Masonite Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

A colorful, 1950s industrial harbor scene painting of a dockyard truck in a working Martha's Vineyard boatyard by notable Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Completed near the artist's...

This watercolor of a mountain clearing featuring towering gum (eucalyptus) trees in the foreground, a dusty track, and a sunlit cliff face in the distance is a classic landscape by H...

This watercolor captures an idealized 18th-century European aristocratic scene. Here is a game of mixed doubles in full court attire, complete with wigs and corsets. They're playing...

Crashing Waves - Big Sur Coastal Cove Original Oil on Masonite Dramatic small-scale, professionally framed seascape by Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010). Waves crashing into a Big Sure Cove and Seagulls gliding on the wind currents. Well known for many years on the Monterey coast for his seascapes and beach scenes. Signed "Skerce" in the lower right corner. Signed "Stephen Reno Skerce" on verso, with the artists Mountain View Studio stamp on frame. Presented in a wood frame with a linen liner. Frame size: 12.5"H x 14.75"W Board size: 5"H x 7"W Stephen John Skerce (American, 1926-2010) was a painter from Monterey, California. He received his formal art training from the Chicago Art Institute, Salinas Art School, and the Academie Julien in Paris, France. He is known for his landscapes, seascapes, and harbor scenes. He was an artist with both the Valley Art Gallery in Salinas and Venture Gallery in Monterey. He was also served in the US Marine Corps.

Signed lower left, 'M. Kestor' for Mary Peterson Kestor (American, 1948-2021) and painted circa 1965. Born in Iowa, Mary Kestor first studied at the University of Northern Iowa, whe...

This artwork on masonite emphasizes loose and intuitive pencil work through expressive lines and shadows. It combines paint and pencil techniques to create a simple yet captivating c...

Bold abstract large-scale vertical pastel with textural red, black and orange forms in a sweeping diagonal composition by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with artist's name, title, and mediums. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 54"H x 33.5"L. As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases." Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson...

This artwork on masonite emphasizes loose and intuitive pencil work through expressive lines and shadows. It combines paint and pencil techniques to create a simple yet captivating c...

In this delicate small painting on masonite, the blending of paint and pencil creates a loose impression of a white dress. Sensitive to intuitive mark making, it is expressive with a...

In Sylvia Schwartz' structures, silicone molds are cast from both natural and hand-made forms, including clay coils, volcanic rock patterns, seaweed, and the artist's own fingerprint...