Portrait Oil Painting by Alexandra Swistak

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'Beekeeper's Daughter'

A striking portrait painting that captures a sense of dynamism with bold colors and expressive brush strokes in … Read more 'Beekeeper's Daughter'

A striking portrait painting that captures a sense of dynamism with bold colors and expressive brush strokes in some areas.

A lady in nature. She appears to be engaged in conversation, possibly listening or about to speak. This painting is hinting to a bygone era. Executed in bright rich green, red, white, purple, brown and black.

The frame is old and still a lovely finishing touch for this magnificent painting.

Medium: Oil Paint On Canvas Board
Size: 8 x 10 Inch

This portrait is also featured on greeting cards and silk scarves.

The Flemish Renaissance, Mughal portraiture, Impressionism, Classicism and Cubism are references for my work. Each painting unfolds from observation, and an intuitive narrative. However, the style itself is not a conscious choice in my practice; it is the result.

A painting seldom begins and ends on one panel. A vision begins in the representational form but the moment it shifts towards the abstract; I begin work on multiple substrates. The unpredictability of these in-between states are fully explored. The work spills organically and grows in any direction similar to the roots of a plant. Thus, most representational paintings become triptychs or diptychs containing an abstract companion piece. One aspect always underscores and engages the other with an ultimate aim to provide an overall indulgent reprieve from the rituals of daily life.

[The artist actively exhibits her paintings including Bergdorf Goodman, New York. Her work is collected internationally and she keeps studios in Canada, France, Japan and India.] See less