Portrait of a Young Girl: oil on canvas

Recent portrait from a series of portraits of Portia finished before the covid lockdown.

Portia and the Cat

Painted during "Newfoundland Snowmageddon 2020". Oil on canvas, 40" x 30".

Oil with gold leaf on wood

This is a small (8" x 8") portrait painted on wooden panel. The background is gold leaf to mimic the Byzantine Icon style. This work was for the Eastern Edge Gallery fundraiser Silent Art Auction, summer 2017.

Woman in red

"Woman in red", oil and gold leaf on canvas 30” x 40” This painting is one of my new works currently on display at the Leyton gallery of fine art in St. John's. I am sharing the walls with Virginia Mak. The show is open until October 30, 2016. "Woman in red" is "picture in a picture" combining a figure with a still life. It is painted on canvas. Some other works in this show are on copper metal plate. Copper is very reflective and creates beautiful light effects especially in combination with transparent oil paints.

Portrait of a young girl: tribute to Vermeer, oil on copper

This portrait was one of the works in the Christmas show at the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art but it was sold even before the show was open. The portrait continues my "Tribute to Vermeer" series. There are a few more of my works in this exhibition. They are oils on copper plate. I was inspired by the paintings by old Dutch master painters including Rembrandt and Brueghel who produced fine works on copper. The paint on their old paintings never cracked like paint on canvas does and the colors remained luminescent for almost 500 years. Special properties of copper allow color to “shine from within” almost jewel like.

Portrait commission

This is a recently finished commission, portrait of Boleslaw Pawlowski. Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

Tribute to Vermeer series continued

"Girl with an oriental rug" is another portrait from the Tribute to Vermeer series. It is exhibited in the Leyton gallery in the "Flattering the Masters" show.

Girl with an apple: tribute to Vermeer

My new portrait "Girl with an apple" and a few landscapes are in the Christmas show at the Leyton gallery. The portrait is 20" x 16' oil on canvas. It is a tribute to Vermeer and I used "Old Masters" glazing technique.

Show at the First Space gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Portrait of Portia is going to be in an exhibition at the First Space gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland. The show opens on May 30, 2014 and will last all summer.

New work

"Playing dress-up" oil on canvas 36" x 36"

New website

I am happy to announce a launch of my new website http://fineoils.ca/ Please visit! My son Anton did the website design. I highly recommend him if you want to hire a website programmer.

This is a new commissioned portrait I finished and shipped recently.

New portrait

This is a portrait of Michael Fulham unveiled at his anniversary in Southampton, ON, summer 2012

Here is a new portrait for the recent Eastern Edge Gallery fundraiser. Oil on canvas, 8" x 12"

I am participating in the "fun-raising" event at the Eastern Edge gallery. Here is the ad:

bid online at www.easternedge.ca

No need for chocolate, indulge your Valentine's vanity! This Valentine's Day offer them one of a variety of portrait sittings with cherished and honoured local artists. The winning bidders will have a short sitting with the artist who will then create the portrait, done in the style and medium of their choice. The sitting location, date and time to be determined by the artist and the winner of the bid.

Bidding is open now! For artist details and to place a bid visit www.easternedge.ca. You may also call us at 739-1882.

Bidding closes on February 11th at 5pm during the In The Name Of Love Annual Cake Walk.

Slide show of some new works showed at the Leyton gallery. Figurative, Landscape, Still Life.

promo brochure

Here is my new promotional brochure for the show. Hot from the printer!

solo exhibition at the Leyton gallery

Twenty new oils and a number of charcoal drawings are featured at the show entitled "Purgation of superfluities" at the Leyton Gallery in St. John's, NL. The title of the show comes from the famous quote by Michelangelo. The show runs from Sept. 1 to 24th with an opening reception from 3 to 5 on Saturday, September 10 (artist in attendance).
The slide show of selected paintings from the show will be posted soon.

portrait commission

This is my recent portrait commission, the portrait of a beautiful young lady Namratha. The portrait was unveiled today at the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art in St. John's.

slide show on Youtube

Check out my new slide show posted on Youtube:

Portraits and Figurative by Iakov Afanassiev


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uw9FhNd_vk