Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation

Frank Sunseri

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

"Copper urn and red apple" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas

​"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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"White pitcher and lime" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas

"Bronze box, wood bowl and apple" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas

"Cup, bowl and jug" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas

"Green apple, pencil, glass carafe" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas

"Apple, glass and pencil" Frank Sunseri, 8x10" oil on canvas