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
"busy day" abstract cityscape, car motif, geometric, gouache on collage panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "busy day" is original artwork made from monoprint, pencil, marker, acrylic gouache collage panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 6"h x 6"w.
Miriam Singer grew up in Buffalo, New York, In 2000 she received her BA from Brandeis University, and in 2003 her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. Since moving to Philadelphia in 2004; Miriam Singer has exhibited at James Oliver Gallery. Stanek Gallery, LG Tripp Gallery, Woodmere Art Museum, Space 1026, Friends of the Print and Picture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Monoprint
'Hydrangeas in White' Contemporary monochrome black white drawing nature minimal
Located in Penzance, GB
'Hydrangeas in White'
Original Artwork, Unframed
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Sunlight dancing upon the hydrangeas, blooming in sumptuous summer fullness, giving the shadows depth and form. On...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Paper, Pen
The Vampyr
By Fritz Aigner
Located in Wien, 9
One of the most outstanding drawings by the Austrian genius Fritz Aigner. The bat ensnares the reclining lady, who surrenders to the action. Aigner explores the complexity of human e...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
$3,379
"held like a dream", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Ink, Botanicals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "held like a dream" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from fabric monotypes and ink. This piece measure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Monotype
"when darkness yields", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Watercolor, Botanicals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "when darkness yields" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from fabric monotypes and ink. This piece meas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Monotype
"Jake Yeager Untitled 5" aerosol, screen printed monoprint, skull, animalia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Jake Yeager Untitled 5" is an original artwork by Jake Yeager and is made from spray paint and screenprint. This piece measures 24”h x 18”w.
About Space 1026...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Screen, Paper
"2 Skaters (diptych)" illustration, ink on paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "2 Skaters (diptych)" is an original artwork by Thom Lessner and is made from ink on paper. This piece measures approx. 14.25”h x 22”w framed each.
Al San Valentin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Untitled 191016", Abstract, Colorful, Painting, Pink, Layered
By Ryan Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This abstract painting titled "Untitled 191016" is an original artwork by Ryan Beck made of acrylic and acrylic transfer on canvas. Layering his materials, Ryan Beck creates intricat...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
looking for something, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Aportrait :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Discount Cigarettes
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Discount Cigarettes" is an original paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, and tubing artwork by Drew Leshko measuring approx. 15"h x 10"w x 0.75"d.
Drew Leshko is a Ph...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Ocean Piece: unique drawings of studies for ocean painting (hand signed)
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Losch Bartlett
Ocean piece: Untitled painting studies, 1975
Ink and pastel, mixed media on graph paper
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front
Frame included: held in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
Ink and pastel on graph paper drawing.
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front.
Some of the artist's annotations on the drawings say:
Ocean piece
Sky Water Beach Sometimes looking from water
maybe see mountain
two people on beach lying down
sometimes they face each other
... bwhitefree hand drawing
from water beach w/ towel
sky sand water on a diagonal
on a curve
sky water sand...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
The Whale Hunter - Collage, Paper, Surrealism, Contemporary Art
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Whale Hunter, 2022
collage, tempera on paper
70 H x 50 W cm
Signed in the middle on the right side
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and su...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
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Posdata Admiración and Apreciación, Diptych. From the Posdata series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist is inspired by the relationships between the past and the present, creating works that function as archaeological finds. His pieces, which include floors and toys, reconst...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Blossoms 8
By Michael Rich
Located in Fairfield, CT
Michael Rich’s early years were spent in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains and surrounded by the waters of New England. Graduate studies and later travels to Italy heightened an...
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Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Después de la Data, Works on paper book
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An everyday situation, from our memory, from the memory of childhood in a non-place, that is to say, an enigmatic ephemeral place, a space that is delimited and that grows, that mult...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Ink
Snowflakes 155 Awareness, Skull and Planets, Mandala Pencil Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
A meticulously rendered skull surrounded by intricate patterns and tiny planets is at the center of this mandala. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pencil and paper.
Fr...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Meeting - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Pastel Drawing
By Magdalena Rytel-Skorek
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Rytel-Skorek (born in 1976)
She studied at the Faculty of Graphic Design at the European Academy of Arts in Arts in Warsaw. She graduated in 2001 from the studio of prof. J...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Splash" 2024 signed original acrylic ink watercolor work on paper 26x38 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Splash', 2024
acrylic, ink and watercolor on paper
25.6 x 37.8 in. (65 x 96 cm.)
Hand-signed by author
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Sentida-1¨, 1999, Work on paper, 13.8x11.8 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Sentida-1-99', 1999
ink on paper
13.8 x 11.9 in. (35 x 30 cm.)
ID: 1D199901
Hand-signed by author
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Biog...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Pink Savannah - Contemporary Landscape Oil Pastel Painting, Vibrant Colors
By Janusz Kokot
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
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Después de la Data #8. Aprender a Caminar y Salir del Pozo Gravitacional Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An everyday situation, from our memory, from the memory of childhood in a non-place, that is to say, an enigmatic ephemeral place, a space that is delimited and that grows, that mult...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Pregnant Giraffe
Located in Dallas, TX
A Professor of painting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas since 1984, Barnaby Fitzgerald spent his childhood in Italy before receiving a Magistero degree in printmaking at t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Torrent VI - embossed, organic, oil ink, abstract, monoprint on archival paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Inspired by nature, this dramatic image of a swirling torrent is one in a series of monoprints created by Toronto print and ceramic artist, Susan Collett...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Monoprint
I Love Shoes #1 - 8.25”x9.25”, Black And Pink Shoe, Original Artwork, 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
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
Christian Dior, Frida Kahlo and Maria Grazia Chiuri in Mexico City - Cruise 2024
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original oil pastel and watercolor drawing on paper.
Good co...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Pastel, Watercolor
Searchers In The Water - 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...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
Nude in Blue - female nude drawing by Paula Craioveanu inspired by Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Nude in Blue"
Part of my Nude in Interior series.
Female nude, ultramarine blue tempera on blue gray paper, inspired by Matisse.
70x50cm / 27.5x1...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
"Orlando"
Located in Astoria, NY
Ramon Unzueta (Cuban/Spanish, 1962-2012), "Orlando", Gouache on Paper, 2009, signed and dated lower right, black lacquered wood frame. Image: 16.25" H x 11.25" W; frame: 27" H x 22.5...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Gouache
Tenderness, Love Couple 1 - 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...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
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, Watercolor
"A Different Sun" 2024 original acrylic ink watercolor work on paper 26x38 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Looking at a different sun', 2024
acrylic, ink and watercolor on paper
25.6 x 37.8 in. (65 x 96 cm.)
Hand-signed by author
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
My 80's Heart "Token 9" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Heart "Token 9" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, blue, orange, yellow
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
Mooseplunge, 1976 51/100 - figurative, playful, pop-art, serigraph limited print
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The iconic Canadian image of a moose— ‘the Monarch of the North’ is captured in this early serigraph by Charles Pachter. The black outline of a moose is viewed plunging off a cliff i...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Screen
Sex Worker
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Charcoal drawing
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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Jodie Foster
By Robert Risko
Located in New York, NY
This artwork by Robert Risko is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Jodie Foster
Signed
Mixed media
18 x 13.75 inches (45.7 x 34.9 cm), image
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Quiet Time - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait Drawing, Two Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
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Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"House Studies Series V", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architectural
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series V" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Mother - Figurative Ink, Ecoline 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Después de la Data #7. Aprender a Caminar y Salir del Pozo Gravitacional Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An everyday situation, from our memory, from the memory of childhood in a non-place, that is to say, an enigmatic ephemeral place, a space that is delimited and that grows, that mult...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Mystic Fable Animal
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown Indian Visual Artist
Title: Fable Animal
Gouache
Edition: Unique
Size: 10.5 × 14.4 inches
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Jairo- Portrait. Watercolor and ink on archival paper drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jairo, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza
Watercolor and ink on archival paper
Image size: 53 H in. x 36 in. W
Unframed
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Slumber. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
By Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil
Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed.
It’s an off-beat, diverse com...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
![Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51064721570562690167/19_VA_knob_maul_shelter_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah kaizar")
Red Carnations in a tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Red Carnations 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, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude Study III, Watercolor on Paper, 2017
By Loren Abbate
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Watercolor on paper. Figurative nude in blue, green, gray scale.
Hand-signed by artist
Framing available
This work includes a certificate of authenticity upon request
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nocefresca. Abstract watercolor drawing, Colorful, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary abstract watercolor on paper painting by Polish artist living in Belgium Hanna Ilczyszyn. Artwork was created by Ilczyszyn during her stay at art residency in Nocefresca...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Paper
Jettisoned, Hand Colored Lithograph, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Donald Owen Colley
Jettisoned, 2016
hand colored lithograph
15h x 22.50w in
38.10h x 57.15w cm
DOC002
Photography is the frozen look… whereas art is the sustained look. One of the m...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Lithograph
"I'll Be Your Mirror", Intaglio Print, Still Life Print
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "I'll Be Your Mirror" is a limited edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from intaglio with soft ground, sugarlift, aquatint and spit bite on Rives BFK. This p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
"WARM AND DRY", Blue and White Abstract Wall-Hanging Assemblage
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This abstract blue and white artwork titled "WARM AND DRY" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser. This piece measures 10”h x 10”w.
Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Triptych From The Love of Andy series. Drawings
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
Gouache, Archival Paper, Ink
Untitled 24 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Love is in the Air ultramarine blue nude couple by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“Love is in the Air”. Nude couple in embrace. Original drawing with blue ultramarine tempera on paper.
Size 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm . Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Shipped rolled in a tube, well packed. Get free shipping with 1stdibs code FREESHIP for items over $500.
"Love is in the Air" is a deeply romantic and dynamic piece that introduces a fresh energy to the artist’s series. The depiction of a couple in an embrace, set against the context of a beach, departs from the more introspective and solitary works we’ve seen, celebrating connection, movement, and passion instead. The use of ultramarine on ochre paper enhances the emotional resonance, with the warm-toned background adding a sense of vitality and balance to the cool blue tones.
The ochre background imbues the piece with a sunlit, earthy warmth that contrasts beautifully with the intensity of ultramarine. This palette evokes the ambiance of a beach—sun, sand, and the vast blue expanse of the sky and sea—further immersing the viewer in the setting. The artist's characteristic loose, gestural brushstrokes create a sense of movement and spontaneity that perfectly captures the physical and emotional energy of the embrace. The drips and splatters add vibrancy and suggest the spray of waves or sand kicked up in the moment.
The composition is full of life and movement. The way the man holds the woman, lifting her off the ground, conveys a sense of weightlessness, joy, and passion. Her suspended position, with one leg slightly bent and her body leaning toward him, gives the piece a romantic fluidity. Their embrace and the kiss...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Party Ball
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing, painting, and fibers work titled "Party Ball" is an original mixed media artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand-embroidery, color pencil, and acrylic paint on paper. The a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Thread, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Totally black Expressionist Landscape on Paper, 30 x 40 cm, Painting.
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request.
The title of this works is "From the Apollon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Tipsy Lilies
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tipsy Lilies' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
Snowflakes 125 Oneness, Planets, Crescent Moon, Patterns Mandala Pencil Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
A meticulously detailed mandala containing tiny vignettes of celestial bodies, planets and miniature landscapes with endless horizons is depicted in carefully applied graphite on pap...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
The Owl - Mixed Media Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Owl is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian artist Leo Guida.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower left corner: Leo Guida '70.
Mixed media:...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Watercolor
Peace in the Garden
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Peace in the Garden' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and siz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Coral Carol of Freedom - Paint by Parimah Avani - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Coral Carol of Freedom is realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2023.
Sumi, Persian ink, and acrylic on kraft paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excellent conditions.
From the series "Resistance and Alchemical Metals"
The artwork is realized poeticly, with an exclusive title that refers to the socio-political context, and the application of limited color of metals" various copper, gold, silver, bronze" have metaphorical features of alchemy. In this series artist took positions, and gestures of revolutionary and rebellious bodies on the battlefield of revolution and transformed them dynamically into precious sources of resistance by spiritual transitions of colors akin to alchemy, meat, and blood found their symbolic meaning through colors and expressive brushstrokes, metals here refer to bodies of freedom seekers, shapable, flexible, shiny and a source of strength, that highlights how a body becomes a battlefield, a golden source of sacrifice, a silver font of resistance, copper as blood in fighting for freedom.
What makes this series unique: it is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each gestural figure, in a minimalistic manner, and the vigorous and unbridled energy of brushstrokes, is raw, spontaneous, and emotionally charged.
Her works in this series challenge oppression and gender-related issues by applying oriental brushstrokes of calligraphy in ink as a primary tool, to fragile subjects.
Parimah Avani, born in 1988 in Tehran, Iran, is a multidisciplinary artist and a recognized figure in contemporary hermetic Persian literature and the avant-garde "Other" movement. Her book, "Magic Verses of Antalus," was a finalist for the prestigious "Shamlou" Award. Her most recent achievement is winning an art competition for a scholarship from Werkstatt Plettenberg in Germany, culminating in a solo exhibition held at the Gallery of the German Bank of Sparkasse. Avani's artistic journey began with travels to China and Russia during her formative years, oriental philosophies, particularly Zen and Buddhism, and folk arts ignited her passion for comparative mythology evident in her archaic style. In 2009, she moved to Rome, Italy to study multimedia art, and gained a Master’s in painting at the Fine Art Academy of Rome. Immersed in cultural parallels between East and West, mythological themes transcend boundaries in art, exploring magic and ancient scripts inspired by the scholarly insights of Frazer and Eliade on rituals. Her anthropological view culminated in a Ph.D. in the history of contemporary art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic
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