Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Flowers for Mary #2
Located in Dallas, TX
Gail Norfleet earned her BFA at The University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA at Southern Methodist University. She has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Samoa, Green Flight Pattern (Pastel Green Colored Pencil Drawing & Bird Stamp)
Located in Hudson, NY
colored pencil and postage stamp on paper
11.5 x 11 inches unframed
15 x 15 inches framed
This contemporary intricately drawn color pencil drawing was made by American artist, Andr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Harmony & Peace - Apples for prosperity, liberty
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
“The apples in my paintings is full of life, humanity and spirit. Apples come in various forms and colors, just like every human being creates all kinds of life journeys.”
Lim Kim Hai devoted himself to paint apples in his entire artist’s career. He started drawing apples when he was studying at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. As a foreign art student needed to save money for living, apple became a common subject for Lim to develop his skills because it is one of cheapest object to buy.
A simple and cheap object as an apple, it is also one of favorite subjects to the impressionism master Paul Cézanne. Cézanne’s apple paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Burmont and Crest (2021)
By Rob Kaniuk
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Watercolor on cold press paper
Tongue in cheek text reading "Drug Dealer Parking Only" and "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed Away" on street sign in deep red - burgundy and white and off white to give impression of aging and weathering, with image of tow truck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Un Enfant Vu Assis Sur
Located in Dallas, TX
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Un Enfant Vu Assis Sur
Ballpoint Pens, Crayons And Colored Pencil On Cardboard
7.5 x 5.5
March 11, 1948, he experienced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Cardboard, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
Winnowing Basket (neutral patterned print)
Located in New York, NY
Angela A’Court’s narrative and still life drawings use a simple and direct vocabulary to show the relationship of experience to expression of beauty and the quirkiness of every day moments. With an eye toward balance, the artist moves towards abstraction in "Winnowing Basket...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Pastel
Garden Clippings no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Garden Clippings no. 2' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Joyful Living '22.Apple Painting
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
“The apples in my paintings is full of life, humanity and spirit. Apples come in various forms and colors, just like every human being creates all kinds of life journeys.”
Lim Kim Hai devoted himself to paint apples in his entire artist’s career. He started drawing apples when he was studying at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. As a foreign art student needed to save money for living, apple became a common subject for Lim to develop his skills because it is one of cheapest object to buy.
A simple and cheap object as an apple, it is also one of favorite subjects to the impressionism master Paul Cézanne. Cézanne’s apple paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
late 20th century still life oil painting with flowers and fruit signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Grey Pitcher" is a pastel still life by American artist Warren Brandt created in 1986. Warren Brandt is known for his still-life paintings being especial...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Vase - Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, Purple Glass Vessel, Pale Blue & Beige
Located in Chicago, IL
A small purple vase floats on a dreamy background of pale blues fading into a warm beige. The artist achieves a remarkable delicate quality by multip...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Bright Ocean, Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A paper lantern explodes out of the water, as if propelled by an inner, unknown force. This surreal landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Little Moon, Tiny Landscape with Moon and Tree atop Geometric Column, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Orange Envelope, Watercolor and pencil realist still life, 2016
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass explores the fragility of communication, and people’s natural drive to find narrative in even the most ordinary of objects. In her Envelopes series, Glass works in water...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Double Blind, Still Life with Sun Kissed Paper Lanterns & Blooming Flower
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bloom is captured inside a paper lantern atop a table in Christina Haglid's "Double Blind". This small, exquisite watercolor is awash in sunlight streaming in through parti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Camellia no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camelia no.2' original watercolor painted in 2021 in beautiful shades of pink and green from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Dew Drops" - pastel drawing, landscape, bunny, animal, grass, green, flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 22 by 22 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Canvas, Oil Pastel
Willow - Botanical Watercolor & Gouache on Paper with Single Bud Vase and Tree
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bud vase, a willow tree seeming to grow inside a confined vessel, all appearing to float upon a sea of moving water are the subjects of Christ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Canopy, Trees Emerging from a Vase, Botanical Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Tree roots emerge from a vase to create a forest of trees in Christina Haglid's "Canopy". The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Canopy
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w in framed
CMH033
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Tail Feathers / botanical watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tail Feathers' is a stunning botanical watercolor in warm rust, red and cream, created by Adrienne Sherman, whose poetic and sophisticated floral...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Passion Flower
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bronze warm sophisticated Passion Flower botanical watercolor crated by Adrienne Sherman, whose poetic floral series is at once modern, fresh and contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Steam - Nasturtium Flower Encased in a Paper Lantern on Wayward Seas, Watercolor
Located in Chicago, IL
"Steam", by Christina Haglid, is a small, exquisite watercolor. A single nasturtium is suspended inside a paper lantern, floating on turbulent water, the steam escaping from the lantern propelling it forward. The fragility of the environment has always played an important role in Haglid's work. As a child growing up on the East Coast, the ever changing seaside landscapes intrigued her. This fragile balance between nature and her subject matter is as delicate as a paper lantern floating on the ocean.
Christina Haglid
Steam, 2019
watercolor and gouache on paper
8h x 9w in
18.75h x 19w in framed
CMH034
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night which will return to its purpose during the day. My intention is to not show the failure because I imagine all these objects make it through to better times. Allegories of survival. Someone comes by and finds the paper crane, the rowboat owners return and see their boat undisturbed, and the slide during the day brings joy.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Tiny Sanctuaries", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC [solo exhibition]
2004 “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Small to Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 “Art of the 20th Century” NY Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, NY, NY
“Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Group Fusion” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 "Small & Mighty II" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Christina Haglid, New Work and Amy Lowry-Poole, Bugs and Buds" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Small & Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Views II” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Maleri” Galleri Carl Michael Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden
“1987 – 1997, A Skowhegan Decade, Alumni Exhibition and Benefit Auction” David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY
“On and Off the Wall, Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 “Small Works” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL., Special Recognition Award
1994 “Unknown Chicago” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 “Graduate Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Graduate Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Fine Arts Competition” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1992 “Word of Mouth” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 “Drawing: A Covert and Private Affair” West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“Senior Exhibition” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 “Fiber Exhibition” Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Stars with Ocean No. 4 - Night Time Water Landscape with Stars, Original Artwork
Located in Chicago, IL
The delicate hand of artist Christina Haglid is apparent in this small watercolor simply titled Stars and Ocean, No 4. The exquisite detail begs the viewer to come in for a closer l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Gentle Winter - Geometric Organic Nature Scene, Watercolor & Gouache, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Rainbow Shell - Watercolor of a Tiny Rainbow Colored Shell on a Blue Background
Located in Chicago, IL
"Rainbow", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor of a tiny sea shell painted on a blue starry background. The paper had a deckled edge and matted with a heavy w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Walk" - oil pastel drawing, figurative, nature, deer, optical mixing, colorful
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 42 by 26 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Canvas, Oil Pastel
One Potato - Tiny Original Still Life Painting of a Potato on Deckled Edge Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
"One Potato", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor of a potato. The paper had a deckled edge and matted with a heavy white mat. The piece is framed in a white wood frame with a heavy white mat measuring 14h x 10.5w inches.
Christina Haglid
One Potato
watercolor and gouache on paper
4.50h x 2.50w in
11.43h x 6.35w cm
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night which will return to its purpose during the day. My intention is to not show the failure because I imagine all these objects make it through to better times. Allegories of survival. Someone comes by and finds the paper crane, the rowboat owners return and see their boat undisturbed, and the slide during the day brings joy.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Tiny Sanctuaries", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC [solo exhibition]
2004 “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Small to Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 “Art of the 20th Century” NY Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, NY, NY
“Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Group Fusion” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 "Small & Mighty II" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Christina Haglid, New Work and Amy Lowry-Poole, Bugs and Buds" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Small & Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Views II” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Maleri” Galleri Carl Michael Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden
“1987 – 1997, A Skowhegan Decade, Alumni Exhibition and Benefit Auction” David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY
“On and Off the Wall, Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 “Small Works” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL., Special Recognition Award
1994 “Unknown Chicago” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 “Graduate Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Graduate Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Fine Arts Competition” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1992 “Word of Mouth” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 “Drawing: A Covert and Private Affair” West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“Senior Exhibition” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 “Fiber Exhibition” Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Blue Thumbergia, Botanical in Watercolor and Gouache, Matted and Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Blue Thunbergia
watercolor on paper
7.25h x 4.50w in
16.75h x 13.75w in framed
CMH008
Christina Haglid
Artist's Statement
I used to write a lot of poetry, and it has shaped the narrative process in my artwork. Now painting has replaced writing. Objects in the painting are considered like words placed on a page. I use flowers, manipulated objects, and architecture together in compositions to symbolize the subtle conversations and interactions between them. They are placed in imaginary landscapes that are inspired by actual places and travels.
All the paintings are watercolor and gouache on stonehendge paper, and they are made up almost entirely of individual brushstrokes.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Herony II
Located in Chicago, IL
Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI
Education
University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design
University of Wisconsin, Botany
Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Violet Chocolate Vase - Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1969
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
Violet Chocolate Vase is a drawing in watercolor realized by Armin Guther in 1969.
Monogrammed on the lower.
Good conditions, aged margins.
The artwork is represented through harm...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Janus, Botanical Watercolor & Gouache on Paper, 2 Bud Vases with Purple Flowers
Located in Chicago, IL
Two bud vases seemingly defy gravity as they teeter upon a watery surface in Christina Haglid's "Janus". This meticulously detailed watercolor invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Intricate in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Janus
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w framed
CMH031
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences.
At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cherry Blossom No. 13, Original Minimalist Floral Watercolor Still Life Study
Located in Boston, MA
Cherry Blossom No. 13, Original Minimalist Impressionist Nature Still Life Study, 2019
20" x 16" (HxW) Watercolor on Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper
A lovely minimalist composition in green and white, this nature study features two white flowers which have been highlighted with a gray contour to depict the boundaries of their delicate petals. Blue and yellow undertones give variation to the green foliage that surrounds the flowers, entering from the top of the composition as if hanging down from a tree above the viewer's head. The soft colors and simple subject matter give off a delicate, ethereal, and calming feeling that feels like a breath of fresh air. This modern impressionist flower study by artist Elizabeth Becker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Terracotta Hu Figurine, China
Located in Columbia, MO
HELEN HAWLEY
Terracotta Hu Figurine, China
2024
Ink on paper
Framed: 12 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Terracotta Siren, Greek, c. 550-500 BCE
Located in Columbia, MO
HELEN HAWLEY
Terracotta Siren, Greek, c. 550-500 BCE
2024
Ink on paper
Framed: 12 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Clay Vessel, Minoan
Located in Columbia, MO
HELEN HAWLEY
Clay Vessel, Minoan
2024
Ink on paper
Framed: 12 x 16 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Chimera" - pastel drawing, figure, skeleton, nude, bright colors, texture
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 17 by 14 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily" - pastel drawing, figurative, surrealism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 36.5 by 44.5 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surreal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Souvenirs" - pastel drawing, nature, plants, still life, surreal, skull, heart
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 46 by 34 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Freudian Landscape" - pastel drawing, landscape, figurative, surrealism, skull
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 17 by 14 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealism....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
"Under the Magnolia" - pastel drawing, nature, figurative, surreal, dream, dark
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 53.5 by 39 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Mr February'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Glass Menagerie'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil
"Sky Flower Reflection, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Flower Reflection" is an original watercolor and piece by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The piece incorporates a dried rose in the center with circles of watercol...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Premier Triple African Violets" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right and used iridescent acrylic, water...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Large Scale Watercolor "The Thread" framed (goose, birds, books)
Located in New York, NY
watercolor on paper, 39"x40" (artwork size) 43" x 43.75"x2" framed size
This beautifully painted watercolor depicts a Canada goose standing atop a modernist chair with the natural c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
To Break, To Blossom 10
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor sculptural collage
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"SOUL MOUNTAIN", watercolor, landscape, sky, stone, clouds, green, blue, rose
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SOUL MOUNTAIN is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30". Note the flow of the landscape, the curves and fields ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Lamp, 2014
Graphite on paper
40 x 51 cm
Nikos Kanarelis was born in Athens, Greece in 1975 where he now lives and works. Βetween 1999 and 2004 he studied at the painting departm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
"Telephone in Landscape, " Charcoal on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Telephone in Landscape" is an original charcoal drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower rig...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
The Armory Show Flowers. Colored charcoal, acrylic on Italian paper florals
Located in New York, NY
This charcoal and acrylic flower drawn from life, taken from the amazing flowers at the Armory Show in NYC that the artist went home with. The renowned art fair is one of the most a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic
"Two Vases, " Original Ink & Oil Pencil Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Vases" is an original ink and oil pencil drawing by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This drawing is composed of hatched black lines, accented by a myriad of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears, " Original Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cherries, Persimmons, & Pears" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The fruits pictured are abstracted to their most basic forms. They are ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Rabbit Disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rabbit disguised as a Tomato Basil Potato Chip" is an original photograph embellished with ink and watercolor by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Photographic Paper
"Pink Poppy at the Front Door, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pink Poppy at the Front Door" is an original pastel drawing by David Barnett, signed along the lower left edge. The image features a single pink poppy in a patch of grass.
Art size...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Matucana Madisoniorum Cactus, Origin: Peru, " Watercolor signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Matucana Madisoniorum Cactus, Origin: Peru" is an original watercolor on antique J. Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower rig...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Day Lily, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Day Lily" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. It depicts a yellow and orange lily in front of a light blue-green backgroun...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"THUNDER ROLL", watercolor, glass, kitchen, travel, memory, identity, home, love
Located in Toronto, Ontario
THUNDER ROLL is a watercolor on Arches paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30". It is professionally framed in white, with UV protection and anti-glare glass. Framed it measures 26x34". A recurring subject for the artist, a world traveller, is memory and landscape, possessions and identity. In "Thunder Roll" we see cherished wine glasses in a carton being packed or unpacked, either way in a state of transition. The play of light on the glass and on the wrapping paper suggests sunny days and warm moments. And the presence of the leaves adds a natural, wholesome energy to this home.
From Fleur Thesmar – "The painting "Thunder Roll" is part of a body of work called “Removal” which features semi-realistic still lives of clothes, bubble wrap and sometimes cardboard and glasses. It questions themes such as possession and identity, removal and travel, memories and storage. It also resonates with landscapes and here, with the summer fields in France before the storm. I store memories of large tables, wine glasses and lace napkins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lightning, Graphite on Canvas
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Frank Mujica was born on December the 20th, 1985 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of fine Arts from 2000 to 2004 and at the Superior Institute of Art I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Survival IV, Charcoal on Fabriano Paper, Black, White by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Debabrata Basu - Survival IV - 26 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Charcoal on Fabriano Paper.
Style : Debabrata derives his style and theme by introspecting within himself. The fears of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Contemporary still-life drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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