Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 3

Wendy Artin
"Taylor Sitting" sepia watercolor gesture painting of a nude figure from behind

2022

About the Item

Wendy Artin is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in watercolor and charcoal. Her work is figurative and classical and explores the timeless interaction of light and pigment on surface, with subjects ranging from the human figure to fresh fruits and vegetables, architectures, statues and city walls. "I love paper, and the way pigments are transported along a thin surface of transparent water then dry. Although my paintings are often classical, I studied at the Museum School in Boston and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris when marks, gesture and atmosphere were of greatest importance. As I travelled more and more, the charcoal and oils gave way to a small watercolor box and brushes. Through the streets of Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Boston, New York, Mexico and Guatemala, I have painted indoors and out, subjects from the eternal to the fleeting. The human form and the humble strawberry are endlessly inspiring." “When I paint with watercolor, I try to make each mark count, to make each stroke of the brush describe what I am looking at, to get the right puddle on the paper and capture life. Sometimes the puddle has a skinny red edge, sometimes a soft burst of pigment, sometimes a lucky watery accident.” Artistic Advisor at the American Academy in Rome, Wendy Artin completed her undergraduate studies with honors in Painting and French Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, then her MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts with Tufts University. Her artwork is in museums and private collections, including the Boston MFA, Kelsey Museum in Michigan, and the Prints and Drawings Collection of the Boston Public Library. Wendy Artin has exhibited in New York, Boston, Rome, Milan and Paris. Her work has been featured in Pratique Des Arts, American Artist, The New York Observer, Vanity Fair, Gourmet, Elle Decoration, Cote Sud, French Vogue, Elle, Carnet, and the Boston Globe, among other publications. She has been featured on BRAVO television's Arts & Minds.
  • Creator:
    Wendy Artin (American)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)
  • Medium:
    Watercolor,Paper
  • Period:
    2010-
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Edgartown, MA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU164211069422
More From This SellerView All
You May Also Like
  • Oleg (Kimono), Mixed media on ochre parchment paper
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

    Oleg (Kimono), Mixed media on ochre parchment paper

    Howard Tangye
    Oleg (Kimono), Mixed media on ochre parchment paper, 2019

  • Giorgio (Two figures, pink & blue), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

    Giorgio (Two figures, pink & blue), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment

    Howard Tangye
    Giorgio (Two figures, pink & blue), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment, 2020

  • Jake II (Red coat), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

    Jake II (Red coat), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment

    Howard Tangye
    Jake II (Red coat), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment, 2010-2011

  • Craig (Richard's Friend - Sitting - Blue Jacket), Mixed media on grey parchment
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Womenswear. There, he tutored many contemporary greats, including John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, Wes Gordon, Zac Posen and Hussein Chalayan. Examples of Tangye’s portraits are held in many important collections, both public and private, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Harvard University and London’s National Portrait Gallery. Throughout his teaching career Tangye quietly developed a particularly idiosyncratic art practice. By employing a decisive line with bold applications of richly layered materials, Tangye explores the nuances of the human form in an effort to expose his subjects’ true essence and energy. — Howard Tangye Craig (Richard's Friend - Sitting - Blue Jacket), 2012 Mixed media on grey...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil ...

    Craig (Richard's Friend - Sitting - Blue Jacket), Mixed media on grey parchment

    Howard Tangye
    Craig (Richard's Friend - Sitting - Blue Jacket), Mixed media on grey parchment, 2012

  • Matthew (Two Figures, Overlapping), Mixed media on ochre parchment
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

    Matthew (Two Figures, Overlapping), Mixed media on ochre parchment

    Howard Tangye
    Matthew (Two Figures, Overlapping), Mixed media on ochre parchment, 2019

  • Nobu (Lying Down, on side), Mixed media on Rives paper
    By Howard Tangye
    Located in London, GB
    Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil ...

    Nobu (Lying Down, on side), Mixed media on Rives paper

    Howard Tangye
    Nobu (Lying Down, on side), Mixed media on Rives paper, c.2000

Recently Viewed

View All

More Ways To Browse

Prints Of Watercolor
Gestural Drawings
Figure Gesture Art
Drawing Academy Classical
New Mexico Watercolors
Mfa Boston
Boston Library
Paris Watercolor Prints
Watercolor Paint Brush
Boston Public Library
Sitting Figure
Drawing Of A Classical Figure
Globe In A Box
Watercolor Artist Box
French Architectural Watercolor
Statue From New York
Watercolour Paint Box
French Sepia
View All Popular Figurative Drawings and Watercolors Searches