James Wilson Rayen

"Untitled Pastel #7", Landscape, Fields, Summer, Green, Pastel Drawing, 2008

2008

“Musing" by Sarah Alexander is a 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch watercolor landscape on canvas viewed through graceful grasses along a body of water. The warm red and gold grasses are a stark co...

“Compadres” is a 50 x 40 inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis. A work from her “Couples” series, this vibrantly colored abstract composition in cool blue, green, violet palette with pops of warm orange, captures a moment with two dear souls connecting. It speaks to unspoken bonds and deep friendships in lives shared. With a painting style that hints at Loomis’s stained-glass past as well as her appreciation of European expressionist painting and cartoon animation, her active painting surface is rich with symbols and distinctive marks. "Compadres" includes elements drawn in oil pastel. This painting is signed on the back and on the left gallery edge. Anita Loomis is a painter who works from her studio in Kittery, Maine. Communication is the underpinning focus of her oeuvre. For the “Tomorrowland” series, each painting offers semi-abstract settings with unusual plant and animal life thriving in spaces with simple architectural forms and structures. Through this series of paintings, the artist asks what possible new species will evolve as the Earth changes. Anita Loomis creates paintings that explore facets of human dialogue and relationships. Through painting, humor, and a deep curiosity about human imperfection, she investigates what it means to navigate communication with people who see the world through different cultural lenses. Loomis paints to shine a light on the common threads that connect our human experiences and spotlight the value of empathy. Loomis earned her BA in Studio Art from Framingham State University in Massachusetts, and her MA with a concentration in Arts Management from the University of Central Florida. She worked in the field of architectural stained glass for fifteen years and has focused on painting since 2004. She lives and works in Kittery, Maine. Her work has been exhibited at Miller White Gallery, South Dennis, MA; Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA, and various exhibitions in New England, Pennsylvania...

Subject : Maison de Congrigoux (Title - FR) Work : Original Drawing, Handmade artwork and Unique Work. Medium : Oil Pastel and Oil pencils on archival Fine Art paper. The work has be...

Subject : Bruyère sur un rocher (Title - FR) / Heather on a rock This diptych reads like a visual meditation on the link between sky and earth, between the ephemeral and the grounded...