Frank Girard

"Edge of the Path", Grass Inhabited by Human, Chinese Ink and Wash Drawing

2015

Named "The Leaves of my Books", this drawing was made by masterful artist Frank Girard with pigment, Chinese ink, and acrylic on 300g/m2 neutral white pap...

This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylic, and colored pencils on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the...

This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments and ink, on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not framed. Through drawings, the masterful French a...

Named "My House by the River", this drawing by the masterful artist Frank Girard was created with Chinese ink, pigments, and watercolors on Arches p...

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees. This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time. Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...

The artwork is in simple black wood frames behind glass. The full signature is on the back of the drawing. Hanna Banaszczyk is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing at ...

Vegetation is a beautiful artwork realized by Foscato Socrate. Blue watercolors. In very good condition. Hand signed on the lower left margin of the plate. Stamped on the lower ri...

Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor and China ink on paper realized by the French contemporary artist Gérard Guyomard. Hand-signed on the l...