Three Contemporary Artists

Posted by Suzanne Hill Mar 15, 2008

I continue to ponder why so many contemporary artists pour their creative energies and cleverness into art that’s trivial and shocking. Modern art died around 1970, but certainly the modernist effects linger. The merits of beautiful old paintings do not generate as much sensation as the ridiculous work of Damien Hirst who dissects cows and soaks them in formaldehyde or of lewd performance artist Karen Finley who, at the end of her shows, often takes off her clothes and smears herself with chocolate.

Although it seems to generate little public interest, there is a lot of superb art being made these days. Check out these three artists featured in the April, 2008, issue of Fine Art Connoisseur.

Kamille Corry (b. 1966) specializes in the human figure against lovely backdrops. Her classical training shows in her beautiful renditions of the human body in unusual poses. In a contemporary twist, her paintings feature highly-realistic figures against flattened backgrounds of Japanese or Art Nouveau design. Her work is handled by Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston.

In her art, Annamarie Trombetta (b. 1963) depicts her fascination with geometrical shapes and perspective. She gained this interest from her background of observing stained glass windows in church and her classical art training. Her paintings feature brilliant colors and unusual points of view. Trombetta has a studio in Manhattan and enjoys painting scenery and architecture of New York.

Tony Pro (b. 1973) focuses on portraits. He has a background in graphic design and illustration; he taught himself to draw and paint the human figure using Richard Schmid as a consultant and John Singer Sargent as inspiration. His work is carried at Circle T Fine Art in Tempe, Arizona.