Lisa Shimko

Ballast Bear

2023

Red Star displays a black crow surrounded by yellow and white stars. The bold red hue of the background evokes excitement and energy as the number 83 subtly hangs in the top left cor...

Growing up in York County, Pennsylvania, Shimko spent her childhood collecting rocks and exploring the terrains of forests and farms. Colors, forms, and textures from nature and the simple designs of Pennsylvania German...

Growing up in York County, Pennsylvania, Shimko spent her childhood collecting rocks and exploring the terrains of forests and farms. Colors, forms, and textures from nature and the simple designs of Pennsylvania German...

Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...

Bull displays a white bull with typography covering its physique in a black, yellow, and red background. The starkness of the black and blue dripping down the composition gives the v...

Volcanic figure against colorful background. About the artist: Lisa M. Shimko’s paintings reveal the influences of sundry research topics, old memories, and daydreaming. Growing ...

"Mixed Marriage" by Maureen O'Hara Ure, mixed media on panel, 16 x 24 inches. Relying on sturdy panel to hold up to months, sometimes years, of revisions, O'Hara Ure slowly builds up an image, obsessively laying down marks in thin, sanded layers of paint, ink, and pencil to create a uniquely smooth, almost polished texture distinctive to her style. When a panel returns to her studio from a show, she may begin to tinker with the image, perhaps first sanding out or painting over just a section. "Often as not, I keep going and start all over, using gesso to erase any memory I have of the painting." "For over fifteen years, all of my major projects have begun with my drawing overseas in museums and at historical sites. I returned to my studio and set about using some of the raw ideas in my travel sketchbooks to begin developing new work, taking liberties with the art-historical material I had collected. The exhibit of new paintings on panel at Phillips Gallery...

Beautifully presented in a silver leaf frame that flatters the blue background in this portrait of a fawn colored Pug. The portrait portrays the Pug as we know them, amusing, charm...

John van Orsouw, Dutch/American *1954 Delfts Blauw, 2010 Acrylic on canvas, unframed, signed on the back John van Orsouw *1954, was born in Hertogenbosch...

Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi Snake (Black-headed Python) Dreaming - Warna (Mulyukuna) Jukurrpa (Nungarrayi, Napaljarri-kirlangu), 2015 Acrylic on linen 180 x 60 cm

Large Abstract Celestial Painting by Alex K. Mason. "Forgotten Star Lore II". Acrylic, Gouache, Ink on Canvas, 48"H x 48"W x 3"D. Blues, Greens,...

Retreating from the stress and chaos of the last year, I created another landscape; populated by an army of friendly creatures. Here the burdens of coronavirus, climate change, and political division are dismissed by hot pink kittens...