Jim Thompson

"Rt. 30 - Caledonia, PA" - Contemporary Americana Road Painting

2009

I wish I could figure out who this super-talented artist of the 1800's "Mort R.", was. He painted this gorgeous swamp scene in 1872, but his signature did not include his last name and so we don't know who he was! At any rate, if you have ever visited Louisiana, or the Carolina coast, or even parts of Texas, you will understand how beautifully the artist has captured the special light coming up over a swamp early in the morning. A pirogue has been pulled up at the edge of a small island. The sun is just peeking over the horizon, gently shedding its subtle light. Comes in an exquisite gilt and plaster 19th...

I actually prefer this painting to the very slightly larger one by Murillo that sold for $11,600 at auction (Hargesheimer & Günther) in 2009. Another couple of paintings sold at auct...

A charming English scene - a pretty row of homes along the river in Isleworth, in the London Borough of Hounslow in West London. The painting is signed "Moore" but I haven't been abl...

Wish we knew more about this artist, but we have only a name. At any rate, it is an image of a still, calm lake over which the sun is rising, with lilies in the foreground. Perfect f...

A lovely Impressionist rendering of a field studded with colorful flowers, by a Russian artist whose name I cannot make out on the back of the canvas - so I have listed it as "artist...

A glorious oil on panel of Venice in the 1920's, when this sort of boat wasn't just a quaint tourist relic but was actually a working boat on the canals. A wonderful addition to the...

This photorealistic nature scene "Autumn Pond" by artist Ken Otsuka is a 20x24 original oil painting on canvas. It depicts a pond in autumn, reflecting the...

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Through a Rainy Window II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a window dotted with rain that obscures and abstracts the gray ov...

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Driving in the Rain II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a car windshield which obscures...

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Long Day's Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers gathering around a pit in the street lined with caut...

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Cement and Tree Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in the shade of a tree wit...

Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Veil of Night" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female figure with a blue veil with a star lit background. About the artist: Adrie...