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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
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...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Spray Paint, Ink, Monotype

WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed original brush and ink on wove paper, circa 1950. WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES is an original watercolor brush and ink on paper, hand signed in ink pen by African-American artist, teacher, and printmaker Ronald Joseph (1910--1992) Artwork depicts an abstract landscape, is in good condition, paper tape remaining on reverse side edges, mounted in an archival acid-free mat, unframed. Artwork paper size - 18 x 21.5 in. Year created - c. 1950 About the artist - Ronald Joseph (1910 -1992) was born on the island of St. Kitts, West Indies In 1910. When he was very young, his mother decided to move to the United States but she could not afford to take him with her. Mr. and Mrs. Theophilus Joseph, a childless couple who were friends of Joseph’s mother, adopted him. Afterwards, the Joseph family moved to the Island of Dominica, where they stayed for ten years. In 1921, his foster parents also decided to come to the United States. In New York, Joseph met his mother but remained living with his foster parents. In 1926 Ronald Joseph received a scholarship for the Ethical Culture School, were he spent two and half years of his high school period. At this time he obtained an art scholarship through Dr. Henry Fritz, with whom he became acquainted through his art teacher in public school. Joseph was taken into the Saturday art class, where he was the only black participant. An artistic prodigy, Ronald Joseph had his student works shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ronald Joseph graduated from Ethical Culture Fieldston School in 1929. He was honored as “the most promising” young artist in New York City’s schools. He began his study at Pratt Institute in 1931 and graduated in 1934. During the 1930s and 1940s, Joseph participated in many exhibitions of African-American art, the Works Progress Administration mural project, and the Harlem Artists Guild. Ronald Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the declaration of World War II and was posted as a member of the ground crew in Tuskegee, Alabama, and in Michigan. At the end of the war in 1945, he received his G. I. Bill of Rights scholarship. In 1948, he was presented with the Rosenwald Fellowship. The funds allowed him to live and work abroad – first in Peru for two years, then in Paris. Joseph used the G.I. bill to study in Paris at the Grande Chaumière. He described this period of his life as being “independent of economy”. His work from these travels is largely undocumented; according to Rosenwald scholar, Daniel Schulman, many pieces of art are undated or simply dated “1948-1952”. After this period he came back to New York without money and work and indicated this as period of hardship. Ronald Joseph left the U.S. in 1956, disappointed in the unreceptiveness of the art world to his work with mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, he felt guilty for having left the U.S. during a period when blacks were struggling for their civil rights; on the other, he felt “lucky” to have been able to live and work in place where he did not feel discrimination as intensely. He emigrated to Belgium and later settled permanently in Brussels. Ronald Joseph was married to Claire Joseph and they had a son, Robin Joseph. In 1989 Joseph returned to the United States after an absence of thirty-three years to attend the Lehman College exhibition and symposium and to renew his old friendships. Afterward, he returned to Brussels where he continued to work as a painter, living there for the remainder of his life. Ronald Joseph started his artistic career in Harlem, New York City at the Harlem Community Arts Center, where he was one of the youngest pupils. Joseph studied lithography and other printmaking techniques with Riva Helfond, who taught him many aspects of the process based on simple techniques, including how to operate the press, and how to prepare the stones. Helfond played a significant role as a teacher of lithography at the Harlem Art Center. Joseph produced his first lithographs under her supervision, and this was at a time when she was just beginning to learn the medium herself. At the Harlem Community Arts Center Joseph met Robert Blackburn, who was his classmate. In 1937 Ronald Joseph depicted Blackburn, in one of his most famous works, that is now located at The Metropolitan Museum collection. Experimenting with lithography and etching, as well as woodblock and silkscreen printing, Joseph explored the techniques of printmaking alongside his friend Robert Blackburn. Joseph described the Harlem Art Center as a “healthy and lively” place, where he had made wonderful friends. In the late thirties, he also served as a teacher at the Harlem Community Arts Center. There Joseph met younger artist Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight. They formed a friendship, where they enjoyed conversations and visiting museums together. Both Joseph and Knight would hire Lawrence to pose for them. Jacob Lawrence considered Ronald Joseph to be a very intellectual artist. In the 1930s, Joseph became chairman of the Harlem Artists Guild and represented it in Washington with Stuart Davis and Hugo Gellert. Ronald Joseph was also a participant in the mural section of WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists’ Guild to the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940). Joseph’s early oil paintings were influenced by Picasso, Braque and other European artists while most of his contemporaries focused on social realism. By 1943, he was hailed by art historian James Porter as New York’s “foremost Negro abstractionist painter”. His pastels and gouaches from the late forties and early fifties showed a highly structured abstraction combined with a studied spontaneity. Ronald Joseph’s finely tuned abstractions often incorporated representational elements along with apparently “purer” forms. He described this aspect of his work in these terms: “It’s not abstract and abstract at the same time. It’s pure creation.” His works from the 1950s employed both still life and landscape as pretexts for masterly exercises in nearly abstract pictorial construction related to cubism and fauvism. During World War II, Joseph was drafted. After the war he formed “a kind of a group” with Robert Blackburn, Charles White, Larry Potter, and Reginald Gammon...
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1950s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink

Plant in Pot_America Martin_Ink/Oil on Paper_Floral/Still Life/Text/Bright Color
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Plant in Pot" Ink & Oil on Paper 20.5” x 20.5” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a pa...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Oil

Two Adorable Chinese Watercolors, Signed & Dated 1992
Located in New York, NY
Two Watercolors of a Bird and Panda Watercolor on paper 4 7/8 x 7 in. 11 x 14 in. Signed, dated, and stamped with artist insignia
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Iris in a tall vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Iris 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 size. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Anima Mundi- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing, Nude Female on Paper
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist) Anima Mundi 65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass) Measurement with included frame: 80 x 65 x 3 cm Charcoal on Paper The Italian artis...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Gestos 1¨, 2018, Work on paper, 17.7x17.7 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Gestos 1', 2019 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 17.8 x 17.8 in. (45 x 45 cm.) ID: 1D201912 Hand-signed by author _____________________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Gorda 8¨, 2007, Work on paper, 21.5x15 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Gorda 8', 2007 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 21.5 x 15 in. (54.5 x 38 cm.) ID: 1D200719 Hand-signed by author ______________________________________...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Pared-1¨, 1996, Work on paper, 9.1x12 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Pared-1', 1996 aquatint on paper 9.1 x 12.1 in. (23 x 30.5 cm.) ID: 1D199602 Hand-signed by author ______________________________________________ Bio...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Aquatint

Place 1
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A drawing using flour, ash, graphite, and chalk.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Graphite

Summertime - original large blue nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Summertime", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube. Artist Statement "I started by ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Pencil

Fragment, Drawing, Original Art Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
i remember Family House Title: Fragment Artist: Marilina Marchica Dimensions: Artwork: 72x56 cm Frame:43x60 cm Description: This is an original, non-reproducible piece by Marilina M...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Summer Blue - original large blue nude by Paula Craioveanu 39x27.5in
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Summer Blue", pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Nude shown in a Victorian interior, in a cinematic view. In a distorted ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper

Masked - blue nude - by Paula Craioveanu - original art inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Masked Part of my Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Masked Nude was part of solo show "Nude in Interior" see pi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tempera

Watercolor Landscape View of a Lake
Located in Houston, TX
Watercolor painting of a landscape with a lake and trees in the background. Mainly blue and fall colored tones. Signed and dated by the artist in the bottom left corner of painting. Artist Biography: William Zaner also known as Bill Zaner...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

POSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE - Circular, Contemporary Landscape/Abstract
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In POSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE, Peña combines representational elements of a bright green landscape in the background with a more abstracted silhouette of a house in the middle gr...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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PVC, Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Spider Flower - Dramatic Abstract Pink Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor

Abstract 10
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Ecueils - Watercolor, Contemporary Painting, Seaside
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Watercolor, Acrylic Painting and Charcoal on paper. Contemporary Painting, Seaside Work Title : Ecueils Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed, titled and dated verso. Unique work. Size : H26xW21cm. Museum matting & backing included, framed in a 30x24 cm standard aluminium frame. Born in 1970 the artist lives and works in France. The majority of his drawings and paintings are inspired by the wild landscapes of Brittany in France. " The drawing as a gesture allows me to exploit a (re)mise-en-scene as so many possibilities in the making. Through the quality of drawing as a marker of thought, it is not a question of constructing "dream worlds" but rather of setting up a device that would allow for a conscious dialogue of a certain perception of the real." Fabien Granet is pursuing a research on the perception of the landscape, on our ways of trying to represent it, to understand it, to understand its structures. The drawn "landscapes" are thus as many projections of the artist, which convene and reveal his artistic path, the influences of his culture, his utopias, his dystopian fantasies. Another shift where the quasi scientific concern of objective rigor and the mental construction of an construction of an individual course. The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which is registered in a research and a quest to pierce the enigma of the real. In his landscapes, Fabien Granet evokes a process of the mind, where shreds and fragments become entangled in a re-arrangement of of reality. Snippets of architecture and geometrical figures draw human and his gaze into it. The landscape is a human creation, but how does human try to perceive it, how does he understand its constructions? what is his mental image of it? Chaos and structure intersect in a paradox of our vision of the world: the artist picks out the sensitive elements in a reflection on the possibilities in the making. Solo exhibitions : 2023 "GRAND ERRE" with Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand, Aix en provence / 2021 "Les Indestinés" (Drawing Now Art Fair) Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2017 "mise-en-paysage" galerie Tokonoma - Paris / 2015 "Shiftings" galerie White Project - Paris / 2012 "Risée" galerie G&G - Paris / 2011 "Transistoires" galerie P&Z - Angoulême / 2010 "Tandis que? Group exhibitions (selection) : 2021 " SUMMER TALENTS " - Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand / 2019 " FEEL GOOD " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Naturalia " Mexico / 2019 " (re) mise-en-scène " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix-en-Provence / 2019 " ScapeLand " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Blanc Ciel " espace d'art associatif La Perception - Creuse/ 2018 " Angle Mort " Ici. Gallery - Paris/ 2018 " Drawing in Gallery " Galerie ALB - Paris/ 2017 " Where form meets Art " Antwerp Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Field of Flowers 2, photorealist graphite floral drawing, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Reilly uses a toning technique to endow her graphite works with a smooth, seamless quality. Rather than distinct outlines, her flower petals glide gracefully into the surrounding spa...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Cords, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Umbilical, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Nocturne in C- sharp Minor- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing, Nude
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist) Nocturne in C- sharp Minor 65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass) Measurement with included frame: 80 x 65 x 3 cm Charcoal on Paper Th...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Mock Practice, Figurative, Japanese Ink on paper by Contemporary Indian Artist
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
A set of four works 15 x 11 each (unframed size) Prasanta Sahu - Mock Practice Japanese ink on acid free paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Commingling pictures and ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Russian Contemporary Art by Anna Kazmina - Transformation. The Life of Elephants
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel & pencils on paper Anna Kazmina is a Russian artist born in 1987 who lives between Moscow, Russia and Beijing, China. She was graduated from Department of Art, Moscow State U...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

I Love Shoes - (8.25”x9.25”, Shoe Series, Pink And Black Shoe, Framed)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. This classic pink and black pump is an artwork blending acrylic, pencil and color pencils in a loose style keeping it both expre...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Cocteau Aqua Atla #2235. Photo collage. Framed
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cocteau Aqua Atla, #2235 by Natasha Zupan Photo Collage Image size: 43 in. H x 34 in. W Frame size: 51.5 in H x 40.5 in W x 2 in D White wood frame Signed lower right on recto by th...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Color

"Delivered and Discarded (positive) #1" dimensional collage of sumi ink on Tyvek
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #1" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper

Rap Dixon - Baseball Outfielder, Original Gouache Painting on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Herbert Alphonso Dixon, AKA Rap, was an outfielder for the Negro Baseball League on several different teams for a total of sixteen seasons. He had the honor of being the first African American player to hit a home run at the famed Yankee Stadium in 1930. Lawrence has captured the ball player here in all his glory. The watercolor is floated in a cream shadowbox and framed in black measuring 34 x 15 inches. Margie Lawrence Rap Dixon...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing) Graphite and colored pencils on wove paper, 1975 Signed and dated lower left center (see photo) Condition: Excellent Slight waviness visible only on reverse Image size: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Sheet size: 14 x 17 3/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist By descent Mary Spain (Colie) (1934-1983) Mary Spain was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She taught art in Chagrin Falls...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil

Masked Beauty in Blue original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Masked Beauty in Blue , 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. See pictures, ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera

Puppypus - Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Untitled (Backs) - Vintage Polaroid Inspired Drawing of Two Boys at the Beach
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Rick Sindt is a small graphite drawing of two male figures with their backs to the viewer. Their focus is something out of our viewin...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Panel, Graphite

Sleestak Ray - Gyotaku Style Print of a Sting Ray, Enhanced with Bright Greens
Located in Chicago, IL
From the mind of the artist comes "Sleestak Ray", taken from the extra-dimensional race of reptilian bipedal humanoid species native to the "Land of the Lost". He has combined a childhood favorite television show with a current favorite - fishing. The artist has master the Japanese art of Gyo-Taku printing using sumi ink and then highlights the piece with watercolors. The artist uses Mulberry...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil

Pritzlaff - 1903, Male Wielding an Ax, Wearing an Aviator Hat, Charcoal Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
While charcoal is naturally a loose drawing medium, David Becker uses it with precision. With a rich range of value and strong darks, Becker captures the fine details with exacting clarity. In his drawing "Pritzlaff - 1903", the subject, a male with a glazed look, is wielding an ax and pointing a finger at the viewer. This drawing is framed in a simple black frame. The artist has signed with his initials and year on the front and signed his full name on the back of the piece. David Becker Pritzlaff - 1903 vine charcoal on paper 32h x 24w in 81.28h x 60.96w cm DB0027 David Becker Exhibitions 2017 Figure8, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Cicago, IL 2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI 2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY 2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001  Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC "FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia. David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February. 2000  Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000. 1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY 1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY 1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg 1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY 1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY 1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY 1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY Publications/Reviews 2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA 2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino. 2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions." Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition. 2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith. 2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch. 1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance. 1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America. 1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. March 14 The New York Times, review. March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review. 1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review. April 28 The Washingtion Post, review. March 25 The New York Times, review. Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. Selected Collections - additional collections available on requestArkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Brooklyn Museum, NYC Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconson-Madison Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI Library of Congress, Washington, DC Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia National Academy, NY, NY National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC New York Public Library, NY Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech. Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada Albion College, Albion, MI Alma College, Alma, MI Art Center, South Bend, IN AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA Bradley University, Peoria, IL Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY Columbus State University, Columbus, GA Davidson College, Davidson, NC Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Georgia State University – Atlanta Hope College, Holland, MI Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Madison Art Center, Madison, WI Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI Minot Art Association, Minot, ND North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC North Texas State University – Denton Ohio University – Athens Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State University, OK Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT Springfield College, Springfield, MA St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY State University of New York – Fredonia State University of New York – Potsdam Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ University of Colorado-Boulder University of Dallas, TX University of Louisville, Louisville, KN University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada University of North Dakota – Grand Forks University of South Dakota – Vermillion University of Tennesse – Knoxville West Chester State College, West Chester, PA Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green Private Collections Carla Leighton, New York, NY Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN Candice Groot, Evanston, IL Shomaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL Braden Berkey and Robert Bartlett, Chicago, IL Bill and Karyn Silverstein, Highland Park, IL Steve Weitz, Lovettsville, VA Mary Allice Wimmer, Madison, WI Ann & Robert Avery...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Fence Line
Located in Dallas, TX
In her work, Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience. Gildersle...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Ink, Paper

Lemmon Twist Ammonite - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A 65 million year old sea creature is captured here through the art of Gyotaku by Jeff Conroy. After inking and taking impressions of a reproduction fossil Ammonite shell and combini...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on Bristol paper Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Mountains Range - Modern Expressive Landscape, Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil

Cobalt Canary - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting, Multi-Colored Octopus, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches. Jeff Conroy Cobalt Canary sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 12.50h x 18.25w in 31.75h x 46.35w cm JEC122 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Old town church 2022. Paper/markers, 19.8x19.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Old town church 2022. Paper/markers, 19.8x19.5 cm Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscapes...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Felt Pen

Morning dawn. 2014, paper, watercolor, 48x36 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning dawn. 2014, paper, watercolor, 60x50 cm Māris Abiļevs (born 23 April 1956 in Kazakhstan) is a Latvian graphic artist and printer, brother of graphic artist Andris Abiļevs. H...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Ann Bridges, Late Afternoon Sunshine (poppies), Floral Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Ann Bridges Late Afternoon Sunshine (poppies) Contemporary Semi-Abstract Painting Oil based ink on board Image size: 59 x 75 cm Sheet size: 75 x 91 cm Framed size: 83 x 100 cm Sold F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Board

Blue Bear Waltzes
Located in Austin, TX
This drawing by Lu Ann Barrow depicts two boys and a girl riding tricycles past a tall brick wall covered in poster. The posters read "Blue Bear Waltzes Presents Wolfgang & Strauss"....
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Figurative/Portrait/Abstract_Ink on Paper_America Martin, Woman Rests on Clover
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman Rests on Clover" Acrylic on Paper 11.25 x 30 in. 17 x 36 in. Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in L...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Ink

Multiply and Divide - Dandelions Gray White Rabbit on Black Drawing, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary graphite drawing on Bristol paper of a rabbit surrounded by floating bits of dandelions gone to seed against a dark black background. Fox's excellent use of material all...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Basilica di San Marco, Venezia - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz Basilica di San Marco, Venezia, 2020 white ink, chalk & colored pencil on paper 12h x 18w in 30.48h x 45.72w cm CG0079 -ARTIST STATEMENT- ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Ink, Color Pencil

Stik Holding Hands (Orange Version)
By Stik
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Ultra vibrant orange version of the Stik Holding Hands print. Issued folded in the Hackney Today newspaper as a special thank you to the residents of Hackney. The color in each paper...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Abstract 17
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil

Leftovers No. 4
Located in Columbia, MO
Grace Ramsey (American, b. 1985) Grace Ramsey is a self-taught painter based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before establishing herself as a visual artist, she spent over a decade as ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon

Homage to Chanel - 4" x 6", Original Artwork, Black And White, Blue
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
An homage to the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume. Textured elements add visual interest to this mixed media artwork on board. With delicate detail, this piece combines paint, pencil and ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Paper

Tilted Landscape, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The "ink" in this artwork is derived form beets. The imagery is derived from life... :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Red Moon Rising - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - The Land of the Rising Sun
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on paper + frame
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

"Fear Not; Only Believe" Watercolor & Gouache on paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fear Not; Only Believe" is an original watercolor and gouache painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts two people walking through...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolor on paper with wood panel Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involv...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Scandal in the Background, London Landscape, Illustrative Contemporary Cityscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspiration and process: Laura takes her inspiration from visiting cities and captures her ideas initially through photography. As well as photographing for research Laura will spend a large amount of time people watching and trying to understand how the people of the city function and move about their daily lives. She divides her attention between the physical spaces colour and shape of a city and the cultural economical and social behaviour of a city, eventually being able to combine the different elements and making visual connections. Once back in the studio she will then create lots of small...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Juilliard School of Music (Ladder) poster - Original art
Located in Miami, FL
Milton Glaser creates a brilliant graphic symbolizing a pathway to success and more. Original art Cut Paper collage and colored pencil 19 1/2 x 13 5/8 Signed to lower edge ‘Milton ...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Laid Paper, Pencil

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