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
Elsa Schiaparelli, 2018, Portrait. Color Pencil on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
"14th Century Romanian Peasant" skeleton, garlic cloves, lavender, illustration
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "14th Century Romanian Peasant" is an original artwork made from micron pen on bristol board by Kate Glasheen. This piece is shipped in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
Flower Vase, Yellow Watercolor painting 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Portrait of African American Woman
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This striking charcoal portrait captures the essence of an African American woman with a unique black and white afro. The monochromatic medium emphasize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Sea and the Pine Forest - Drawing by Romualdo Battaglia - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on paper realized by Romualdo Battaglia in 1978.
Mixed media on paper.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 42.5x49
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Tempera, Watercolor
Toucan drawing, signed & inscribed in marker, held in elegant hardback monograph
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem
Original signed & inscribed drawing held in elegant hardback monograph, ca. 2012
Unique marker drawing bound in first front end page of lavishly illustrated hardback mono...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Permanent Marker, Offset
Flowers and sun drawing, unique, signed Pop art landscape fantastic Koons gift!
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
(Untitled) Flowers and Sun, 2009
Original (unique) drawing done in silver marker on endpaper
Boldly signed and dated in silver marker undern...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker, Board, Mixed Media, Offset
Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa /// Philip Pearlstein Pencil Drawing Figurative
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Philip Pearlstein (American, 1924-2022)
Title: "Male and Female Nudes on a Sofa"
*Signed and dated by Pearlstein in pencil lower left
Year: 1970
Medium: Original Graphite Pen...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Board, Illustration Board
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich - Large Scale Charcoal on Mylar Original, Framed
By Mary Borgman
Located in Chicago, IL
Mary Borgman’s work captivates the viewer in several ways. First is their scale. They hang like medieval tapestries, with figures standing as tall as eight feet. There is also their texture – created by using charcoal on Mylar, and the results are richly gestural, with distinct charcoal strokes and eraser marks animating the figure and ground alike. With a flat surface, she creates volume and life. And perhaps the most powerful of all, the viewer is caught be the gazes of the models, who stare forcefully out of the picture. They seem to be examining us every bit as much as we are examining them.
These larger-than-life portraits stem from chance encounters that grow into meaningful connections between the artist and her subject. Most are strangers that she approaches on the street. They capture her attention with expressive eyes that show experience and wisdom, distinctive shapes and a casual body language. “I try to honor the people I am drawing by centering them in the format and shooting from slightly below their eye level. I choose an expression that exudes intelligence, self-awareness and complexity. I try to convey their humanness. I want the viewer to feel this person might be someone interesting to know”, says Borgman of her subjects. The intensity with which she conveys the eyes may stem from her many years of communicating in sign language, which is based on sustained eye contact.
Borgman loves the directness of drawing. It is immediate, there is no lag time. There is no time waiting for the paint to dry. She works solely in charcoal which she can manipulate to achieve varying degrees of darkness and opacity. It is messy and the artist loves that.
Mary Borgman
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich, 2022
charcoal on mylar
53h x 40w in
134.62h x 101.60w cm
MBG009
[This work is custom framed in shadow box style with non-reflective Tru-Vue Museum Glass]
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
55.25h x 42.50w x 2.25d in
140.34h x 107.95w x 5.71d cm
Mary Borgman
b. October 4, 1959 St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
SOFA Chicago 2012, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Group Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010: Special Installation at SOFA Café, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Charcoal
Portrait of Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman With Knees Up by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman With Knees Up"
Pastel & Ink on Paper
24” x 18”
34" x 31" inches framed
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Eight of Hearts mixed media silkscreen hand applied acrylic, signed unique Frame
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
Eight of Hearts, 1989
Mixed media silkscreen with hand applied acrylic on paper with deckled edges
Hand signed, numbered 6/21, dated, and inscribed on the front
Uniqu...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite, Screen, Mixed Media
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
Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Rodeo Orange 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 whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
"TORRENTS", Red and White Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This red and white abstract wall-hanging artwork titled "TORRENTS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic on panel. This piece mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Panel
Figures - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures 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
'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,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 600, Teal Blue, Olive Green, Indigo Patterns, Abstract Landscape
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in indigo, bright blue and olive green complement a teal grayish blue background. Signed on verso.
Exploring a world ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in oil pastel on paper.
Good conditions b...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Pear
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pear - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life oil and collage painting on wood panel, 48 x 48 inches. The work has a quiet overall presence. Artist signed, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Wood Panel, Oil, Mixed Media
$10,000
Figure - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure 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
Nosferatu The Vampire - Drawing by Enrico Josef Cucchi - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Nosferatu The Vampire is an original China ink drawing realized by the Italian artist Enrico Josef Cucchi in 2019.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Brothers - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Brothers is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981 ca. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In t...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Wanderer 11" Collapsing Houses in Ink Wash, Acrylic, and Collage by Seth Clark
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 11" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through" and is made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Acrylic, Pastel, Charcoal, Wood
Splash Of White, 8.5"x8.5", Framed Artwork On Paper, Delicate Flowers, Botanical
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
White Whispers - This original artwork on watercolour paper captures an expressive arrangement of delicate white flowers in a vase. Layering of acrylic and oil pastel with intuitive ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Oleander in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Oleander 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 si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
SIESTA - original ultramarine large nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Siesta", 100x70cm / 39x27.5in Nude in Interior, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US.
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"Siesta" is a serene and visually arresting addition to the "Nude in Interior" series. It conveys a quiet intimacy and relaxation, perfectly encapsulated in its title. The reclining female figure, with legs elegantly extended upward, creates a sense of balance between stillness and subtle energy. The interplay of ultramarine tempera and the warm-toned paper once again demonstrates the artist’s ability to use limited color palettes to great emotional and visual effect.
The ochre-like background provides a sunlit, tranquil atmosphere that pairs beautifully with the cool, calm energy of the ultramarine tempera. The artist’s choice of medium emphasizes contrast while imbuing the piece with a harmonious duality—warmth in the environment and coolness in the figure. The fluidity of the brushstrokes aligns with the theme of relaxation, while the vertical drips lend a dreamlike quality, as if the figure is melting into her surroundings. The looser strokes in the background contrast with the more defined lines of the figure, highlighting her as the focal point.
The unconventional reclining pose, with legs extended upward, adds visual interest and a sense of lightheartedness to the piece. It suggests a playful yet completely relaxed moment, as though the figure is unwinding and stretching in the midst of a private, comfortable setting. The verticality of the legs and the drips juxtaposes with the horizontal lines in the background, creating a sense of structure and stability. This geometric balance anchors the composition and enhances the overall sense of calm. The artist has included abstract horizontal strokes in the background, reminiscent of blinds or a window. These subtle details suggest an interior space filled with sunlight and add depth without detracting from the figure’s prominence.
The title, "Siesta," reinforces the narrative of rest and tranquility. The figure’s pose is unapologetically casual and unguarded, evoking the vulnerability and freedom found in moments of private repose. While other works in the series explore themes of introspection, passion, or desire, this piece focuses purely on physical and emotional relaxation. It offers a more subdued, meditative perspective, providing variety to the series while maintaining its stylistic coherence.
The reclining nude is a recurring motif in art history, seen in works by Titian, Ingres, and Modigliani. However, this piece’s contemporary execution—fluid, minimalist, and abstracted—ties it more closely to modernist traditions, particularly the gestural energy of Egon Schiele or Matisse’s reclining nudes. The artist’s decision to leave much of the environment abstract enhances the piece’s timeless quality. The figure feels anchored in both a specific space (suggested by the window-like strokes) and an almost dreamlike, universal realm.
"Siesta" is a masterful exploration of rest and serenity, demonstrating the artist’s ability to convey mood through form, color, and composition. The elegant simplicity of the figure, combined with the abstracted interior elements, invites the viewer to share in this peaceful moment. Its balance of gestural abstraction and classical themes makes it both timeless and distinctly modern. This piece is a beautiful representation of intimacy, calm, and the universal human experience of seeking rest.
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Uncounscious Desire
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper -
Philip Wittmann work is based on signs. Signs are for him an intermediary between abstraction and writing. He started painting 32 years ago, at the age of 26, as an ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - 24.40
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink, pen & pigment on paper
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Ink, Pigment
“Geraniums”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well painted original watercolor on archival paper of potted geraniums with metal watering can and garden gloves. Signed in pencil by the artist Peggy Dressel lower right. The S...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$575 Sale Price
23% Off
Stillness- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a rabbit in the field
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni
Stillness
50 x 41 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 57 x 65 cm
Italian artist Rosanna Gadd...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Bright Camellias
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bright Camellias' original watercolor painted in 2021 in beautiful shades of pink, green with hints of blue and yellow from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Pink Tulips, 3"x5" Small Artwork On Paper, Ornate Frame, Pastel Flower Landscape
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Pink Tulips - Small and intimate, this original artwork on watercolour paper captures a glimpse of pink tulips dancing in an open field. Layering of acrylic and oil pastel with intui...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Eva Ver Et Agrum Colens
Located in Chicago, IL
Working with a palette of graphite, charcoal, ink, and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alche...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Mass Study III", Layered paper and drawing collage, architectural, dimensional
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper collage and drawing artwork titled "Mass Study III" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
Atmospheric Watercolor Landscape - Fog with Delicate Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Atmospheric Watercolor Landscape - Fog with Delicate Trees
Delicate watercolor landscape of trees in the fog. Wet on wet brush techniques create an atmospheric background to this pi...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Nude II by Jacques Nestle Petite, blue and white modern nude painting on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Welcome to Heritage, our carefully curated collection of French vintage and antique paintings. We scour the flea markets and fairs for these gems: poignant portraits of long-gone Me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Pencil Skirt - 5"x 7”- Original Artwork On Paper, Black And White
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. It can be moved around easily and is a great way to build up an art collection. Using paint and pencil, this black and white cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
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
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was an acclaimed Polish artist, best known for her powerful sculptures and large-scale installations, often crafted from fiber-based materials such ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Red Landscape, Original Drawing on Paper , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
Original Drawing
Mineral Oxide on Fabriano Paper
50x70 cm
2024
hand-made drawing
one of a kind
not reproducible
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Framing options available
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Original Set-Breakfast with Cat:Rest, Play, Repeat-Brit Awarded Artist-drawings
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely with our artists to take this positive and proactive step—helping collectors across the pond continue building their collections with confidence.
Shizico Yi is known for her expressive and distinctive artistic style, particularly evident in her mesmerizing ink drawings.
Rather than relying on photographs, Shizico paints life as the moments unfold, capturing consecutive mornings spent with her cherished cat, Sonny in a series of paintings and postcard projects. Created plein air and in situ, these scenes unfold over consecutive mornings, with Shizico's cherished cat as the captivating focal point.
Set against the backdrop their garden plants, the artwork elevates daily routines into moments of awe and tranquil reflection. Offering a portal into the serene beauty of everyday life; the interplay the comforting presence of a feline companion and the natural surroundings create a captivating narrative that elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary.
This Breakfast with Cat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
Self Portrait - Contemporary Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, 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
Zinnias
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Zinnias' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internation...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
This Morning (blue, red, floral, textured still life pastel on paper)
Located in New York, NY
34.5 X 35 Inches framed
This piece is featured in A’Court’’s 2024 solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”.
Artist Biography:
A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled 604, Light Blue, Hunter Green, Indigo Patterns, Abstract Landscape
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes in indigo, light blue and dark hunter green and delicate lines in bright colors complement a teal grayish blue background. Signed on vers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Red Model:: Mixed media painting on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominantly spent designing sets and costumes for rock bands. This connection with the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
March Sea - Small Detailed Seascape, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Frothy waves fill the foreground and meld into a turbulent sky in this small, intricate watercolor by artist Christina Haglid. She is able to achieve a detail rarely seen in waterco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Jordan Roth at home. From Art, culture & society series
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Shark
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
Damien Hirst
"Shark"
Sketch of the famous shark of Damien Hirst and signed by the artist,
Ink on paper.
20,5 x 29 in
Frame included
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Ink
$9,000
Talking Drummers (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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
20th century female artist nude woman figure drawing conte small sketch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Seated Nude with 'X'" is a conté crayon drawing on paper by the American artist Sandra Sweeney (1947 - 2017). The figure study captures an intimate and candid moment: In the image, ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Paper
Fragments I
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel artwork by Seth Clark measuring 42”h x 33”w.
Seth Clark grew up in Seekonk, Massachusetts and studi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Charcoal on paper, 50 x 36 cm
Signed lower right: Silombria '96
This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Mytoge Mountain Road, Utah, Summer
Located in Dallas, TX
Jane Starks immerses herself in the history and archaeology of the places she loves to paint: wilderness areas of Texas, New Mexico, and Utah. The paintings are begun and completed o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
From the Duchándome, Nudes Series. Set of 4 Watercolors on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world.
From the Duchándome Series
Ink, pastel and watercolor on cotton paper
1. Duchándome
2. Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Sunset Tower Hotel)
By Ed Templeton
Located in New York, NY
Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping and a 14 day return policy.
Ed Templeton
Untitled (Sunset Tower Hotel), 2019
Image size: 11 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen, Pencil, Color Pencil
Artists in the Spotlight unique signed painting, SF Museum of Modern Art, Framed
By Tom Holland
Located in New York, NY
Tom Holland
Artists in the Spotlight: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), 1985
Acrylic and mixed media with stencil on paper
Signed and d...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Stencil
Roundism – 17-07-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 17-07-18 Another session with my model and I used an unusual point of view: above her and it took the challenge to capture the foreshortened shapes of her body. Lucki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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