Marta: Nike
       
     
The Singer and the Fortune Teller
       
     
The Big Teapot
       
     
Gossip
       
     
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
       
     
Danny
       
     
Cannaregio Nightlife
       
     
Daydreaming
       
     
Kate Reading
       
     
Red Gold and Silver
       
     
The Old Saddle
       
     
Bergamo Cathedral
       
     
Sharing Lunch
       
     
Monte Tamaro Locarno
       
     
Venetian Collonade
       
     
Harbor Conversation
       
     
Streets of Santo Spirito
       
     
Fragments of Venice
       
     
Pueblos Blancos
       
     
Frenchboro Harbor
       
     
Thistle
       
     
Rugs and Tapestries of Essaouira
       
     
Blue Boats
       
     
Harbor Afternoon
       
     
Herd
       
     
Antes del Espectaclo
       
     
His Grandfather's Piano
       
     
View to San Lazarro degli Armeni
       
     
Chapel, Old Walls
       
     
His World
       
     
Stripes of Montereggi
       
     
Semana Santa
       
     
Beach Riders
       
     
Going Out
       
     
Frenchboro Low Tide
       
     
Marta: Nike
       
     
Marta: Nike

Oil / 35 in x 45.5 in
Finalist, Figurative category, Art Renewal Salon 2014-2015

Marta is an expressive dancer from the province of Cadiz. When she dances certain choreography with a flying shawl I always remembered the Nike statue in the Louvre.

Private Collection

The Singer and the Fortune Teller
       
     
The Singer and the Fortune Teller

Oil / 35 x 51 in

Private Collection

The Big Teapot
       
     
The Big Teapot

Oil / 31 x 31 in

I thought of this still life as a voluptuous, curvy woman who knows that she looks great, and she feels great. Winner, Best Still Life at Greenhouse Gallery’s Salon International.

Private Collection

Gossip
       
     
Gossip

Oil / 27.5 x 19.5 in

“Most Imaginative Award” OPA Nationals 2018

Private Collection, Florida USA

Portrait of the Artist's Mother
       
     
Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Oil on Linen / 20 x 16 in

Collection of the artist’s mother

Danny
       
     
Danny

Oil on Linen / 54 x 48 inches

Private Collection

Cannaregio Nightlife
       
     
Cannaregio Nightlife

Oil / 16 x 36 in

Private Collection

Daydreaming
       
     
Daydreaming

Oil / 24 x 24 in

Private Collection

Kate Reading
       
     
Kate Reading

Oil / 48 x 60 in

Private Collection

Red Gold and Silver
       
     
Red Gold and Silver

Oil on Linen / 31 x 31 in

Painted together with my son, artist Timur Akhriev, in my Spanish studio. This piece is a precursor to the Russian Teapot series.

Private Collection

The Old Saddle
       
     
The Old Saddle

Oil on Linen / 16 x 24 inches

My sister-in-law’s old Western saddle painted in the barn we had twenty years ago.

Private Collection

Bergamo Cathedral
       
     
Bergamo Cathedral

Watercolor / 8 x 8 inches

Private Collection

Sharing Lunch
       
     
Sharing Lunch

Watercolor / 34 x 46 in

Available

Monte Tamaro Locarno
       
     
Monte Tamaro Locarno

Watercolor / 9 x 12 in

Private Collection

Venetian Collonade
       
     
Venetian Collonade

Transparent Watercolor / 21.55 x 17.5

Private Collection

Harbor Conversation
       
     
Harbor Conversation

Oil / 11.75 x 23 in

Winner, Silver Medal at Oil Painters of America National Juried Show, 2016 in Dallas Texas.

Private Collection

Streets of Santo Spirito
       
     
Streets of Santo Spirito

Oil / 7.75 x 11.75 in

Private Collection

Fragments of Venice
       
     
Fragments of Venice

Oil / 23.5 x 7.7 in

Collection of the Artist’s wife.

Pueblos Blancos
       
     
Pueblos Blancos

Oil / 20 x 40

Collection of the artist’s wife.

Frenchboro Harbor
       
     
Frenchboro Harbor

Oil / 18 x 36 in

Private Collection

Thistle
       
     
Thistle

Oil / 22 x 30 in

Private Collection

Rugs and Tapestries of Essaouira
       
     
Rugs and Tapestries of Essaouira

Oil / 14 x 11

Private Collection

Blue Boats
       
     
Blue Boats

Oil / 16 x 20 in

Private Collection

Harbor Afternoon
       
     
Harbor Afternoon

Oil / 15 x 44 in

Private Collection

Herd
       
     
Herd

Oil / 24 x 30 in

Near Salida and Buena Vista, Colorado

Private Collection

Antes del Espectaclo
       
     
Antes del Espectaclo

Oil on Linen / 52 x 90 in / Collection of the Artist

His Grandfather's Piano
       
     
His Grandfather's Piano

Oil / 16 x 20 in

Summer 2018 we had the pleasure of painting at an Italian family retreat outside Bergamo. This is their music room, painted from life.

Virtuosos of Oil Painters of America AWARD OF EXCELLENCE from juror Daniel Green

Private Collection

View to San Lazarro degli Armeni
       
     
View to San Lazarro degli Armeni

Oil / 23.75 x 8 in

Plein air painting from Venice, Italy. Plein air is a great schooling for the eye and the hand, but also truly good for the soul. Venice is my favorite destination of all time.

Private Collection Florida

Chapel, Old Walls
       
     
Chapel, Old Walls

Oil / 10.6 x 13.7

Private Collection

His World
       
     
His World

Oil / 7 x 14 feet

I was thinking about how one must create a strong core of integrity and personal direction, independent of the pressure and anxiety in the culture, as does this fisherman, who pays no mind to the gawking birds dive-bombing around him.

Debut at Hunter Museum of American Art Biennial 2010
Chris Beetles Gallery 2012
Cutter & Cutter Fine Art sold to Private Collection, Alabama

Stripes of Montereggi
       
     
Stripes of Montereggi

Oil / 7 x 13.3 in

Available

Semana Santa
       
     
Semana Santa

Oil on Linen / 78 x 39 in / Cutter & Cutter Fine Art

Beach Riders
       
     
Beach Riders

Oil on Panel / 31 x 31 in / Cutter & Cutter Fine Art

My wife and I spent several months on the coast of Morocco. There our days began with long beach walks, where we observed the young men and their horses cutting up and racing when not selling rides to tourists.

Going Out
       
     
Going Out

Pastel / 29 x 42 in

Available

Frenchboro Low Tide
       
     
Frenchboro Low Tide

Pastel on paper

Private collection