Paintings By Alexandra Tyng

Alexandra Tyng is a realist painter whose work combines classic procedures with a modern viewpoint. Alex was born in Rome, Italy, and has lived in Philadelphia most of her life. Principally self-taught, Alex selected an academic instruction in excess of artwork university. She uncovered conventional oil painting tactics by examining the function of the aged masters, examining about the procedures and supplies of other artists, and looking at artists paint.

Alex’s portraits include descriptive backgrounds and a uniquely figurative sensibility. Her non-commissioned figurative operate focuses on people in the approach of dwelling and interacting in their personal environments, instead than in formal poses. In other paintings the figures turn into distant focal factors while the environment predominates. Alex’s landscapes range from personal views of certain destinations to mountaintop panoramas to big-scale aerial views of the glacially carved land formations of coastal Maine.

Alex has had solo demonstrates in New York, Maine, and Philadelphia. Her get the job done is included in several public, company and personal collections in the U.S. and abroad. Her figurative paintings and portraits have garnered awards from the Portrait Modern society of The us, the Allied Artists of The us, the Woodmere Artwork Museum, The Artist’s Journal, and American Artist. In 2008 Alex was picked as just one of Maine’s superb artists by Maine Dwelling +Design in 2009 an short article on her landscape work appeared in that exact publication. Her Maine landscapes have also been showcased in The Art of Monhegan by Carl Very little, and in art publications which includes Good Artwork Connoisseur, American Art Collector, The Artist’s Magazine, International Artist, and O&S (Poets and Artists). Alex leads workshops in Maine and Philadelphia, and teaches portraiture in the Philadelphia area. Alex is a member of the Maine Landscape Guild, and the founder of Portraits For the Arts, an ongoing philanthropic task that makes use of the electrical power of portraiture to elevate funds for the arts in the Philadelphia region.

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