Self Portrait on Fire by Eric Armusik (2015)

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Description Self portrait painting by figurative artist Eric Armusik in the style of Baroque realist painting

Eric Armusik, Hamburg, PA
Member Since March 2016
Artist Statement I am a classical figurative artist that fuses my life experiences with art history. My paintings are a declaration to the dramatic power of traditional, figurative art. My inspiration does not lie in academia, rather my past as a child surrounded by the vivid paintings I saw each Sunday during church. I don’t aspire to simply paint a figure; I paint a moment, a human experience, and an emotional dialogue that transcends culture, religion and time itself.

My chiaroscuro technique is based on 17th Century masters like Caravaggio. I paint in an alla prima style over a grisaille that I finish with a rich varnished surface of richness and depth.

I graduated with a B.F.A. in painting and an art history minor from PSU in 1995 and spent a summer semester abroad in Todi, Italy, where I studied 17th Century painting. In 2010 I won the Chairman’s Award for the Sixth International Art Renewal Center competition and I am recognized today as an Associate Living Master.

My art has appeared in the pages of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post and American Artist Magazine and is in the collection of Howard Tullman.