Gary Ruddell

SAVE THE TREES, Contemporary Realism, Figurative, Landscape, Earth tones

2019

The artist has divided the image into three vertical bands, reminiscent of a flag, where each section represents a distinct and autonomous reality. On the left, against a vibrant cri...

The work Fishing is an intimate evocation of the tranquility and calmness offered by the sea. It captures a moment of peace and contemplation in which a fisherman, abstracted from h...

In this small painting I try to enter into the serenity of a private moment of literary contemplation. The work focuses on the essence of the instant, capturing the magic of a woman ...

The work presents a woman on her back, sitting on the ground on a checkerboard in shades of gray, black and white. The female figure, painted in grisaille, contrasts with the underly...

Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Pink Sprinkle Donut" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut glazed with pink frosting and sprinkles set against a black background. About the Artist: Jason Walker’s imagery reflects popular culture: from Disney’s Mary Poppins or Mickey Mouse to frosted doughnuts. As observer and conveyor of cultural icons, he is an anthropologist and his beautiful and often endearing paintings resonates with art viewers. But this Toronto artist is also an analyst. Conceived with the clear-eyed vision of a native of Nairn, Scotland, Walker’s compositions challenge viewers to consider contemporary culture. Through his iconography, Walker creates artifacts, a paint-on-canvas time capsule for future generations. His images are representational rather than abstract. His subjects from Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to Peter Pan’s Tinker Bell are non-elitist, international, and easily identified. A portrait of our time, Walker’s renditions are intimate and lifelike, crafted with diffused edges or Old-Master chiaroscuro. Painted in Renaissance jewel...

David Grossman's (US based) "September Tree Colors near Pinyon Mesa" is an oil on linen panel created in 2025 depicting an abstracted Colorado landscape. About the artist: David G...

Jason Walker's (CAN based) "Donut Pile" is an oil painting that depicts a pile of varied glazed and powdered donuts all sitting together in the dark.

Joseph McGurl's "Far Away" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vast landscape of valleys and mountains in the distance under the orange and yellow glow of sunrise or...

Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Resist" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman, with straight across bangs, in profile where the bright light from a window casts her s...

Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Shangri-La" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a lone woman, with dark bangs, holding her hand in the yoga position of Shangri-La in a pink...