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Style: Contemporary
Medium: Graphite
MB 023 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 023"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 17.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 085A (Contemporary Life Drawing of Nude Male by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 085A"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower rig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Figure Drawing by Mark Beard (Stoic, Muscular Male Nude Charcoal Life Drawing)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower left
Strong f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 827 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Two Nude Males by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of two nude males with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 827"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
29.75 x 21.75 inches unframed
Signed, l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 018 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 018"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Signed, lower right
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band)
2010
Signed and dated, l.l.
Graphite and pastel crayon on paper
30.5 x 22 inches
$3,125
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Graphite
Red Baobab by Calo Carratalá - Large drawing on wood, tree red, Africa, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Red Baobab is a unique Conte pencil Sanguina on laminated wood drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 293 × 295 cm (115.4 × 116.1 in).
The artwork is signed, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Angela (Small, Light-Blue Portrait of Woman with Daisies by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Portrait of woman on a light blue pattern dotted with white daisies
"Angela" by Ransome
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece can be hung attra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Paper
"Flower 1" Graphite Drawing
By Lindsay Payton
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white graphite drawing of a dropping flower. The artist signed the print and titled it. It is framed in a black frame with a white matte.
Dimensions without Frame: H 11 in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Waterlilies V (Contemporary Horizontal Pencil Drawing of Abstract Flowers)
Located in Hudson, NY
Waterlilies V: Modern, Abstracted Pencil Drawing of Flowers (Waterlilies)
graphite drawing on paper
Paper size: 16 x 35 inches
This grap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
MB 824 (Double-Sided Figure Drawing of Handsome Nude Men by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, academic style life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 824"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 21 inches unframed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Becca (Small Grey Mixed-Media Portrait of Woman w/ White Polka Dots by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Grey portrait of woman with white polka dots and a swath of green collaged media
"Becca" by Ransome
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece can b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Two Figures on a Boat, Sketch on Paper by Paul Cadmus
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Two Figures on a Boat, Sketch on Paper by Paul Cadmus.
Graphite on paper
5.75 x 6.25 inches (14.6 x 15.9 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Remembered for his m...
Category
1940s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
In Isolation Series VI
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VI" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Cholly (Portrait of Man in Mixed Media and Collage with Floral Theme by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Cholly" — small portrait of man in mixed media and collage with floral theme in pink, yellow and green
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
At the Shore
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Letitia, pregnant with Rising Sun)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Letitia, pregnant with Rising Sun)
Graphite on paper, 2005
Signed: "Sedrick Huckaby III" lower right (see photo)
In April 2008, Huckaby was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Lori (Pink Portrait in Mixed Media on Panel of Woman in Profile by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Pink + purple portrait of women in profile surrounded by collaged floral discs
"Lori" by Ransome
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece can be h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
"Untitled, Ballerina", Contemporary, Graphite Drawing, Canvas, Figurative
Located in St. Louis, MO
Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents an action-based assem...
Category
1990s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite
"Mass Study II", Layered paper collage and drawing, dimensional, architectural
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "Mass Study II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel. Using found ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Wood Panel, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Various Studies of Figures on a Boat, Paul Cadmus Sketch on Paper.
Graphite on paper
6 x 8.5 inches
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City...
Category
1940s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Umbilical Filigree Ovum (drawing)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original India ink, graphite, chalk, and pen on paper drawing by Hunter Stabler measuring 14.25”h x 20.25”w framed. The piece ships in the pictured frame.
Hunter Stable...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, India Ink, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #7
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower right.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
In Isolation Series VII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Knit - Original Graphite Drawing on Panel of Nude Male Figures
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
"Knit" by Rick Sindt is a small graphite drawing of two male nude figures. The faces are somewhat obscured as we view this intimate moment. The graph lines often used by artist are...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Graphite
In Isolation Series I
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series I" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Graphite, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal, Paper
Les Indestinés, Charcoal, Original Black & White Drawing, Wave, Seascape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Charcoal and Graphite on Archival Watercolour paper 300Gsm.
Artist : Fabien Granet
Subject : Les Indestinés (series ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
The sprinkling of defiled persons (drawing)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original drawing on paper by Hunter Stabler measuring 12”h x 12”w x 2.5”d framed. The piece is made from graphite, ink, transfer paper and Gelly Roll® pen on paper.
Hunter Stabler was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and was raised in upstate South Carolina. He received a BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute, College of Art and an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Art at Louisiana State University. His work has been widely exhibited across the United States and internationally including exhibitions at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, NY, The Shelburne Art Museum in Shelburne, VT, the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, and the Islip Art Museum in East Islip, NY. His hand-cut paper artwork has been published in the books High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations, Push Paper, Strangers in the Nest (a book of Poems by Anselm Berrigan, Letterpress printed with images accompanying each poem), and published in Laminate Magazine, First Look Magazine, and American Craft Magazine. He was named “Philadelphia’s Next Hot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
Untitled - After Cadmus - Nude Males Embracing, Original Graphite Drawing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Rick Sindt was inspired by the works of Paul Cadmus. It is a small graphite drawing of two male nude figures with both of their faces somewhat obscured during an intimate moment. The graph lines often used by artist are still visible to distinguish between the photographic elements of a Polaroid photo and this actual drawing. The piece is framed in a white float frame measuring 12.5h x 10.5w inches.
Rick Sindt
Untitled - After Cadmus
graphite on panel
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
Shifting the historic male gaze into a male-on-male gaze, this body of work anchors its
exploration of queer culture in relationships and introspection. Beginning with a survey of
several photo archives, I overwhelmingly encountered pictures that fit into two distinct
categories: spectacular demonstrations or public displays of sexuality. All of these images were overtly political. Then, I began to find a subset of more intimate images. Typically, these were images submitted by loved ones or donated to foundations after someone’s death. These images depicted common, tender scenes.
Working my way through these images, I reflected on D. A. Miller’s assertion that gay
identity, to which we have entrusted our politics and ethics, stands in an essentially reductive
relation to the queer desires on which it is based. And David Halperin’s argument that, “identity has become the preferred category for thinking about homosexuality. Moreover, it has been promoted at the direct expense of pleasure or feelings or subjectivity.” This left me asking the questions: how is queer culture transmitted if not genealogically? Is there a universal queer experience? What is queer sensibility and subjectivity and can it be visually represented?
In the body of work submitted here, black and white graphite drawings maintain a
Polaroid scale referencing the found historical photographs on which they are based, oil paintings provide isolated moments of feeling as they investigate questions about queer dispositions in a contemporary setting, and a few key sketches provide insight into how a few individual inquiries began.
Rick Sindt
b. 1990, Hastings, MN,
EDUCATION
2013 North Park University, Chicago, IL - BFA
Magna Cum Laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Two Countries, Rogue Philanthropy, Chicago, IL
2013 Tides, Erosion or Catch, Pull, Recover; The-One-Right-Now, North Park University;
Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Are We Not of Interest to Each Other, Uptown Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Reinventing Ourselves From Another Point-of-View, Contemporary Gallery at Zhou B.
Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Collective: Process, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL
2015 Collective: for(a)ging, Hammond Art Center; Hammond, IN
How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Collective: One, Albany Park...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Graphite
Dream
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis hand signed by four artists
Located in New York, NY
Francisco Fernández, Claudia Fernández, Diego Toledo, Hector Quinones
Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, 1993
Ink, graphite, acrylic, and watercolor, with collage
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite
Anonymous Self Portrait LIV
Located in New York, NY
Ink, graphite, and oil paint on double-sided frosted Mylar film mounted to board
Signed and dated on label, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Cub...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Oil, Board, Graphite, Ink
Study for “David and Goliath”
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study for “David and Goliath”
Graphite and black ink on paper
8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1960s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
The Body is a History - Muscular Male Nude, Graphite Drawing on Paper
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Sindt's knowledge of the male physique is evident in this exquisite drawing of a nude male. The subject sits on the ground with his body twisted away from the viewer. We see the defined musculature of his posterior. The artwork is framed in white wood with a black mat.
Rick Sindt
The Body is a History
graphite on archival paper
12h x 9w in
30.48h x 22.86w cm
RIS026
Shifting the historic male gaze into a male-on-male gaze, this body of work anchors its
exploration of queer culture in relationships and introspection. Beginning with a survey of
several photo archives, I overwhelmingly encountered pictures that fit into two distinct
categories: spectacular demonstrations or public displays of sexuality. All of these images were overtly political. Then, I began to find a subset of more intimate images. Typically, these were images submitted by loved ones or donated to foundations after someone’s death. These images depicted common, tender scenes.
Working my way through these images, I reflected on D. A. Miller’s assertion that gay
identity, to which we have entrusted our politics and ethics, stands in an essentially reductive
relation to the queer desires on which it is based. And David Halperin’s argument that, “identity has become the preferred category for thinking about homosexuality. Moreover, it has been promoted at the direct expense of pleasure or feelings or subjectivity.” This left me asking the questions: how is queer culture transmitted if not genealogically? Is there a universal queer experience? What is queer sensibility and subjectivity and can it be visually represented?
Rick Sindt
b. 1990, Hastings, MN,
EDUCATION
2013 North Park University, Chicago, IL - BFA
Magna Cum Laude
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Two Countries, Rogue Philanthropy, Chicago, IL
2013 Tides, Erosion or Catch, Pull, Recover; The-One-Right-Now, North Park University;
Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Are We Not of Interest to Each Other, Uptown Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Reinventing Ourselves From Another Point-of-View, Contemporary Gallery at Zhou B.
Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Collective: Process, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL
2015 Collective: for(a)ging, Hammond Art Center; Hammond, IN
How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL
Collective: One, Albany Park...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Antonopoulos Apostolos
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Antonopoulos Apostolos
2004
Signed and titled, recto
Graphite on paper
12 x 8.25 inches.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Andreas Zisimos
Located in New York, NY
This is a drawing by James Childs offered by CLAMP in New York City.
2004
Signed and titled, recto
Graphite and Conté crayon on paper
12 x 8.25 inches
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Study of Hands
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study of Hands
Graphite on paper
6.75 x 6 inches (17.1. x 15.2 cm)
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Martin Wong drawing 1976
By Martin Wong
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Martin Wong, Jan Rowen, 1976:
Included in the Martin Wong Catalog Raisonne, this 1970s Wong drawing features the artist’s friend, Jan Rowen captured intimately. A poignant insight in...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Baobab N7 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, trees, Africa
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N7 is a unique graphite on paper Arches 360 gr, mounted on wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 46 × 65 cm (18.1 × 25.6 in). Dimensions of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Wood
Preisung der Unzucht II
By Felix Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Signed, dated and titled lower left.
Felix Waske was born in Vienna in 1942. From 1958 to 1967, he studied at the University of Applied Arts under Prof Eduard Bäumer and at the Acad...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Disappearances / Extinctions #1 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing landscape art
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
"Eyes Wide Open" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in Tokyo. After a short stint working as a computer systems engineer, he decided his love of life was making art. He relocated to the United States in 1991, attended Columbus College of Art and Design earning BFAs in Photography and Fine Arts, and then Cranbrook Academy of Art for his MFA in Photography.
He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture, alternative photography and paper crafts. In recent years, he has been more focused on drawing, working on a series entitled "Vanitas". He is an author of 4 papercraft books: "Kirigami Menagerie" (2009), "Paper Pups" (2011), "Paper Birds" (2014) and "Paper Monsters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Vanitas 17
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in Tokyo. After a short stint working as a computer systems engineer, he decided his love of life was making art. He relocated to the United States in 1991, attended Columbus College of Art and Design earning BFAs in Photography and Fine Arts, and then Cranbrook Academy of Art for his MFA in Photography.
He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture, alternative photography and paper crafts. In recent years, he has been more focused on drawing, working on a series entitled "Vanitas". He is an author of 4 papercraft books: "Kirigami Menagerie" (2009), "Paper Pups" (2011), "Paper Birds" (2014) and "Paper Monsters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 9'
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 Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Backs) - Vintage Polaroid Inspired Drawing of Two Boys at the Beach
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Rick Sindt is a small graphite drawing of two male figures with their backs to the viewer. Their focus is something out of our viewin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Graphite
Black and white still life flower drawing of Mimosas by artist, Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Mimosas by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Graphite on paper
65 x 50 cm (25 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ inches)
Signed and dated lower left Yvon Vey 2002
Provenance
Studio of the artist, Montpellier
Artist b...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Whispers & Hisses Series: 'In Knowing'
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 Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sophie # 5, hand painted mixed media portrait photography on paper, framed
Located in Dallas, TX
This beutiful unique edition is framed on a custom black box frame, all archival materials.
Rosie Emerson, born in 1981, is a contemporary artist working almost exclusively on representing the female form. Emerson’s figures draw reference from archetypes old and new, from Artemis to the modern day super model, each solitary figure, an allegory of her own fantasy. Interested in surface, the interplay between photography and painting. Emerson’s works are playful constructs; Photography is used, not as a device for capturing reality but for creating romanticised optical illusions.
Inspired by her love of theatre, performance, shrines and rituals, she uses lighting, costume, set and prop making, alongside printmaking and painting to create other worldly one off pieces. Her photography is inspired by both the drama of the baroque, and ethereal qualities of Pre Raphaelite works. Other important influences include late medieval and renaissance paintings, Japanese prints, and magical realist literature.
Emerson’s screen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite
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Rituals #1 Hélène Duclos, 21st Century Contemporary figurative art, orange green
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache, color pencil and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
Unique work
1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement
“Questioning the human condition and the position of being ali...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
Go through the trials #7 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing art landscape red
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Episodic disturbances #2 Hélène Duclos 21st Century drawing art landscape red
Located in Paris, FR
This drawing is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris.
The liquid mountain is populated by living be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Teatro
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a career spanning more than three decades, Robbie Cornelissen has established himself among the leading contemporary draughtsmen in Europe. His vast and irresolute creative univ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Umbilical, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
In Isolation Series II
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
"House Studies Series II", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architecture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
"Veneer" Figurative Drawing, Color Pencil, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Veneer" is an original oil pastel, ballpoint pen, color pencil, and graphite on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured archival custom frame. The pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite
"Bremen #2" Black and white figurative drawing on paper
By Andy Mister
Located in East Quogue, NY
Photorealistic black and white drawing of rock concert goers - Graphite on paper by Andy Mister. Offered framed.
The work of Andy Mister explores the boundary between mechanical and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Seeing Don Quixote and Sancho etching, hand coloring & watercolor, signed Framed
By Santi Moix
Located in New York, NY
Santi Moix
Seeing Don Quixote and Sancho ("the famous pair"), ca. 2008
Drypoint, etching and abrasion with hand coloring with watercolor, along with graphite annotations
Hand signed ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite, Drypoint, Etching
"Truer Than True" ballpoint pen, figurative portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original drawing by Lauren Rinaldi float mounted in the pictured simple white frame measuring 17in x 14in.
Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies as a veh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite, Oil Pastel
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