Andrea Costa

Juke Box by Andrea Costa, Large Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas

2022

Costa approaches each painting by exploring the underlying narrative and metaphor, and emotion of the Landscape. She embraces the creative process while incorporating the classical t...

Costa approaches each painting by exploring the underlying narrative and metaphor, and emotion of the Landscape. She embraces the creative process while incorporating the classical t...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simpl...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simpl...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simpl...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest form. The way they come together in the space helps ground them, giving a friction of sorts, a system, a world built around the forms, a quiet place within. I love large inviting spaces, as if to say, “Come here, I’m here to comfort you.” I am creating a space where you find a soothing uncluttered balance. I want you to like the stillness there. So every piece of work has a piece of me in it, my personality, my love of spaciousness and calm. I am totally aware of every aspect of the work and in the moment, concentrating on that one moment in time—the Now. It is my desire that the sense of peace, harmony, and stillness is communicated to you." Judith Williams...

Original Painting of a Vineyard in the Wine-Growing Region of Bordeaux, France, by leading British Contemporary Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. During 2012, Angela embarked upon ...

Drenched Chrysanthemums By Jo Haran [2020] original Watercolour, gouache and gesso Image size: H:73 cm x W:54 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:56 cm x D:0.001cm Sold U...

White and Grey By Jo Haran [2020] original Watercolour, gouache and gesso Image size: H:63.5 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:66 cm x W:64 cm x D:0.001cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Monotone and moody in atmosphere painted with spontaneity in tones of grey, hints of lilac and green...

Childhood, a reoccurring theme in Darlene Cole’s work, is represented by prepubescent girls and boys, engaged in some type of action. Without adult supervision, these activities confer on Cole’s children an adult-like aura, empowering them. The artist cites Neil Postman’s 1982 book about the decline in innocence in American culture The Disappearance of Childhood as a text that informs her work. In it, Postman argues that communications technology, such as the invention of the television and later, the Internet, contributed to children losing their innocence, thus transforming them into young adults. A source of inspiration for Cole are the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848. They studied nature attentively, employed vivid colours and depicted unconventional-looking women. Just like in Pre-Raphaelite works, the girls in Cole’s paintings embody enigma, distance, and beauty. The past, in general, is a great source of inspiration for the artist. Cole’s cottage, or ‘artist’s retreat’ as she calls it, was built at the beginning of the 20th century. Since she kept all the original furniture and linens intact, the cottage, on the side of a lake, seems to belong to the past. Nature, another omnipresent theme in Cole’s work, is in many works represented by flowers, such as pink David Austin roses...

Red Rocks by Lani Vlaanderen 30x24" Oil Painting 38x32" framed, gold leaf on wood. Signed lower right Landscape featuring sandstone formation with greenery ...

Unicorn is an abstract decoration made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist. This colorful expressionist painting is representing an unicorn. Ballestra expresses a u...