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North American Wildlife • American Icons
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Over the years, I’ve often dreamed of having my painting studio in the golden cupola of the Hugh O’Neill Building in NYC.

Unfortunately, I was just a bit short of the asking price… so I made myself tiny, and there I am, at the window! 😂

Curious to see how it looks like inside? Check the link in my bio (cupola tour starts at 3:06)!

P.S. By the way, the painting I’m holding, Love at Monument Valley, is available at @brunellifineart! 🐦‍⬛🖤🐦‍⬛

Do you have a dream studio? Where would yours be?

#ArtistLife #DreamStudio #NYCArtist #HughONeillBuilding #EsterCurini taken in New York, New York by @ester_curini

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12 days ago

Lower Manhattan, September 18.
I recently finished painting a buffalo, and lately I seem to see buffalo everywhere. 🦬
So there was no way I was going to miss Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi today, a herd of life-size buffalo moving through the streets of Lower Manhattan.
What a beautiful experience. I’m so glad I was there. 🤎

@stannswarehouse by @ester_curini

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16 days ago

We are pleased to include this beautiful and heartfelt new work in our viewing room by Brooklyn-based painter, Ester Curini.

The artists writes,
“I’ve always loved ravens.

When I painted this piece, I imagined Monument Valley reflected in their eyes. The reds and golds of the desert became part of their gaze, as if the landscape itself had settled within them.

More than anything, though, I wanted to capture something simple: the comfort of being seen by another living being.🖤🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🌵”

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚
18 × 20 inches
acrylic on Belgian linen
DM for Inquiries taken in Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts by @ester_curini

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17 days ago

Born Before Fire, 2026
acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 in.

I’ve always been fascinated by bison. I love how big and powerful they are, the huge head, the small eyes, all that crazy hair, and that massive body on surprisingly thin legs.
I often think about how long they have been here. They were here before our cities, our roads, and almost everything we see around us today.

By the late 1800s, they had been hunted almost to extinction. Link in bio: a short excerpt from Ken Burns’ “The American Buffalo”.

There is another bison far away behind him. Bison belong to a herd, and I wanted a little glimpse of that too.

Born Before Fire is part of my ongoing series American Icons

🦬

#bison #wildlifeart #contemporaryrealism #americanicons #estercurini taken in New York, New York by @ester_curini

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2 months ago

As we enter our final week of our exhibition, Remarkable Precision: Photorealism & Beyond, we are greeted on our front entrance feature wall by Ester Curini’s large-scale painting, “Radiant” which depicts a striking and powerful portrait of a mountain lion. Curini writes, “Mountain lions, also known as cougars and pumas, represent some of the most majestic and fascinating creatures in North America. Their conservation is crucial for maintaining ecological balance. I dedicated several months to creating this painting reflecting my passion for raising awareness about these magnificent animals.”

RADIANT, 2023
acrylic on Belgian Linen
72 x 60 inches
DM for inquiries taken in Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts by @ester_curini

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2 months ago

“Animals are, and always have been, my driving force and inspiration... Although I continue to be inspired to paint every kind of animal, in recent years I have been focused on the most critically endangered and threatened predators in North America.”
- Ester Curini

Work in progress video of Curini working on her exquisite painting ‘The Creator of Light’ acrylic on Belgian linen, 51 x 46 cm taken in Plus One Gallery by @ester_curini

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2 months ago

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒚

18 × 20 inches

Acrylic on Belgian linen

I’ve always loved ravens.

When I painted this piece, I imagined Monument Valley reflected in their eyes. The reds and golds of the desert became part of their gaze, as if the landscape itself had settled within them.

More than anything, though, I wanted to capture something simple: the comfort of being seen by another living being. 🖤🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🌵

#wildlifeart #ravenart #contemporaryrealism #americanwest #estercurini taken in New York, New York by @ester_curini

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4 months ago

Radiant

acrylic on Belgian linen

72 x 60 in

Mountain lion

DM for inquiries

#wildlifeart #contemporaryrealism #fineartcollector #mountainlion #estercurini taken in New York, New York by @ester_curini

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5 months ago

Shared Vision

Inspired by O-Six and 755, Yellowstone icons.
A fierce pair with a shared vision.

Private collection.

Acrylic on Belgian linen, 60 x 48 in

#estercurini
#wolfart
#wildlifeart
#contempraryrealism
#fineartpainting by @ester_curini

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6 months ago

I Was Wild. They Named Me OR-4
72 x 48”
Acrylic on linen
2017

“He was a good father.”
— Rob Klavins, eulogy for OR-4
Seven years later.
Still wild.

Available. by @ester_curini

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7 months ago

Unpack Ester Curini’s “Amber Gaze” and “Crystal Gaze” with us!

2025, acrylic on Belgian linen, 14 x 11 in.

This bunny pair is now on view in our second floor gallery space! taken in Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts by @ester_curini

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a year ago

On September 9, my beloved Pepe passed away, after 19 and a half years of shared light.
Pepe was pure soul, gentle and strong at the same time, with a contagious happiness: I cannot recall a single day when he didn’t make me laugh. He was by my side in every painting and a silent guide reminding me to stay in the here and now. For some mysterious reason, the street cats adored him: they walked proudly by his side, as if they saw in him a brother, a spirit as free as their own. Even Poldo, the orange street cat in the video, still searches for him every day.
He was a marvelous gift from the universe, one I will always carry within me. His spirit remains my light, both fierce and tender, a flame that will illuminate every step I take. And his absence will be infinite.💫

“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age, forever.”
Rabindranath Tagore

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Il 9 settembre il mio amato Pepe se n’è andato, dopo 19 anni e mezzo di luce condivisa.
Pepe era un’anima pura, dolce e forte al tempo stesso, con una felicità contagiosa: non ricordo un giorno in cui non mi abbia fatto ridere. È stato al mio fianco in ogni dipinto ed una guida silenziosa a restare nel qui e ora. Per qualche misteriosa ragione i gatti di strada lo adoravano: gli camminavano accanto fieri, come se vedessero in lui un fratello, uno spirito libero come loro. Persino Poldo, il gatto rosso di strada nel video, ancora oggi lo cerca ogni giorno.
È stato un dono meraviglioso dell’universo, che porterò sempre dentro di me. Il suo spirito resta la mia luce, fiera e tenera insieme, una fiamma che illuminerà ogni mio passo. E la sua mancanza sarà infinita.
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“Mi sembra di averti amato in infinite forme, infinite volte…Vita dopo vita, ripetutamente, per sempre.”
Rabindranath Tagore by @ester_curini

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