Oscar Lycke

Northern Light: A Winter Scene from Ljusdal

1911

[CHINESE SCHOOL]. Chinese Craft on the Pearl River. Canton, circa 1810. Pencil, water colour and body colour drawings of craft, heightened with white on paper watermarked ‘J Whatm...

In BOOM BUST REPEAT17, Peña creates a silhouette of house and fills it with sharpe-edged shapes that contain gradients and saturated hues of red, green, and violet. He balances these colors with muted tones of orange and yellow . The viewer can create a house that is yet to be built in between the gaps here. In "Boom, Bust, Repeat", Peña remarks on a house and landscape that has yet to take place. The painting is created with watercolor and acrylic paint on paper. In the foreground we see Sintra board or flattened PVC that has been CNC routed. In the "soil" beneath the house are small circular lines that have been hand drawn with India ink. The Sintra board has been cut to reveal arrows in the negative space pointing upwards as to hint at a boom in the market. Peña’s works range from painting to multimedia installations that question the ever-changing psychological landscape of America; asking the viewer to re-examine their perceptions of the “American Dream” and the affects that pursuit has on our environment and national psyche. The realization that both the idealistic pursuit of happiness and the relevance of painting in a technologically driven world informs his practice. With each composition the labor begins with digital composites of a fragmented American landscape in peril —where tension lies in the contrasts between past and present, analog and digital, representation and abstraction, and stability and instability. In his most recent series the American home (stability) and fragmented and shifting landscape (instability) are veiled by a digitally produced mat. Traditionally a mat is, by definition, a flat, thin piece of paper based material included within the picture frame and serves as additional decoration when framing artwork. He activates this commonly overlooked material by using a non-traditional material, Sintra (flattened sheet of PVC), that has a negative digitally drawn image cut-out. This cut-out might, at first glance, look hand cut however, a more astute viewer would realize the precision is mechanical. The mat has been transformed from inactive decoration to digitally produced veil that represents the technologically anxious precision we surround ourselves with. Nick Peña...

Second Mesa (Hopi Pueblo, Arizona) is a vibrant mixed-media artwork by acclaimed German-American artist Bert Van Bork (1928–2014). Executed in watercolor...

This stunning mixed-media painting by German-American artist Bert Van Bork (1928–2014), titled Walpi #9 (Hopi Village on First Mesa, Arizona), is a vibra...

Yen Ha is an architect, artist and writer. Born in Saigon, she lives in New York City. Ha has been awarded residencies by the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativi...

Yen Ha is an architect, artist and writer. Born in Saigon, she lives in New York City. Ha has been awarded residencies by the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativi...

Xiao Wen Xu's artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is part of her "Rainbowland Land" ser...

Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work ready to Hang. Medium : Watercolour, Charcoal and Pastel on Archival Watercolour paper 300Gsm. Artist : Fabien Granet Subject ...

Soft watercolor accents add to the beauty of this cyanotype and watercolor of the Venice Canal by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century). Cheryl Trotter, a Pacific Grove artist and ...

Soft watercolor accents add to the beauty of this cyanotype and watercolor titled "Elkhorn Slough" by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century), c.1980's....