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M Fine Arts is excited to announce our participation in this years Boston International Fine Arts Fair!
Please stop our exhibition booth October 20th-23rd.
This event benefits The Boston Athenaeum.
For more information, please contact info@mfinearts.com
Blue Hummingbirds, oil and wax on canvas, 40" x 60"
From her formative years in Boston to eventually painting the papal gardens at the Vatican, it’s easy to see how the colorful life of Diana Nicosia has went on to influence her diverse, captivating body of work.
An artist, author, and many other titles in between, Nicosia’s newest artistic endeavor has her influenced by the frescoes of Livia Drusilla, wife of Emperor Augustus and mother of Tiberius. The collection, titled Roman Paradise: The Garden Series, sees Nicosia stay true to form while subsequently inventing a style all her own.
Her modern frescoes reinvent the encaustic tradition, combining vibrant blues, pinks, and golds alongside unnatural textures. Works including Blue Hummingbirds showcase delicate hummingbirds fluttering from flower to flower in an inviting panel display, evoking a light, timeless atmosphere.
Nicosia’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world, and will be displayed at M Fine Arts Galerie alongside those of French painter Yves Crenn for Surfaces Revisited, beginning September 8.
For more information on Diana Nicosia, visit her website.
Voodoo Swamp, limited edition print, 48 1/2" x 23 1/2"
Like a scene straight out of a fantasy film or serene daydream, Eric Roux-Fontaine’s works manage to paint a picture of a world just outside our realm of possibility. His delicately painted, lush works frame subjects teetering on the edge of reality; be them living on the moon or drifting down a river adorned with celestial orbs of light.
Fresh off his solo exhibition at Galerie Felli in Paris, Roux-Fontaine's work has been showcased to an even wider audience after being featured in major art publications Hi-Fructose and and Colossal.
Based in Lyon, his work is largely inspired by his travels throughout Central America, India and Eastern Europe, specifically to Borucan & Romani communities. In an interview prior his solo exhibition Jardins secrets at Axelle Galerie in 2015, Roux-Fontaine elaborated on the inspirations behind his work, stating:
“Originally the garden was an enclosed space, just as the artist workshop is, where man tried to force nature to fit the human scale… Today, the scale is reversed; the world has become a garden itself, which can’t be enclosed by a wall (thankfully!). The man who once attempted to shape nature to his will for centuries, taming the plants by putting them in a cage, imposing his rhythm and moods, realizes that trees communicate, forests are moving, and some plants grow tired of their surroundings and disappear here only to reappear thousands of miles away…”
Cosmogonie, Mixed media on canvas, 23 1/2" x 23 1/2"
Roux-Fontaine’s work has been exhibited throughout his homeland of France and around the world, landing him in the permanent collections at Musée des Beaux-art in Chambéry and Musée Paul Dini in Villefranche-sur-Saône. In addition to his recent exhibition at Galerie Felli, his work can be found right here at M Fine Arts in Boston.
To learn more about Eric Roux-Fontaine, visit his website and artist profile.
Fitzcarraldo, limited edition print, 26" x 31"
Chien bleu, dry pastel and watercolor on paper, 48.75" x 49.5"
Whether it be a classical nude, still life, or urban cityscape, Yves Crenn's delicate pastel & watercolor works convey a unique sense of sensitivity and emotional depth, much like the Italian frescoes he's admired throughout his life.
Citing inspiration from a trip to Pompeii as a young child, Crenn's interest in painting came after the death of his brother in 1985, after which art served as an emotional release.
Tilleul 1, dry pastel and watercolor on paper, 62" x 48¾"
By utilizing a combination of pastel & watercolor atop a handmade etching paper, exclusive use of warm, muted tones command an intimate, inviting response from the observer. The gentle softness of his work mimics the ambiguous and often nostalgic properties associated with the passing of time. More than just conveying beauty, his work is noted for its strong emotional presence, with Artension quite accurately describing his work as “an expression of an individual interior need".
Crenn's unparalleled ability to showcase natural beauty many of which will be shown in an upcoming show in August at M Fine Arts Galerie, alongside artist Diana Nicosia.
Drappee, dry pastel & watercolor on paper, 47" x 31 1/2"
To learn more about Yves Crenn, including a list of available works, visit his artist profile.
Les Enfers 1, dry pastel & watercolor on paper, 48 3/4" x 44 1/2"