Born in Bucharest, Romania in 1945, contemporary master artist Adrian Prisecaru has been living and exhibiting his work in the United States since 1980. He currently resides in New York with his wife and son.This consummate colorist, working in his trademark - luscious oil impastos - was first featured throughout Europe beginning in 1972. By the late 70’s, his paintings were showcased in the Bienniel Art Show in his native Bucharest, and by 1982 he was accepted into the Lawrence Gallery inNew York City with a solo exhibition. Prisecaru is now a featured artist in several prestigious galleries around the United States (including bothFord Smith Galleries in Santa Fe and Atlanta), and in France, Germany,Italy, Portugal, Poland, Hungary and Finland.

Distinctive in his own right, Prisecaru has been compared to the stylistic influence of the famed master, Nicholas deStael or Giorgio Morandi.That kinship is demonstrated in their mutual love for radiant color, as well as their method of manipulating thick, juicy oil impastos to effect the compositions that hover between representational and abstract. Prisecaru’s compositions are boldly organized with a skillful, gesturaldeftness. He creates houses, trees and flowers in broad, bold clusters on captivating cubist planes, evoking nature in a sort of visual, mesmerizing shorthand. Bathed in a harmony of color, his paintings are a powerful expression combined with a beautiful delicacy rarely found in modern artists.

His education began in Romania where he learned composition and drawing in the finest schools, but his color usage derived from his own intuition – he believes a gift of nature. Prisecaru’s sumptuous talents were celebrated and recognized more recently at the New York ArtExpo in March 2005, where he was awarded the coveted SOLO Artist of the Year by Art Business News magazine. This prize is bestowed upon the most promising independent artist in recognition for their outstandingartistic talent. With 150 top artists competing, this was just further confirmation that his smooth, edible-looking oil impastos display an intrepidness and panache unmatched by most of today’s modernpainters.