Created and Sold by Gaia

Pronkstilleven

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Pronkstilleven is a serious head-turner and jaw-dropper at Kingston, NY. Created by Gaia, this piece depicts portraits of Sojourner Truth and John Vanderlyn (American neoclassicist painter). Its artist, Gaia, named himself after the ancient mother of Earth in Greek mythology. Much of his murals and public art commissions are found all over the world.

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"Gaia grew up in New York City and is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. His studio work, installations and gallery projects have been exhibited throughout the world most notably The Baltimore Museum of Art, Rice Gallery and Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive. His street work has been documented and featured in several books on urban art, including Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art, (Berlin, 2010) and Outdoor Gallery (New York, 2014). Gaia lives and works in Baltimore, MD, but spends a majority of his time traveling painting murals across the world on all six continents "