Chris Plunkett

"Bass Rocks", Impressionist, Landscape, Cape Ann, Sea, Oil Painting, 2020

2020

“Dreams of the Shore” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is a dynamic abstracted water scene, depicting the quiet tension of the changing dawn light. This gestural and highly textural oil pai...

Marcia Wise’s latest contemporary painting on canvas titled “Tremolo,” we find the canvas filled with ocean waves that dominate in blues, greens and lavender, and expresses power, en...

"Dreaming Summer" by C. Clinton is a fresh, contemporary take on abstract landscape painting that explores subtle variations of color and transparency reflected as abstract forms. Th...

“Scherzo” by Marcia Wise is a 10 x 8 x 1.5 inch oil painting where the artist explores the early spring colors in greens, blues, soft orange and yellow against a background of sea, l...

Seascape of tide pools and crashing waves by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. "...

"Montauk Cliffs in Spring" is an impressionistic plein air painting of Ditch Plains in Montauk, New York. Marc Dalessio is one of the world's leading plein air painters and painted t...

The rhythm of the waves marks time, like the breath. Moment to moment, its intensity fluctuates like emotion. Thoughts linger and pass, like a veil of fog. At the shore I am reminded to be present. It provides a place for contemplation and reflection. I identify with the strength and vulnerability of the ocean when a storm is brewing or passing, when the surf is up, when the fog looms or is lifting, when the horizon is obscured, or the sky begins to clear, I find beauty in these moments of transition. I bring this experience into the studio as I interpret the smells, sounds, feelings, and energy of the water or the quiet movement of fog. The process is fluid, moving between freedom and control, accident and intention, as I push and pull the paint to convey and realize my visual and emotional experiences. BIOGRAPHY Annie is a British painter and printmaker. She moved to New York City in 1989 and worked at the British Consulate. Art remained a part of her life during those years, but in 2006 she left and begin a new chapter, returning to a life with art at the very center and enrolled in an MFA program at the The New York Academy of Art. This provided the instruction, immersion and creative freedom to develop her skills and artistic voice and proved to be a fruitful time bringing with it several awards including a Post-graduate Fellowship, Prince of Wales Scholarships, and travel awards to Normandy, France and St Barts, in the French West Indies. After the fellowship Annie left New York for the East End of Long Island and spent two wonderful years in the quiet hamlet of Orient, as Artist-in-Residence at the William Steeple Davis...

This is a studio painting I've done from my painting from Crystal Cove. It's one of Southern California's grand shores located in Newport. This is a view from the north end. I love t...