Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation

Frank Sunseri

Website: http://www.franksunseri.com/
​Email c/o: maryleesunseri@yahoo.com

"Still Life #23," Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas $450 (unframed)

​"After making sculptures for thirty years (and a few trips to the Louvre in Paris and the Uffizi in Florence), I was intrigued by the challenge of making illusions of 3-dimensional forms in paint. Now, painting from life, I portray simple forms under dramatic lighting in a chiaroscuro style.
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My medium is traditional slow-drying oil paint applied in an alla-prima method. Other than finding the composition, my painting is more of a craft than an art. I am simply trying to paint what my eyes see without using any photo references. Unlike stone carving, which deals with gravity and balances and other physical realities, painting is creating a ‘magical illusion’ to make the viewers believe that they see something other than just paint. …I love that!" —Frank Sunseri

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"Still Life #31" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas, $450 (unframed)

"Still Life #29" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas $450 (unframed)

"Sill Life #18" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas $450 (unframed)

"Still Life #24" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas $450 (unframed)

"Still Life #25" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas $450 (unframed)