Featured Artist… Tony D’Amico!

“Deep Shadow at Dudley Farm” by Tony D’Amico

I first saw this painting on Tony’s Facebook page and I was instantly captivated. What a wonderful old building with the most beautiful dappled light showing through. I love how it’s imperfect as an old farm should be, where everything isn’t perfectly straight, it gives it so much character! The fabulous color of the sunlight on the roof is amazing, not one tone, but many all blended just perfectly. The sky and trees look like they’re out of an old painting, just beautiful… and the grass! Ahh, the lights, the darks, all so nicely placed, and oowieee, that gorgeous light at the bottom of the door!

Tony’s work is fabulous and I urge you to check it out! He has a great website, so give it a peek!

Here’s a blip about Tony from his website, read “About The Artist” to see more:

Tony D’Amico is a Connecticut based artist. He is a visual journalist capturing scenes of everyday life too often overlooked. His work conveys an idealized yet representational interpretation of the countryside, city or seascape.

Beginning his employment as a commercial artist/illustrator, Tony enjoyed a successful career in the corporate world holding management positions and developing campaigns for such companies as American Home Products, Playtex, and the Pepsi-Cola Company. He then founded his own promotional marketing agency, Creative Alliance based in Southport CT. The client roster included, The Pepsi-Cola Company, AT&T, Tiffany & Company, ebay and the Guinness Importing Company. Evolving into one of the top promotion and event marketing agencies in the US, he later sold the company to the Publicis Group, an international advertising and media services conglomerate.

Tony has studied with a number of nationally recognized artists such as Gabor Svagrik, Hodges Soileau, David Dunlop and John Traynor. Most recently, he is associated with a group of painters who are led and inspired by his good friend and noted artist, Donald Demers. Tony’s paintings have won numerous awards and are in a number of municipal and private collections. He is a member of the CT Plein Air Painters, Lyme Art Association, Salmagundi Club in NYC, Rowayton Arts Center, Oil Painters of America, is a featured artist on Lori Woodward’s Collectors Showcase and is represented by The Geary Gallery in Darien, CT.

Catch you back here tomorrow!