Paula Craioveanu Portrait Paintings

Reclining Male nude. Size 31.5x21.5in / 70x60cm Painted in 2013. Part of Nude Men series. Varnished and ready for hanging. Shipping from Forest ...

Memories from Past Life - original large art by Paula Craioveanu Original, large, unique painting, oil on canvas, 150x100cm. Shipped rolled in a tube from the artist's studio. Artis...

"Zeus and Ganymede", oil and silver leaf on canvas, 39x39in / 100x100cm Inspired by the legend of Zeus and Ganymede. Shipped as it is, stretched, directly from the artist's studio.

"The Painter's Studio", oil on canvas, 39x27.5in / 100x70cm The artist's studio and art objects part of his life and work. A sculpture, an antique head and a painting that reminds u...

"The Past and the Present" Original painting inspired by antique statues and deities. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain...

"Nude on Armchair 2" Part of my "Nude in Interior" series. Original painting. size 20x20in / 51x51cm . This is the second version of Nude in Armchair pai...

Winged Genius, oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod. A ...

Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings. This double portrait is a combination of a deconstructed, sectioned ancient marble head...

Inspired by the St Sebastian religious paintings, this double portrait is a dreamlike superimposed view of an expressive and sensual figure. St Sebastian, acrylic on canvas, 20in, r...

Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings. Amazons, mysterious female warrior, were recognized as heroines and embodied features like independence, courage, strength. This double portrait of an amazon is a combination of a deconstructed, sectioned ancient marble head...

"The Muse". This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20cm ...

Original, unique painting, oil on canvas, 27.5 x23.5in / 70x60cm. Inspired by Magritte's "The Lovers". This particular painting was part of Nude in Interior solo show in 2022. Shippi...

"The Warrior". This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic on round canvas (20...

"The Shield". This painting was inspired by ancient masks and statues and it's part of my Neo-Mythology series. Painted with acrylic, (+gesso and gold l...

"Age of Innocence", original unique painting A feminine, innocent presence, portrait of a girl with a Venetian mask. acrylic on canvas 20in / 50cm, round Shipped directly from the artist from Forest Hills, NY. Registered airmail, well packed. Don't hesitate to contact me for any info. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes, in a reversal of the male-artist/female-muse pattern, validate the feminine experience, defining myself through it. I was interested in how one experiences the body in a sensual form, and later focused on my own body, as I experience it myself, looking into the mirror and reconnecting. My work challenges the tradition of the nude by capturing my point of view, the gaze of a female painter, by using photography, drawings, sketches, and painting on canvas, for, both physical and psychological exploration. My art tries to create a visual language for emotion, beauty, feelings of intimacy and in the same time autonomy, captured with paint and vivid colors. My intense interest in colour and the gestures of the brush strokes are the means I see and convey the subjects in space, as living, passionate beings." Paula Craioveanu

"Nude on Armchair" Erotic painting, the female nude seen by a female artist. Original painting. Framed in minimalist black frame, real wood. Signed. Unframed size 20x20in / 51x51cm . Framed size 21x21x1.5in /53x53x4cm. Varnished. This painting was part of art shows in New York and Los Angeles. Shipping from New York...

Acrylic on canvas.

Oil on canvas.