Art Show: Painting from Life
These are our paintings for our next opening. Come and join us to appreciate our paintings. January, 23th to February 15th, 2015. John Torina's Fine Art Gallery The Village Community Center Locals #16 and #17 300 mts South of Reserva Conchal, Huacas-Flamingo road. 50308 Brasilito, Guanacaste, Costa Rica Email: info@johntorina.com Phone: +506.8863.1303 Please note we are only open by appointment. Download the portfolio #photo


Nature in all its dramatic glory comes to light through pigment.
By Fredric Koeppel The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) John Torina's career seems to have been an extended exploration into the nuances of painting light. As his exhibition "In the Gloaming," at David Lusk Gallery through May 28, reveals, his proficiency has attained near-mystical levels. Read the complete article. #photo


Seen and Unseen: Art by Clare and John Torina
By Karol Knowles Memphis Flyer (Memphis, TN) "...John Torina, takes a different but equally powerful path to "see" more clearly. Instead of searching the psyche, John Torina paints plein air in all seasons, all kinds of weather, at all times of the day. His large, windblown sunsets record thousands of variations of shape, hue, and light. His dark, wet fields reflect the panoramic dances playing out in the skies above..." Read the complete article. #photo


Up Close and Personal: John Torina
By Karol Knowles Memphis Flyer (Memphis, TN) "...Light is constantly in flux, and trees vibrate with wind. "Path into the Wilderness," John Torina's exhibition of 14 large, consummately executed oils on canvas at David Lusk Gallery, captures nature's endless play of color and light with slashes of pure pigment and passages of blazing impasto that punctuate and energize subtle tonalities and monochromatic color fields...." Read the complete article. #photo