Dark paintings

Detail of Vision of Saint Francis of Assisi, Jusepe de Ribera, 1638.

Revisión del primer volumen de la Antologia Racconti fantastici dell’Ottocento seleccionada en 1983 por Italo Calvino.

London-based Norwegian artist, Henrik Uldalen discusses his modern take on figurative paintings.

Original Art Acrylic/Panel/Oil Painting, measuring: 45.7W x 62.2H x 5.1D cm, by: Naj Hoseini (United States). Styles: Figurative, Abstract, Fine Art, Black And White, Portraiture. Subject: Body. Keywords: Protective, Wood Panel, Painting, Wooden Panel, Angel, Black And White, Acrylics, Panel, Mix Media. This Acrylic/Panel/Oil Painting is one of a kind and once sold will no longer be available to purchase. Buy art at Saatchi Art.

Oil painting on Canvas, Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky, Impressionistic style, One of a kind artwork, Signed on the front, Size: 24 x 30 in (unframed) / 24 x 30 in (actual image size), Materials: oil paint

The more perfect you try to be, the more things about yourself you need to suppress. Things you don't accept, things that do not match the image of yourself you have created. But just because you hide them doesn't mean they're gone.

Italian artist Nicolas Samori's art can be a bit unsettling when you first see it. On first look, you see a Renaissance style painting with finely crafted