Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Artist Comments
I painted this from photos that I took from a blind where we watched the Sandhill Cranes fly in to spend the night in the ecological preserve outside of Lodi, California. I painted it on a piece of black, sanded pastel paper trying to capture the beauty of the winter sunset.
About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.
Words that describe this painting: winter, sunset, impressionism, landscape, impressionism, landscape, representational, pastel artwork, purple
After the Cranes...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
1910s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
Artist Suren Nersisyan shares a happy turtle swimming underwater. He paints with a soft watercolor palette in light and delica...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Laid Paper
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
1930s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Late 19th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Pen
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"This grouping of eucalyptus trees and bushes seemed like a tightly-knit family to me," says artist Patricia Prendergast. "I worked to portray that feeling by using an analogous color palette so that the sky, trees, bushes and grass all knit together."
About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.
Words that describe this painting: California, landscape, eucalyptus, trees, bushes, tonalism...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Monotype, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Patricia Prendergast began this pastoral view of the distant Sierra mountains by toning the whole paper with raw sienna watercolor. She lightly outlined the composition and then applied many layers of pastels. "Keeping in mind the works of some of my favorite impressionist artists, I allowed some of the raw sienna to remain visible throughout the painting," she says. "This resulted in the sky and ground planes feeling like a unified whole."
About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.
Words that describe this painting: impressionist, mountains, clouds, sky, field, trees, Sierra Nevada...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil, Paper
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor