Paintings – Paula Craioveanu

Available paintings – Oil on canvas / Acrylic on canvas / Tempera on wood.

These paintings are available for purchase. Some are in my studio, others are in the galleries that represent me. Please inquire, and I’ll reply with the exact location for each one.
Paintings and drawings can be shipped anywhere in the world.

The Nude in Interior series.

Nude in French interior, oil on canvas, 150x150cm / 60x60in,

Break Free 1, oil on canvas,
70x60cm /27.5×23.5in

Break Free 2, oil on canvas,
70x60cm /27.5×23.5in

Nude in the Mirror (Thinking of Magritte), oil on canvas, 70x60cm, 27.5×23.6in

The Fresco, oiloncanvas, 33.5x63in/ 85x160cm

Nude in Venice, oil on canvas, 55x40in, 140x102cm

Age of Innocence, acrylic on canvas, 20 in, round

Nude with Red Glass, oil on canvas, 3x20in round canvases

Ballerina, acrylic on canvas, 40x40cm, 16x16in

Nude in Morning Light, oil on canvas, 150x100cm, 59x39in

Red Nude (Falling Down), oil on canvas, 90x50cm, 35x20in

Nude with Curtain, oil on canvas, 150x100cm, 59x39in

Nude in the Shadow, 65x46cm, 25.5×18.1in

Nude on Armchair, 50x50cm, acrylic on canvas

Nude in Interior (Woman on Top),
oil on canvas, 100x70cm, 39.3×27.5in

Nude in Interior, oil on canvas, 100x70cm, 39.3×27.5in

One of the projects I’ve been working on in the past years is the New Mythology project. Here you can find the paintings – oil on canvas, or acrylic on canvas. You can go to Drawings for other works with the same theme.

Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures.

Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings.

Looking at the World
100x70cm / 40×27.5in

oil on canvas

Time travel
Antique head part of today’s interior. The painting within a painting, represents Vasari working in his studio, surrounded by his models.

A Question of Time, acrylic on canvas, 20in, round

Inspired by the mythological Greco-Roman origins, these works of art are dreamlike superimposed views of expressive and sometimes sensual figures.
Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful and noble despite de passing of time and damage it brings.

Amazon, acrylic on canvas, 20in, round

Amazons, mysterious female warrior, were recognized as heroines and embodied features like independence, courage, strength. This double portrait of an amazon is a combination of a deconstructed, sectioned ancient marble head and the real human who was the behind it as a model.

The Sphinx, acrylic on canvas, 20in, round

Inspired by the sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the body of a lion. The Sphinx is depicted here in a symbolist manner, as guardian of the house. Original one of a kind oil painting on a round canvas.

St Sebastian, acrylic on canvas, 20in, round

Apollo, acrylic and bronze on round canvas, 20cm, 8 in

Tryptic, acrylic and gold leaf on 3 round canvases, 20cm, 8in each

Minotaur in Interior, 80x60cm. 31.5×23.6in

The Minotaur is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being “part man and part bull”. He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete.

My minotaur is a domesticated and it’s part on every day life in an interior.

The Fight between Good and Evil, oil on canvas, 200x200cm, 79x79in
Heroic fight between good and evil

Winged Genius, oil on canvas, 70x110cm, 27.5×43.5in
Winged Genius is a fantastic character, a mythological creature, a male figure with birds’ wings, a guardian spirit, a demigod.
A daemon or daimon – as Plato names him – is a spiritual being who watches over each individual, equivalent to a higher self, or an angel. For other philosophers, daimones are intermediary beings located between the celestial objects and terrestrial inhabitants.
Part of solo show, February – March 2022.

Question of Time, 70x70cm /27.5×27.5in. acrylic on canvas

The Horse Tamer, oil on canvas, 200x100cm, 79x39in

The horse tamer, is inspired by “The Iliad” of Homer.

The tamer of horses is Hector, a mythological hero from the ancient city of Troy, the setting for Homer’s “The Iliad”.

“Indeed Homer places Hector as the very noblest of all the heroes in the Iliad: he is both peace-loving and brave, thoughtful as well as bold, a good son, husband and father, and without darker motives.”

The painting is a tribute to him and to “The Iliad”, one of the greatest myths ever told.

Amphibian Man, acrylic on canvas, 200x100cm, 80x40in
The painting was inspired by an amphibious creature called Ichtyandro, half man half fish, able to live and breath in both worlds: in and off water.

Painting is over-life-sized: 200x100x3cm / 80x40x1in
Painting can be picked up as it is, stretched, ready for hanging, from Hollywood, CA or can be shipped elsewhere rolled in a tube.
This painting was part of Nude Art LA exhibition at Art Share LA gallery, in DTLA, in 2018.

The masculine nude from a woman’s perspective.