Andrew Osta
In November 2011, I have been working on a lot of smaller paintings, developing certain ideas for larger works. Experimentation was mostly focused on color and its effective use. I also reworked a number of older paintings.
Continue Reading →About animal iconography Iconography has been a part of my art for as long as I can remember. This is probably the case because the earliest images I can remember clearly are Orthodox Christian icons. My parents didn’t have any original artwork in their little two-room apartment in Kiev, Ukraine, but they did have a…
Continue Reading →I have updated some of the galleries, but realize that I need to add more galleries namely : 1) a gallery of small works 2) a gallery of imaginary landscapes 3) a gallery of Mexican themes. As I have explored some new subjects, they no longer fit neatly in the categories I have on the…
Continue Reading →Scientists say that it takes about 10000 hours of practice to get good at something. Having painted for over 15 years now, I have probably doubled or tripled that number of practice hours by this point. Therefore, I would like to offer a little bit of practical advice and encouragement to painters who have recently…
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