

A Gallery of My Original
Oil Paintings, Photographs & Prints
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My core values center on artistic excellence, craftsmanship, and authenticity. My platinum/palladium prints are unique for their rich tonal depth, archival quality, and a refined blend of traditional fine art and digital photographic mastery.
Mark Laurence LaRiviere
Painter & Photographer
I create images not merely to depict, but to evoke in the viewer transient emotions and fleeting sensations. The result is an idiosyncratic visual experience, involving both maker and viewer, that bypasses the need for words.
My abstract and figurative works are portals to feeling, designed to resonate deeply with your own experiences.
The emotional responses my art elicits from collectors – moments of joy, peace, or intrigue – are the very heartbeat of my creative practice.
This original oil on canvas painting was a challenge. I worked from a photo I took a few years back of this flower from our garden.
Painting with a limited palette was difficult enough, but also, keeping track of which petal I was painting when working at a close distance to the canvas was an exercise in mental focus. It was my ode to Chuck Close, if you know what I mean.
I mixed nine variations of the pink petal colors from the deepest shadows to the lightest highlights. I stored them in small disposable plastic tubs with tight-fitting lids. I stored these containers in the refrigerator overnight. The painting took three weeks working a few hours each day.
The paining is 48in x 48in and can be purchased with either a mahogany or natural maple frame. All hardware included.