Ben Fenske

"Red Dress" contemporary impressionist painting of woman laying in grass, Italy

2024

"Walking in the Vineyard" is a contemporary impressionist painting of a woman walking her dog through a Tuscan Vineyard. Framed Dimensions: 51.25 x 67 inches Ben Fenske (b. 1978)...

Oil painting of a Maui Landscape. Painted en plein air at a graveyard, Bretzke titles this work humorously, "Dying to Stay in Maui". Two figures stand in a graveyard, on a Hawaiian ...

Tuscan Summer is preserved in this Neo impressionist style oil painting. A woman in a Fiat drives along the dirt road with the windows down, enjoying the fresh air. The landscape inc...

"On the Way to Ram Island" by Viktor Butko, is a plein air painting of an early evening landscape on Shelter Island. Rendered in soft palette, this painting depicts a road descending...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "View From the Porch - Winter Evening in Sweden" is an oil painting that depicts a snow covered cabin, surrounded with barren mid-winter trees and dense ...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Autumn Day, Northern Lakes (Finland)" is an oil painting that depicts trees on a bright blue shoreline. Bio/Artist Statement: German-born artist Ulric...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Midnight Sun in Finland (Last Snow)" is an oil painting that depicts a snow covered yard with a deck railing and a yellow mi...

Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "At Sunrise in the Mountains" is an oil painting that depicts the textural hillside of a mountain landscape with blue skies overhead. Bio/Artist Statement: German-born artist Ulrich Gleiter (b. 1977) is noted for his landscapes. His style is sometimes reminiscent of German expressionism and the Russian impressionists. He first studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts and later at the Repin Academy in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His work has been recognized with awards in the USA and in Russia and been featured in books and magazines. "Ulrich Gleiter is a citizen of the world. Born in Saarbrücken, Germany, he pursued his undergraduate studies at Dresden’s Academy of Fine Arts, where he learned to paint with the bold, colorful strokes handed down from the early 20th-century German expressionists. Students there prioritized their individuality — no one but you could have made this picture, they were told. Gleiter then absorbed a different view of artistry during his exchange year at Moscow’s Surikov Institute, followed by six more years at the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg. Today Gleiter divides time between Germany, Russia, and the United States, where he has become much admired among plein-airists in such scenic places as Colorado, California, and Wyoming. In our era of diplomatic tensions, when Crimea and Russia appear regularly in the headlines, Gleiter feels a renewed appreciation for nature’s timelessness — for its inspiring capacity to rise above the ins-and-outs of man-made problems. Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles and beautiful things may have happened there. Most importantly, I am humbled to observe how natural forces never stop moving.” Gleiter turns his searching eye not only to wilderness, but also to the banalities of urban life — to parked cars, the glinting sprawl of an automobile dealer’s lot, retail stores, and even cargo ships. There, too — as in his portraits, nudes, and still lifes — he manages to find abstracted beauty and emotional significance in the interactions of light, color, and air." ( by Peter Trippi, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, 01/2017) SOLO- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2018: SANDAU&LEO Gallery, Berlin. 2017: Gallery 1261...