Miriam Briks
Miriam Briks was born in 1957, in Wroclaw,
Poland. Raised in New York,
she graduated from the School
of
Art
and Design in 1975 and studied figurative painting and drawing extensively at the Art Students League of
New York.
For six years she worked as an illustrator and art teacher in
Los Angeles
and Florence,
Italy. She also continued her studies at the Academy of Art in Siena. Originally trained in classical art, she began exhibiting her work in Paris,
Italy, and England.
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"Romance"
oil 14 x 18" $2400 |
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"Light from the Window" Oil 11 x
14" $1900
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"Guinvere" Oil 12 x
16" $2100
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"Golden Light" Oil 16 x
12" $2100
"Iris Fields" Oil 16 x
20" $2800
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Upon her return to the United States
in 1986, she took up residence in
the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. Here she began the transition of
her technique to include a more varied use of
color and strong gestural strokes,
inspired greatly by the artists Sargent, Chase,
Sorolla, and Zorn.
Portraying through rich colors , light and
textures, her style of painting
gently blends strong knowledge of the figure with classical
impressionism.
Briks strives to create paintings that evoke emotion and atmosphere, where the viewer is drawn into the beauty and mood of the moment.
Miriam Briks' work has been seen in American Art Review,
Southwest Art, and Architectural Digest magazines, with exhibits and
one-woman shows in Beverly Hills,
La Jolla, and Carmel
California
and Aspen,
Colorado
. Her works are found in many important private collections with collectors such as Kim
Bassinger, Hayley Mills, George Harrison, and others throughout the United States
and internationally.
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