Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
Oculus I (Framed Drawing on Paper of Geometric Abstraction in Black and White)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric graphite drawing inspired by the moon
Oculus I by David Dew Bruner
2024
graphite on paper
15 x 11 inches unframed / 19 x 15 inches framed
David Dew Bruner is a dr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The planting of Happiness #1 Hélène Duclos Contemporary art drawing landscape
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache and color pencil on paper
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
The red necklace of the naked Queens
“My artistic research has expanded over the years, crossing paths alre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
City Bird Scene - black & white bird feather 3D wall sculpture collage on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne. Ink and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #7
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower right.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
Skin
Located in New York, NY
skin, 2015
ink, paper, graphite, wings, thread
18 x 13 framed unframed
20 x 16 inches framed
Stockholm based artist Joanne Grüne-Yanoff has been exhibiting extensively in
the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Seating on Armchair 1 -original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Seating on Armchair 1, nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio.
In mat an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Calla Lilly, Flowers 2021 Ink pen, and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Factory XI: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint in red, framed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This framed work is one-of-a-kind colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. The work itself is 20" x 16", and it is framed to 26" x 20" in a contemporary, simple white wood...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
A Love Couple - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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The dancing light and rapidly changing skies,...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Bright Collage Sewn with White Thread on Watercolor Paper, Down by the River
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
In an Art Brut style Down by the River, 2022 by a.muse is a contemporary watercolor collage work on paper. The art on paper is a collection of vibrant images arranged like a patchwor...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Thread, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
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Nude - Charcoal Drawing by S. Goldberg - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original charcoal drawing on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Hand-signed on the lower right.
The state of preservation is very good.
Sheet dimension:25 x 3...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
In Isolation Series VII
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Knit - Original Graphite Drawing on Panel of Nude Male Figures
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
"Knit" by Rick Sindt is a small graphite drawing of two male nude figures. The faces are somewhat obscured as we view this intimate moment. The graph lines often used by artist are...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Panel, Graphite
Summer Set 8, watercolor monoprint (unique) on Dieu Donne handmade paper, signed
By Arlene Shechet
Located in New York, NY
Arlene Shechet
Summer Set 8, 2005
Watercolor monoprint on dieu donné hand made paper
21 × 27 1/2 inches
Signed and dated in graphite on the front
Exquisite watercolor monoprint on di...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Mixed Media, Graphite
Calm Before - Text Based Contemporary Abstraction, Red and Black
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Calm Before," is a text based contemporary abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece is built with washes of ink layered up leaving detailed forms through the piece inviting viewers to take it in up close. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. This piece is currently unframed, but framing options are available. For more works follow our storefront at Gallery 1202.
"As a painter, I often work on large, raw canvas. My abstract paintings merge formal painting and “bad” craft to challenge the high-low separation of materials (and related gender hierarchies) that have traditionally been present in the art world. The monotypes are like a calligraphic practice. I use them as a warm up to allow me to feel confident with a gesture before committing it to a larger scale. I work in layers, often sewing or incorporating fabric into the finished piece, and incorporate chance into each stage of my process. The text/titles often come from song lyrics, local radio commercials, and news headlines. I edit these snippets and piece them together to reflect my interpretation of current politics and social norms, especially as they relate to gender.
Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture.
Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Liddell’s work has been featured in solo and curated exhibitions throughout the United States, including at the Wiregrass Museum of Art, the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2019 she had two solo exhibitions of her “Men” series at the Versa Gallery in Chattanooga and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, with a review of the Versa exhibition in BURNAWAY and was recently picked by Berlin curator Tina Sauerlaender as a featured artist on Foundwork. Liddell hosts a podcast (Peachy Keen) as an extension of her art practice, interviewing women on art and the South. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Spray Paint, Ink, Monotype
$281 Sale Price
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Self Love - Blue Nude original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Self Love", nude, ultramarine tempera on colored paper, inspired by Matisse.
Part of Nude in Interior series.
An expressive line, revealing the essential of the female sensual body...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Tempera
Wild Turkey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Wild Turkey' is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 8”h x 8”w framed
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Vaishali is an illustrator a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Three Faces Eight Leaves, XXth century
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Milan, IT
Gouaches on paper. On the back there are stickers from Sotheby's Auction with the artist's name and the original title "Three faces eight leaves". These are two similar drawings, with the same subject albeit with small differences, and colored with different techniques. Jean Cocteau was a multifaceted artist: writer, playwright, playwright, he also dabbled in the visual arts, loving to experiment with all the avant-gardes of his century. Jean Cocteau published his first book of drawings in 1923, at just 36 years old. In it the poet portrayed his friends Raymond Radiguet, Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Till the Sun comes up, Cubist Acrylic Painting by Krasnyansky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A colorful painting by Russian artist, Anatole Krasnyansky. His Contemporary style uses elements from Constructivism as well as Cubism wi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Camellia Study no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia Study 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 si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928) Abstract Composition, Pastel on Paper, pink and orange tones, apparently unsigned, stamped "Studio Domenick Capobianco" to verso, unframed. 45...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Bell Bottom Giraffe
By Mark Lembo
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece:
14Hx11W
Mixed Aqueous Solutions on Yupo Synthetic Paper
Words that describe this piece:outsider, intuitive, flowing, blue, green, giraffe, abstract
Artist Biography:
Mark A. Lembo Script M Abstract Art Mark’s dynamic work blurs the distinction between alcohol ink and watercolor - working with dyes, inks, liquid acrylic, liquid watercolor, and other aqueous media; lately, he has been incorporating metallic watercolor and pearlescent ink to his work. He has used canvas, synthetic Yupo™ paper, Yasutomo Mineral Paper, and various watercolor papers. Mark’s journey into the world of creative arts started with the question, “What would Jackson Pollock’s work look like if he had used transparent watercolors?” So, it was out with the pencils, pens, and brushes, and on to the pouring of various aqueous solutions. While mostly self-taught, Mark took a series of classes at the Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA, under Joe Stoddard, as well as seminars with Robert Burridge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Synthetic Paper
In Isolation Series I
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series I" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Graphite, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal, Paper
Off Duty /// Contemporary British Female Artist Watercolor Dog Animal Pet Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Gillie Cawthorne (English, 1963-)
Title: "Off Duty"
*Signed and dated by Cawthorne lower right
Year: 2015
Medium: Original Watercolor on paper
Framing: Not framed, but archiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
In the Tavern - Mixed Media by Sirio Pellegrini - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965.
Hand signed in the lower left.
Includes a wooden frame 32x37 cm.
Very good condition.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March ...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Heart "Token 7" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, wood, orange
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Illustration Board, Graphite
Portrait of a Boy - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a fresh and beautiful nude male portrait...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Untitled 580, Gray Blue, Light Indigo, Eggplant Purple, Navy Leaf Patterns
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns and geometric shapes in indigo, navy blue and dark eggplant purple with delicate prismatic rainbow lines complement a soft grayish blue background. Signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Portrait - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original watercolor and ink on paper.
Good conditions, except fo...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Blue Nudes VI, Ink on Paper Blue & White Drawing, Figurative Study Dancing Women
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Blue Nudes VI" (2019) by SarahGrace
Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women, Faces, Holding Hands, Dancing, Roses, Figurative Study
Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Flora / Figura...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Boy with a cat. Figurative ink and crayons drawing, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative ink and crayons on paper painting by Polish artist living in Belgium Hanna Ilczyszyn. Artwork depicts a boyl with cat in his arms. Drawing is mostly in black ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Boy with a dog. Figurative ink drawing, Minimalistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative marker on paper painting by Polish artist living in Belgium Hanna Ilczyszyn. Artwork depicts person sitting on a chair petting a dog. Painting is monochromati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
La Dimora delle Cose - Mixed Media - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and ink on paper.
Certificate of authenticity by the Archive of Giuseppe Uncini.
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Marigolds in a tall vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Marigolds in a tall vase' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colours Of The Night #2, 11"x14", Fashion Art Print, Figurative, Woman
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Colours Of The Night #2: This figurative art print on paper captures the essence of timeless style. A neutral, atmospheric background creates an evening-like ambiance. Personalize your space with a sense of quiet sophistication.
Hand signed on back. This is #2 from a series of 4 art...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Indigo Iris
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Large Indigo Iris' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flowers - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dancer
Located in New York, NY
Dancer
Signed in pencil, l.c.
Pastel on paper mounted to Glassine
14 x 10 inches
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Ancient, Original, Modern Fables with Hares (Graphic Collage with Chalk & Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
chalk on vintage collaged paper from a book of fables
Artwork measures 60 x 32 inches
65. x 35.5 inches framed, deckle edge paper is floated in n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Wander
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Black conte drawing of a male nude, part of ongoing series of drawings of the human form. Featuring a rear view and feet.
Reyes attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$450 Sale Price
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Yellow & Red Grid (Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting on Paper, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric drawing on paper in bright sunflower yellow and red, with a custom light wood frame
'Yellow and Red Grid' by Donise English
30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Yellow Landscape, Original Art on Paper , One of a kind
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Original Art on Fabriano Elle Paper
50x70 cm
2023
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension of respect for the envi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
$991 Sale Price
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Study for David and Goliath
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath
1971
Color pastel on paper
10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
CF Gounod, Ode to Faust, Ink Drawing on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
French composer Charles Francois Gounod was best know for his opera "Faust". Doctor Faust is an aging scholar who is tired of life and fantasizes about ending it all. Suddenly the D...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink
'Silk, Blood and Thorns'. Red Roses. Blue, white contemporary painting framed
Located in Penzance, GB
'Silk, Blood and Thorns'
Original Artwork. Framed, ready to hang
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"But he, that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board
Royal Couple (Drawing from the back)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Surrealist Large Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Horse Pink Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Horse of Hope, 122x152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Horse of Hope
The world had become a sad grey place, mud, empty plains with bleak, loveless sky as far as the eye could see. It seemed that all was lost of the old world.
Until one day a whisper began on the breeze, so quiet that you could hardly hear it. But it grew stronger and stronger until the trembled with the sound.
'The horse of hope is coming, the horse of hope is coming!'
The horse of hope had arrived, its dainty hooves tapping along the way. Where there had been nothing but emptiness the horse trod and from its feet sprung new life and hope. The world became a lush carpet under its footsteps. Up sprang greenery, pushing its tendrils to the sky. Blue irises reached out their twisted delicate petals welcoming the new life in. Strong, dark foliage grew and grew, and with this creatures began to return from their hiding places. Out from rocks and stones they came, for there was hope once again and the world buzzed with new life.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Children 7 - Expressionism, Figurative Drawing, Black And White, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Collage III" 1992 signed original mixed media work on paper w photo engravings
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Collage III', 1992
collage, ink on paper
11.9 x 13.8 in. (30 x 35 cm.)
ID: 1D199203
Hand-signed by author
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Birds Golden Sun
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Staring at the Sun' 99.7 x 70.2cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper, 2011
In Isabels own words;
'Staring at the Sun'
The man stood on the mountain and stared at the golden sun. The sun stared back at him, its heat blazed and burnt his eyes, the birds sang a maddening tune like they were pecking at his eardrums.
The man pointed his finger and shouted, ' you lied to me' at the sun.
The sun laughed and said 'you wanted to believe me. I told you what you had already decided in your head to be the most convenient thing for you.'
The man raged and hopped in what looked to the birds like a beautiful dance.
'Trickery, skulduggery!' he shouted. 'villain, thief, abomination!'
The sun blinked and smiled calmly. It had seen a lot from humans, there was nothing that could surprise it now.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel’s hair brush that gives incredible fine lines and was purchased on her travels in India.
Born in Hammersmith, London in 1981, Rock knew her destiny was to be an artist. Studying Fine Art Printmaking at The University of Brighton and graduating with First Class Honours in 2004 she went on to do a Masters Degree at The Royal College of Art in London, continuing her studies in printmaking and drawing, graduating in 2008.
Her first solo show at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford, London in April 2009 sold out and was the beginning of a career that continues to rise. Rock participated in the first ever India Art Fair represented by Art 1821...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
MEMORIES - original large art by Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Memories" Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in, ink, graphite, tempera on paper, large size, shipped rolled in a tube. The drawing has 2 wooden pieces attached on the back, up an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil
$480 Sale Price
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Abstracción Lírica signed limited edition original art print pastel
Located in Miami, FL
Rigoberto Mena (Cuba, 1961)
'Abstraccion Lirica', 2003
pastel, sugarlift on paper Guarro Super Alpha 250g.
20.9 x 27.2 in. (53 x 69 cm.)
Unframed
ID: MER-103
Hand-signed by author
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
The collector’s house blue. Gouche, ink, watercolor painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled (Female Nude)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
"Nude with Pattern" Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
Kent Williams’ work melds the rigor of technical prowess with the iconoclast’s impulse to disrupt. Juxtaposing beautifully rendered classical forms with elements of abstraction and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
'Tall Tulips' bespoke watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tall Tulips' original watercolor painted in 2021 in subtle shades of pink with hints of yellow in a clear blue vase from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Bukovnik’s art conveys a monumental quality. Primarily using the mediums of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations, creating floral images of great depth and intensity.
The paper is 40 x 20 inches. Ships flat and unframed. Although professional framing is available upon request. This is a stunning and wonderful work of art from Gary Bukovnik.
In 2003 and 2005, the American Academy in Rome invited Bukovnik to
attend the academy as a Visiting Artist and provided him with a room and studio for six weeks. In 2001, he was selected to create a poster for the prestigious List Collection, which creates posters to commemorate programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Lincoln Center past contributors have included Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, and Donald Sultan.
Solo exhibitions include Caldwell Snyder Gallery in San Francisco and in St.
Helena, CA; Trajan Gallery in Carmel, CA; Campton Gallery in New York City; Concept Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA; Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery and A.C.T. Gallery in San Francisco, the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland and the Erickson Fine Art Gallery in Healdsburg. Other recent exhibitions have been organized by the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Paula Brown Gallery, Toledo, Neuhoff Gallery, New York; Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis; Irving Galleries, Palm Beach; Galerie Kutter, Luxembourg; the Southern Alleghenies.
Museum of Art, Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Chin Show Cultural Center, Taipei; Takashimaya, Tokyo; the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; and Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, Florida. Among the artwork displayed at the Brevard Museum of Art was a tapestry based on a Bukovnik watercolor and hand-woven in Aubusson, France by Atelier Raymond Picaud, weavers since the eventeenth century. Atelier Raymond Picaud has been at the forefront of progressive tapestry firms since the 1930s, focusing on images of modern artists such as Alexander Calder, Georges Braque, and Helen Frankenthaler.
Bukovnik’s watercolors and monotypes are the subject of Flowers: Gary Bukovnik Watercolors & Monotypes, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York. This book includes a foreword by James J. White, curator at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation; an interview with the artist
by Robert Flynn Johnson, curator at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; and an essay about Bukovnik and the depiction of flowers in art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Untitled 191114", Colorful, Gestural, Abstract Painting
By Ryan Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This colorful abstract painting titled "Untitled 191114" is an original artwork by Ryan Beck made of acrylic and acrylic transfer on canvas. Using bold colors and patterns, Ryan Beck...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hello Tulips in a tall vase 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Hello Tulips in a tall vase 1' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Leo Guida, Reginald K. Gee, David Barnett, and Luis Miguel Valdes . Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $60 and tops out at $295,000, while the average work sells for $1,201.