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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
Sorrento, Contemporary Figurative Watercolor, Interiors, Flora
Located in Austin, TX
A 2021 contemporary figurative interior painting by Bradley Kerl. This watercolor on paper painting measures 22 inches tall by 12.5 inches wide and comes with certificate of authenti...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Rev. Gary Davis" - Figurative Watercolor of a Guitar Player on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful watercolor of Reverend Gary Davis (aka "Blind Gary Davis") by Santa Cruz artist Brian Rounds (b. 1968). Set against a bright orange background, Dav...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Still Life with Objects - Drawing by Enotrio Pugliese - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Objects is a drawing in watercolor and tempera on paper realized by Enotrio Pugliese in the 1960s. Hand-signed by the artist o...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

FRAMED Nude in Winter Light - sepia ink watercolor original by PAULA CRAIOVEANU
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Part of my "Nude in Interior" series. Original sepia ink drawing on watercolor paper. Size is 50x34cm /20x14in. Size in mat and frame 70x50cm / 27 1/2x19 3/4 in Framed in a white ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Anatomical Study - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing - Anatomical Study: Lion Skull - Frontal View, Upper, and Lower Casing - Graphite Drawing on Strathmore - 90 Gsm Paper. Using a series of...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

The Searchers (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Dog on Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of black Greyhound dog and red birds on vintage collaged book pages 'The Searchers' by Louise Laplante in 2022 chalk on vintage collaged book pages 28 x 46 1/2 inches unframed, 32 x 52 inches in natural wood frame with non-glare plexi This graphic, figurative drawing in black chalk with collaged antique...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Gold Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel on illustration board
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

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

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Paper, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil

Matador 1 - Ink and Watercolor by Leo Guida - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Matador 1 is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1964 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Ink and Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower lef...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Willow - Botanical Watercolor & Gouache on Paper with Single Bud Vase and Tree
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bud vase, a willow tree seeming to grow inside a confined vessel, all appearing to float upon a sea of moving water are the subjects of Christ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

“Untitled (PPR 357)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in green, orange, blues, black, and whi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Darwin
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil monotype on paper
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

MIchael Knigin Abstract Pop Art Surrealism Acrylic Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Jay Knigin (American, 1942 – 2011) Untitled (abstract) Mixed media painting on paper, includes acrylic, watercolor and gouache Estate stamp on the ...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Drawings from Mt Gretna, III
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite

The Running Man - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The Running Man is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The ...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Flowers in Hair_America Martin_Ink on Paper_Figurative/Portrait/Floral
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Flowers in Hair" Ink on Paper 24.5” x 22.5” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a paint...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Lineage Mapping - delicate, copper, oil ink, sketch, monoprint on archival paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Delicate branches, roots, and drifting clouds in soft ochre, white, grey and black form a playful map-like narrative in this unique printed image. This monoprint began with images ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Monoprint

All The Right Words
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: “Sensitive Material” In this Work on Paper Series, started in 2020, Claire Gilliam continues her exploration of Visual Language. She uses a common motif, the Latin ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Ink

Untitled (Man at Desk)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Man at Desk) Pen and ink on paper, 2012 Signed lower right Series: Portraits of Community: Hidden in Plain Sight, 2012 References And Exhibitions: Illustrated: Swarthmore College video for their exhibition "Hidden in Plain Sight," Jan 24- Feb 24, 2013. Born in Fort Worth in 1975, Huckaby has been creating some form of art since his childhood. In 1995, he began his formal art studies at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth. After a brief stay he transferred to Boston University, where he received a BFA degree. He then earned a MFA degree from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Huckaby is known for his powerful use of color and his exploration of cultural roles and the heritage of the African American family. His work has evolved from portraiture to objects and interiors that venerate his personal family legacy rooted in Fort Worth, Texas. Portraying these familiar subjects on a large scale and pushing his use of materials, Huckaby defines the significance of family and tradition while touching on the subject of ethnographic stereotypes in our culture. For the past few years he has concentrated his efforts on a series of quilt paintings. One of the series he created is a tribute to both of his Grandmothers and a celebration of the African American quilting tradition. He used the actual quilts sewn by family members as models for his paintings. These quilts document significant events in his family history. According to Huckaby, the paintings represent an artistic family legacy. The colorful, rhythmic abstracted patterns come together like the musical notes in African American musician John Coltrane's famous jazz composition, A Love Supreme, from which the painting series acquired its name. He has earned national acclaim for his work over the past several years. Huckaby has received the 2001 Louis Comfort Tiffany Award and the 2004 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award. More recently, he was the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship Award, which allowed him to travel the country and paint African-American quilts from private and public collections. Past Guggenheim Fellowship Award winners include Ansel Adams, Langston Hughes, Henry Kissinger, and Isamu Noguchi. He has exhibited at the Resource Center of African American Art in Atlanta, the Danforth Museum in Framingham, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. His work, including a painting titled Study for Little D and the Dollar, in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, can be found in important collections throughout the United States, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Minneapolis Museum of Art. Currently, Huckaby’s 18-by-14-foot oil painting Hidden in Plain Site (2011) is on view in the Amon Carter Museum’s atrium through October. Public Collections: Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, American Dad African American Museum, Dallas, Texas, Grandmother’s Quilt The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The 99% - Highland Hills The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "Girl World" Study for Sustenance Installation Ball State University Museum of Art, Muncie, Indiana, "The Truth about Hip Hop" Study for Sustenance Installation Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The 99% - Highland Hills City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, The Welcome Space Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Corporate Aviation, Texas, A Place Between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Texas, William Madison (Gooseneck Bill) McDonald Fort Worth Central Library, Fort Worth, Texas, Hazel Harvey Peace Portrait Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas, Cobby Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, Selection from The 99% Holdworth Center, Austin, TX, Selection from The 99% Jesuit Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas, “Gone But Not Forgotten: Sha” Kansas African American Museum, Wichita, Kansas, Self Portrait (2) McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, Untitled (Anthony) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Untitled) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Enocio Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Big Momma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen

"Lilac Mist" Painting, Ink and Watercolor, Figurative, Cool Tones, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elena Chestnykh was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, and now lives and works in New York City. Her work has been exhibited around the world, including at the Erarta Museum of Contemporar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Ink, Watercolor

Bords - Drawing, Charcoal and Pastel on paper, Landscape, Seaside
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Drawing, Charcoal, Pastel and Graphite on archival paper. Work Title : "Bords (series)" Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed and dated on the back. Unique work. Work Size : 20x26cm. Framed (26x33cm) with Museum Glass, Wood and archival material Born in 1970 the artist lives and works in France. The majority of his drawings and paintings are inspired by the wild landscapes of Brittany in France. " The drawing as a gesture allows me to exploit a (re)mise-en-scene as so many possibilities in the making. Through the quality of drawing as a marker of thought, it is not a question of constructing "dream worlds" but rather of setting up a device that would allow for a conscious dialogue of a certain perception of the real." Fabien Granet is pursuing a research on the perception of the landscape, on our ways of trying to represent it, to understand it, to understand its structures. The drawn "landscapes" are thus as many projections of the artist, which convene and reveal his artistic path, the influences of his culture, his utopias, his dystopian fantasies. Another shift where the quasi scientific concern of objective rigor and the mental construction of an construction of an individual course. The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which is registered in a research and a quest to pierce the enigma of the real. Solo exhibitions : 2021 "Les Indestinés" (Drawing Now Art Fair) Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2017 "mise-en-paysage" galerie Tokonoma - Paris / 2015 "Shiftings" galerie White Project - Paris / 2012 "Risée" galerie G&G - Paris / 2011 "Transistoires" galerie P&Z - Angoulême / 2010 "Tandis que? Group exhibitions (selection) : 2021 " SUMMER TALENTS " - Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand / 2019 " FEEL GOOD " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Naturalia " Mexico / 2019 " (re) mise-en-scène " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix-en-Provence / 2019 " ScapeLand " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Blanc Ciel " espace d'art associatif La Perception - Creuse/ 2018 " Angle Mort " Ici. Gallery - Paris/ 2018 " Drawing in Gallery " Galerie ALB - Paris/ 2017 " Where form meets Art " Antwerp Art Weekend/ 2017 " Volume-Espace-Trait " art space Le Mur, Fontainebleau/ 2016 " Open Office " Un-Spaced gallery - Paris/ 2016 " Dessin & Contemporain " Art Center Les Modillons, Angoulême/ 2016 " 3 jours en Mai " Métamorphik Galerie, Lyon/ 2015 " Formats Raisin " Musée ARTEUM, Châteauneuf le Rouge/ 2015 " recto/verso " Fondation Louis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Graphite

Models. 2022., cardboard, author's technique, 29x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Models 2022., cardboard, author's technique, 29x30 cm This artwork is collage painting on board with silver and gold leaf elements. Center of composition is nude models- girls with beautiful bodies. Inspiration for these figures was graphic work of Latvian artist of 20th century Karlis Padegs. Around circle of figures is scripts and geometric shapes in cubistic genre. Some elements of text is visible - they are in Latvian language and text is quote from Leonardo Da Vinci about power of artist. There was added bigger and bolder numbers like "21" and "7" and big letters...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Feather Group Four, Silverpoint Drawing, Bird's Feathers, Soft Gray on White
Located in Kent, CT
This delicate drawing is made with silverpoint on prepared archival board. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of nature, its textures and movement, is the focus of this work by Margot Glass. The exquisite beauty of a group of simple feathers, often overlooked or considered mundane, is discovered and elevated through close examination and exquisite drawing by the artist. Signed and titled on verso and initialed on recto, lower right corner. Framed in a silver frame, 10 x 8 inches (unframed), 12 x 10 inches (framed). Glass draws with pure silver not only for the delicacy of line the metal point provides, but also for the allure of using a semiprecious metal as a drawing material. Working on an archival board allows the gleam and luster and delicate reflective silver properties of the metallic medium to present as soft and textured against the ground. The surface is primed with traditional silverpoint ground. The silverpoint ground is slightly chalky when dry to provide a subtle toothy surface to grab the silver particles. Glass is interested in the tradition of using nature as idealized ornament in art and design while seeking to carefully observe as accurately as possible in all the irregularity and imperfection. The metallic lines enhance the decorative qualities of the filigree patterns formed by the minute details in each object. Her compositions are tightly cropped to bring the subject as close to the edge of the picture plane as possible. Margot Glass’s work been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally. Glass’s education includes studies in the Brown/RISD Exchange Program, Brown University...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Silver

Hadrian's Villa - Watercolor by Vladimir Khasiev -2015
Located in Roma, IT
Hadrian's Villa is an orginal modern artwork realized by Vladimir Khasiev in 2015. Mixed colored watercolor on paper. Includes frame: 72 x 59 cm Hand signed and dated on the lowe...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Canadian Contemporary Art by Christian Frederiksen - Suffocation
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil & watercolour on paper
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

“Untitled (PPR 348)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned work on paper by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in pinks, blues, greens, black, an...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

on the stage, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I love music and musicians and art is my only way to make music out of lines and colors. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

In Two Minds
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: “Sensitive Material” In this Work on Paper Series, started in 2020, Claire Gilliam continues her exploration of Visual Language. She uses a common motif, the Latin ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Ink

Vu d'ici - Watercolour, Painting on paper, Landscape, Seaside
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Watercolour, Acrylic Painting on archival paper. Work Title : "Vu d'ici" (EN : Seen from here) Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed and dated on the back of the work. Uniq...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Royal Twins (Drawing from the back)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Taju Mayakiri is the son of the Well know Nigeria Old Master and Postwar artist - Tijani Mayakiri ( 1937 - 1992), he invented a style of Painting that has the sketch at the back and...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Landscape Black and White - Original Drawing -Large Size
Located in Agrigento, AG
landscape mineral oxide on papers ( Canson Paper 300gr) Origial drawing ,one of a kind 55x75 cm frame option as in photo 2022 Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Giorgio (Two figures, pink & blue), Mixed media on Pergameneta parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

Four Figures and a Shield
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Monkey Parliament
Located in Manchester, GB
Monkey Parliament II (Hors Commerce) 2022 56 x 80 cm Gilcee print on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching 350gsm. Hors Commerce Print 1 of 1.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

It Is Lazy - Contemporary Ink, 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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Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Mixed Media Piece by Mexican Artist "Untitled"
Located in Troy, NY
This portrait of a woman in a green blouse shows Jorge Alzaga's beautiful skill with pastels. The way Alzaga used pastel adds a certain kind of softness to the portrait while still a...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Pencil

"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

Leaf Winged Male
Located in New York, NY
Eric Rhein “Leaf Winged Male” 1999 Signed, verso Wire, paper, and found objects 26.25 x 21 x 3.25 inches (53.3 x 8.3 cm), framed This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wire

Pink Bouquet - Contemporary 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

Contemporary Surreal Cartoon Pen & Ink Drawing on Canvas by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Contemporary Surreal Cartoon Pen & Ink Drawing on Canvas entitled 'Green Man' by Contemporary British Artist. A rainbow of colours emerges from the earth, as man reaches forward. Symbolic visionary art from creative drawings, meditations & psychedelic visions in the late 1990's. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 21 x 17 inches Fil Earthstomp is an enigmatic artist and musician from deep in the subculture of England. Born in 1976, he produced mainly drawings in the 1990's, leading to electronic musical compositions and video installations...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Permanent Marker, Felt Pen, Acrylic, Canvas

Grace and Terror
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic paint, wax pastel, and oil pastel on paper.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Wax Crayon, Acrylic

Bondage - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Bondage is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Black Marker pen Watercolor on paper. Good c...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Watercolor

Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero, Nude Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero" by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper Sheet size: 19.5 ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Life Cycles - Dying Sunflower - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Life Cycles - Dying Sunflower: This drawing was done in Oil Pastel on Ingres Grey, Textured Pastel Paper. (Early Drawing) The work is framed in a unique st...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Hunted (Moose)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France. Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization. Matt Kinney...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Love is Love, 2021
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young. She creates lively and childlike characters, finding inspiration in the works of early Italian Renaissance masters such as Fra Angelico. Wilson graduated from Wellesley College in 1991, and pursued her education in Florence. She received her MFA at New York Academy of Art, and later worked as a painting assistant to Jeff Koons for two years. This current series employs the toile wallpaper samples that the artist had lying around her house during lockdown as a backdrop for ambiguous and complicated feelings toward quarantine and domestic confinement. In this work, she is hoping to narrate how fear of the pandemic unknown, coupled with household anxieties, and increased self-awareness contributed to the mixed emotions of security and hostility towards enforced domesticity within a masked world. The toile tradition represented a coincidental parallel with the COVID era rediscovery of old-fashioned pastoral lifestyles, and the embrace of self-reliant artisanal practices like cooking, gardening, sewing, and prescribed homeschooling. Her colorful inscriptions, some original, some appropriated, layer in our contemporary lifestyle, our modern methods of connectivity as well as our high-tech world. The punky playfulness of the neon and fluorescents contrasts with the backdrop of Fragonard-esque imagery and hopes to delivery her messages of love and connection, awareness and newness, hope and emotions, as well as the occasional glossily veiled hostility expressed in certain so-called “love” declarations. The phrases evolved from a previous series addressing the Me Too movement...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract 5
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Abstract 6
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Abstract 7
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Sumatran 1 (Tiger)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France. Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization. Matt Kinney...
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Morning Dew Orange
Located in Denver, CO
Inspired by scenes from iconic American landscapes, ranging from arid deserts to lush forests, Jacobsen delves into humanity’s connection to nature and the technology that often mediates that experience. Embedded in the works is the recognition of nature’s immense power in contrast to its quickening fragility. Increasingly, under threat from the continuing rollback of regulations and protections in favor of exploitation for commercial gain, the double-edged sword of technology and the legacy of Westward expansion continue into the present day. For Jacobsen, American parks act as a foil to European colonization and resource extraction. While the creation of National Parks may be one of America’s greatest innovations, in preserving these beautiful and once wild places, they are in practice reduced to roadside attractions. Jacobsen states, “By elevating these picturesque landscapes we also diminish our own place in them. No longer are we participants in the divine dance but instead menacing spectators observing from stadium...
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

THE MIND BEATENS (ORIGINAL DRAWING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original color drawing on paper. Hand signed lower front by Roberto Matta. Image size 12 x 16 inches. Frame size approx 23.25 x 27.5 inches. Artwork is in overall excellent co...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

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

Materials

Paper, Felt Pen

Abstract 19
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Untitled (PPR 382)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in blue, mag...
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Panthera V (Panther)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. This exhibition features select large-format monochromatic oil paintings on stretched canvas and wood panels. On view as well are works on paper with Japanese Sumi Ink, which inspired the oil paintings. Kinney has been looking at pre-historic cave paintings as well as animals depicted therein, such as the Chauvet caves in Nice, Southern France. Emerging from the inextricable interplay of light and dark, Kinney’s black and white ink paintings capture the ever-shifting subjectivity shaped by shadow. Cast in Japanese Sumi ink, each unique painting explores the trajectories of human and animal, natural and architectural form- what is revealed or hidden? A variety of hand-torn, heavy weight papers add textural dimension to each mark and brush stroke, as well as through the immediacy of brushstrokes to depict the action within the artwork In his latest collection of works, Kinney explores animal form and meaning as seen in both contemporary and ancient times. In “Savanna (Zebras) ”, a stampede of zebras is depicted through oil paint on wood panel. Animal populations in regions like the horn of Africa today face the loss of their natural habitats due to extreme draught. He explores the deep imprint they leave behind and the interconnectedness of humans and animals in the world. With the balance of nature at stake, Kinney’s paintings underscore the importance of the relationship between the natural environment and civilization. Matt Kinney...
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wind catcher
Located in Yerevan, AM
wind catcher
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Meeting
Located in Yerevan, AM
Meeting.
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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