Paula Towne

Oldest Tree on the Lockie Road, Rossie New York, Acrylic on Wood by Paula Towne

2002

A unique painting and woodburning by self-taught American artist Paula Towne (1948-2019). Towne embraced the beauty of Northern New York where she lived and worked for over 50 years....

This acrylic painting on a wooden door panel was created by American artist John Bowman. The ordered and chaotic patterns found in Bowman’s urban landscapes are reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics, Islamic tile...

Babylon John Bowman, American (1953) Date: 1989 Acrylic on Wooden Door Panel, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 84 in. (91.44 x 213.36 cm)

Artist: Vincent Manago, French (1880 - 1936) Title: Two Fishermen Year: 1926 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l. Size: 29 x 36 inches (73.66 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 33 x 40.5 inches

Artist: Géza Mészöly, Hungarian (1844 - 1887) Title: Gypsy Camp Medium: Oil on Panel, signed verso Size: 7.25 in. x 11.75 in. (18.42 cm x 29.85 cm) Frame Size: 14 x 18.5 inches

Woman in Hat in Honduras by Jose Antonio Velasquez, Honduran (1906–1983) Date: 1957 Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.l. Size: 20.5 x 27 in. (...

Large Naïve acrylic on board attributed to a French artist named Le Bris as the work was bought with another painting signed by the artist. The painting is presented in a gilt wooden baton frame. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. The characteristics of naïve art have a challenging relationship to the formal qualities of painting, especially as they tend not to respect the three rules of the perspective (such as defined by the Progressive Painters of the Renaissance): 1. Decrease of the size of objects proportionally with distance, 2. Muting of colours with distance, 3. Decrease of the precision of details with distance. The results are: Effects of perspective are geometrically erroneous (distinctive aspect of the works, like the drawing of a child...

In this painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. Whereas many of his paintings use deep and richly saturated ...

In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a park during the winter months, the image dominated by the massive form of a leaf-bare tree. The skeletal form of the tree resembl...

This painting, 'Store Tree,' presents a landscape, but with the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. In the image, a bright yellow tree dominates the composition with f...

In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a park, the image dominated by the massive form of a lush green tree. The painting resembles the compositions of such Abstract Expr...

This painting, 'Mall Bird,' presents a black bird in an urban landscape using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The bird stands in the foreground atop the regula...