Melissa Kircher

"Salt and Sky, " Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting

2022

This original nautical illustration by Laerta Premto is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It captures small boats of varying colors docked together in a marina, with one sailer ...

This original architectural illustration by Laerta Premto is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It captures a building structure with warm orange and yellow hues, inspired by the artist's time in Nice, France. The painting itself is 10" x 8" and measures 15.25" x 12" x 1" framed. It is professionally matted and framed in a white frame, and is embossed with a stamp and signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang. Laerta Premto is a multidisciplinary artist who inspires others to push their boundaries by embarking on travel adventures and self development through her whimsical illustrations...

This original illustration by Laerta Premto is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It captures a pink castle, with rounded towers with dark grey and sienna roofs and a minimalist ...

This original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a deep blue and magenta palette, with two large organic planes of washy color layered over one another for a b...

"Three Pyramids + Blue Ball" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 73”. Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor. As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting. Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...

Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...

Mark di Suvero Project for Sculpture in Chalon-sur-Saône, 1992 Marker, Watercolor and Ink Wash on Paper. Hand signed and dated by artist on lower right front Frame included The rare ...

"Abstract with Grass and Poppies II" is an original watercolor, iridescent acrylic, and ink painting on watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. Th...