Dutch Style Floral Still Life With Moth Original Oil Painting by Marina Movshina

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A still life in the Dutch Renaissance tradition. Daffodils take center stage here with hellebores and other flowers in a … Read more A still life in the Dutch Renaissance tradition. Daffodils take center stage here with hellebores and other flowers in a flow blue English pitcher. A giant emperor moth sits on the table. Please note the moth was not killed for this painting, it was found dead on a sidewalk. The painting was created on a 9x12 Gessobord. It is have been framed in an antique gold frame that is 13 and 3/4 inches tall by 10 and 5/8 inches wide. The flowers are vibrant and colorful. Old style sensibility with a bit of modern aesthetic.

Marina Movshina is an American artist known for landscape painting, and for her illustrations of children’s books, as well as her botanicals. Her paintings have been selected for the exhibition of distinguished alumni at Carnegie-Mellon’s Centennial Celebration of its College of Fine Art, the Logan Center at the University of Chicago and the Harlin Museum in West Plains, MO. An elected artist member of the American Artists’ Professional League, New York, NY, she is admired for her skill as a painter and draftsman in the handling of space, depiction of light, and expert use of color. She received a B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University and studied at the Art Students’ League, New York, NY, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Marina lives in St. Louis, MO.

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