abstract figurative forms in a painted colorful landscape
Dark watercolor: Organic shapes, yellows, oranges and browns
Organic forms, positive and negative spaces, arranged in suggestive manners

“My work is an attempt to visualize forms and events of an inner order.”   (See Statements page for more.)

The sculptures and paintings of New York-based artist Philip Portoghese can be viewed in person by appointment only.   Please visit the Contact page to arrange for a visit.

Sculpture

Organic forms, positive and negative spaces, arranged in suggestive manners
four suggestive elements including figures, a serpent, and a tree arranged on a geometric base in wax

Maquettes and full-scale pieces in plaster and wax (models for works in cast metal or resin)

Oils

Organic figurative shape in purple and light yellow before a yellow and dull green background in oil
Organic shapes, red, yellow, blues, purples and brown in a dark doorway in oil
Organic shapes, intense blues, green, yellow and grays in oil

Works on stretched linen and wood panel 

Water Media

Double window with orange-yellow, light blue and green
Quasi landscape with yellows, oranges, browns and yellow-green focal point in watercolor
"Primal" watercolor 22 x 30 in 2013

Watercolor and gouache on Arches and Fabriano papers 

Computer

Computer made image: four vertical green tree-like forms arising out of a green, blue and purple landscape with a yellow splotchy sky and magenta leaf-shapes floating in the foreground
computer sketch: jagged yellow and dull green radiance coursing up and to the left
Computer made image: landscape with egg-motifs in yellow, orange and red in a green and brownish setting

Paintings and sketches printable with archival inks

NYC Artist