People | David Sommers

• Rosalind Franklin

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 18 x 1

• A Subway Reader

  Oil, Panel, 28 x 24 x 1

• Helen Keller

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 18 x 1

• Rothko

  Oil, Canvas, 28 x 22 x 1. Mark Rothko posing in front of some of his works.

• The Thinker

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 24 x 1

• Waiting

  Glass, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. Waiting for someone for come by and ......................

• Leonardo

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. a modern day Leonardo...........

• The Embrace

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1

• Aldana

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1

• The Reading Sisters

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1

• Me under Tree

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 22 x 1. Based on a photo taken by my wife of me sitting in the bright sunlight near the Jersey Shore Summer, 2021.

• Jackson and Lee - East Hampton, N.Y.

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 32 x 1. This is Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner outside their house in The Springs, near East Hampton.

• Brunch on M Street with Masks Off

  Oil, Canvas, 22 x 28 x 1

• Moderna Miracle Self-Portrait

  Oil, Canvas, 32 x 24 x 1

• Your Therapist Will See You Now

  Oil, Canvas, 36 x 24 x 1

• The Artist Discussing his Painting

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x 1

• The Answer to Fox News

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. Without Rachel Maddow truth and facts would be lost. There are many other great reporters and journalists but Rachel has a way of getting to the absolute and unique bottom of stories.

• Dancers

  Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 1. A couple engaged in modern dance.

• Homage to Vermeer

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x 1. One of the most famous paintings in the world. See this for more information - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring

• June Osborne

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 1. The stoic and heroic June Osborne from the Handmaid's Tale.

• Mom with Baby

  Acrylic, Canvas, 44 x 46 x 1. Mom and her newborn enjoying the beauty of each other and of nature in a country setting.

• Sharbat Gula- Watercolor

  Watercolor, Paper, 12 x 9 x 1. Another attempt to capture the intensity and youth of the Afghan Girl - Sharbat Gula. Admittedly I have yet to capture her youthfulness.

• Queens Wise Guy

  Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. An imagined self-portrait of a young me at Long Beach "flaunting" the no bicycles " signage.

• Market Street Soul by Ronn Jainz

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. Ronn Jainz sings soul music outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Market Street - he has an amazing voice - see this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZcKuvB6lCU

• New Jersey Commuters

  Oil, Alumacomp, 9 x 12 x 1. Commuters heading to Manhattan on the PATH train.

• Flower Girl

  Watercolor, Paper, 9 x 12 x 1. A young woman holding a freshly picked bouquet.

• Homage to Wyeth and Christina Olson

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x 1. Christina's World is a 1948 painting by American painter Andrew Wyeth and one of the best-known American paintings of the middle 20th century. The woman in the painting is Anna Christina Olson (…

• Janet Malcolm at the Blackboard with Slenca

  Watercolor, Paper, 9 x 12 x 1. From a photograph in a New Yorker article by Janet Malcolm in which she recounted her early life and school experiences - here a math lesson at the blackboard with her teacher - Slenca - h…

• Midge Maisel

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x 1. A quick study based on the hit Amazon TV show.

• Immigrant Abuse

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 1. From an iconic photograph.

• Freddy Mercury

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x 1. A quick study attempting to capture his energy.

• Holy Kashmiri

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. A elderly holy man crossing a hand made bridge in Kashmir.

• Young Couple Viewing a Remote Village

  Acrylic, Canvas, 36 x 48 x 1. Based on a photo and altered significantly to reflect young lovers looking in the distance to an ancient village.

• The Irascibles

  Oil, Panel, 36 x 36 x 1. Based on a famous photograph by Nina Leen - a group photo of the great New York school of Abstract Expressionist artists shot around 1951 - here is the great and fascinating history - https://en…

• Nancy In Backyard among the Bamboo

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 1. My wife Nancy sitting in our backyard. I have a major bamboo forest I started 30 years ago from 4 plants. After rain or snow much of it bends over and forms a system of arches that is quite bea…

• Sharbat Gula

  Acrylic, Alumacomp, 20 x 16 x 1. Based on one of the most famous and iconic photographs ever shot - from the National Geographic - this is Sharbat Gula - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl

• Ballerina en pointe

  Acrylic, Canvas, 29 x 39 x 1

• Morning Gallop

  Acrylic, Canvas, 20 x 24 x 1. An exercise rider takes a race horse out for an early morning workout at the track.

• Tropical Breeze

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 20 x 1. Two young women walking along the seashore walkway in a tropical setting.

• Pollack Painting

  Oil, Panel, 16 x 24 x 1. Jackson Pollack painting in his studio. His genius has only been recently amplified by publication see this - - https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.1.20191108a/full/

• My Favorite Jacket of All Time

  Acrylic, Canvas, 30 x 24 x 1. An early self-portrait of me in my red Patagonia jacket. What a great jacket!

• Apart Together

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 30 x 1. Two young people having very different reactions to a famous Rodin sculpture at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA.

• Lovers after Artist Unknown

  Acrylic, Canvas, 14 x 14 x 1. A copy of a painting by famous artist - I cannot remember exactly who. Help on this appreciated.

• A Slave in Mauritania

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x 1. Slavery persists in Mauritania to this day. See this - https://wallacehouse.umich.edu/wp-content-uploads/2013/06/sutter_mcnameepdf.pdf

• Meme - All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

  Oil, Paper, 14 x 12 x 1. A meme study based on a Country-Western song - "All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go"

• Here's Looking at You

  Acrylic, Canvas, 12 x 9 x 1. From an advertisement for Chivas Regal - I think.

• After Picasso

  Acrylic, Canvas, 9 x 7 x 1. Early copy of a Picasso.

• Metro Millennial

  Oil, Canvas, 20 x 30 x 1. Late one night returning from an Amtrak trip to Philadelphia and boarding the DC Metro a young woman on the train was peacefully enjoying her Starbucks coffee and smartphone.

• Revlon Girls

  Acrylic, Canvas, 48 x 60 x 1. From a Revlon cosmetic advertisement about 35 years ago.

• Amy Winehouse

  Watercolor, Paper, 12 x 9 x 1. Amy Winehouse.

• Immigrant Teenager with Her Baby

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x 1. An immigrant teenager with her baby awaiting entry to the United States.

• The Girl with the Emerald Necklace

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 18 x 1