Audrey Stone

By Sleep

2020

Painted by Frealon Norden Bibbins (American, 1926-2013) and dated, verso, 1976. Additionally stamped, verso, with Certification of Authenticity. A substantial, oil abstract evoking organic floral forms and comprising fluidly superimposed and adjacent, diaphanous layers of magenta, coral, lilac, and grass-green contrasted against an ivory field. This listed California artist, author and musician lived and painted in Alameda and also had a distinguished career with the San Francisco Symphony...

"My art practice crosses three continents over two decades. The works consider the images and ideas that mark my journey into the spiritual and cultural dimensions of painting as a creative activity. During a period when I have carried adventurous journeys across several different social and geographic divides, I began to search deeper for an understanding of who I am, and where I am. My paintings started to explore the idea of self as the most fundamental element of human nature; I tried to seek my identity as I examined human nature." Hyunmee Lee was born in Seoul Korea, where she grew up practicing Western Modern art with experience in Eastern painting...

Initialed lower right, 'E.B.S.' for E.B.Stetson (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally signed, verso, 'E. B. Stetson'. A substantial, mid-century American Sch...

Signed lower right, "Stonely" for Dorothy Stonely (American, 20th century), titled verso "Redolent" and painted circa 2005. Abstract painting comprising interspersed with spiral cloud forms in aqua, purple, and goldenrod contrasted against a vivid scarlet field . Stonely is a Signature Member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She has exhibited widely and with success, including at the Pacific Grove Art...

Painted by Frealon Bibbins (American, 1926-2013). Dated verso, '9/18/76' and '9/19/76'. Stamped with Certification of Authenticity and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. This listed California artist lived and painted in Alameda and also had a distinguished career both as an author and as a musician with the San Francisco Symphony...

Signed lower left, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015. A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid trailing forms in primary and secondary colors, contrasted against a speckled and scumbled, aqua and sky-blue background. A substantial and lyrical work by this largely self-taught, Palm Springs woman...