Carlos Gamez de Francisco

Creole II, Vertical Portrait of Woman in Patterned Dress with Floral Background

2017

A strong beautiful portrait of a woman in watercolor and graphite painting on a digital pigment print. An intricate depiction on the woman's skin delicately details a NYC subway car ...

A powerful depiction of a regal, queenly woman wearing a gold crown and ornate blue/gray dress. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Francine Fox works in many mediums including oil paint, watercolor, gouache, graphite and ink to produce striking and unsettling works of great beauty and psychological complexity. Fox incorporates art historical references, organically composed diagrams and personal and cultural vocabularies into her work. "I strive to produce work that is at once both striking and unsettling and intend the compilation of my formal and conceptual elements to parallel and reveal the intricacies of gray areas between seemingly dissonant traits. The gray areas I depict most frequently can be classified as the shared liminal compartments in Venn Diagrams, the middle sections along continuums or circumstances when the correct answer is both yes and no. While it is easier to think and understand in terms of binaries, these types of thought processes tend to oversimplify. The murky places in between are often harder to comprehend, and yet they are also more relatable and interesting because of their complex, confusing, and sometimes unresolved nature. My goal is not to clarify gray areas; rather, I hope to lure viewers into contemplation of the causes of the wonder and discomfort surrounding liminals. My work frequently returns to the gray areas between the themes of physical and metaphysical, evidence and faith, chaos and order, and identity philosophies rooted in either individualism or collectivism. My paintings and drawings create records of the perceived significance and beauty of these transitional spaces through the mediums of graphite, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, oil paint and digital painting. Within my body of work, the imagery includes figures, gently anthropomorphized animals, traditional and contemporary semiotics, and depictions of invisible forces through modified and invented charting symbols. My influences range from Walton Ford, Martin Wittfooth...

Shades of light blue, pale orange and light green are layered over a soft, luminous pale yellow and white background by Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvili...

Through layered undulations in gray on a white background, Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of her surroundi...

A cheerful outdoor scene with a still life arrangement of bright pink gladiolus flowers in a clear glass vase beside a smaller orange bouquet atop a lively yellow tablecloth. A set o...

Three spotted leopards in dynamic, powerful poses are dramatic and meticulously painted, layered beneath an intricately detailed map of Mumbai, India in bright shimmering gold. In th...

"Bloom II" is a painting by Cuban artist Carlos Gamez de Francisco using watercolor and acrylic on canvas. Francisco painted this piece live at the opening event for Chauvet Arts' ex...

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Mounted to Canvas Signature: Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" and Dated Lower Left Published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, "The Lucky Bag...

A uniquely hand painted print from the original panting by the artist. The print feature a unique combination of lines, symbols, drawing and words painted by the artist on the surfac...

Wasim Kapoor - Untitled - 30 x 34 inches ( unframed size ) Oil and Conte on Canvas. . The listed price if for the rolled work . Should you wish to receive it framed the shipping shou...

Young Sicilian (Italy) painter, Simone Geraci was born in 1985 in Palermo, where he lives and works. In 2012, he graduated from Accademia di Belle Arti of Palermo with a major in art...

Dancer in green Acrylic on board One of a Kind mounted on stretcher The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored through the illustrations of Manuel Santelices, a...