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Frame Included
"Acrobazie" pastello 1935 cm. 19 x 25
Located in Torino, IT
Robert Falcucci (1900-1989)
Famoso illustratore di manifesti famosi i suoi manifesti di corse automobilistiche e località turistiche francesi
Quest'opera è vicina llo stile Futurista...
Category
1930s Futurist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002)
Seated Man
Charcoal on paper
Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right)
25.1/2 x 18.1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sur la plage de Deauville - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Eugene Boudin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed watercolour on paper landscape circa 1865 by French impressionist painter Eugene Boudin. This work depicts an artist painting a portrait of an elegant couple on the beach at D...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Pastel Art by 20th Century British Artist
By Lionel Aggett
Located in Preston, GB
Les Andelys in the Seine Valley France Landscape Pastel Art. A fine example of the beautiful work of British 20th Century Artist, Lionel Aggett (1938-2009). Signed front and rear, fr...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Board
Disegno figurativo neoclassico fiorentino studio di nudo in cornice intagliata
Located in Florence, IT
Questo disegno, matita su carta 14 x 10 cm, è uno squisito esempio di "Accademia", ovvero studio dal vero da modello nudo che era una delle attività tipiche nelle accademie, soprattu...
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Horse - Drawing by Antonio Vangelli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli.
Black marker drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the upper margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
The Peacock and The Skunk, Art Nouveau
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Willem Deiperink-Langereis (American, 1889-1966)
Signed: Willem Deiperink-Langereis (Lower, Right)
" The Peacock and The Skunk ", c. 1915-1920
Pen and Ink with Watercolor
9 1/2" ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
John Varley OWS (Attributed), Italianate Landscape With Figures
By John Varley
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming early 19th-century watercolour attributed to English artist John Varley OWS (1778-1842) depicts an Italianate vista with trees, distant town, and figures.
Varley was a...
Category
1830s English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lovers - Drawing by Pierre Emile Lelong - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is a Watercolour realized by Pierre Emile Lelong in 1970s.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (46x32.5 cm).
Signed and titled on the lower margin.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clipper at Full Sail
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Watercolor signed in the lower left corner. The piece measures 19.25" x 23.25" including the frame and features a clipper ship at full sail.
Provenance: Bradbury Art and Antiques,...
Category
20th Century Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
James Herbert Snell, Close Of Day, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful late 19th-century watercolour by British artist James Herbert Snell (1861-1935) depicts a shepherd herding sheep in the evening.
Snell was an interesting painter as h...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Raphaël Delorme (1885-1962), Study of a female nude, watercolor and pencil
Located in PARIS, FR
Raphaël DELORME (1886-1962)
Study
Watercolor and pencil on paper
21 x 31 cm
frame 30 x 40 cm
Trace of fold in the bottom
Born in 1885 in Bordeaux, Raphaël Delorme is one of the majo...
Category
1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Girl in The Garden, Wonderful English Watercolor Flowers, Roses, Surrey Cottage
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Benjamin D. Sigmund (English, 1857 - 1947)
Signed: B. D. Sigmund (Lower, Left)"
" Girl in the Garden ", c. 1890s
Watercolor on Paper
10 1/2" x 14 1/2"
Housed in its original 2" ...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Aquardar (Waiting Expectantly) - Architectural Imagery, Doorways, Dappled Light
By Carol Pylant
Located in Chicago, IL
Dappled sunlight dances across an ancient stone wall in an unknown town bringing a luminosity to the perfectly balanced composition by Carol Pylant. Watercolor and gouache come toget...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Disegno figurativo del romanticismo fiorentino matita su carta del XIX secolo
By Giuseppe Bezzuoli
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, sebbene non firmato, proviene dalla collezione degli eredi di Giuseppe Bezzuoli, come riconoscibile dallo stemma ovale Macciò Parri che si trova in basso a sinistra, ed è...
Category
1820s Romantic Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Chalk
Mountain View Landscape Watercolor 1960
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mountain View With Flowers
watercolor 1960's
18.5x23.5 framed 25x30x1
Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Eugenie O'kin Jubin, Landscape, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Eugenie O'KIN, Eugenie JUBIN known as,
Landscape
Pencil and etching on paper
Studio sale stamp on verso
46 x 28 cm
original frame 65 x 46 cm
Provenance: artist's studio sale, Paris,...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Florentine Garden
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Ricciardo Meacci (Italian, 1856 - 1938)
Signed: R. Meacci (Lower, Left)
" Florentine Garden "
Watercolor on Paper
7 1/2" x 15 1/4"
Housed in a 3" Frame
Overall Size: 19 5/8" x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
'Row of Plane Trees In Winter - Maussane-les-Alpilles', Provence, watercolour and pencil on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1946). A line of Plane trees greets visitors to almost every vi...
Category
1940s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in grey, gouache and wash on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in grey
Gouache and wash on laid paper
Signed "Montheillet" lower right
Dimensions of the work: 24 x 32 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 40 x 50...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Landscape BW, Original Art on Paper , Ready to Hang, by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper
55x74 cm
framed 68x88 cm
Original Art
Ready to Hang
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, Little Girl, Blue Dress, 1920s Portrait
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Elinor M. Barnard (English/American, 1871 - 1942)
Signed: Elinor M. Barnard 27 (Lower, Right)
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, 1927
Watercolor on Paper
23" x 17"
Housed in a 2" Peri...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Baker's Dozen I" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 20" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Baker's Dozen I" Inks on Paper Painting 14" x 20" in by Inji Efflatoun
Not signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of...
Category
20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Two Women With Fans
By Walasse Ting
Located in Austin, TX
Chinese ink and acrylic on rice paper, stretched on canvas. Artist's stamp upper left.
71 x 38.25 in.
72.25 x 40.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple, float-mounted Gatorf...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Rice Paper
Pierre COMBET-DESCOMBES (1885-1966), Female Nude from behind, 1928, Charcoal
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre COMBET-DESCOMBES (1885-1966)
Female Nude from behind, 1928
Charcoal on paper
Signed with the stamp lower right
Dated "26 sept 28" and annotated lower left
Size of the work : 4...
Category
1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Marcel-Lenoir, Portrait of a bearded man, supposed self-portrait, pencil
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931)
Portrait of a bearded man, supposed self-portrait
Pencil and stump on paper
Signed "Marcel-Lenoir" lower right
63 x 48.5 cm
Sold in its ori...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
1968 gouache by British artist Hans Feibush 'The beauty of youth'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very magnificent work by 20th Century British artist Hans Feibusch of a boy looking out over a landscape, classically inspired with a modern flair.
Escaping the grip of Nazi Germa...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Prison Portrait" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prison Portrait" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibiti...
Category
20th Century Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Prison Portrait II" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Prison Portrait II" Inks on Paper Painting 13" x 9" in by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhib...
Category
20th Century Post-War Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rice Paper, Watercolor
Waves by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary seascape painting, ocean, dark tone
Located in Paris, FR
Waves is a unique graphite drawing on linen canvas by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 118 × 91 cm (46.5 × 35.8 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 120 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Graphite
Astre by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary seascape painting, waves, dark tone
Located in Paris, FR
Astre is a unique graphite drawing on linen canvas by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 118 × 91 cm (46.5 × 35.8 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 120 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Graphite
Baobab N3 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Africa
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N3 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 65 × 46 cm (25.6 × 18.1 in). Dimensions of the framed ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Watercolor Still Life With Meadow Flowers by Swedish Artist Olle Hjortzberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite watercolor by Swedish artist Olle Hjortzberg is a testament to the beauty that lies in simplicity. Depicting a modest bouquet of summer flowers, this piece evokes a se...
Category
1940s Naturalistic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
By Eldon Dedini
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Critics and Tourists, Original Watercolor Illustration for The New Yorker
An original watercolor illustration for The New Yorker...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Augmented Meteorite II by Oliver Ashworth-Martin - Pastel drawing, nature, plant
Located in Paris, FR
Augmented Meteorite II is a unique pastel, 23k gold leaf, cotton paper drawing by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions including oak frame are 113 × 75 cm...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Portrait Of A Young Woman Attributed To Frank Weston Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Frank Weston Benson
American 1862-1951
Portrait of a Young Woman
Watercolor on paper
Signed “F.W. Benson 1912” (lower right)
This watercolor painting, entitled Port...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Baobab N5 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Africa
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N5 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 65 × 46 cm (25.6 × 18.1 in). Dimensions of the framed ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Selvas Negras n°4 by Calo Carratalá - Tropical forest landscape, work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Selvas Negras n°4 is a unique pencil on Daler Rowney 1,4 mm paper painting by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 120 × 81 cm (47.2 × 31.9 in). Dimensions of the frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Augmented Meteorite I by Oliver Ashworth-Martin - Pastel drawing, nature, plant
Located in Paris, FR
Augmented Meteorite I is a unique pastel, 23k gold leaf, cotton paper drawing by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions including oak frame are 120 × 120 cm...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Frontal Wave by Franco Salas Borquez - Work on paper, ocean waves, black, white
Located in Paris, FR
Frontal wave is a unique Silver ink on Canson paper painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 70 × 50 cm (27.6 × 19.7 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964) "Street Signs" Modernist gouache and traces of pencil on paper in t...
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tu...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Pyramidal Wave by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape, waves
Located in Paris, FR
Pyramidal Wave is a unique graphite on Figueras paper painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 65 × 100 cm (25.6 × 39.4 in). Dimensions of the framed artw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
La Valse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La valse
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 4096 / La Traviata / Acte I / Scenes II et IV / La Valse / Composition origin...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Baobab N1 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N1 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 65 × 46 cm (25.6 × 18.1 in). Dimensions of the framed ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les travestis (The Transvestites)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté’s costume...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Hammering Nails
39 x 50 ½ inches
Gouache on paper c. 19...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Rodolphe by Guy Oberson - Contemporary figurative painting, portrait, man
By Guy Oberson
Located in Paris, FR
Rodolphe is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 140 × 120 cm (55.1 × 47.2 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 145 x 125 cm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Carpet Seller 19th Century Orientalist Antique Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance
John Welles Hollenback, New York
The Painting is Signed FBartolini Lower Right
Federico Bartolini (Italian, 1861 - 1908)
Description:
Federico Bartolini was a renowned ...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Spring at Window" 18th Century Antique realism Watercolor painting on Paper
Located in Jacksonville, FL
The painting is signed and dated 1858
Felix Schlesinger (1833-1910) was a German painter known for his charming and detailed portrayals of domestic ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Boat on the Marañón River, Jungle series - Contemporary Drawing, work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Boat on the Marañón River is a drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, from the "Jungle" series. This piece of art portrays a man boating down the river Marañón - a tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
ES I - Birds Eye View of New York City, Original Acrylic & Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
ES I
acrylic and ink on paper
30h x 22w in
76.20h x 55.88w cm
PKV018
Abstractions, such as color, to me or or mood, don't really enter the f...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
ES II - Birds Eye View of New York City, Original Acrylic & Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
ES II
acrylic and ink on paper
30h x 22w in
76.20h x 55.88w cm
PKV019
Abstractions, such as color, to me or or mood, don't really enter the ...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Baobab N7 by Calo Carratalá - work on paper, graphite drawing, sold framed
Located in Paris, FR
Graphite on paper Arches 360 gr mounted on a wood frame. Artwork sold framed with a methacrylate box, 46 cm × 65 cm.
Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valencia, specializing in landscapes. With a passion for traveling, he has visited the Amazon, Colorado, the Alps and the Pyrenees, the forests of Norway... Always armed with sketching pad...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
The Junipers - Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A large translucent vessels floats upon a lake, so transparent that the wooded shoreline can be seen through this surreal boat. The artist treats watercolor much like oil paints, with layer upon layer to achieve a depth unseen in watercolor. The smallest of detail is apparent upon close examination. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 17.25 x 17.75 inches.
Christina Haglid
The Junipers
watercolor and gouache on paper
8h x 9w in
20.32h x 22.86w cm
CMH052
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Late March - Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Translucent vessels are suspended upon the surface of the water in this surreal landscape entitled "Cloud Lake". This landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smallest water droplet. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75 inches.
Christina Haglid
Cloud Lake
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CMH053
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Nest, Highly Detailed Surreal Botanical, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
This surreal landscape comes from the inner sanctum of artist Christina Haglid. Two paper orbs combine and reveal a portal to another dimension. The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75.
Christina Haglid
Nest, 2020
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CMH051
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
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