Tom Shelton

"Ducks & Habitat, " Acrylic on Paper & Wood signed on Verso by Tom Shelton

1993

"A Field for the Birds" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Shelton. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This painting depicts a diagonal line of birds cu...

"The Flight (Duck Flying) is an original color silkscreen by Schomer Lichtner. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features a duck in flight through red hatched lines. 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" art 13" x 15" frame Milwaukee artist, Schomer Lichtner passed away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas, such as his "Ballerina Dancing on Cow" sculpture below. The late James Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel referred to Lichtner as the artist laureate of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the official artist of the Milwaukee Ballet. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre, " joy of life," and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...

This painting, 'Mall Bird,' presents a black bird in an urban landscape using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The bird stands in the foreground atop the regula...

Art: 16 x 48 x 2 5/8 inches Mixed media construction, signed on reverse Artist Tom Shelton creates very innovative constructions and paintings dealing with animals in their natural habitat. He graduated with a B.S. in Botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1964 and spent three semesters at the University of Michigan majoring in Forestry from 1964-1965. In 1972 Shelton completed the graduate art program at the Eastern Michigan University in which he received a M.F.A. in painting. Shelton’s artworks are included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., The Chase Manhattan...

Watercolor study of ducks who appear to be in a watery location. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom right corner. It is framed in a light wooden frame. Artist Biography:...

Artist: Raymond Jennings Saunders, American (1934 - ) Title: Duck Out of Water Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph with Screenprint and Collage, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200...

Art Sz: 5 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W Frame Sz: 8"H x 9 3/4"W Oil on Canvas Artist Biography: Living in the heart of the English countryside, Richard Britton works from his home studio. A de...

Oil on canvas Dondi Schwartz is an Israeli artist born in Canada in 1961 who lives and works in the Kibbutz Beeri, Negev, Israel. Schwartz studied art at the Avni School of Arts in...