MÆCENAT

Artists

The makers behind the work.

Every piece in the gallery comes from a working artist. These are the painters, sculptors, photographers, and craftspeople currently represented by Maecenat.

William Paquet portrait
William Paquet
Sculpture

Internationally award winning artist. Prize for Outstanding Sculpture at the 112th Gand national Exhibition. Second prize in sculpture at the 17th annual Art Renewal Center Salon. Works exhibited at The Society of Portrait Sculptors in London, Reading Museum, National Sculpture Society Gallery in NYC, The Salmagundi Club, Sotheby's NY. Self-taught sculptor. Over 20 years working as a commercial artist before moving into fine art bronze statues creating works based on timeless themes, often allegorical in concept.

Ethan Clay portrait
Ethan Clay
Photography

Ethan Clay is a fine art photographer who moves between the United States and Europe. He works primarily with shape and the exchange of light and dark, letting those elements speak for the quieter habits of a culture. Edward Hopper is the only influence he names. His photography carries a lush, watchful stillness.

Samuel Wild portrait
Samuel Wild
Painting & Drawing

I am a British artist working in drawing, pastel, and oil painting. My practice draws on the techniques and visual language of the Old Masters while engaging modern questions of meaning and myth. Through figurative and symbolic imagery, I like to explore mythology not as a relic of the past but as a vital prism through which modern experience can be understood. My work is informed by an interest in literature, philosophy, and the enduring power of archetypal narratives, seeking points of connection between ancient stories and modern questions.

Damian Chávez portrait
Damian Chávez
Painting & Drawing

Damian Chávez (b. 1976, USA) is a L.A. based artist whose work is primarily figurative, crafted with a modern-classical style. Inspired by the Western classical artistic legacy, the figures and portraits stand as individual likenesses but also as a psychological device - using a feminine guise allows him a creative freedom unattainable by other means. His practice is drawing-centered; signature works are nudes, portraits and allegorical subjects inhabiting a dream-like idealized world. Each piece is meticulously made by hand with the finest materials.