Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

BARBARA DYONIZIAK-STUSS (born in 1952) She studied at the State Schools of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and in Łódź (now: Academy of Fine Arts) and graduated in 1981. She is involved in paint...

BARBARA DYONIZIAK-STUSS (born in 1952) She studied at the State Schools of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and in Łódź (now: Academy of Fine Arts) and graduated in 1981. She is involved in paint...

"On Lake Huron, 1956 B.C." is an original oil pastel on grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It...

"What Was Wanted (Yeah)" is an original oil pastel drawing on board. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features two abstracted and simplified figures shaking hand...

Dream Catchers, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020 8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. An impressionist, almost abstract, landscape pa...

"Snapshot Taken of a Saucer Touchdown" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It dep...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...

"Smile Park" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features fall foliage on the ...

"Vacation in a Cabin" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. In Vacation in a Cabin, 1989, Gee presents a complex and wildly c...

Signed and dated lower right: Reginald Marsh – / 1947

Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...

Original figurative drawing on paper, unframed. New series of drawings where I chose the bright light background against portrait profiles of couple. In this way the profiles' contour is highlighted showing the almost continuous line from one face to the other. Erotic and sensual close-up portrait of passionate lovers, man kissing woman...

"Painting Style of 814 BC" is an original oil pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. Painting Style of 814 BC, of 1999, is one of Gee’s ...

"3AM Sleepwalking Composer" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right as well as signing & dating it on the back....

"Fap" is an original oil pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstract marks in pastel green, blue, and pink that suggest the outline of a face. 16 1/2" x 11 3/4" art Custom framing is available Reginald K. Gee was born in Milwaukee on April 28, 1964 to Native American and African American parents and spent most of his childhood on the northwest side of Milwaukee in the Havenwoods neighborhood. Gee has been creating art since 1982, and his professional art debut began in 1986 at an outdoor exhibition at Milwaukee’s Performing Arts Center. Like Prophet William J. Blackmon and Simon Sparrow...

"Rainy Day" is an original oil pastel drawing on pink paper by Reginald K. Gee. This piece features abstract marks in red, blue, orange, white, yellow, and black on pink. 12" x 18" ...

"Techniques of Meditation" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. It depicts a variety of abstracted figures in brightly-colored landscapes. The ...

Maka Cielecka Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Worked in Canada and in the Netherlands as a graphic artist. In the mid-90s she began her extensive travels, including t...

Bijing-ga Series XXII (Nº 22) Title: THE FLICKLE TYPE Upper half of the body of a woman in yukata (summer kymono) with part of her chest bare. Depicted just after a bath, she is turning her head and drying her hands with the towel hang on her shoulder. Her just-washed hair is tied around an ornate hairpin, the hair style called bai-mage (spiral-shell chignon). The unkempt hair of the nape and the movement of the hands one on the other are clear examples of Utamaro's mastery, who had an exceptionally observant eye for women. The Fickle ( or Fancy-free) Type is flirting with more than one member of the opposite sex This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...

Inspired by an early morning hike at the Pittsfield Preserve near Ann Arbor, Michigan. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...

"Self Portrait in N.Y., 20th St." is an original gouache, ink, and pastel drawing by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features a seated, abstracted f...

"Spirit Not in Flight," 1994, is a pastel work by Della Wells. The work depicts a nude black woman looking out from the picture, meeting the viewer's ...

Figurative abstract collage with goats and other media layered to form an interesting visual texture by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Pres...

Adela Smith Lintelmann, American (1902 - 1996) - Still Life with Flowers and Copper Platter, Medium: Pastel on Paper, Size: 19.5 in. x 25 in. (49.53 cm x 63.5 cm), Frame Size: 30 x ...

Adela Smith Lintelmann, American (1902 - 1996) - Untitled - 28, Medium: Pastel on Paper, Size: 19.5 in. x 25 in. (49.53 cm x 63.5 cm)

John Sottocornola (1855 - 1917) Meadow Bloom Pastels on paper in gilded frame Size: 30x45 cm (53x68 cm including frame) Late 19th century Giovanni Sottocornola was born in Milan on...

A fine still life in pastel by the artist Vivian Bewick. Unsigned. Well presented in a vintage oak frame and inner gilt slip, with narrow card mount. On ...

Bijin-ga series XXVIII (Nº 28) Title: Tatsumi Roko Portrait of Tatsumi Roko, a geisha of the pleasure quarters in the Edo period. The image belongs to the series Renowed Beauties Likened to the Six Inmortal Poets. The popular top-class geishas of the day , known as “oiran”, were depicted in this type of print. In ukiyo-e woodblock prints, this close-up portrait view of the upper body is known as an okubi-e (bust portrait). This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print...

A New Session This reclining nude is completed two days after the last model session I held at my studio. Being the first drawing I completed after July’s session means last month’s drawing has not been completed yet. This one was relatively easy though. It comprises a fairly simple composition with no technical or compositionary challenges. I could focus on soft skin textures and folds in the sheets. First I made a rough estimation of the composition in charcoal. I worked it out with Conté pastel pencils (black and white) later. Relax Baby! After the completion of my colored pencil drawing ‘Leiden – Herengracht – 14-09-21’ I was in the mood for some simple stuff, nothing fancy. So I had her take a comfortable position, reading a book on paradoxes I bought a couple of weeks ago at the Groninger Museum. I like these talks with my model because it both makes us relax and somehow this relaxation speaks through the musculature in her back. I tried to capture that and I think I got away with it. Moreover, the bond between artist and model is important and when the right chemistry is there, magic can happen. Materials Completely coincidental the first thing I pulled out of the bag of drawing paper was a block of Strathmore Toned Gray. In my pencil and pastel case I found an old charcoal holder. Perfect for a session on the bed with me sketching on the bedside. When I come to think of it, the best model sessions are improvised, not fixated on too many poses. It can cramp both model and artist. The iPad Pro...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - 100m Race. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 19.5 x 25.5 in. (49.53 x 64.77 cm), ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Cat and Torch. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 cm),...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Star Athletes. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 cm),...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Runner with Torch. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Athlete with Ball. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25.5 x 19.5 in. (64.77 x 49....

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Swimming and Running. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25.5 x 10.5 in. (64.77 x ...

Hans Burkhardt frequently used live models for his figural pastels, which he maintained an interest in throughout his long career. Untitled (1963) Pastel on paper 24" x 18" Hand-si...

ARTIST'S STATEMENT Michael Davis My sculptures and installations are physically and symbolically multilayered mechanisms that react to environments and man-made inventions from the...

BIJIN-GA SERIES XVIII (Nº 18) Title: Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi) This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi) (1793-94); 38,8 x 26,2 cm.. Art Institute Chicago, USA. A sensual woman seems to care little that her kimono is open, exposing a breast. Her hair is in disarray , the hairpin at the front about to fall and she holds one of the hairpins in her left hand. She appears to be looking down outside the frame of the picture, perhaps in mid-conversation. The term “arawaruru” refers to a love so wholehearted that it expresses itself in the lover´s face and mannerisms. In the 1780's and 90's the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and the designer Kitagawa Utamaro worked together on the production of many woodblock prints, most of them of the bijin-ga type. One of their most popular productions was a set of images that purported to depict psychological classifications of women - 'fickle', 'interesting', etc.. Perhaps in response to this success, they then came up with something similar - a set of prints...

Flower. Paper, pastel 33x27 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...

MAGIC CASEMENT, Abstract Non-Objective Mid-Century Pastel Color Field Drawing "Magic Casement" 16 x 20 ¾ inches Pastel on paper Initialed JD and dated February 22, 1967 lower left, Titled lower right The framed work measure 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: James Daugherty...

"The Humming of Cicadas at Chenequa" is an original pastel drawing on Canson paper by Peggy Leonard. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece depicts a view into dense vegetation, likely the edge of a forest, in green, orange, yellow, and blue. 19 1/2" x 25 1/2" art 26" x 32" frame Peggy Leonard received her BFA in painting and drawing and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is both a registered nurse, and accomplished artist, residing in Milwaukee, WI. From the artist: “These paintings are my prayers,” muses Leonard, reflecting on her driving need to express herself through her art. “We are made of the stuff that requires us to respond with our hearts and hands. Often, it requires terrible sacrifice and suffering, something not everyone can understand. But it is done with reverence of life, not irreverence.” Leonard’s pastels and oil paintings capture her reverence of life and reflect her own life’s journey, including earlier forays into the wilderness. Her venture into art began in early childhood, as childless neighbors nurtured her natural ability to draw; concurrently, Leonard’s parents instilled a respect for academic excellence and the higher order of nurturing others. As a young nurse, Leonard “heard and saw poignant messages to travel while one was young and free…while one had one’s health.” Consequently, she took to the open road and public lands, camping across America for months at a time. During these years, her “celebration of the natural splendor of this country” helped shape her sense of artistic expression. She was moved by such sights as the sunset on St. Mary’s Lake...

"Cream (Self-Portrait)" is an original pastel drawing signed in the lower left by the artist Alicia Czechowski. This drawing depicts the artist sitting on the edge of her bathtub app...

"A Bright Sunny Night" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features surreal biomorphic sha...

pastel and micro pen on paper b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK Danielle Hacche was born in Poole, Dorset in the Southwest of the United Kingdom. After moving to the United States with he...

Straight Up This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 26-03-24 – 2’ is the second one of a succesful live model drawing session. Location: ‘De Blauwe Tram’ in Leidschendam....

"Farmer" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a farmer plowing a field with the help of an animal. A tree and...

Untitled (Coastal New York) Pastel on paper 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 in. Signed lower right

"Hula Study" is an energetic and unique charcoal on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a female figure dancing with a hula hoop. It is created using charcoal and pastel on pale pink Mur...

A mesmerising harbour scene in pastels by Ken Leech, full of light and shade. Pops of primary colour suggest figures leisurely walking along the harbour side on a late summer evening...

Titled, signed, and dated in lower margin. A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life, and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply to her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay. Demanding, but very laid back personally, he expected a lot from Janet, and she grew from his expectations. She joined the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) which is a ceramics networking organization. It has a national conference each year where ceramists, educators and studio artists meet. She was on the Board of Directors for two years. Janet received her MFA in 1977. Moving back to Western Michigan, Janet found teaching positions with various colleges and taught art history, ceramics and a myriad of classes. However, she never forgot her mentor's advice, which was to continue her craft. Janet met a businessman/artist, John Baughman, who sold her artwork around the country. Janet bought a studio and her work was selling so well that she no longer needed to supplement her income with teaching. Janet and John had a business relationship for several years until life took one of those magical twists, and their relationship blossomed into much more. Later, the two of them were married. John and Janet bought acreage and moved to the country. Turning one of their buildings into a studio, the pair became extremely successful influencing them to concentrate only on their artwork and discontinue the sales end of his business. Janet says it has been very, very good for them and has caused different things to happen. The challenges of commissions make her think in directions that it is unlikely she would have done on her own. Janet is an extremely talented artist. It is difficult to believe when one sees her pastel, mixed media of pencil, oils and collage landscapes done on paper that this is the same artist that designs and makes very sophisticated and stylized ceramics. The natural beauty that abounds where she lives inspires her artwork. Interestingly, she also derives inspiration from her ceramics for her paintings although the two are quite different in style. Her paintings are stylized and readable, but she does not look for minute detail when she paints. These soft landscapes create a feeling of bucolic peace and serenity although Janet does not consciously paint a message. Janet says of her work, that it is like a dance or conversation in her head, which she expresses through her art. Janet lives an almost idyllic rural existence with her artist/husband who she says is "the love of her life." They work together everyday, and for them it is the perfect partnership because they compliment one another so well. Together they raise and train horses, and are expecting three foals within a year. In addition, she loves to garden and after the tradition of her grandmother and mother, has a huge vegetable garden. She and her husband love to cook. They enjoy golfing together as well. Their three grown children are still very important in their lives, and Janet sews intricate costumes for her daughter when she shows her horse. In the future, Janet thinks that living in Virginia with horses and continuing with her art would be perfect. She, along with her husband, would like to spend a summer in Provence...

Original pastel drawing signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Art: 8.37" x 8" Frame: 15.37" x 14" Written in the lower margin "For DJB" the owner of the David Barnett Gallery...

Torrent was inspired by a visit to Bond Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificat...

It Smelled Like Earth and was Cold to the Touch Ink and oil pastel on paper

Since We Were Children Ink and oil pastel on paper

"Light House Eagle Bluff Peninsula State Park" is an original pastel drawing by Michael DeFrancesco. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right. This drawing depicts a red-roofed house next to a light house in an expansive green field. 22" x 30" art 29 1/2" x 37 1/2" 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." 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...

A crayon illustration of Dilbert, the WWII pilot, off to see the world with his attentive passengers. Signed "Osborn" lower right. Also, dedication lower ce...

Blue Landscape Pastels 2023 8.5 x 8.5

Oil pastel and acrylic on paper bag, signed lower right Art: 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches Frame: 19 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches Reginald K. Gee was born in Milwaukee on April 28, 1964 to Native ...