Waller-Yoblonsky Fine Art

Hubert, son of a fresco painter, began painting as a young boy, with a focus on scenes of Buffalo Bill and the Wild West. He studied at Cooper Union Institute, where he won the Wilson G. Hunt award, and at the Artist Student League in New York. He also studied with noted artists, such as Arthur Crispe (1881-1955), George Bridgeman (1864-1943), and Thomas Fogarty (1873-1938). Hubert enjoyed a distinguished career of over fifty years in both advertising art and fine arts. He was associated with the Studio of Halpert & Dane in New York City and illustrated for the agencies of Young & Rubicam, Cunningham Walsh, and Brook, Smith, French and Dorrence, with his work appearing in leading women's magazines.  His fine art blends graphic illustration with realism, emphasizing accuracy and detail to capture scenes from his life.  His paintings celebrate idyllic New England villages and the wider New York suburbs.    In the painting below: Hubert created a serene coastal ...

Rick Abrams, aka; Richard Martin Abrams, a noted regional artist known for his unique acrylic and mixed-media collage shadowboxes, left an indelible mark on the art world before his passing in 2024. Born in Miami Abrams pursued his passion for art throughout his life, creating visually stunning pieces that explored themes surrounding pop culture. Abrams's distinctive style involved applying paint with stencils and rollers/air brush/sponges to the back of clear acrylic glass, then floating this painted layer over a separate painting or digital collage on white styrene. This technique resulted in a vibrant, dimensional quality, allowing shapes, shadows, colors, and patterns to interact on different planes. He used his acrylic and mixed media collage shadowboxes to explore elements of mid-century pop culture. One of Abrams's primary goals as an artist was to create aesthetically pleasing art that resonated with viewers. His work often incorporated nostalgic and humorous references...

One of Nigeria’s most noted contemporary artists, Mr. Emmanuel Ekefrey is part of the popular Lagos exhibition circuit, he is also part of the global art world, especially in England and France. His busy and colorful paintings are his unique trademark. What is particularly fascinating about Ekefrey's work is his ability to combine a strong graphic style with a great deal of imagination. The monumental and thematically complex painting below features three central figures, surrounded by a few larger ancestral faces watching over them. In the background, hundreds of miniature ancestral faces emerge and recede, representing previous Ibibio African ceremonies. The Ibibio coastal people, primarily located in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and eastern Abia State in southern Nigeria, are connected to these ancestral traditions through the artwork. Ekefrey’s graffiti covers the canvas with a plethora of tiny faces that give the artwork a multi-perspective depth to the primary figures and the a...