Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Sentinel - Mountain Lions in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - When Did Art Stop and Become Ego
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, marker, paint on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been fea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Paper, Permanent Marker, Pencil
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Horse Rider
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Ballpoint Pen, Paper
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Sumatran 1 (Tiger)
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France.
Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork
In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization.
Matt Kinney...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Solid Footings - Graphite Drawing on Antique Architectural Drawings of Bears
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Vellum
Nocturnal Creatures
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Nocturnal Creatures, 2021, ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Black and White, girl with cats, moon, figurative. Framed, frame size 11.25 x 9.25 x 1.25
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Grape of Wrath - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Large Purple Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A Gyo-Tako print of large octopus is seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Grapes of Wrath". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
29% Off
Jobsite - Moose in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
SWAN IN LOVE (TEOREMA 50)
Located in New York, NY
SWAN IN LOVE (TEOREMA 50), 2012
ink, watercolor, airbrush paint, graphite on paper
37.5 x 52 inches / 952 x 1320 mm
unframed
Christina McPhee’s expansive abstract paintings, drawings, photographs, and videos test or query how can we know, and who is we? Moving from within a matrix of measurement, observation and contingent effects, her work resists characterization as product, and continually accesses fields outside itself. For her, process equals trial. Her work emulates potential forms of life, in various systems and territories, from a perspective of the non-self– a world beyond identity.
McPhee’s dynamic, performative, physical engagement with materials, in both her analogue and digital works, is a seduction into surface-skidding calligraphic gestures and mark-making. The tactics of living are in subterfuge, like the ‘dazzle ships...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"The Visit" Cougar at Poolside, Contemporary Surrealist Painting
Located in New York, NY
29.5"x41" watercolor on paper. In this contemporary surrealist watercolor painting by Thomas Broadbent, a cougar climbs along a poolside lounger chair. Two glasses of wine and a st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Water (Octopus Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Water (Serpent Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Water (Rabbit Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Water (Dove Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Water (Caracal Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fire (Ocelot Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fire (Koala Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fire (Orangutan Spirit), 2017, figurative, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fire (Hawk Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Fire (Horse Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
By Jay Golding
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Raven 1, realist gouache on paper miniature bird portrait, 2023
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
We are thrilled to present one of our first works on paper of 2023 by Dina Brodsky - the striking Raven, in her signature tondo format. Like most of her miniature works, the charm ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly with Flower" is an original mixed media work by David Barnett that incorporates iridescent oil pastel, a dried hibiscus flower, and watercolor. It is...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Savanna 2 (Elephant)
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Rag Paper
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Clear Glisten
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Paper, Permanent Marker, Pencil
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Roam (Jaguar)
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
Animal, Africa, black and white, abstract, spirit animal, leopard, jaguar, tiger, jungle, big cats, wild cats, oil paint, painting, animal print, leopard print, oil paint on stretche...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Donkey Boogie Woogie, limited color mixed media woman animals
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is drawing made with pen, pencil and watercolor on wood done from life of donkeys the artist observed in Mexico, and cacti, and a woman holding up the hoof of one donkey. Whims...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Pencil, Archival Paper
American Robins and Fall Foliage, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two robins face each other, a colorful display of red, yellow and orange oak leaves frame the scene. "Inspired by traditional Asian watercolor compositions and Western European painting technique, I created this composition to illustrate the harmony in nature between birds and flowers," says Suren. Part of his ongoing Birds and Flowers series.
About the Artist
Suren is an impressionist painter eloquently capturing nature, landscapes, and cityscapes in paint. His body of work reflects several different stylistic approaches. Suren’s scenes in oil are inspired by Impressionist masters Monet and Van Gogh, while his watercolor series of flowers and birds are influenced by Eastern styles of painting and the colors of the Middle Eastern environment. Suren believes his role as an artist is to remind viewers that we all are part of the same natural universe.
Words that describe this painting: robins, birds, fall, leaves, oak tree, fall tree, woodland, autumn, animals, nature, representational, watercolor painting, red
American Robins and Fall Foliage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Family Gathering, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Penguins are amazing family focused creatures, and I really do enjoy painting them," explains Catherine. She created this painting on heavyweight paper using primarily watercolor, with touches of graphite and gouache as well.
About the Artist
Impressionist Catherine McCargar expresses her deep admiration of nature through landscape paintings of Northern California. While she is well-versed in a range of media, her preferred medium for painting is watercolor. The fluidity of the paint allows her to capture the muted undertones and the fleeting light found in the natural world. While the backgrounds of her paintings are impressionistic, the foregrounds of her paintings are often highly detailed, showcasing her technical mastery over her medium.
Words that describe this painting: animals, penguins, animals, representational, watercolor painting, grey
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Octopus, Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyotaku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extrao...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
14.25h x 19.75w in
36.20h x 50.16w cm
JEC152
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Love River
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolor on paper with wood panel
Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Watercolor, Paper
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Light in the Forest (Bambi&Rabbit)
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper with frame
Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involved for more than ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Magic Stornes
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolor on paper with wood panel
Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Watercolor, Paper
"Leopard on Rietveld Chair" framed contemporary surrealist watercolor painting
Located in New York, NY
40”x29.5” (artwork size) watercolor on paper, signed on reverse framed (presented in a black finish, shadowbox frame)
In this original watercolor painting, a leopard sits on a Red,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Psychic Self Defense
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen,pencil, marker, paint on paper
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been feat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Paper, Permanent Marker, Pencil
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 10'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works
An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
"Should I Stay or Should I Go, " Watercolor Rabbit Portrait by Julia Taylor
By Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Should i Stay or Should I Go" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. A black bunny sits with eyes looking fiercely out to the left. It's inner ears are light pink and they are a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sea Fan - Blue Meets Red - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Squirrel in the Field of Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
Whispers & Hisses Series: 'In Dread'
Located in New York, NY
This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable.
This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss.
Winifred McNeill...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
L'Ucello Study - Original Charcoal Study of a Bird on Toned Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Archival Paper
I'm going to call you Charlemagne 26x40inches abstract paint collage birds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
RINY artists Audrey Anastasi and C.Dimitri collaborated to create contemporary collage works.
Born of the Covid pandemic, the team started working remotely, mailing artwork to each ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Acrylic
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Chicken Lover Lover
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$4,900 Sale Price
57% Off
Gucci Ray - Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper, Original Artwork, Gyotaku Style
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Designers have an wide reach through out the world but have yet to reach the depths of the ocean. Artist Jeff Conroy has created this Gyotaku print of large ray entitled simply "Gucci Ray" to fill that void. To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist applies sumi ink to a sting ray he caught himself on Florida's Gulf Coast, then "prints" it onto Marbled Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Gucci Ray
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
37h x 25w in
93.98h x 63.50w cm
JEC088
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Sumi Ink
$1,440 Sale Price
34% Off
Untitled
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Unsigned
Mixed media, c. 2003-2004
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A life...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray - Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper, Gyotaku Original
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Designers have an wide reach through out the world but have yet to reach the depths of the ocean. Artist Jeff Conroy has created this Gyotaku print of large ray entitled simply "Channel Quilted Black Caviar Ray" to fill that void. To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist applies sumi ink to a sting ray he caught himself on Florida's Gulf Coast, then "prints" it onto Marbled Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. The artwork is framed as shown.
Jeff Conroy
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
37h x 25w in
93.98h x 63.50w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
42.50h x 30.75w x 1d in
107.95h x 78.11w x 2.54d cm
JEC083
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
"Scaredy Cat, " Watercolor on Paper Portrait of Cat by Julia Taylor
By Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Scaredy Cat" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. The subject is a fluffy cat who's back is arched in terror. All of the cat's hair is painted on en...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ovum (butterfly) #2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pencil & Watercolor on Paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Light in the Forest, Rabbit
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Watercolor, Paper
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
The Guardian
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bug (Pine Beetle)
By Jim Holyoak
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ink on paper.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Christmas Palm, Botanical Drawing, Colored Pencil on Paper, Framed in Silver
Located in Chicago, IL
Named for its red fruit that tends to bloom during the Holiday Season, the Christmas Palm is shown here with all its beautiful flowers. Drawn in colored pencil with fine detail, thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
"Plow Horses" Double-sided Ink Drawing on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Plow Horses" is an original ink drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features tw...
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Bird Cut-Out
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Drawing on paper cut out.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 7'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works
An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and presumptions of human control are upended. The text-like marks on white vertical rectangles are deliberate, but indecipherable. They appear as if a poem, written in an ancient language, that honors this eternal cycle of destruction and regeneration.
Winifred McNeill...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Peach Tree
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
$12,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 5'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works
An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Plexeraptus
By Michael Alan
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, Paint, Mixed Media on collectable trading card
Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Permanent Marker, Mixed Media, Paper
$320 Sale Price
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Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 4'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works
An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Whispers & Hisses Series: 'In Panic'
Located in New York, NY
This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable.
This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss.
Winifred McNeill...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
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