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| ARC Galleries of ARC Approved™ Artists and Living Masters™, by ARC Staff | - detail from 4 O'Clock, by Stephen Gjertsen |
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The Art Renewal Center, in less than 2 1/2 years, has pulled together an energetic, optimistic and brilliantly talented base of living artists, many who run our hand full of ARC Approved Ateliers and devotedly paint their hearts out. As true masters in the visual arts, they are training and inspiring the next generation of artists, scholars and teachers, to protect, preserve and perpetuate traditional techniques, training and human subject matter for our culture, our society and posterity. The ARC defines a 'living master' as one who has the rare talent, experience and expertise to create great humanistic works of art that are seemingly executed with effortless perfection. One who has been trained under the rigorous academic principles of Realism, and mastered every parameter and nuance of great painting or sculpture. Some have been fortunate enough to have trained as an apprentice to a master, or study at an atelier or school outside of today's colleges and Universities that have abandoned centuries of proven artistic principles and values. With proper instruction so very difficult to find, some have trained themselves through books and countless visits to museums for intensive studies of what has been done before them. We applaud these artists, who through their heartfelt dedication have overcome the adverse effects of the modern movement. They, and the others we have yet to add to our site, are the greatest artists alive at this time. Many of them have yet to do their greatest works, but we are proud and delighted to exhibit for you their finest works to date, and to regularly add new works as they becomes available. Amazingly, we at the center of this storm, have happily discovered that there is truly great talent alive and well in the world. We have painstakingly identified as many of them as we can within the constraints of an educational charity with limited funding, and we are incredibly proud to present them to the nearly half million visitors who come to our site every 4 to 6 weeks. In fact, the ARC is currently running over 20,000,000 hits per month, which makes us the largest on line museum on the net, and our rate of growth is so staggering, that we are projecting over 100,000,000 hits per month within 2 years. At this time, we do not wish to identify any of our initial 40 Living Masters™ as being superior to any of the others. We will present them to you below in reverse alphabetical order, and we feel confident that each and every visitor to our Living Masters™ gallery will have 4 or 5 favorites. Eventually we will not shrink from making hard qualitative judgments, but for the present we will be content to present them for your consideration. Following is a thumbnail of one of each of their best works of art, which is a hyperlink that you can click to enter their more complete galleries here at the ARC. If you are interested in purchasing a work, having one commissioned, or seeing what they may have available, write us at staff@artrenewal.com and we'll be happy to contact the artists on your behalf. Any commissions earned by ARC are added 100% to our Scholarship or Salon fund. |  |
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Sandy
Oil on canvas 9 x 6 inches |  | |||||||||||
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The Secret Oil on canvas, 2001 20 x 16 inches Collection of the Artist |  | |||||||||||
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Illumination Oil on canvas 20 x 15.1 inches |  | |||||||||||
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The Boxer Oil on linen, 1999 36 x 24 inches |  | |||||||||||
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The Year of the Dog Oil on canvas Click HERE to read more about Yuqi Wang's Classical Painting Demo at Toronto Fine Art School.
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Pieces of History 2004 Oil on masonite 5 x 7 inches (12.70 x 17.78 cm) "Anthony Waichulis - (b. 1972) hails from rural Pennsylvania and has established a national reputation for his trompe l'oeil paintings. The brilliant dimensionality he achieves is as effective and as brilliant as the two most well know American trompe l'oeil artists John Peto and William Harnett. But Waichulis goes well beyond in terms of the finiteness of his imagery. His paintings are compelling while conveying a sharp and wry sense of humor. Working with a focused discipline and a steady hand, he achieves perfection. Currency, cards, photographs, Ephemera and memorabilia make up the subject matter and the results are unbelievable." - taken from www.johnpence.com Waichulis began his academic artistic training under the tutelage of realist painter and instructor Michael Molar. It was in college where Anthony met Mr. Molnar, inducting Waichulis into a world of painting that he would dedicate his life to. His college years would provide significant strides in his Waichulis' artistic development resulting in much attention regionally and afar. His first one-man show sponsored by his alma mater would end up a near sell out within one hour of its opening. This was a foreshadowing of the reception his work would receive across the nation. Continuing his education in Baltimore, Maryland, Waichulis attended the Schuler School of Fine Arts. He would meet some of the most respected artists in their field. The school was founded by nationally renown portrait artist Ann Schuler, who had served as assistant to Jaques Maroger, former Director of Restoration at the Louvre. A brilliant faculty offered a wide spectrum of expertise that would add new dimension to Waichulis' endeavors. Baltimore would also receive his work with resounding interest, allowing his Trompe L'oeil paintings to become highly prized by knowledgeable collectors from across the country and abroad. It was at this time Waichulis thought of returning to Northeast Pennsylvania to continue to pursue his work in the region in which it began. The Waichulis Studio is now located in Pennsylvania, where Anthony had taken his first steps towards a promising future. His works have since been published in almost every major art publication worldwide including The Artist's Magazine, American Artist, American Art Review, Art News, Art-Talk, as well as many others. Waichulis, now exclusively represented by the John Pence gallery in San Francisco, has staged many appearances in key exhibitions across the country including the Smithsonian Institute and the Arnot Art Musuem's Re-presenting Representation. Dozens of successful shows across the United States have refined Waichulis'endeavors as his work has taken top awards in national and international competitions such as Artist's magazine's Annual Competition and the Art Renewal Center's International Salon Competition. Anthony has also since returned to teaching at the college where he began, alongside his former mentor Michael Molnar, with the hopes of bestowing the same influence and guidance granted him. "My painting efforts still remain as steadfast and focused today as they have when my journey began. I continue to teach and lecture privately, at academic institutions, and various art associations throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. My desire to learn and grow as an effective Representational Trompe L'oeil painter remains unfettered. I aspire to honor those I follow and strive to give benefit to those who may one day follow me." - Anthony Waichulis Waichulis's work can be seen at www.thewaichulisstudio.net |  | |||||||||||
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Cavalier Self Oil on panel 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches Private Collection |  | |||||||||||
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On A Clear Day Oil on canvas 30 x 34 inches Collection of Fred and Sherry Ross, USA |  | |||||||||||
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Bloodline
Oil on canvas 90 x 100 cm
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Princess Diana Oil on canvas 64 x 40 inches |  | |||||||||||
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Twilight Drawing, 1998 25 x 19 inches |  | |||||||||||
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