Daud Akhriev, Harbor Noon, 2009,
oil on archival board, 6 x 20 inches
| Daud Akhriev has one of the quickest
and most deft hands of any painter alive. He can embellish huge
amounts of detail, yet never lose the overall architecture of
the picture. For those not in the know, representational outdoor
painting demands extremely quick paint application before the
sun has an opportunity to move on, changing the lighting. Daud
creates thousands of detailed forms, such as the clouds,
buildings, docks, and colorful merchant stalls; all of which
delicately encourage our eyes to move through the painting's
depth. Daud has been featured in Artists Magazine and has given courses at the Florence Academy of Art, in Florence, Italy. Harbor Noon and another of his works will be featured in the group show, Landscape with a Modern Edge, October 17th at the Newberry Gallery in Santa Monica. Michael Newberry |