2017 is flying along, so I am already looking forward to November, when Fine Art Connoisseur will host the first convention devoted to the figure in contemporary realist art. The Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE) will be held at Miami’s lovely Biltmore Hotel November 8–11, offering a fully immersive experience for everyone who wants to learn (and talk) about figurative painting with world-class artists and colleagues in this thriving field.
Paintings of the human figure take many forms, from the academic and classical to the expressively brushy and nearly abstract. Publisher Eric Rhoads and I believe it’s time for figure painting to have its own convention, a gathering place where museum-quality masters, and those striving to be, can exchange ideas, improve their skills, and form a community that advances…
