Unknown

“Buddha”

Circa 1975

Stencil on slag glass. No known maker. Dragon stencil. Condition is excellent. Circa 1975. Soldered lead frame and hanger. Provenance: Sarasota estate collection

Mill cottage with horse and figure stencil on green slag glass. No known maker. Dragon stencil. Condition is excellent. Circa 1975. Soldered lead frame with double hanger. Provenanc...

Beautifully decorated vintage porcelain charger or centerpiece made by the company Castilian. Condition is excellent. Circa 1985. Blue, orange, gree...

Beautifully executed cross stitch chinese embroidery of a field of irises. Artist red seal lower left with calligraphy above. Condition is excellent. Circa 1990. Artist unknown. Unde...

Oil on fabric painting by the Romanian born artist Anka Moldovan. Signed lower right and dated 2013. Illustrated in the catalogue No Lugares, which was a recent show in Madrid, Spa...

Very well painted original watercolor on archival paper of potted geraniums with metal watering can and garden gloves. Signed in pencil by the artist Peggy Dressel lower right. The S...

Monochromatic, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. ...

Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Classically trained in Florence, Italy, Kii creates his modern mosaics using traditional techniques and materials, including hand-cut Italian marble and Venetian smalti glass. Eschewing the figural in favor of the abstract, his mosaics rely on contrasts of pattern and form to convey complex themes and achieve visual harmony. Toyoharu Kii’s latest body of work “Geophytes” continues themes of rebirth and renewal. A reference to plants that regrow from hidden elements beneath the earth’s surface, the series celebrates the resilience of the natural world. Each mosaic is imagined as a landscape that documents a history of environmental damage due to human activity, and the subsequent return of nature as a restorative force. Through the juxtaposition of patterns and the interplay of order and disorder, Kii creates man-made “images of destruction” and finds hope in the future by “reconstructing nature.” In this mosaic entitled "Ghost (Big Wings)," Kii takes a more representational approach to his storytelling, creating figurative drawings out of thin lines of tesserae. The mosaic belongs to his “Ghost” triptych, wherein Kii uses “wings” to represent the presence of a heavenly being, the ghosts of past spirits or the presence of an angel or guardian. In “Ghost (Big Wings),” Kii mourns the extinction of many creatures due to environmental change and imagines their lonely spirits wandering the earth. Enveloping their silhouettes is “a bird with big wings,” writes Kii, depicted here within a dense mosaic of abstract patterns, a symbol for nature’s healing power. “The bird consoles...

In the series “Heavenly,” Toyoharu Kii honors the fullness of life and its continual rebirth. In some works, white tesserae assume abstract profiles. In others, irregular shapes cont...

Tertiary Stack is composed of kiln fired stacked glass and sand casted aluminum. This piece is mounted atop a painted, black wood base. Meant to be placed indoors. This piece is c...

"Coalescence #2" 21" x 16" inch by Oleg Char Medium: Spray paint, Acrylic on restored Antique Mirror, Wood frame THE ARTIST: Unearth the es...

Monochromatic, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the tech...