Wool Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Roberta Allen German Lesson, 1981 Two separate mixed media works framed together: watercolor, gouache, ink, wash, laid paper collage (each signed by hand) Signed twice: each of the s...

David Rathman is known for his sensitively rendered paintings of stereotypically male motifs from American history and contemporary culture. He was the recipient of a Bush Foundatio...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethereal white space, forming mesmerizing semi-abstract compositions of shapes, clusters, and lines. Drawing from her beloved hometown of Barcelona, Céspedes envisions the harmonious mingling of souls as city squares overflow with jubilant dancers rejoicing in the arrival of sun-drenched days. Through the medium of watercolor, the artist skillfully captures the fluidity of human movement, while her meticulously crafted handmade paper adds depth and evokes the essence of the urban landscapes that fuel Céspedes' creativity. This one-of-a-kind 12-inch square artwork is painted on handmade paper. It is unframed. Céspedes uses ink and watercolor to display the splendor of movement. Convenient local Los Angeles shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work. Provenance: Artplex Gallery The artist’s journey spans 21 years during which Céspedes has developed a unique style always revolving around two major themes: urban space and human bodies. “Dance inspires me. I love its contagious joy. I’m often carried away by the image of swing dancers on an endless journey, from partner to partner—a journey that started in Harlem and found its way across the world.” As a self-taught artist, Céspedes’ work is an inspiring example of outsider art. Her life is a story of resilience. The artist was orphaned at thirteen and Céspedes was left to contend with life as the eldest of a family of seven in rural Andalucía. Her pursuit of art brought a meditative calm to her life but with no connection to the art world, Céspedes did not show her work as she developed her unique style. Céspedes decided to infiltrate the artistic circle of Barcelona after years of solo creation. She joined the Agrupacion de Acuarelistas de Catalunya where masters helped her see the liberating power of abstract watercolor, with its ebbs and flows. Céspedes’ work has been shown in more than 60 solo and collective exhibitions and awarded internationally. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Fluid Histories, Culture and Style", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "The Optics of Vision", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Finalist in the 8th edition of the Premio de Pintura Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2018 Solo exhibition at Casa Usher Llibreters, Barcelona, Spain Work selected at LV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Fundacion Vila Casas, Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain 2017 Collective exhibition as part of Mini Print Internacional, Cadaqués, Spain Selected work at 15è Premi BBVA de Pintura Ricard Camí, Terrassa Selected work at LIV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Vila Casas Barcelona, Spain Selected work at IV Bienal Internacional de nuevas técnicas en acuarela Caudete, Spain Finalist work at VIII Premio Fundación Barcelona Olímpica, Barcelona, Spain RESIDENCIES Agrupació Aquarel.listes de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Cercle Artistic Sant Lluc, Barcelona, Spain Escola Massana, Barcelona, Spain Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, Spain Scuola internazionale Di Grafica, Venice, Italy...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethere...

22"x30" Watercolor and ink on paper, cashmere yarn Available unframed Born and raised in Austria, Sascha Mallon studied Art Therapy in Vienna and received her Bachelor of Arts from ...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethereal white space, forming mesmerizing semi-abstract compositions of shapes, clusters, and lines. Drawing from her beloved hometown of Barcelona, Céspedes envisions the harmonious mingling of souls as city squares overflow with jubilant dancers rejoicing in the arrival of sun-drenched days. Through the medium of watercolor, the artist skillfully captures the fluidity of human movement, while her meticulously crafted handmade paper adds depth and evokes the essence of the urban landscapes that fuel Céspedes' creativity. This one-of-a-kind 12-inch square artwork is painted on handmade paper. It is unframed. Céspedes uses ink and gold leaf to display the splendor of movement. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work. Provenance: Artplex Gallery The artist’s journey spans 21 years during which Céspedes has developed a unique style always revolving around two major themes: urban space and human bodies. “Dance inspires me. I love its contagious joy. I’m often carried away by the image of swing dancers on an endless journey, from partner to partner—a journey that started in Harlem and found its way across the world.” As a self-taught artist, Céspedes’ work is an inspiring example of outsider art. Her life is a story of resilience. The artist was orphaned at thirteen and Céspedes was left to contend with life as the eldest of a family of seven in rural Andalucía. Her pursuit of art brought a meditative calm to her life but with no connection to the art world, Céspedes did not show her work as she developed her unique style. Céspedes decided to infiltrate the artistic circle of Barcelona after years of solo creation. She joined the Agrupacion de Acuarelistas de Catalunya where masters helped her see the liberating power of abstract watercolor, with its ebbs and flows. Céspedes’ work has been shown in more than 60 solo and collective exhibitions and awarded internationally. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA EXHIBITIONS 2023 "Fluid Histories, Culture and Style", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 "The Optics of Vision", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Finalist in the 8th edition of the Premio de Pintura Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 2018 Solo exhibition at Casa Usher Llibreters, Barcelona, Spain Work selected at LV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Fundacion Vila Casas, Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain 2017 Collective exhibition as part of Mini Print Internacional, Cadaqués, Spain Selected work at 15è Premi BBVA de Pintura Ricard Camí, Terrassa Selected work at LIV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Vila Casas Barcelona...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethere...

"Sisters #4", 2019 by Valerie Hammond 72 x 35 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, Wax, Glass Beads, and thread on Japanese Rice Paper Coated with Beeswax Vertical, indigo panels ...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethere...

The Bedroom is a beautiful painting realized by the Italian artist KEZIAT in 2020. Ink, pastel and watercolor on canvas. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Perfect condi...

"Sisters #2", 2019 by Valerie Hammond 73 x 34.5 inches unframed Pigment, Color Pencil, Wax, Glass Beads, and thread on Japanese Rice Paper Coated with Beeswax Vertical, indigo panels that are unframed, can be installed with magnets, but framing is recommended. In Valerie Hammond’s series of wax drawings, protection is two-fold: the artist (previously) encases dried flowers and ferns in a thin layer of wax, preserving their fragile tissues long after they’ve been plucked from the ground. In outlining a pair of hands, she also secures a memory, or rather, “the essence of a gesture and the fleeting moment in which it was made.” Centered on limbs lying flat on Japanese paper, the ongoing series dates back to the 1990s, when Hammond made the first tracing “partly in response to the death of a dear friend, whose beautiful hands I often found myself remembering.” She continued by working with family and friends, mainly women and children, to delineate their wrists, palms, and fingers. Today, the series features dozens of works that are comprised of either hands tethered to the dried botanics, which sprout outward in wispy tendrils, or others over layed with thread and glass beads. Although the delicate pieces began as a simple trace, Hammond shares that she soon began to overlay the original drawing with pressed florals, creating encaustic assemblages that “echoed the body’s bones, veins, and circulatory systems.” She continued to experiment with the series by introducing various techniques, including printmaking, Xerox transfers, and finally Photoshop inversions, that distorted the original rendering...

Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethereal white space, forming mesmerizing semi-abstract compositions of shapes, clusters, and lines. Drawing from her beloved hometown of Barcelona, Céspedes envisions the harmonious mingling of souls as city squares overflow with jubilant dancers rejoicing in the arrival of sun-drenched days. Through the medium of watercolor, the artist skillfully captures the fluidity of human movement, while her meticulously crafted handmade paper adds depth and evokes the essence of the urban landscapes that fuel Céspedes' creativity. This one-of-a-kind 8-inch square artwork is painted on handmade paper. It is unframed. Céspedes uses ink and gold leaf to display the splendor of movement. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work. Provenance: Artplex Gallery The artist’s journey spans 21 years during which Céspedes has developed a unique style always revolving around two major themes: urban space and human bodies. “Dance inspires me. I love its contagious joy. I’m often carried away by the image of swing...