Twenty-first century Classical Portraiture has a casual feel as seen here in "Portrait of Patricio" by Peter Lupkin. The very masculine Benjamin, with his heavy beard, dark hair and open collared shirt, is soften by his melancholic gaze and the delicate Fleur de Lis wallpaper backdrop. The loose, heavy brush strokes add an ease to the formality of portraiture. This piece is framed in an ornate gold leaf antique frame.

One of the key lessons we can glean from the myth of Sisyphus is the importance of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity. Sisyphus was condemned to an eternity of ceaseless toil, yet he continued to push the boulder up the hill, in spite of it rolling back down each time. According to French philosopher Albert Camus, the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. Simply put, he had something to keep him busy. Artist Peter Lupkin gathers all of that into this modern portrayal of Sisyphus. His heavy paint, textured surface and warm palette bring the tale to life. This piece is framed in a simple wooden frame.

An always available and willing subject, the artist paints himself in this deconstructed self portrait. Made up of three individual canvases, this triptych has a trompe l'oeil effect, appearing to be 3-dimenesional. Lupkin uses loose brushwork, heavy textured paint and a warm palette to create this deconstructed self portrait. Each panel is floated in a simple black frame measuring 49.5 x 37.5 x 2d inches.

Shrouded in a blue light cast off the drapery, a nude male lies in a fetal position on the floor. Lupkin uses loose brushwork, heavy textured paint and a warm palette to bring a softness to the entire composition. This piece is floated in a simple black frame.

Based upon Dante's Inferno, Ugolino is forced into confinement and driven to cannibalism. I used this as a starting point for the concept of "do the technological advancements we've made consume us or do we consume them". The frame is a custom CNC cut frame based around renaissance stone moulding. There are also faint forms of monitors around the figure's feet. The pose of the figure is influenced by the Ugolino statue carved by Carpeaux at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

Artists are often isolated, but long for an idealized golden era, “La Boheme”. Frequently an artist's closest encounter with “La Boheme” is nothing more than drinking at a bar, looking up at the next person that comes through the door, hoping they will alleviate the isolation. Lupkin has captured this longing with various elements such as the subject's distant gaze, the solitude of the bar, daylight streaming in from an unseen window.

a portrayal of reflecting on a life that went in an unexpected direction. In this case the figure is contemplating his original dreams of being an athlete, weighed against his having a child, the images of both dreams float around him while bills cover the floor. The hockey stick in the background becomes a scythe with its shadow giving the impression of time passing.