Street Corner in Soho 

Vincent Giarrano painted this artwork using oil paint, a traditional fine art material known for its versatility. Giarrano masterfully renders the bustling energy of a Soho street corner, capturing the flow of pedestrians, vehicles, and the architectural details of the urban landscape. Oil paint allows for a smooth, blended surface that imitates the appearance of reality, and Giarrano's thick brushstrokes give texture to the scene, enhancing the materiality of the artwork, from the smooth sidewalks to the textiles of the fashionably dressed people in the painting. The high level of realism in this painting reflects a great amount of skill. Oil paint, in the hands of a trained artist, can be used to convincingly imitate real life, which in this case, is the world of urban commerce and consumption. Giarrano's painting shows how traditional artistic materials and techniques continue to capture and reflect contemporary life.