There are few one-of-a-kind painters in today's world of art. Stanley Maxwell Brice brings to the art world compositions that are unique in color, technique, style, and detail. As a still-life artist, Brice goes beyond beautiful florals, vases, and linen cloths. His paintings are on a fine line of ultra-realism in composition and surrealism in color and design.

So accurate is his attention to detail that one feels he or she is looking at a still-life painting through a magnifying glass. The veins of rose petals are revealed; water droplets reflect lights like a prism; reflections of a room are imaged in a spout, handle, or bulbous base of a silver tea pot. His velvet curtains and silky drapes have a luster and softness that caresses the eye. When he adds his renowned style of lifelike reflections, we are drawn into the tunnel of mirrored images. Each painting takes on a personality of its own. His works are sensuous with a sensitivity reminiscent of the Old Masters.

Unlike most stilll life painters, Brice creates every composition from his imagination. He never uses props. When beginning a painting, Brice primes his canvas to achieve a surface similar to that of smooth glass. He draws with a pencil the design of his composition. Whether it be a sketch of a fruit, flowers, a champagne flute, books, or a streamlined vase, the detail is apparent. His next step is to paint the background.

Depending on his "feel" for the piece, Brice may start at the top, middle, or bottom. He has no formula which he goes by. At this stage, it is patience and concentration that makes a Brice painting come into being. Working with small brushes and a wide range of colors, he paints inch by inch...no painting is compromised.

Brice worked with the famed artist Roberto Lupetti during his early years as an artist and they continue to maintain a close friendship. It was through the tutelage of Mr. Lupetti that Brice developed his skill of painting magnificent reflections. His style is often referred to as "tromp l'oeil," meaning "as if to fool the eye, more real than real."

Recently, the innovative idea to pay tribute to major artists in Brice reflections has become a new tradition for the artist. The painting titled "The World of Fine Art" was a tribute to the masterful seascape artist Eugene Garin. Since his first dedication from the one artist to another, Brice has painted tribute to James Fetherolf, William Slaughter, Alexander Dzigurski, and the French painter Paul Valere. All of these paintings have received much attention and enthusiasm from collectors and from the artists themselves.

Cosmopolitan Fine Arts is proud to present the art of Stanley Maxwell Brice.