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Medium: Archival Paper
Psychodrama
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon, Archival Paper
“Gloucester Dockside”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very finely executed watercolor by the New England artist, John Cuthbert Hare of the fishing boats dockside in Gloucester. Condition is excellent. Signed by the artist lower right. Circa 1950. The artwork is framed in custom barn wood with a narrow linen liner. Artwork is under glass. Overall framed measurements are 16.5 by 14.5 inches. Provenance: Massachusetts estate.
New England painter John Cuthbert Hare was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1908 and studied commercial art at the Pratt Institute in New York City and later at the Art Students League also in New York City. He also studied at the Grand Central School of Art in New York followed by employment with the Hearst Newspaper Corporation. For a number of years after his marriage in 1933, Hare and his wife traveled throughout the United States and Europe. Hare was a member of the Provincetown Art Colony, Cape Cod, Massachusetts and was to become known as the "Dean of Cape Cod Artists...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Rheims Cathedral
By Henri Schäfer
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in watercolor in the lower right image area. Small circular pea-sized damp stain in the top center image area (visible in the are of the sky), and some additional small spots of unobtrusive foxing in the upper left sheet area. Otherwise in very good condition with fresh colors and intricate brushwork.
Henri Schäfer...
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1870s Realist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Habitat Relocation Project" Etching on archival paper, botanical, floral
Located in Philadelphia, PA
intaglio with a la poupée on Somerset paper, unframed, edition of 6
Please message us directly if you are interested in a framed print.
Bio // Katie VanVliet is a sculptor and printmaker based in Philadelphia, PA. Found and collected objects are the main component of her work, as the drawn components of her prints and the physical components of her sculptures and installations. After studying at Moore College of Art & Design, she founded BYO Print as a collective studio with the mission to keep artists printing on their own time, within a reasonable budget. More than 30 printmakers have been involved with the shop over the years, with 15 current members. She studied with Shelley Thorstensen at Moore as well as at Printmakers' Open Forum in Oxford, PA. She occasionally teaches workshops about about using reclaimed objects effectively in an art practice.
In her studio, she is interested in engaging her audience in narrative. Like many artists, she has always been a collector of things. Aside from unique curiosities, she collects leftovers of routines and rituals, and incorporates them into ongoing bodies of work, most notably, the pill project. "The Only Reason I'm Still on The Pill is for the Art Project" began in 2006, when classmates started giving her empty birth control...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio
Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Waterfall Watercolor Landscape
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Plein air image of Yosemite's Bridal Veil Falls done in watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" lowe...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$460 Sale Price
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Never Enough
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Never Enough' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings creat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pigment, Ink, Mixed Media, Tea
"Camels" Watercolor Painting 11" x 9" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Camels" Watercolor Painting 11" x 9" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Stamped by artist's estate.
Not Signed.
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in ...
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20th Century Post-War Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Infanta XXIII (Abstract Cubist Figure in Vintage Embroidered Gold Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite on paper, drawing measures 5.5 x 4 inches
Vintage frame is 12.5 x 9 x 2 inches with beautiful floral carved detail and fabric inlay.
This graphite work on paper was inspire...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
“Maine Coast”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mixed media composed of oil pastel and watercolor of the Maine coast by the Sarasota artist, Julee Docking. Circa 1970. Signed lower right. Titled verso. Condition is excellent; no issues. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate.
Julee Docking biography:
Painter, Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Collage, Woodcuts, Charcoal, Mixedmedia, Sculptor, Clay, Mixed media.
Born: Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Maryland
Studied:
Corcoran Art School-Washington DC
High Museum,Atlanta ,GA and Private Lessons
Taught:
Painting and Sculpture in Atlanta and Sarasota
Membership:
National League of American Pen Women,
Women's Caucus ofArt,
Florida Artists Group member 1973
Petticoat Painters member 1975
Art Center Sarasota member 1972
Manatee Art Center
Venice Art Center
Artist Statement:
I enjoy painting in all media, relying on "Chance" to help create the First Ecstatic Impression of either abstract or Realism Genres.
A long time resident of Sarasota, Julee Docking has been listed in "A History of Visual Art in Sarasota"
And was part of the fine Arts Society "Artist and Collectors Tour" in 1973 and again in 1988
AWARDS:
Gold Medallion, Cornell Museum FL
Hilton Leach...
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1970s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
OriginalSet-the Way of Seeing-Meeting Cezanne-Studies Masters-British Artist
Located in London, GB
This set of drawings included Two Studies of Cezanne's paintings in National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery , London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old master...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Chamaecyparis Eureka - Original Black and White Abstract Calligraphy Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New York artist Thomas Hammer is known for his motion filled ink works on paper. The physical process of creating his ink paintings involves a degree of performance. The brushwork re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Soul Flowers 39 Symbiosis, Forest Life, Trees, Doorways, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure walks on a bridge looking up at a meticulously rendered forest with trees with tiny leaves and windows and doorway portals peeking out from the branches and t...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
"Tomas" Hummingbird - Colorful Ink Drawing of Ecuadorian Rainforest Animal Bird
Located in Austin, TX
Page Size: 30 x 22 in.
Frame Size: 37 x 25 in.
Ink drawing on paper
Signed in pencil, bottom right.
Titled in pencil, bottom left.
A cheerful and vibrant depiction of a hummingbird,...
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2010s Pop Art Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
“Afternoon Stroll”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor of a hunter and his dog taking a late afternoon stroll in the countryside. Signed middle bottom and dated 1852 or 1853 J. Hamilto...
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1850s Academic Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1960s Surrealist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
$3,000 Sale Price
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Witch Hunt Inner Guts
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Wax Crayon
Maison de Congrigoux, Oil Pastel, Impressionist French seascape, Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
"Salinas Mayor's House" - Original Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Shops in a Small Town - Original Watercolor on Paper
Beautiful watercolor painting of a country style house by Ken L. Stephens (American, 20th Century). Two children are flying an o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pen
Mountain Lake Landscape with Boats
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor landscape in a palette of deep greens and blues, of a boat pulled up on a lake shore with layered tree lines in the background Signed "E. P. Blackburn" lower ri...
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1990s American Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
In the Mirror - original female nude by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"In the Mirror", nude, sepia red on paper.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio.
Drawing in mat, for display purposes!
1s...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cleromancy I" . Ink On 19th Century Paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Blue Pink
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Porthole to Another Dimension, 168x153cm, woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
Porthole to Another Dimension
The legend said, that down by the river, beneath the purple hills, where the black iris...
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2010s Surrealist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
"SECRET GARDEN 1", watercolor, flowers, foliage, day, night, sky, sparkling, wet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SECRET GARDEN 1 is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30". Note the complexity of the composition, the suggestion of one specific place in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Postman - original watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic Postman original watercolor painting is 11 1/2 x 7 inches / professionally framed at approximately 19 1/2 x 15 inches. Artist signed, titl...
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20th Century American Realist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Before and After, Science art on paper, Triptych Manuscript
Located in Zofingen, AG
This triptych "Before and After" consists of three conceptual drawings on paper from the collection "Manuscripts". The size is 40x30cm of each artwork, high-density paper (360g/m2). ...
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2010s Conceptual Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
“Nova Scotia Landscape”
By James Milton Sessions
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a well executed watercolor and gouache painting by the American artist, James Milton Sessions. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. The landscape is of a Novia Scotia pastoral landscape. Here you see horses grazing and two men fishing nearby. The watercolor is in excellent original condition and is beautifully double matted and framed in a thin gold leaf gallery frame in fine condition. Overall framed measurement 16 by 18.25 inches.
James Milton Sessions (born September 20, 1882 in Rome, NY) received his initial exposure to art from his mother, who was an accomplished artist. He trained at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1903–1906 and initially supported himself as a wheelsman aboard Great Lakes ships from 1906–1914, later serving in the Illinois Naval Reserve during World War I. He also worked as a commercial illustrator.
He was a master watercolorist of marine, sporting, and military World War II scenes. He developed a love of the sea and is probably best known as a painter of marine subjects. Sessions painted images of numerous locations, from the Bahamas to New England's busy fishing harbors, north to the raw fishing grounds of Nova Scotia, and ultimately to the Navajo reservations in New Mexico.
Not only do his works document important World War II historical events, they visually portray and convey the spirit of the American fighting forces in both the Pacific and European campaigns, commencing with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, followed by D-Day Europe through to the final phases of the Pacific war, such as Jimmy Doolittle's daylight bombing raids of the Japanese mainland to the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military. The Chicago Tribune newspaper utilized his talents and Sessions is considered to be the greatest "brush reporter" of World War II. His works can be found in Presidential collections, numerous important corporate collections and military establishments throughout the country.
Sessions created numerous wartime advertisements. Examples are a 1943 Willys Jeep ad showing the Coast Guard at Guadalcanal, and a Borg-Warner ad in 1945 showing the mass production of radiators and clutches for motorized warfare manufactured in Detroit. His work is highly collectible in the field of Militaria/WWII/1939-1945.
In 1962 the New York Graphic Society commissioned him to make four paintings, reproductions of which were distributed as part of the Society's Works of Masters Group. Many of his other paintings have been reproduced over the years, issued as posters and as high quality reprints on watercolor paper.
Sessions was married in Chicago, Illinois in 1946 to Chrysanthy G. Deamanthopulos. Although very prolific in the style of John Whorf and Ogden Pleissner...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$875 Sale Price
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Huge Triptych Surrealist Royal College Art Painting LGBTQ+ Artist Oranges Blues
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
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2010s Surrealist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen
Grey Rainbow, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
ECLECTIC original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Eclectic", nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Female Nude seen by a female artist - female gaze.
Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm ...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
"Domus Series" - Abstract Geometric Futuristic Neon Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A bright neon futuristic geometric landscape, depicting a detailed imaginative deconstructive dome structure in a polychrome world, titled "Domus Series" by Anita Margrill (American,...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,137 Sale Price
25% Off
Stalemate
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has been supporting local Kansas City Artists for the past 40 years. The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), is a non-profit, artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, supporting artists at every level in their career through exhibitions, continuing education and artist studios.
Artist: Joseph Broghammer
Title: “Stalemate”
Materials : Chalk pastel and pencil on Arches Paper
Date : 2018
Dimensions : 7 x 11 ft.
Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. His one-of-a-kind pastel drawings in “Animals” are chronicles of his life. The creatures Broghammer creates are vehicles to uncover the varying characteristics of the artist’s personal identity.
Hence, Broghammer’s “Animals” translates as a flowing stream of consciousness. The different birds and livestock staring back at the viewer are ornamented with iconographic symbols – small surprises along the way. These trinkets are keys to understanding the stories Broghammer is sharing.
Broghammer began mastering his “dry painting” technique during his B.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of South Dakota. He graduated in 1986 and a year later went on to study his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he studied at Creative Capital in Omaha, Nebraska.
As storytellers often do, Broghammer later went on to become an educator himself, teaching at WhyArts? and becoming an Artist Assistant at Vera Mercer in Omaha – both of which he still practices at today.
It’s apparent that Broghammer’s work has resonated with so many people around the world. Only a few years after his formal education, he began exhibiting his work through various International group shows in Italy, Germany, Holland, Mexico, and even Kansas City.
Although Broghammer’s portraits depict downy creatures, his work is very much about the human experience. They are honest and full of life, evoking a sincere exchange between artist and viewer. “Animals” is for the animal lovers, students, teachers, collectors, writers, the young or old, and art historians alike.
Dry Painting, Pastel, Drawing, Chalk Pastel, Oil Pastel, Painting, Contemporary Drawing, Contemporary Painting, Animal Drawings, Animal Paintings, colored pencil, pencil, large-scale drawings, portrait, portrait drawing, contemporary art, contemporary artists, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, Vladimir Kush...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
$8,900 Sale Price
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U 182 - white abstract geometric minimalist 3D composition with folded paper
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Located in Middletown, NY
Likely a study for an illustration for Harper's Weekly, for which Wiser was a Civil War-era illustrator, focusing on shipwrecks and battles occurring along the mid-Atlantic coast.
...
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Saturday Night with Artists Karen Kilimnik and Elizabeth Peyton painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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2010s Pop Art Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper
“The Pink Parasol”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed oil pastel on archival paper done in the style of the French Impressionists. Circa 1985. Condition is excellent. Illegible signed lower left. Possibly the arti...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
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Old doors. watercolor on paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
Have you noticed how many interesting doors there are in old cities? I wanted to paint this watercolor to convey the spirit of the times, to talk to t...
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2010s Realist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Shape 44 (2019) Minimalist abstract shape, work on paper, green stylized seven
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 44 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, minimalist geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract s...
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2010s Abstract Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Monumental Rock - intimate, cubist, abstracted landscape, mixed media on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A simple, yet dynamic composition. Blue, green and yellow - colour is used sparingly in this collage, and to great effect. The assemblage is mounted without glass, but within a frame...
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1990s Abstract Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper
“Still Life with White Roses”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original watercolor by Jessie Harris Bone Charman. Signed lower right. Circa 1940. Condition is very good. Under glass. Beautifully matted and framed. Overall framed mea...
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1940s Modern Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Man in a blue and brown coat. Watercolor fashion drawing on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper
Temptest
Located in Columbia, MO
Lita Kenyon was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. She attended Columbia College for her BFA, and earned her MA from Northern Illinois University 1982. She’s been featured in Empty Mirror...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
“Santa Claus”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork composed of watercolor and gouache on archival paper for use as a Christmas card. Unsigned. Circa 1965. Condition is good. Newly professionally matted. Not fram...
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1960s Other Art Style Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$225 Sale Price
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“Untitled”
By Mary Abbott
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper by the renowned New York artist, Mary Abbott. Signed lower right. Untitled. Circa 1970. Condition is very good. Presently unframed. Sheet size ...
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1970s Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Shape 22 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, deep red & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 22 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
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2010s Abstract Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Yellow & Red Grid (Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting on Paper, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric drawing on paper in bright sunflower yellow and red, with a custom light wood frame
'Yellow and Red Grid' by Donise English
30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
SIESTA - original ultramarine large nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Siesta", 100x70cm / 39x27.5in Nude in Interior, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US.
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"Siesta" is a serene and visually arresting addition to the "Nude in Interior" series. It conveys a quiet intimacy and relaxation, perfectly encapsulated in its title. The reclining female figure, with legs elegantly extended upward, creates a sense of balance between stillness and subtle energy. The interplay of ultramarine tempera and the warm-toned paper once again demonstrates the artist’s ability to use limited color palettes to great emotional and visual effect.
The ochre-like background provides a sunlit, tranquil atmosphere that pairs beautifully with the cool, calm energy of the ultramarine tempera. The artist’s choice of medium emphasizes contrast while imbuing the piece with a harmonious duality—warmth in the environment and coolness in the figure. The fluidity of the brushstrokes aligns with the theme of relaxation, while the vertical drips lend a dreamlike quality, as if the figure is melting into her surroundings. The looser strokes in the background contrast with the more defined lines of the figure, highlighting her as the focal point.
The unconventional reclining pose, with legs extended upward, adds visual interest and a sense of lightheartedness to the piece. It suggests a playful yet completely relaxed moment, as though the figure is unwinding and stretching in the midst of a private, comfortable setting. The verticality of the legs and the drips juxtaposes with the horizontal lines in the background, creating a sense of structure and stability. This geometric balance anchors the composition and enhances the overall sense of calm. The artist has included abstract horizontal strokes in the background, reminiscent of blinds or a window. These subtle details suggest an interior space filled with sunlight and add depth without detracting from the figure’s prominence.
The title, "Siesta," reinforces the narrative of rest and tranquility. The figure’s pose is unapologetically casual and unguarded, evoking the vulnerability and freedom found in moments of private repose. While other works in the series explore themes of introspection, passion, or desire, this piece focuses purely on physical and emotional relaxation. It offers a more subdued, meditative perspective, providing variety to the series while maintaining its stylistic coherence.
The reclining nude is a recurring motif in art history, seen in works by Titian, Ingres, and Modigliani. However, this piece’s contemporary execution—fluid, minimalist, and abstracted—ties it more closely to modernist traditions, particularly the gestural energy of Egon Schiele or Matisse’s reclining nudes. The artist’s decision to leave much of the environment abstract enhances the piece’s timeless quality. The figure feels anchored in both a specific space (suggested by the window-like strokes) and an almost dreamlike, universal realm.
"Siesta" is a masterful exploration of rest and serenity, demonstrating the artist’s ability to convey mood through form, color, and composition. The elegant simplicity of the figure, combined with the abstracted interior elements, invites the viewer to share in this peaceful moment. Its balance of gestural abstraction and classical themes makes it both timeless and distinctly modern. This piece is a beautiful representation of intimacy, calm, and the universal human experience of seeking rest.
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Yemen (Coffee Plant): Green Abstract Colored Pencil Drawing, Framed
Located in Hudson, NY
Green Abstract figurative drawing on paper with found postage stamp
'Yemen (Coffee Plant)' by Andrea Moreau, 2012
colored pencil and postage stamp on pape...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Desire, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Desire" (2020) by SarahGrace
Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Figurative Study
Wate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original photorealistic watercolor on archival paper by the American artist, Gregory Strachov. Signed lower right. Circa 1980. Condition is excellent. Beautifully matted and frame...
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1980s Photorealist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,900 Sale Price
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Koi Pond Conclave - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Archival Kraft Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. My particular favorites are the Tanchos which can be identified by the distinct red spot on their heads. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
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Don't Belong, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Don't Belong" (2020) by SarahGrace
Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Figurative Study, Pastel palette, Self Portrait, Women Artists, Women in Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Flower 11:35am, Flower, Floral, Watercolor, Work on Paper, Pink, Trees
Located in Riverdale, NY
Flower 11:35 am is a watercolor work on paper by Cynthia MacCollum. This original artwork is 12x9 on archival paper. It is currently unframed. It was part of a series based on ima...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Monoprint
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: E...
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1960s Renaissance Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
$2,200 Sale Price
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Early Marks No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
Lita Kenyon was born in Marinette, Wisconsin. She attended Columbia College for her BFA, and earned her MA from Northern Illinois University 1982. She’s been featured in Empty Mirror...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
"Survival" Frog Hunting Fly Colorful Handmade Ink Drawing of Rainforest Animals
Located in Austin, TX
Page Size: 30 x 22 in.
Frame Size: 37 x 25 in.
Ink drawing on paper
Signed in pencil, bottom right.
Titled in pencil, bottom left.
An energetic and surreal artwork presents a highly...
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2010s Pop Art Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Swallows and stars -turkey feather back and white abstract composition on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Symphonie, Original Oil Pastel, Contemporary Landscape, Sea Scape, French coast
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Symphonie (Title - FR)
Work : New Original Drawing, Handmade artwork and Unique Work.
Medium : Oil Pastel and Oil pencils on archival Fine Art paper. The work has been tr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
'Siamese Cats', Feline Portrait, Embroidery artist, Shorebird Studio, Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Siamese Cats', Feline Portrait, Embroidery artist, Shorebird Studio, Watercolor
Signed lower right, 'Kathryn Molineux' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995.
Additionally...
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1990s Realist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
“The Mountains of St. Maurice”
By Dodge Macknight
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of the mountains of Saint Maurice in Switzerland by the well known American artist, Dodge MacKnight. Signed lower left and titled and dated 189...
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1890s American Impressionist Archival Paper Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,240 Sale Price
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