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IRA sTARK
Lives and works in moorestown, nJ, Usa
 www.irasart.com
artist contact
 ibobstark@yahoo.com

Ira Stark, who lives and paints in a small
town just outside of Philadelphia, PA.
likes to paint landscapes and cityscapes
of places that he has visited in Europe
and scenes from nearby New York City,
Philadelphia and his hometown of Moo-
restown, NJ.
“I like to use bright, vivid colors in my
paintings. The bright colors and thick
paint strokes allow me more control
over the play of light and adds expres-
siveness to the paintings. The heavy
textures help convey the energy and
3-dimensional reality from the surface
of the canvas.”
Many examples of these works can be
found at Irasart.com. An example of his
cityscapes is “Central Park”, painted in
New York City.
The painting is divided horizontally into
thirds, the sky with its wild strokes of
white and blues is the upper third and
the skyscrapers in the middle third cont-
rast the trees and lake in the lower third
of the picture. Stark paints the skyscra-
pers and trees in a primitive style with
thick, expressive paint strokes.
The eye is drawn to the lake with its
bizarre reflection of the buildings then
to the megalith black and white edifice
which partially obscures the sky.
Many examples of his later works can
be seen at fineartamerica.com.

CenTrAL PArK s, TRENDS
2006 oiL on canvas 20x16 in. / 50x40 cm.