Schmidt 500-pc Puzzle "A Day Together" Girl and Dog

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• Schmidt 500-pc Puzzle "A Day Together" Girl and Dog, by Mark Arian 
  

• The exceptional work of master painter Arian is the product of natural artistic talent, heartfelt passion, and nearly 50 years of study and observation. He received formal training in painting and sculpture at the Frudakis Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Barnstone Studios in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and at a private art academy in Florence, Italy.

  After his teenage years in America’s Midwest, Arian moved to California in search of spiritual enlightenment where he devoted the next 18 years of his life to the service of a monastery as a monk. There, his early morning meditations were followed by ten to twelve hours of creating drawings, paintings, and murals for the monastery. In addition, he was sent to some of the leading art schools of the day to study. This monastic life allowed him to both refine his technical skills and open his heart and mind to the spiritual beauty of the world around him.

  Arian's purpose is to utilize the technical mastery of drawing and painting to express the joy and beauty permeating the physical world. His artistic influences are the French master William Bouguereau, American realist John Singer Sargent, Russian Masters Ilya Repin and Nicolai Fecin, and contemporary realist Richard Schmid.

• Brand:  F.X. Schmid
  
• Model:  92234
  
• Shipping Weight: 2 lb
  
• Shipping Dimensions:   13.5" x 13.5" x 2''