Dana Levin is a classical and contemporary realism artist who specializes in still lifes and portraits. She studied at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy for 8 years, which influences her cool palette and compositional style. Critics have praised her virtuoso drawing skills and likened her portrait of a young man to those of John Singer Sargent. Levin loves painting and teaching, and does both very well according to one interview. She maintains a website with information about her work.