Heather Ireland

Continuation of the Blues, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2017

from the series "Withered trees", oil and pencil on paper. 48 x 32 cm, 2014. The structure of a tree is simple and curious: some ramifications in the air to catch the light, some ...

In this painting, I sought to capture the spirit of freedom and the essence of vitality. The horse symbolizes uninhibited movement, its form emerges from a dance of colors that evoke...

The rocky shores of my island home on the west coast of Canada yield many ways in which nature can be the trigger for abstraction. The viewer is drawn into a...

The legend of Cupid and Psyche There were once a king and queen, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, It was rumored that she ...

Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...

Cat and Cockerel by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Oil and gold on panel 65 x 94 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 37 inches) Signed and dated, Manzana Pissarro 1925 This work is accompanied by ...

ERWIN BINDEWALD (1897-1950) Two men playing draughts, a girl with the red book standing behind them Signed and dated E. Bindewald d.j., 27 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 90.5 cm In black and gilt gesso frame. Note: Bindewald was born in Charlottenburg. He moved to Berlin in 1914 where he studied till 1924 at the Berliner Kunst Akademie. Bindewald travelled in Europe, but mainly stayed in Germany and certainly never was in China. This painting was made in Europe, presumably in the China Town of Berlin. Bindewald received several commisions in Germany from factory owners who wanted their factories painted inside, usually with workers, as well as outside. In the present painting the sitter on the right seems to be a man with a Manchurian background, wearing the brown coat reserved for the highest aristocracy in China. In China the black sleeve-ends completely cover the hands, indicating that the high aristocracy does not have to do any manuel labour. This man clearly is not a factory worker but he possibly is the (co)- owner of the factory in the background and as such might need his hands to do at least some writing. The man on the left in the modern Western suit...

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Bunch of flowers Oil on on canvas Signed upper left 38 x 46 cm In a nice modern frame : 53 x 61 cm Lucien...