Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
to
228
30
16
120
101
7
89
60
42
20
17
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
150
49
7
7
4
38
28
16
12
11
11
10
7
6
6
5
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
91
137
51
40
3
708
412
288
228
191
186
72
61
34
Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Artist: David Barnett
Artist: J.M.W. Turner
"Shooting Star, " Original Abstract Surreal Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shooting Star" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. This surreal, abstract painting features gestural strokes of undiluted blue p...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Landscape with Bridge, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Bridge" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. The image is abstract, playful lines of color giving the barest suggesti...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Up North Series: Think Forests, Think Trees..." Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Think Forests, Think Trees, or Dos Vacas Sin Cabezas" is an original ink and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It features a Wisconsi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
"Sunset over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunset Over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is a desert landscape, dotted with red flowers ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring, " Mixed Media signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Entrance to the Iridescent Garden-First Day of Spring" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artwork is signed in the lower right. Barnett used iridescent watercolo...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Land, Sea & Sky, I, " Original Mixed Media & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky I" is an original mixed media and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This abstract work is divided into three strata. The lowest repres...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-in III, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Kite Fly-In III" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed along the lower center. This piece is the Milwaukee-area native artist's satire on the...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract piece features brig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Southwest Sunset Paper Clip Cactus Palette" is an original, playful mixed media piece on watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Against a vivid red,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Ranch Retreat, " Original Earth-toned Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Range Retreat" is an original watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting features dark earth tones and washes of brown and dark blue. The titular...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Four Kisses on a Passionate Sea" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right color. An abstract image, it features horizontal streaks of vivid col...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Midnight Mediterranean Shore Reflections Under the Stars, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Midnight Mediterranean Shore Reflections Under the Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting on museum foam board by David Barnett, signed in the lower left center. This abs...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Foam Board
"The Blue Whale, " Original Mixed Media on Canvas signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Blue Whale" is an original mixed media artwork on canvas by David Barnett. The artist used ink, aquacryl, and iridescent acrylic and signed/dated the piece lower right. It depic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies II, " Mixed Media Landscape by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies II" is an original watercolor, iridescent acrylic, and ink painting on watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn" is an original watercolor painting on antique Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image is an abstract r...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Lake Michigan Rocks, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. The painting features an abstract representation of Lake Michgan's roc...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Spacial Balance Series, " Original Watercolor & Pencil Works by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spacial Balance" is a series of four works by David Barnett in watercolor and pencil, all signed "David Barnett '68." Each is a different experiment in line, color, and balance.
Sp...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Sunset Nov. 11, 1996" is an original watercolor painting on antique J. Whatman Paper by David Barnett, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sunset is rendered...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cityscape with Tree & Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstract, Cezanne-inspired landscape in b...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Impressions of Mexico City: Chicklets, Anyone?" Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City Series: Chicklets, Anyone?" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left corner. It features bright colors and surreal ju...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Artist's Mask with Fireworks, " Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Artist's Mask with Fireworks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. It features bright colors and repeating shapes in ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Waterfall over Dam with Fish, " Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Waterfall over Dam with Fish" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in blue, green, and orange.
Ar...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Tropical Luminous Flowers-Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist, "
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tropical Luminous Flowers--Homage to Martin Johnson Heade, Luminist (1819-1904)" is an original acrylic and watercolor painting on antique (c. 1860s) J. Whatman watercolor paper. Th...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
"Boat in Marsh, " Watercolor and Ink Winter Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boat in Marsh" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a boat on a river in a marsh.
20 1/2" x 1...
Category
1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"Constellations, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellations" is an original watercolor painting on textured paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is an abstract piece characterized by minimally-applied l...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Visage Interplanetaires" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Visage Interplanetaires" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This watercolor features abstract lines and marks in black, red, green, an...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Series: Kachina, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Series: Kachina," is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed along the lower center edge. This image depicts a Kachina, an ancestral spirit in Pueblo reli...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Beaver Lake Spring Fever Sunrise, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Spring Fever Sunrise" is an original watercolor on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner in pencil. This abstract, minimal landscape represents the su...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 "Anders" figures"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 "Sound" woodcut from Klange (Sounds) Ser." is an original mixed media watercolor on paper...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe, Self Portrait Eclipsed"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Georgia O'Keeffe, Self Portrait Eclipsed by Georgia O'Keeffe" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artw...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Rabbit Disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rabbit disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip" is an original photograph embellished with ink and watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower center. This piece is u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Paper
"Tree Owl Spirit, " Original Watercolor on Birch Bark signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tree Owl Spirit" is an original watercolor painting on birch bark by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features abstract marks on a found piece of birch bar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Watercolor
"Homage to Picasso: Letter and Postage Stamp from Nice, France: Variation II"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Picasso: Letter and Postage Stamp from Nice, France: Variation II" is an original mixed media watercolor piece by David Barnett. The artist created this piece by scanning ...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Southwest Ruins, " Original Watercolor and Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Southwest" ruins is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artwork in the lower right. It depicts a beautifully colorful barren lan...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"Day Lily, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Day Lily" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a yellow and orange lily in front of a light blue-green backgroun...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Bird, " Original Early Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bird" is an original pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The entire work is about the size of a postage stamp and includes an abstract representation of a...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
"Matucana Madisoniorum Cactus, Origin: Peru, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Matucana Madisoniorum Cactus, Origin: Peru" is an original watercolor on antique J. Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower rig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Landscape with Sand Dune, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Sand Dune" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted landscape.
6" x 8 5/8" art
17 5/8"...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Garden Gala Celebration, " Original Watercolor Flowers signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden Gala Celebration" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a number of brightly-colored flowers.
9 1/2" x ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Trees, " Watercolor Painting of a Winter Scene signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Trees" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. It depicts some dark leafless trees and shrubs. The artist signed the piece lower right.
24" x 18" art
29 1/4" x 23 1/4" frame
...
Category
1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Morph Dog Frenzy, " Ink, Watercolor, and Acrylic signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Morph Dog Frenzy" is an original ink, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left. It depicts a frenzy of abst...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Sunlit Shore, " Original Seascape Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts the shore of a lake.
10 5/8" x 14 3/4" art
19 1/2"...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Spring Green Variation II, " Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Variation II" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a landscape in bold colors.
10 3/4" x 1...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mixed Media
"Leaves/Foliage with Horse & Rider, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 "Leaves/Foliage, with Horse & Rider" (reversed) woodcut from Klange (Sounds) Ser." is an original mixed media watercolor...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Chicken II, " Original Pen and Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chicken II" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The chicken is formed with expressive black gestural lines, viewed from the side. The sketchy line...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Homage to Xiao Ming #1, " Original Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Xiao Ming #1" is an original watercolor painting on Chinese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. This piece depicts a multitude ...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rice Paper, Watercolor
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right and used iridescent acrylic, water...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Acrylic, Ink
"Painted Sky, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Painted Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in pencil in the lower left. This abstract painting is composed of light brushstrokes in an array of colors, evenly distributed throughout.
Art size: 11" x 8"
Frame size: 18" x 14"
DAVID J. BARNETT David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin. Exhibits “Morph Dog Series”, David Barnett Gallery, 1996 “Renewal", Art Escape Gallery, Thiensville, WI, 2003 “Recent Watercolors", David Barnett Gallery, 2003, Lora D. Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004 “Group Show”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison, WI, May-June 2004 "Homage to Kandinsky", David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Collections Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ Private collections throughout the United States and around the world including collections in Wisconsin, Maryland, New York, Washington D.C., Arizona, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky. International collections in Brazil, Singapore and Hong Kong. Articles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Barnett Gives His Work an Exhibit" by James Auer, November 1996 Exclusively Yours...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Improvisation 5, " Mixed Media Homage to Kandinsky signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 "Improvisation 5" (reversed) woodcut from Klange (Sounds) Ser." is an original mixed media watercolor on paper by David ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Leonardo Soft Landing in the Garden of Eden Thanks to Penny's Giant Hibiscus"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Leonardo Soft Landing in the Garden of Eden Thanks to Penny's Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Parachute" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist used ink, watercolor, and iridescent acrylic to create this piece and signed it in the lower right. This piece depicts a portrait of Leonardo...
Category
Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Star Lake Autumn, " Multicolored Watercolor Landscape signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Star Lake Autumn" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. It depicts the view of a lake through some trees. The artist signed the painting in the lower right.
6" x 4"...
Category
1990s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Flying, " Original Surreal Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flying" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This strange, surreal image centers around a figure that appears to have leaped from the broke...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Mountain Mystery, " Charcoal on Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mountain Mystery" is an original signed charcoal drawing by David Barnett. The surrealistic landscape depicts mountainous natural forms with swirling lines and an element of uncerta...
Category
1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Up North Series: Bald Eagle Love Spirit--Enter My Village, Enter My Heart"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Series: Bald Eagle Love Spirit--Enter My Village, Enter My Heart" is an original watercolor on birch bark by David Barnett. It is signed lower right.
4 3/4" x 10 1/2" art...
Category
Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Birch
"Iridescent Hybrid Rose, " Original Watercolor & Acrylic signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Iridescent Hybrid Rose" is an original acrylic and watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The rose of the title is a vibrant red, perched atop a stem that g...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
"Fishing in Amsterdam" Ink on Paper Seascape signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fishing in Amsterdam" is an original ink drawing on paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts two figures fishing in front of a bridge.
8 1...
Category
1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Beaver Lake Beaver with Surround Sound Cows" signed by David and Sarah Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Beaver with Surround Sound Cows" is an original mixed media piece incorporating watercolor and ink on handmade paper by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah. They both ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
"Colorful Meadow" Mixed Media Homage for Kandinsky signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Famous Artist Series: Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 "Colorful Meadow" (reversed) woodcut from Klange (Sounds) Ser." is an original mixed media watercolor on paper by David B...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.
Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art.
The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.
When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.
When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
California Mid Century Watercolor
Vintage Cross Drawing
English Watercolor Study
Antique Signed Watercolor Framed
Paris 1940s Watercolor
Botanical Ink Drawing
Vintage Watercolor Roses
Charcoal Drawing London
Watercolor Abstract Impressionism
19th Century English Landscape Watercolor
1889 Portrait Drawing
1939 Pen And Ink
Antique British Watercolor
Black And White Drawings Female Nudes
White Roses Watercolor
19th Century English Landscape Watercolor Paintings
Dutch Watercolor 19th Century
Pastel On Paper Painting 1982