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Art Subject: Building
Flexible Elephant, fantastic illustration by Guillaume Cornet white framed
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful intricate, Rotring pen and markers on paper, on 350gsm Colorset white paper. This piece is framed on a white wood frame, uv glass and all archival materials.
GUILLAUM...
Category
2010s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Pen, Permanent Marker
The Works, Pen and Ink 20th Century Artwork, Female British Artist
Located in London, GB
Pen, ink and wash on paper
Image size: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (21.5 x 24 cm)
Mounted
Mary A Brooks
Mary A Brooks was a notable contributor to a vast array of children's publications from the early 1940s to the late 1980s. Brooks was the illustrator of Enid Blyton...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Montmartre
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil on paper
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Pencil
Williams Residence
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- From the artist statement, "My artwork centers on mid-century American architecture and design, once revered for its groundbreaking i...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Obregon Alley, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Obregon Alley was painted in Ajijic, Mexico in late afternoon light. It is a view of a narrow alley, emphasizing windows and doors, with trees and a mountain in the background. There...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Salón Rojo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Drawing, Charcoal
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Years of collecting books, travel archives and studying art in Europe, went hand in hand with visiting historical monuments and grand palaces, remnants of past golden eras. This nostalgic raking over the past encompasses these inspirational elements, weaved together with her own curiosity in loose charcoal lines depicting Baroque, whimsical and once decadent interiors.
“The rooms in my paintings are small trips to the past. I look for an alternative reality through a fictional scenario, represented by a dystopian era of booms and declines.”
Francisca Ahlers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Gowanus, Reflections
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rubber, Mixed Media, Foam Board
View of the Dome of the Rock, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Paper
Image size: 14 x 20 inches (35.5 x 51 cm)
Acid free mount
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher and a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Diagonal I - 21st Century, Contemporary, Architecture, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Motor Showrooms At Purley Watercolour by Philip Dalton Hepworth
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic c1930s artist's watercolour rendering drawn by P.D. Hepworth (signed (LL) for the motor showrooms at Purley designed by Nicholls & Hughes
Art Sz: 14"H x 20 1/4"W
Frame Sz: ...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Versailles
Located in Sheffield, MA
Marie-Paule Carpentier
French, 1876-1915
Versailles
Pastel / Paper
12 by 16 in. W/frame 18 by 22 in.
Signed on lower left Marie-Paule Carpentier
Marie-Paule Carpentier painted i...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Al Capone's Star Island Estate
Located in Bristol, CT
Watercolor depicting Al Capone's (1899-1947) 1922 Mediterranean Revival estate on Star Island in Miami
Art Sz: 13 1/4"H x 20 3/4"W x 3/4"D
Frame Sz: 21"H x...
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Faded Dreams, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Old abandoned country home with several broken windows and other missing pieces. All paintings are completed on 140 to 300lb acid free watercolour paper and using the best artist q...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Places (Horreum)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Vaulted Interior, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch, Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Paper
Image size: 19 x 14 inches (48.25 x 35.5 cm)
Acid free mount
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher and...
Category
Mid-19th Century Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Entrance to the Al-Azhar Mosque, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Paper
Image size: 20 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches (53 x 37.5 cm)
Acid free mount
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner
Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Winter Palace, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A weathered old mill blending in with the snow on a cold winters day. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study for Decal 3
By Joe Tilson
Located in London, GB
Study for Decal 3 in pencil and Indian ink, 1967, on wove paper, signed and dated 1967, 76.4 x 55.8 cm. (30 x 22 in.)
Category
1960s Pop Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
The Waiting Room (Europe)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a career spanning more than three decades, Robbie Cornelissen has established himself among the leading contemporary draughtsmen in Europe. His vast and irresolute creative univ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Places (2)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Ro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
View of Ariccia, a preparatory drawing by Achille Bénouville (1815 - 1891)
Located in PARIS, FR
This very modern drawing presents a view of Ariccia, a small town 25 kilometres south-east of Rome. The Palazzo Chigi (in which the film-maker Luchino Visconti would film a large part of The Leopard a century later) and the adjoining church are seen from the bottom of the ravine that surrounds the town. This drawing is a moving testimony to the attraction of the city for artists of the Romantic period, who established in Ariccia a vivid artists' colony.
1. Achille Bénouville...
Category
1850s Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Terra Nova (Space Ship)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Tombs of St James and Zacharias, Valley of Jehoshaphat, Jerusalem
Located in London, GB
Graphite and watercolour on paper
Signed lower right
Image size: 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 (31 x 22 cm)
These are two of four sepulchres in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, on the east side of the K...
Category
Late 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
SUNSET, NEW FOREST, British School 20th Century Signed Watercolour
By Marjory Whittington
Located in London, GB
MARJORY WHITTINGTON
1883 - 1952
Sunset, New Forest
Watercolour, Signed with monogram & dated 1912 lower right
Image size: 9 ¾ x 7 inches
Original mount & oak frame
£900
Marjory Whittington was an oil and watercolour painter and etcher. Born in London she exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Scottish Academy, Royal Institute of Artists, the Fine Art Society, Grosvenor Gallery, Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, Goupil Gallery, Walker Art Gallery, Society of Women Artists and the Paris Salon.
Marjory Whittington was also a member of the Royal Society of British Artists.
The watercolour ‘Sunset...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Haga Tingshul Stockholm (Sweden), " Watercolor Cityscape by Julia Taylor
By Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Haga Tingshul Stockhom" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. The Haga Tingshul was built as a court house in 1907 and is now holds the Hagströmer Library, a medical history research library. It is located in Solna which is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. This composition shows the Swedish...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Underworld (2a)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Abstract Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
contemporary realist watercolor painting window neon signs reflections signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shoe Repair Window" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the front of a shop and the reflection of the neon sign. This painting d...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Winchester Cathedral, 20th Century Watercolour
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Gordon Noel Scott A.R.C.A
1914 - 2016
Winchester Cathedral
Watercolour
Image size: 13 ½ x 8 inches
Original frame
GORDON SCOTT EXHIBITION AT DARNLEY FINE ART
11th - 18th November 2017
Gordon Scott was trained at the RCA (1934-38) under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney. A reserved and highly principled man, during WWII he was a conscientious objector, stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain. His defined role is unknown, but during his time there he produced a number of sketches and paintings of soldiers...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Monument for Napoleon
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Arena
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With a career spanning more than three decades, Robbie Cornelissen has established himself among the leading contemporary draughtsmen in Europe. His vast and irresolute creative univ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
The Doorway - 20th Century Architectural Drawing
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Gordon Noel Scott A.R.C.A
1914 - 2016
The Doorway
Pencil and wash on Paper
Image size: 11 ½ x 11 ¾ inches (29.25 x 29.75cm)
Hand made frame
GORDON SCOTT EXHIBITION AT DARNLEY FINE ART...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Bombed Landscape, 20th Century Signed Watercolour
By V. Ward
Located in London, GB
V Ward
Bombed Landscape
Watercolour
Signed and dated 1918, bottom right
Image size: 18 x 11 inches
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Kingston Bridge, English 20th Century Signed Watercolour
Located in London, GB
HORACE MANN LIVENS
1862 - 1936
KINGSTON BRIDGE
Watercolour, signed lower right
Image size: 12 x 10 inches
Framed
Livens was born in Croydon in 1862, the son of a colonial broker. H...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dome of the Holy Rock, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist
Located in London, GB
CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER
1808 - 1894
Dome of the Rock
Graphite on Paper
Image Size: 17 ¼ x 14 inches
Hand made gilt frame
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner was born in Weimar in...
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Christmas in the City 20th Century Pastel & Watercolour London Scene
Located in London, GB
English School
Early 20th Century
Pastel, ink and watercolour on paper
4 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (11.5 x 9.5 cm)
Acid free mount and contemporary frame
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
Service Vehicles, 20th Century Art Deco Style Artwork
By Reginald Shuffrey
Located in London, GB
Coloured inks on paper
Image size: 18 x 14 inches (45.75 x 35.5 cm)
Modern handmade frame
Shuffrey was an important pre-war artist who did advertisements and worked for The Motor a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
Located in New York, NY
Cleveland-born painter, advertising artist, and industrial designer Lawrence Blazey received his professional training at the Cleveland School of Art (...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Downtown Blue - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hazy Morning over Hudson - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor, Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Big Garden - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Drawing, Charcoal
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Years of collecting books, travel archives and studying art in Europe, went hand in hand with visiting historical monuments and grand palaces, remnants of past golden eras. This nostalgic raking over the past encompasses these inspirational elements, weaved together with her own curiosity in loose charcoal lines depicting Baroque, whimsical and once decadent interiors.
“The rooms in my paintings are small trips to the past. I look for an alternative reality through a fictional scenario, represented by a dystopian era of booms and declines.”
Francisca Ahlers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Vacated
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A watercolor by Gregory Sumida. "Vacated" is a watercolor on watercolor board executed in blues, yellows, greens, browns and whites and depicting a dilapidated and abandoned home set...
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Las Ramblas - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tree Trunk and Barn
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A watercolor by Gregory Sumida. "Tree Trunk and Barn" is a watercolor on pressed board executed in earthy browns, yellows, whites and blues and depicting a bare branched, tree trunk ...
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Red House
Located in Gloucester, MA
A drawing from The New Orleans Drawing Project, ten years of on-site drawing trips to post-Katrina New Orleans, by Jeffrey Marshall (b. 1969).
Jef...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Color Pencil
St James Palace
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic English watercolour depicting St James Palace c1930s sign EWH (LR)
Art Sz: 10 3/4"H x 14 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 18 1/2"H x 22 1/2"W
Category
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gated Courtyard
Located in Bristol, CT
Pastel watercolour depicting a gated courtyard signed Henry L? & dated March 16, (19)84 LR & 'Pour David Noakes qui anime cette maison accueillante' who makes this house welcoming
A...
Category
1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Palais Gardens" c1950s Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Elegant watercolour depicting a French Palais gardens
Art Sz: 8"H x 11 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 13 1/4"H x 17"W
w/ birdseye maple frame
Category
1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paris Street Scene
Located in Bristol, CT
Charming watercolor of a Parisien Arc by F.B.L.? (LR)
Art Sz: 14"H x 18 1/4"W x 1" D
Frame Sz: 21"H x 26"W
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study 2, New Orleans
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grover Mouton is a New Orleans based artist and architect who utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Many of his drawings were initially created as part of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Graphite
Medical Center Master Plan, New Orleans 2
Located in New Orleans, LA
Architect and artist Grover Mouton brings utilizes hand drawings to illustrate urban design proposals. Acting as a catalyst to explore design concepts,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Land Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Financial Center NY
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ink and Watercolour Sketches, Wigan School, 20th Century British
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour on paper
Image size: 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (26.75 x 26.75 cm)
Framed
Created in 1958 by the artist as evidence for study in their 'Examination in Art' at Wigan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Hornsley Rise, Graphite Sketch, 20th Century English Artist
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Pencil and wash on paper
Image size: 8 1/2 x 8 inches (22 x 20.25 cm)
Contemporary style frame
Gordon Scott
Gordon Scott was trained at the Royal College of Art (1934-38) under Gil...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Places (1)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Places (Underworld)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein.
Always working with graphite and charcoal, Robbie Cornelissen’s limited palette emphasises the stark sombre nature of his metaphysical drawings, The Undertow is his sixth solo exhibition at Art Mûr. At the centre of the exhibition hovers Terra Nova, a dark and desolate world parallel to our own. Robbie Cornelissen’s drawings, such as The Space of Absence and Thriller, seem to pull from the stop motion’s frames. Other images, made especially for The Undertow isolate key fragments; the cloud, mounds and timeless dwellings, Cornelissen’s signature technical interest.
In addition to his methodical approach, Cornelissen uses the written word, scrawling and erasing terms repeatedly, in English, French, and German, these fastidious markings and exact translations leave a trace and a glitch on paper and screen. Much of his existing work includes words and phrases like “tribunal,” “myself when I am real” and “the need to disappear.” Do they identify what forms, systems and sentiments that are, or could be present? Or do they warn of what is to come?
Suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body, Cornelissen’s clouds extend down to the surface, looming over Earth and Terra Nova. But are they harmless clouds, or associated with nuclear explosions? And is that the ash, dust, pollution and detritus of these invented places, the remnants of an unsustainable society, a dream factory? Or the promise of life anew? In weather forecasting, or aeromancy, the presence of clouds can promise darkness and gloom, but they can also bring cleansing.
The ominous aura of the grid, an applied system and structure used by many, including draughtsmen, architects, urban planners, designers and artists to organise and sometimes classify information, is a recurring element in his work. The grid can be observed from a distant bird’s eye view, or close up, allowing Cornelissen’s large format drawings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil, Graphite
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