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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
Todd Siler Original Surrealist Drawing
Located in Larchmont, NY
Todd Siler (American, b. 1953) Untitled, c. Late 20th Century Pen/ink on paper Framed: 32 3/4 x 24 in. Signed verso The following, submitted August 2005, is from the artist. The Am...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen

SF Symphony Still Life #3
Located in Burlingame, CA
'SF Symphony Still Life #3' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sculpture project by Fausto Melotti, 1936
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil on watermarked paper. Signed lower left. The drawing is accompanied by an authentication on photo from the Fausto Melotti Archive, with code DIS 36 015, showing the data of th...
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1930s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Glowing Peonies in Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Glowing Peonies in Tall Vase' 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

Red Repose, bold abstracted woman female figure, collage jewelry chains in hair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Laid Paper, Magazine Paper

Lily Study III
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lily Study III' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Flower Moon 2:30pm, Botanical, Floral, Watercolor, Work on Paper, Flowers
Located in Riverdale, NY
Flower Moon 2:30pm is a watercolor work on paper by Cynthia MacCollum. This original artwork is 12x9 on archival paper. It is currently framed to 14 x 11. It was part of a 2020 series based on images captured during the 13 Moons of the year. It is a one of a kind botanical artwork...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Study for David and Goliath
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath 1971 Color pastel on paper 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

ENIGMA original art Paula Craioveanu Neo Mythology
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Enigma", original ink and pencil on sepia paper. Part of Neo Mythology series. Like the immortal mythological heroes, my subjects remind us of the human ability to remain beautiful ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Tempera, Paper

Cloud #111
Located in Fairfield, CT
Watercolor and natural mineral pigments on handmade paper. Framed dimensions 11.25" x 11".
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pigment

Sweet Life, Abstract Watercolor Collage Art on Paper
Located in New york, NY
Sweet Life, 2022 by a.muse is an abstract watercolor collage․ This work on paper is a collection of memories of summer, fragments of everyday life sequenced...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Thread, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink, Board

Robert mapplethorpe portrait, Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Robert Mapplethorpe Portrait, by Manuel Santelices Watercolor on paper Image size: 15 in. H x 10.5 in. W Unframed 2022 The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Plexeraptus
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, Paint, Mixed Media on collectable trading card Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidis...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Circle of Pink Boobs Watercolor Tondo
Located in New York, NY
This is a circle shaped heavy watercolor paper sheet with a monochrome pink watercolor painting of breast -likes shapes. Warm, sensual and nurturing is conveyed through this whimsica...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Harmonic Crossing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Colored pencil on burnished indigo wasli paper. Framing is additional $350.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

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

Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase' by master watercolorist 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

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Paper, Watercolor

UNTITLED (TEA FOR TWO)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front by Tarkay. Sheet size 15 x 11 inches. Frame size approx 21 x 17 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered. About the Artist: Itzchak Tarkay (Israeli, 1935–2012) was a painter known for his Post-Impressionist portraits done in watercolor and acrylic. Influenced by the work of both Henri Matisse and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Tarkay’s expressive, use of color lent a dream-like quality to his serigraphs, prints, and paintings. Born in 1935 in Subotica, Serbia, Tarkay and family settled in Israel after Allied forces freed them from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The artist went on to study at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and later the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv. Later in life, Tarkay mentored younger Israeli artists, including Yaacov Agam and Yuval Wolfson...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Jon Anderson
Located in New York, NY
Jon Anderson Signed in pencil, u.l. Color crayon on paper 23 x 17 inches (58.4 x 43.2 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Lola I
Located in New Orleans, LA
LAURA TANNER GRAHAM’s drawings and installations are often discussed as part of the Southern Gothic literary tradition, sharing similar themes with authors such as Flannery O’Connor and Eudora Welty...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Ink

In Toadstools - Contemporary Figurative Ink, Watercolor Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is in plain Ikea frame behind plexi Unframed size: 36x48 cm, Framed 42.5x52.5 cm Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - Th...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Nicholas Ashley Cooper, earl of Shaftesbury, Watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Nicholas Ashley Cooper, earl of Shaftesbury, by Manuel Santelices Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on paper Image size: 15 in. H x 11 in. W Unframed 2023 The worlds of fashion, soci...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Gouache, Paper

Still Life with Yellow Garden Tulips
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Still Life with Yellow Garden Tulips' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

A Man's Shadow - Drawing by KEZIAT - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
A man shadow is an artwork realized by Keziat, in 2023. Pen on paper. 49x43 cm with frame. Handsigned in the lower right margin. Born in San Severo (Apulia) in 1973, Italian ar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Jon Reading
Located in New York, NY
Jon Reading Color pastels on paper 25 x 18 inches (63.5 x 45.7 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled 05 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is framed behind glass. About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Girona Blue Door - Three Architectural Stone Doorways, Lush Tropical Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Three portals, each with its own distinct details, are meticulously rendered yet upon further scrutiny, reality becomes distorted. The landscape, while lush and inviting, is seemingly impossible, yet it draws us in and leads us to wonder what lies beyond the other doors. This watercolor is matted with a heavy white mat and framed in a washed grey wooden frame measuring 17.25 x 14.875 inches. Carol S. Pylant Girona Blue Door watercolor on paper 9.75h x 7.50w in 24.77h x 19.05w cm CSP039 Resume Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education 1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Academic Appointments 1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA 1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA 1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA 1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI International Teaching 2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy International Artist Residencies 2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy 1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France International Research Awards 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy" 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France" 2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France" 2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain" 1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany" 1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles 1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles" 1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy" 1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland" 1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland" 1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany" 1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy" Other Awards 2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin 2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI 2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery" 1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin 1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship 1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of Wisconsin System 1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest 1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH International Exhibitions 2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany 1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Regensberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy One and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers) 1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers) 1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y. 1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (with Dan Gihooley) 1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 "Into the Ulterior", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI 1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Cobolt and Teal, Work on Paper, Gouache, Rocks, Blue, Water, Beach House, Framed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Cobolt and Teal is a unique Gouache on Paper artwork. The image is 10.5 x10.5 on 17 x 18 inch archival paper. It is matted and currently framed to 21 x 21. According to Boston Artist, Nancy Simonds: “I make large-scale abstract gouache paintings on paper and panel. In each of my OVOID, BLOCK STACK, ARC SWEEP and CROPPED OVOID series I use different arrangements of shapes and colors to create a feeling of transcendent order. These images are anti-chaos. All strive for a connection to a moment for reflection resolution and calm. My works have luxuriant protean color and are infused with sublime soft texture. In painting each piece there is an experience of exhilaration and renewal. In each painting I stack and pile simple shapes, placing then sizing and creating visual relationships that build to larger rhythms. My best paintings work like Japanese haiku; each image is paired down...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Archival Paper

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Dirty Magic
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Pencil, Paper, Pen

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Clear Glisten
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna) Pastel, charcoal and colored pencil, 1970-1975 Signed lower right in pencil: Larry Rivers Inscribed on the rabbit of the original white frame: LOGUIDICE in ink Provenance: Private Collection, New York (Westchester County) Condition: Excellent Image size: 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Frame size: 39 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches Note: The image depicts Ciprian “Joe” LoGuidice (d. 2008) and his wife Patsy with their dog (Golden Retriever?) in their famous house Casa Luna, located in Zihautenajo, Mexico. Joe LoGuidice had a most colorful life as stated in his memorial posting by Pam Barkentin: Ciprian "Joe" LoGiudice, of Los Angeles and Zihautanejo, Mexico Art Dealer, Political Activist, Environmentalist, Film Producer, and Executor of the Terry Southern Estate died at home in Los Angeles on September 3, 2008. A major benefactor of the Chicago Seven, he hosted a benefit for the anti-war activists at his Ontario Street Gallery in Chicago and later harbored the fugitive Abbie Hoffman in Zihautenajo where Joe designed and built the famous Casa Luna, the house without walls, in a compound that included Larry River's Studio as well as the garden where Julian Schnabel painted with the assistance of Ramon Pedrazo, Joe's gardener and the husband of his faithful housekeeper, Concha Pedrazo. Here at Casa Luna, from the early seventies on, Joe and his wife, Patsy, generously hosted friends and enemies alike with great enthusiasm and humor.Most recently, through his participation in "Save the Bay", Joe was instrumental in preventing cruise ships from anchoring in the Bay of Zihautanejo. He was also producing "Five Easy Steps to Metaphysical Fitness", a documentary about the philosopher/comic, Emily Levine. Christo's first wrapping of a building in the United States, the Chicago Museum of Art, was produced by LoGiudice. Other artists he represented, in both his Chicago and New York Galleries, included John Chamberlin, Larry Poons, Mark de Suvero, Leon Golub and Jules Olitski. Joe is survived by his wife of 25 years, Patsy Cummings. An important work by Rivers showing his friend and art dealer in their famous house, Casa Luna, in Mexico. The cultural import of LoGuidice cannot be understated. He was a major figure in the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles art cultures. The artist’s who were his friends and guests were many of the leading icons of late 20th century art. Larry Rivers Larry Rivers in 1961 Born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg August 17, 1923 Bronx, New York, U.S. Died August 14, 2002 (aged 78) Southampton, New York, U.S. Nationality American Education Hans Hofmann School Known for Painting, sculpture Movement East Coast figurative painting, new realism, pop art Spouse(s) Augusta Berger (m. 1945; div. 1946) Clarice Price (m. 1961; sep. 1967) Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Early life Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx to Samuel and Sonya Grossberg, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. From 1940–1945 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945–46, along with Miles Davis, with whom he remained friends until Davis's death in 1991. Training and career Larry Rivers in 1961 Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947–48. He earned a BA in art education from New York University in 1951. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art. He was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery in 1955. During the early 1960s Rivers lived in the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious and multiple people associated with Andy Warhol's Factory and where he brought several of his French nouveau réalistes friends like Yves Klein who wrote there in April 1961 his Manifeste de l'hôtel Chelsea, Arman, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Christo, Daniel Spoerri or Alain Jacquet, several of whom left, like him, some pieces of art in the lobby of the hotel for payment of their rooms. In 1965 Rivers had his first comprehensive retrospective in five important American museums. His final work for the exhibition was The History of the Russian Revolution, which was later on extended permanent display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. During 1967 he was in London collaborating with the American painter Howard Kanovitz. In 1968, Rivers traveled to Africa for a second time with Pierre Dominique Gaisseau to finish their documentary Africa and I, which was a part of the groundbreaking NBC series Experiments in Television. During this trip they narrowly escaped execution as suspected mercenaries.[citation needed] During the 1970s Rivers worked closely with Diana Molinari and Michel Auder on many video tape projects, including the infamous Tits, and also worked in neon. Rivers's legs appeared in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 film Up Your Legs Forever. Personal life Rivers married Augusta Berger in 1945, and they had one son, Steven. Rivers also adopted Berger's son from a previous relationship, Joseph, and reared both children after the couple divorced. He married Clarice Price in 1961, a Welsh school teacher who cared for his two sons. Rivers and Clarice Price had two daughters, Gwynne and Emma. After six years, they separated. Shortly after, he lived and collaborated with Diana Molinari, who featured in many of his works of the 1970s. After that Rivers lived with Sheila Lanham, a Baltimore artist...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Viridian Arc, Work on Paper, Gouache, Blue, Water, Rocks, Beach house, Framed
Located in Riverdale, NY
Viridian Arc is a unique Gouache on Paper artwork. The image is 15 x 15 on 22 x 22 inch archival paper. It is currently framed to 25 x 25. According to Boston Artist, Nancy Simond...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Cloud Views 984 - Contemporary Art Collage
Located in New York, NY
In 2000, Linda Stein began a series called Knights of Protection. Her Knights functioned both as defenders in battle and symbols of pacifism. In 2019, Stein re-conceived her Kni...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Magazine Paper, Paper

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Fold Up Flute
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, paint on paper, pen drawing on verso Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His wor...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Psychic Self Defense
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen,pencil, marker, paint on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been feat...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

In the Shadow - original sepia drawing by Paula Craioveanu IN MAT
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Sepia ink drawing on paper. Part of my Nude in interior series. In mat, overall dimensions 52x42cm / 20x16.5 in. Shipped in mat, from the artist's studio.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - When Did Art Stop and Become Ego
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, marker, paint on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been fea...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Pencil, Paper, Pen

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Cracked Porcelain
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, marker, paint, oil on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has bee...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - The Traveler
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pen, Pencil, Paper, Mixed Media

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Intimate Explosion
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Watercolor

Daffodils in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Daffodils in a Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Study for David and Goliath
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath c. 1971 Signed, u.r. Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Magic Carpet Ride 3 (9"x12" Navajo Rug, Geometric Pattern, Black, White, Brown)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. A Navajo inspired rug motif is created using traditional design elements with a contemporary outcome. Symmetry...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Color Pencil

Lily Study I
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lily Study I' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Int...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Horace #1 (Happy Cat)
Located in New York, NY
Horace #1 (Happy Cat) 1972 Signed, u.r. Color pastel on paper 9 x 10 inches (22.9 x 25.4 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Magic Carpet Ride 4 (Navajo Inspired, Geometric Design, Black and White Artwork)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. A navajo inspired pattern is created using traditional design elements. The high contrasting, geometric patter...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Magic Carpet Ride 2 (9"x12" Navajo Rug Art, Geometric, Black, White, Brown)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. A Navajo inspired rug motif is created using traditional design elements with a contemporary outcome. Symmetry...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Color Pencil

V'Lo Totooroo I, Pen and Ink Large Scale Contemporary Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Contemporary Jewish artist Ken Goldman, born: 1960, Memphis Tenn. Education: Pratt Institute, Masters of industrial Design, 1985 Brooklyn College, B.A Fine Arts, 1981 Made aliyah: 1985-member Kibbutz Shluchot Art in the collection of Mishkan LeOmanut Ein Harod Israel - Wolfson Museum Jerusalem Israel - Rodeph Shalom - Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Shows 2017 - Here Is Your Ketubbah Museum Of Art Ein Harod Israel 2016 - Ima Ilya – Hebrew University Gallery – Jerusalem Israel 2016 - It Was Evening it was Morning – Rishon Le Zion Community gallery Israel 2016 - Jerusalem Biennial select works Leichtag Foundation – San Diego 2015 - Some Body Jewish - solo show - Jewish Museum Of Philadelphia Congregation Rodeph Shalom - Philadelphia 2015 - Rooted in Time - Rishon LeZion City Gallery 2015 - Black and White - Neve Schechter Tel Aviv 2015 - Rooted - Manny Cantor Center - New York 2015 - To Forgive and Remember - Reshaping American Consciousness - Derfner Judaica Museum - New York 2015 - Magenim Jewish Cuts - En Harod Museum of Art Israel 2015 - Fields of Dreams - Living Shmita in the modern world - Yeshiva University Museum New York 2015 - The Second Jerusalem Biennial - The Fine Line- Achim Hasid Gallery - Jerusalem Israel 2015 - The Second Jerusalem Biennial - Ima Iyla'a- Hechal Shlomo Museum -Jerusalem Israel 2015 - Vashti The Untold Story -Neve Schechter Gallery Tel Aviv 2015 - Active Hands - Crafts by Soldiers - Craft in America Museum - California 2014 - Through the Others Eyes - Wolfson Museum - Jerusalem Israel 2014 - Off Label - The Laurie Tisch Gallery - New york - curated by Tobi Kahn 2013 - The first Biennial of Jewish art Jerusalem Israel 2013 - Golden Ghetto of Venice - competition- second prize 2013 - First Prize in Museum of Imajewnation Four Cups of Freedom competition 2012 - First Prize-Cover thy Head - Morris and Sally Justein Heritage Museum - Toronto, Canada 2012 - Portraits of Cain - Ben Gurion University gallery Chaim Maor curator 2010 - Zimmun - Mishkan Le Omanut Ein Harod Israel 2010 - Seduced by the Sacred - Charter Oak...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pen

Amaryllis Study no. 3
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Amaryllis Study no. 3' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Study for "The Haircut"
Located in New York, NY
Study for “The Haircut” Graphite and colored pencil on vellum 24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Vellum, Color Pencil, Graphite

Sweet Gum (Contemporary Still Life, Graphic Hand-Painted Leaf on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Sweet Gum" painted by Joy Taylor in 2022 28 x 22 inches, 37 x 29 inches framed acrylic on paper Custom Frame with White Wood Molding, Window Mat and Tru Vu AR Glass Joy Taylor’s paintings transform botany into a personal vision. Her recent series on canvas, playfully titled the “Boo-K” paintings, defy traditional still life depictions that often seek to tame and order the objects of the world. On the contrary, Taylor’s subjects are never still. Her floral forms have the crisp, clean qualities of cut paper; sharp, decisive lines slice through blocks of pure pigment to create defined edges of leaves, vines and blossoms. The colors are constructed as well as the form. Her exuberant palette of oranges, blues, magenta and green echo the complimentary colors favored by the Fauvists. Color is an element in and of itself in her work. This balance of sparkling color and form is irrepressible, at times disconcerting and even dangerous in its boldness. In a series of original paintings on paper, Joy pairs down the form by focusing on a single bloom or leaf. As a specimen under a microscope, Taylor dives into the crevices and details of each leaflet on this bright green Sweet...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Coffee Espresso #15, Cycling Artwork, Coffee Painting, Original Drawing
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Espresso #15 is an original coffee on paper by artist Eliza Southwood. It features one cyclist painted in coffee, combining cycling culture with the love of a good coffee brea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

Amaryllis Study no. 4
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Amaryllis Study no. 4' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Linear Landscape" Landscape Drawing Large size Made inItaly
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on vintage paper 97x37 cm 2019 the artwork have a frame 50x110 cm Ready to hang Original Art The major creative focus of Marilina Marchica has always been w...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Graphite

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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Oil, 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

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

"Landscape BW" Abstract Seascape Contemporary Art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape B/W mineral oxide on canvas 40 cm original art Ready to hang Marilina Marchica (Agrigento, 1984) Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, she gr...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal

From Love, Pink Flowers - Modern Flowers Inc, Ecolina 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, Watercolor

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