by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Interiors, Still Life
This alla prima piece was painted over a couple of evenings at our kitchen counter in front of a darkened window. The highly polished and nearly transparent green glass shell cast unusual eye-catching shadows, glimmers and sparkle – on, around and through this dish...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Architecture, Figures, Landscapes
Expressive of an artist’s methods during an arts festival, the painting shows the juxtaposition of the artist intent on her work (which is outside the frame of the view), and collectors shaded under the canopy of the exhibition shed. The purple shadows was a...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Architecture, Landscapes
This two-hour Quick Draw competition piece was an ambitious exercise in the banner shapes and their motion, the reflection and transparency of the glass, the solidity of the awning and the building from which it is hung. Given the size, the painting process was purely...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Interiors, Still Life
A yellow hard hat signifies a captain’s headgear in a local department. The eagle’s head and number emblazoned at the front signify the courage and the hierarchy of the firefighter wearing this hat.The luminescent reflectors and flashlight handle add an...
by Frank Costantino | Mar 10, 2018 | Architecture, Interiors
A generally unseen view within a station, firefighters’ gear is hung in a careful, orderly fashion – from bottom of rack up, boots to hats – so that they can quickly dress at an alarm and clamber aboard the waiting engine. The patterns and forms of...
