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Art Subject: Wood
Miniature Landscape Called Birch Trees Reflected in a Stream by Oskar Bergman
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present this rare miniature landscape by the artist Oskar Bergman. Measuring just 5.5 x 4 cm, this exquisite piece comes with its original frame and gold passepar...
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
An Extensive Landscape with Trees From The De La Gardie and Sparre Collection
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Sparre/De la Gardie collection is one of Sweden’s most important collections of drawings. In 1969, upon the death of Pontus de la Gardie, the collection—comprising approximately ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
French Watercolor of a Sunlit Mont Saint-Michel at Low Tide
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of a Sunlit Mont Saint-Michel at Low Tide
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.25 x 13.5 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Watercolor The Garden at Sickelsjö, 1883
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present a stunning watercolor by the Swedish artist Albert Theodor Gellerstedt. This artwork, titled "Sickelsjö Trädgård" was created on June 8, 1883. The paintin...
Category
1880s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rooftops (Framed 1970's New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted New York City landscape drawing of urban rooftops and tree tops
"Rooftops", created by William Clutz in 1977
30 x 20 inches, charcoal and pastel on paper
33 x 25 inches in light wood frame
This framed pastel on paper was made in 1977 by William Clutz. It features an abstracted depiction of New York City rooftops as seen from a high window. Of particular note is the artist's technique with pastel; a wonderful texture and motion is created by closely woven striated lines. Sunlight reflects off brown rooftops and peaking green tree tops. The charcoal and pastel drawing is framed in a natural light wood frame with non-reflective glass and wire backing for installation.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career.
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Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Morning Heron, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A heron stands quietly beside beached logs, overlooking the water between Beer Can Island and Coquina Beach. The morning sun casts a warm light on the distant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Georgia O'Keeffe's Studio & Fireplace, interiors, desert landscape, earth tones
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Georgia O'Keeffe's Studio & Fireplace"
2020
Work on paper by Japanese artist Miki Matsuyama, from her iconic artist studio study series featuring an interiors and desert landscape. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Sunny watercolor landscape Sunny shore
Located in Zofingen, AG
A painting of nature. Painting with spring landscape.
A painting for the living room, dining room, study, painted in watercolor based on memories of a walk along the Tarusa River. Th...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Woodland scene with a body of water
By John Nash
Located in Maidenhead, GB
British, 1954, Manner of John Nash (1893-1977)
Woodland scene with a body of water
Watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted to card
Signed indistinctly and dated lower left
34.1 x...
Category
1950s Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape " c.1930 is a watercolor by noted American artist Raphael Senseman, 1870-1966 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Le Grau-du-Roi Watercolor of Fishing Boats and Coastal Harbor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Le Grau-du-Roi Watercolor of Fishing Boats and Coastal Harbor
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.25 x 15 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
138
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish under desolate circumstances. The seemingly bleak, the empty landscape, speaks to me. It is in this silence that I see the never-ending waves of struggle, wearing down, and rebirth emerging.
The process of endless building and reconfiguring transcends the mere physical and encompasses the spiritual and symbolic. The scars and flowers of experience against a backdrop of an endless sea of days transform into a tiny glimpse of what Heaven might be. In what some see as mere desolation, I find a spark of the sublime: a release into a quiet revelry, and a peace that covers it all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Evening Glow by the River, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative pastel painting by Victor Jernbergh, dated 1917, captures the serene and enchanting scene of a river at dusk. The central composition is dominated by a lone pine tree ...
Category
1910s Symbolist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Empty Booth - iconic watercolor - Red Devil Fireworks
Located in Burlingame, CA
Empty Booth - an iconic American original watercolor painting - 36 x 24 inches - by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Empty Booth depicts the inside of an empty fireworks booth with a Red Devil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish under desolate circumstances. The seemingly bleak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Watercolor of Camargue Wetlands at Sunset with Storks in the Foreground
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Camargue Wetlands at Sunset with Storks in the Foreground
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper,...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" is a watercolor on heavy rag paper by noted Arkansas artist Bruce Roy Anderson, 1907-1985. It is signed at the lower left corner ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Maine Coastal Landscape, ' by P. Krewer, Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 26.5" x 16.25" watercolor painting by artist P. Krewer depicts a rocky coastal landscape in Maine. In the foreground are several rock clusters on the coastal edge in mult...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Old Door
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Old Door, 1953
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
20 × 14 inches
Unframed
This unique and extre...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Lumber Wharf
By Gordon Grant
Located in New York, NY
Gordon Hope Grant (1875-1962) created the watercolor entitled “The Lumber Wharf” in circa 1947. It is signed in the lower left 1 inch above the paper edge. The watercolor paper size ...
Category
1940s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Let There Be Light With Us 1”
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is ready to hang, the painting has no decorative frame.
The diptych "Let There Be Light With Us!" from the "City Stories" series presents an artistic interpretation of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape Coastal Hamlet with Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
“Coastal Hamlet with Harbour"
By Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 4.75 x 7 inches (Height x Width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: There is a watermark on this...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Watercolor Interpretation of the The Raft of the Medusa After Théodore Géricault
Located in Cotignac, FR
Watercolour on paper interpretation of the Raft of the Medusa by English artist Derek Carruthers. The work is signed and titled to the back of the paper.
A vivid and engaging interp...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
City Island, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - City Island, Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 20.5 in. x 13.5 in. (52.07 cm x 34.29 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's rendering o...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Foot bridge
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Each time you walk along the bridge to the other side, you understand the value of the path traveled, the experience gained. Beauty in the simplicity of the world, happiness is an in...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
'Yerba Buena from Telegraph Hill', San Francisco, Bay Bridge, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carl Niederer' (American, 1927-2019) and dated 1965; additionally titled, 'Yerba Buena from Telegraph Hill' verso.
Carl Niederer f...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Dead tree
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
An old tree already dead overgrown with moss in the forest thicket. The tree trunk has already been eaten by a bug, and its picturesque texture with a variety of tonal nuances attracted me as a researcher. I watch...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Magazine Paper
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by artist John E. Detore, 1902-1975. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 13.5 x 19.5 inches, the framed size is 22.75 x 28.75 inches. Custom framed in original oak white wash frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
A native of Syracuse, John E. De Tore was born in 1902.
DeTore enjoyed painting continuously since the age of 8. Although he became an engineer with the Niagara Mohawk Power corporation he carried on elective training in the required branches of art.
He took seriously to the watercolor medium from 1940 and by 1955 he was well known for his decisively composed watercolor landscapes and their rich, deep chromatics - earning him acknowledgment in the American Artist Magazine November 1961 issue.
Besides teaching art at Syracuse Museum John DeTore...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Ancient Oak Trees in Lullingstone Park, Samuel Palmer Watercolour and Ink
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and pen and ink on paper, inscribed verso
Image size: 5 x 4 inches (13 x 10 cm)
Framed
This drawing most likely depicts a view in Lullingstone Park, near the village of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Bar Harbor
Located in Dallas, TX
“Anne Weary, who grew up as a Texas cowgirl, is at home in the outdoors and knows its ways and its language. There is a sort of very quiet but very powerful mysticism in her work, a sense of presence that goes quite beyond words,” writes poet and University of Texas at Dallas professor Frederick Turner in the American Arts Quarterly.
Dallas born Weary studied under Olin Travis, Octavio Medellin and Chapman Kelley...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bonitas Canciones 8726
By Nancy Charak
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nancy Charak
Title: Bonitas Canciones 8726
Materials: Drawing on 90# Stonehenge
Date: 2017
Dimensions: 11"x30"
Nancy Charak makes paintings and drawings in her studio in Tucson, whe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Color Pencil
Palmistry Readings / watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Palmistry Readings' a highly collectable original watercolor 17 3/4 x 21 1/2 inch painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. Currently unframed however ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Geologies Series 9048
By Nancy Charak
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nancy Charak
Title: Geologies Series 9048
Materials: Drawing on 140# Fabriano Artistico
Date: 2018
Dimensions: 30"x22"
Nancy Charak makes paintings and drawings in her studio in Tuc...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Color Pencil
Fishing Boats at Shore, 1940's Seascape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century small-scale watercolor landscape of fishermen with their boats on the shore by unknown artist. Signed lower left corner illegibly. Circa 1940's. Unframed. Image...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
In Arizona, Abstract Expressionist Gouahce on paper by Robert Andrew Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Andrew Parker, American (1927 - 2024) - In Arizona, Year: 1961, Medium: Gouahce on paper, signed and dated top left, Size: 18.75 x 23.75 in. (47.63 x 60.33 cm)
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mary Fedden 1970 watercolour Moonlight at Cappadocia Modern British Art
By Mary Fedden
Located in London, GB
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Mary Fedden (1915-2012)
Moonlight at Cappadocia
Watercolour
18 x 13 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Lonely Planet...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Samuel Austin (1796-1834) - 1831 Watercolour, Heron on the Rocks
By Samuel Austin
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour scene depicting a river flowing between banks with fallen trees. Perched on a rock in the center of the river a heron looks for fish in the stream. Signed and ...
Category
Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Pencil Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - Mid-18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
The artwork has some folds and foxings. The artwork represents a landscape.
Inclu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Landscape - Sanguine Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen.
In good condition.
illegible Hand-signed on the lower right margin.
passepartout included ( 49 x 69 cm).
The artwork represents a landscape river in sanguine drawing...
Category
Early 18th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Plants - Original China Ink Drawing by Jan Pieter Verdussen - 1740
Located in Roma, IT
Plants is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1740.
pen and watercolour on brown paper. In good codition except for some pencil marks and traces of sealing wax on...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Linda Cunningham, 'Edge of Change III', 2015, Pastel, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Unexpected materials, found and manufactured, perch precariously on torn edges and bifurcated sheets of large paper. Here, fluid calligraphic lines are posed against the veracity of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Wood, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Found Objects
California Coast with Cypress Tree
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: California Coast with Cypress
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 16 x 18.75 inches
paper: 16...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
R. J. H - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Spanish Courtyard
Located in Corsham, GB
A colourful watercolour study of an inner villa courtyard. Present in a large walnut veneer frame with card mount. Signed with initials to the lower left and labelled Casturia nean A...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
David Morrison, Firewood Series No. 2, hyperrealist colored pencil drawing, 2018
Located in New York, NY
In "Firewood Series No. 2," David Morrison uses colored pencils to capture the finest details of a frayed and peeling piece of birch wood. With his careful and methodical handling of...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Canadian Modernist Pastel Painting Drawing Trees Purple Green Framed 1915
Located in Buffalo, NY
A charming and well conceived Canadian modernist drawing. Unsigned but from the period of such well known artists as David Milne. Housed in a period frame the presentation n the wa...
Category
1910s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Hunting Scene
By Jan Van der Straet
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Jan VAN DER STRAET, called Stradanus (Bruges, 1523 – Florence, 1605)
Hunting Scene
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and white heightening on prepared brown paper,
26 × 31...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Butler Art Institute Winter Dog Barn Scene Watercolor Circa 1940
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor by Ohio artist Joseph Koch who was affectionately known as Koco during his long life of almost 105 years.
This beautiful watercolor painting titled "Winter's ...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Saguaro 1
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rockaway Township School Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Ink sketch of a view of Rockaway Township that is located in New Jersey. Paper has some discoloration.
Dimensions without Frame: H 18.5 in. x W 12.5 in.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
160
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --RUSS HAVARD
Artist Statement
I'm drawn towards nature imagery that depicts isolated elements in their continual struggle to flourish ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Backyard Bench - original watercolor 1974-2016
Located in Burlingame, CA
Backyard Bench - an iconic American watercolor painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Firewood Series No. 3, hyperrealist nature still life, colored pencil drawing
Located in New York, NY
In "Firewood Series No. 3," David Morrison uses colored pencils to capture the finest details of a frayed and peeling piece of birch wood. With his careful and methodical handling of...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
City Landscape #4, urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper
Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist.
He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential
...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Golden Gate Park "Den Rode Port" - Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor of Den Rode Port (The Red Gate) Overlooking the San Francisco Bay from the Golf Gourse by Alfred J. Garlin (Danish, 1866-1929). Artist's signature is integrated into the piece. Title and artist info on a plaque mounted to wood frame. Frame includes UV-resistant plexiglas. Image size: 18"H x25"W
Alfred J. Garlin was a watercolorist born in Denmark in 1866. By 1910 Garlin had settled in San Francisco. An electrician, in his leisure he painted scenes of the Monterey Peninsula, Feather River Canyon, and Mount Tamalpais...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Broken Spirit, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
"Faith, " Charcoal on Paper, 2023
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
Entitled “Faith,” this small-scale charcoal drawing depicts a tree trunk carved with two deep cuts in the shape of a cross. The carving has healed over, assimilated into the bark as just another interesting detail. Up close, the work is loosely drawn with a heavy hand, but from afar, the natural scene still achieves a sense of realism. The tree trunk is conveyed through chaotic scribbling and aggressive strokes of light and dark charcoal, resulting in a pattern that simulates the rough texture of bark. Light falls softly on the tree, illuminating its form against the dark, atmospheric surroundings.
The striking imagery of this work conveys the strong emotional response elicited by Surdo’s personal encounter with this tree. Restricting the composition to only the scarred portion of the tree trunk, Surdo focuses on symbolism of the cross carved into the tree’s side. The carving was inflicted upon the tree by an individual, whether as an act of graffiti or the object of adoration. Despite this wound, the tree persists and grows, adapting and changing until the mark is but another interesting detail. The tree’s spirit endures and speaks to the strength it takes to heal oneself, whether physically or mentally.
Charcoal on paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Contemporary seascape pastel moody chairs beach lake rocks landscape signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Twilight on the Beach (Ephraim)" is an original pastel drawing by Michael DeFrancesco. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece depicts two chairs on the beach of a small village in Door County, Wisconsin. Separated only by a row of trees running along the horizon, the sky and lake are mirrors of one another.
22" x 30" art
30" x 37 1/4" frame
"As I progress in my painting, I hope to say more with less ... to leave the obvious vague ... and to paint only that which is essential ... this is my goal as an artist."
Biography
Michael Defrancesco received his Fine Arts degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. While at the Academy, he was fortunate to have studied under some wonderful instructors such as Bill Parks, Vern Stake, Eugene Hall, Fred Berger, and the renowned watercolorist Irving Shapiro...
Category
Early 2000s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
