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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
Island for Umberto 02 - Contemporary, Drawing, Nature, Summer, Butterfly, Island
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Island for Umberto 02, 2014 Pencil on paper ( Signed and dated front lower-right corner, framed) 11.6 H x 16.5 W in. 29.5 H x 42 W cm "Island for Umberto" has the literary source in...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Yemen (Coffee Plant): Green Abstract Colored Pencil Drawing, Framed
Located in Hudson, NY
Green Abstract figurative drawing on paper with found postage stamp 'Yemen (Coffee Plant)' by Andrea Moreau, 2012 colored pencil and postage stamp on pape...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Found Objects, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Sound and Color" Figurative Drawing, Color Pencil, Ballpoint Pen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Sound and Color" is an original oil pastel, ballpoint pen, and color pencil on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured archival custom frame. The paper...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil

Pola Negri. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has always liked divas and femmes-fatales. My grandmothers spoke often of these actresses and admired them openly as if they were real. They created a collective imaginati...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Winter - Female Portrait, 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

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache 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 painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen II', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Her No. 025, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemporary expressionist portrait on paper. The painting explores a modern balance of realism and abstract expressionism. Acrylic, ink, charcoal and pencil on paper. Varnished . Si...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Sequestered Memory
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. His paintings are the expression of his lifelong struggle to retain memories of his childhood and life. He writes: "As a chi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Camellia
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Afternoon - Contemporary, Orange, Yellow, Male, Sun, Figurative, Summer, Sunbath
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Afternoon, 2015 Collage on cardboard 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm On a orange background a naked men is lying on the bed. In a very relaxed and ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

Le Sacre du Printemps - Contemporary, Couple, Nude, Green, Black, Violet, Female
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Le Sacre du Printemps, 2016 Collage on cardboard 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm The artist's reference to fundamental myths of humanit...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

Pygmalion - Sculptor Studio I - 21st Century, Flowers, Couple, Female Nude, Male
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Pygmalion - Sculptor Studio I, 2015 Collage on cardboard 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm The artist's reference to fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

Interior Scene
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, 1957-2024), Interior Scene, Pastel on Paper, depicting doorway and chair, signed lower left, white painted wood frame. Image: 27" H x 21.25" W; frame: 30" H...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Proenza Schouler, fashion show model Fall 2021
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

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

China Drawing by Alfredo Chiappori - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
China Drawing is an original drawing in china ink realized by Alfredo Chiappori (14/07/1977). The artwork is in very good conditions on white cardboard, on the back, there is the ar...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Untitled 02 - Contemporary Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Untitled 02, From the Series "Iron Stove" Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poz...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Minaret (The Mastery of the Cathedral Termite)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Minaret (The Mastery of the Cathedral Termite)" is an original 14in x 10in biro and watercolor painting by Jeremy Hush in a 27in x 22in antique gilded frame.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Watercolor

Coffee Peloton XXXII
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXIII by Eliza Southwood [2022] original Coffee on Paper Image size: H:59.5 cm x W:42.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:59.5 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

Balenciaga Fall, fashion show model 2021
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

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Okribelashvili - Spiritual Matters 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Lithography (only printed size) Mariam Okribelashvili is a Georgian artist born in 2002 who lives and work in Tbilisi, Georgia. Art has always been a foundational part of her life,...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Lithograph

Hercules after Carracci III - Contemporary, Figurative Art, Dog, Lion, Male, Red
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Hercules after Carracci III , 2014 Tempera on paper (Signed) 27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in. 70 H × 100 W cm On the subject of his new works the artist stated: “There is not enough orange, ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tempera

Self Portrait as an Explorer - 21st Century, Nude, Drawing, Male, Figurative Art
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Self Portrait as a Explorer, 2018 Pencil on Paper (Signed front right corner) 18.90 H x 12.99 W in 48 H x 33 W cm The drawing series "Self Portrait as..." is a very subtle and intr...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Pencil Skirt - 6.5"x8.5", Original Artwork On Paper, Black And White, Fashion
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This original artwork on paper features the classic black pencil skirt, a quintessential fashion staple. Using paint and pencil, deliberate emphasis is placed on simplified compositi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Textile, Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

In the Afternoon Sun - original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Nude in the Afternoon Sun, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube. Free shipping for item over $ 500 with 1stDibs code FREESHIP. In mat and framed as they were in the February exhibition, for display purposes. "In the Afternoon Sun" is an evocative and skillful piece that captures the interplay between light, shadow, and the human form with remarkable sensitivity. The artist’s use of ultramarine tempera on ochre paper transforms a simple moment—sunlight filtering through a window—into an artwork filled with vitality, sensuality, and rhythm. The subject's upward-reaching gesture, with one arm stretched behind her head, creates an elegant, sinuous line that imbues the piece with energy and a sense of motion. Her relaxed expression contrasts with the dynamism of her pose, creating a balance between activity and repose. The figure’s directness, combined with the slight tilt of her head and the open nature of the pose, draws the viewer in, making her seem both vulnerable and self-assured. The intimacy of the moment is heightened by the interplay of light and shadow. The striped patterns of light and shadow play a leading role, emphasizing the contours and textures of the body. These light effects are not only realistic but also deeply expressive, almost creating an abstract overlay that adds rhythm to the composition. The stripes of sunlight create a sense of dimensionality, as if the viewer is peering into a real scene. The interplay of warm ochre and vibrant ultramarine enhances this layered effect, making the shadows feel alive. The artist’s loose, fluid lines lend the piece a sense of immediacy and spontaneity, suggesting that this is a fleeting, captured moment. The gestural strokes used to delineate the figure and the shadows allow the piece to feel natural and unrestrained. The figure is the undeniable focal point, with the bold ultramarine providing sharp contrast against the warm ochre. The background elements, though faintly suggested, remain unobtrusive, allowing the shadows on the body to take center stage. The work’s focus on sunlight playing across the nude figure evokes a sense of warmth, intimacy, and sensuality. There is a tactile quality to the shadows, as if the viewer can feel the heat of the afternoon sun. The relaxed pose, combined with the tranquil mood of the sunlight, suggests a private moment of reflection or contentment. The piece feels deeply personal yet universally relatable. The emphasis on light and its interaction with the human form recalls the Impressionist movement, particularly the works of artists like Degas and Renoir. However, the gestural modernity of the brushwork gives this piece a contemporary flair. Throughout art history, the relationship between light and the human body has fascinated artists, from Caravaggio's dramatic chiaroscuro to Matisse’s lyrical nudes. This piece situates itself within that rich tradition while bringing a fresh and immediate perspective. "In the Afternoon Sun" is a masterful exploration of the interaction between light, shadow, and the human form, capturing both the physical and emotional warmth of a sunlit afternoon. The artist's ability to balance naturalistic detail with expressive abstraction makes this piece both visually stunning and deeply resonant. It’s a celebration of the human figure in its purest, most natural state—bathed in sunlight and alive with the rhythms of nature. 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...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera

"Almost There" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Bryanna Marie's "Almost There" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on Bristol paper that depicts a portrait of a female model. About the Artist: Bryanna Marie draws her inspi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Graphite

"The Travelers" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"The Travelers" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Charlie Bluett with abstract asymmetric forms in white against a black background. The ethereal layers of paint evoke the sereni...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

Chinese Vase - Drawing by Gabriel Fourmantraux - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor drawing realized by Gabriel Fourmantraux (1886-1984) in 1930s. Matted, mat dimensions cm. 45x24. Very good condition. Gabriel Fourmantraux was an important fren...
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1930s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Surrealist Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Fun Fair Pink Horse Banana
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: (D), 50x40cm, acrylic ink and acrylic paint on paper, 2011 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Roses
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Roses' original watercolor painted in 2021 in mainly red with pink, green and blue, from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Buk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Love - Drawing In Pastels - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Love is an original drawing in pastels, realized by Novella Parigini (1921-1993). In very good conditions. Hand-signed and the date "1958", on the l...
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1950s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Untitled (~58% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Russell Shoemaker Title: Untitled Year: 2018 Medium: Gouache on Yupo Paper Size: 12 x 9 inches Signed, dated and inscribed by the artist Russell Shoemaker received his BFA from the ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Synthetic Paper

Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándose, May 27th, Watercolor Nudes
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duchándome, May 22nd and Duchándose, May 27th by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor and ink on an archival paper Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W Overal...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor

Fancy Cake no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Fancy Cake no. 2' original watercolor painted in 2023 by Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for over 40 years. Bukovnik’s art conveys a monumental...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Alessandro Michelle Yellow, Portrait.
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

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Black and white landscape Original Large Drawing One of a kind Art
Located in Agrigento, AG
Description: This original artwork titled "Landscape BW" by Marilina Marchica, created in 2023, is a unique and non-replicable piece that beautifully captures the artist's deep sensi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

FLAGS 10 - Modern Abstract Painting Composition - 4 Elements
Located in Salzburg, AT
Dominika Krechowicz is a professor at the Gdansk GUT Institute Flags , 53x65 cm, acrylic, pigment on paper, 1996, composed of 4 elements, a single part is 24 x 30 cm. Works from th...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Untitled 02 - 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

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Taxi Driver, June 14 Diptych. Watercolor and ink on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Beach Bun, Danny Galieote, Study Drawing, Female Figure, Americana Pop
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
DANNY GALIEOTE Study for Beach Bun Pastel & Conte' on Archival Paper 17 x 11 inches 30 x 24 inches, Framed Danny Galieote has a propensity for capturing the quintessentials of Amer...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Conté, Pastel, Archival Paper

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Couples is a Pen and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed at the top margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

PERCY WARNER VIEW - Landscape Painting of Tennessee National Park w/ Hills
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Coming soon
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Black Bird Tours Around the World (Chalk Drawing over Collaged Sheet Music)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of grey, black, and teal clouds and birds silhouetted on collaged vintage music pages 'Black Bird Tours Around the World ' by Louise Laplante in 2022 silhouettes made with chalk on vintage collaged music pages 24 x 30 inches unframed, 27.5 x 33.5 inches in natural light wood frame with non-glare plexi Louise Laplante bridges the past and present with mixed media drawings made with figurative charcoal silhouettes juxtaposed on collaged sheets of vintage paper. Finding beauty in forgotten or discarded sheets of ephemera, Laplante uses it as a guide for playful compositions of stenciled birds in mid-flight, drifting feathers, or taxidermized deer heads in rich pastel. A final burst of wistful linework glides over the pastel forms, accentuating her subject’s movement while adding another layer of texture. In this particular work, the artist using a palette of black, grey and shades of blue and teal to compose a balanced graphic of fluffy clouds extending above a single black bird. In certain segments the stenciled images are delicately brushed over with a thin wisp of chalk which adds a delicate textured effect to the drawing. The drawing is framed with a light wood frame and has non-glare plexi glass galzing. About the artist: Interested in blending the old world with the new, mixed media artist Louise Laplante combines her original images with ephemera of the past, enticing a conversation about it’s “relevancy to the present.” Her compositions begin with vintage book pages, personal handwritten letters, sheet music, or instruction from old guides on etiquette or science. While the text itself is weighted with reference to a particular subject, the visual of the typed or handwritten words and printed illustrations establish a unique pattern. These layered backgrounds are superimposed with opaque charcoal drawings that are inspired by the themes read between the lines. Most recently, the artist has opted for larger scale work, combining multiple sheets of vintage paper to expand her unique motifs. Laplante exhibits across the Northeast and has shown with Carrie Haddad for more than ten years. Artist Statement: My work connects the texts, and ideas, in the vintage book, music or correspondence pages, with images those words evoke to comment on how the past still resonates, whether we are aware of it or not. It is informed by my love for old paper, letters, books and images, both as reminders of the past and as bits of pattern, tone, line and shape. The text on them acts as both content and visual device. With each work, I select, arrange and collage these pieces creating both a support and pattern building on it with motifs that are suggested by words on the papers. Although I often start with an agenda I always allow each work to build its own image. Artist Resume: Education MA in Fine Art, State University of New York at Albany, New York BFA, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York Studied, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Exhibitions 2019 Mediums of Exchange, Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, CUNY, Bronx, New York 2018 Figures We Fancy, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York Shelter, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts Material Flow: Rhythm in Collage and Sculpture, Pratt Gallery, Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont 2017 Abstractions in Black and White, Gallery 175 Pawtucket, Rhode Island Blanche Ames National, Borderlands, North Easton, Massachusetts Five Points Biennial, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut A Declaration of Sentiments: Reflections on the Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote in NYS, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, New York 2016 Winter Exhibit, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York 2015 Boston Biennial 4, Atlantic Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Drawing, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York Taking Root: Caniskek and the Meeting of Two Worlds, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, New York North Northeast, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont NBMMA 45th Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut 2014 New Directions ’14, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York Connecticut Women Artists – 85th National, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut New England Collective V, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Massachusetts Boston Biennial 3, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2013 Storytellers and Conjurers, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York 2012 Works on Paper, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York Drawing, b.j. spoke gallery, Huntington, New York Strange Glue, Thompson Gallery, Weston, Massachusetts Silhouette, A.P.E., Northampton, Massachusetts The Cadence of Familiarity, Krauss Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island 2011 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York Paperworks, Paper City Studios, Holyoke, Massachusetts Small Works, Towne Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, Massachusetts 2010 Text/Context, McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts A Community of Artists, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts Here and Gone: Presence, Absence, Memory and Time, Amy H. Carberry Fine Art Gallery, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, Massachusetts 2009 Dreamscape, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York 2008 Small ’08, Wunderarts Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts Interaction: Louise Laplante and Liz Chalfin, Wunderarts Gallery, Amherst Massachusetts Artists and Books, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Massachusetts One Night, Pivot Gallery, Florence, Massachusetts 2007 20 Artists X 2 Feet, Wunderarts Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts Biennial 2007, New Hampshire Art Institute, Manchester, New Hampshire Salon, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts 2006 Small: 20 Artists X 2 Feet, Wunderarts Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts Salon, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts 2004 On Paper, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York Encaustics, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York New Acquisitions, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 2003 Hart Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Untitled 07 - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Colorful Framed Composition
Located in Salzburg, AT
Dominika Krechowicz is a professor at the Gdansk GUT The Art works from this series are painted with acrylic technique on fabriano watercolor paper. They were created from 2010 to ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

The Bull V - expressive line drawing
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The Bull V - expressive line drawing on 140lb paper. The work is size 12x8 inches framed (black) with a styrene face on a double mat board in grey-beige or white-beige color with siz...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Pink Prawns
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Tom Yum Yum, 142x121.5cm, ink, mixed media and acrylic paint on paper, 2013 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Tom Yum Yum Of the King prawns, the normal prawns and the shrimps, all prawns were equal when they were in the soup. There was no monarchy in the hot volcanic bubbles of the boiling tasty soup. All the prawns had regrets, some more than others. Some regretted they had spent more time with their prawn spawn, others that they had been kinder to their friends, it all seemed rather trivial now, the petty jealousies, the rivalry, the endless striving to get ahead, trying to find the best mating partner. None of it really mattered as the soupy steam engulfed them. 'We had a good time,' shouted one valiant King prawn, 'I did my best,' came a high squeak of a shrimp. 'I tried to be content with what I had, that's all that matters but it is hard when constantly bombarded with images of others success,' said a thoughtful prawn. *Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free. About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations. Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel’s hair brush that gives incredible fine lines and was purchased on her travels in India. Born in Hammersmith, London in 1981, Rock knew her destiny was to be an artist. Studying Fine Art Printmaking at The University of Brighton and graduating with First Class Honours in 2004 she went on to do a Masters Degree at The Royal College of Art in London, continuing her studies in printmaking and drawing, graduating in 2008. Her first solo show at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford, London in April 2009 sold out and was the beginning of a career that continues to rise. Rock participated in the first ever India Art Fair represented by Art 1821...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Archival Pigment

"Gorda 10" 2007 Original Signed Watercolor Work on Paper 21.5x15 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Gorda 10', 2007 watercolor on paper Canson 320 g. 21.5 x 15 in. (54.5 x 38 cm.) Edition of ID: 1D200721 Hand-signed by author ______________________...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Pretty In Pink - 3, (5.75" x 8.5") Framed Original Artwork, Dress Painting
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This original artwork on board combines delicate detail with expressive brushwork. The outcome offers a soft, feminine aesthetic, with a flowing pink draped gracefully against a fine...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pencil, Illustration Board

Scilla- 21st Century Italian charcoal drawing of a nude woman with long hair
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Scilla 100 x 70 Charcoal on paper framed the size is 120 x 90 with museum glass Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the famous...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Charcoal, Laid Paper

Untitled (Sunset Tower Hotel), 2019
Located in New York, NY
Framing included in listing, free shipping in the US, 14-day return policy. Ed Templeton Untitled (Sunset Tower Hotel), 2019 11 x 8.5 inches Acryli...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

High'n Dry, Prince Edward Island
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original watercolor by artist Dwight Baird, created in 1988, is titled High 'n Dry and is part of his evocative series The Maritimes. The painting is meticulously framed and mat...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Sleeping Man: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Drawn from life this model is obviously at ease which has allowed Angela to present a relaxed and subtle figurative work. Her colors are warm and this is a beautiful, graceful piece...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Preciosa III
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The Preciosa series explores the intimacy of the female body through a subtle and deeply respectful gaze. Using pencil on paper, Natalia Mancilla captures the softness of the skin, t...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

'Two Views of a Secret, ' by Chris Brizzard, Pastel on Paper Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 14" x 14" pastel on paper drawing by Chris Brizzard depicts the side portrait of a female sitter with short dark hair and an intense gaze. H...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Michael Kors fall, Fashion show 2020. Watercolor fashion drawing 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Paper, Gouache

"Drawing of Fire" - Figurative oil drawing on paper
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Drawing on Fire" by Paul Sierra, Oil stick on paper. Sold with frame. Frame size: 22 x 14 inches. Hand-signed by the artist. Signature and title on lower front right corner of paper. At sixteen, Havana-born Paul Sierra moved to Chicago, where he studied at the Art Institute. Although a longtime resident of the Windy City, Sierra's tropical palette is based on childhood memories of Cuba. His trademark vibrant colors provide what has been called a "cultural corridor" between his turbulent Cuban heritage and his adopted country. Sierra has had more than sixty solo exhibitions in the USA. His work can be found in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Art and Mary and Leigh Block...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon

Tall Iris no. 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Tall Iris no.1' original watercolor painted in 2021 in brilliant and subtle shades of red and orange from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in California for o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Joker - Paint by Frida&Raul - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Title Joker -2020 Cloth 20x30 cm Mixed material technique,acrilic,plastic mesh
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Plastic

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