Konnie Kim

She Loves Hollyhocks, Painting, Oil on Canvas

2016

Trees along the east fence line of our property in early spring with the last of the winter snow. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece come...

Painting:Oil on Canvas Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:100 W x 85 H x 3 D cm Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:No Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube Unfortunately ...

Painting:Oil on Canvas Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:70 W x 60 H x 3 D cm Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:Yes Packaging:Ships in a Box :: Painting :: Impressi...

Painting:Oil on Canvas Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:85 W x 75 H x 3 D cm Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:No Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube :: Painting :: Im...

This artwork "Le Toreador" 1962 is an oil painting on canvas by noted french impressionist artist Jacques Lalande, 1921-2003. It is signed at the Middle left side by the artist. The ...

Childhood, a reoccurring theme in Darlene Cole’s work, is represented by prepubescent girls and boys, engaged in some type of action. Without adult supervision, these activities confer on Cole’s children an adult-like aura, empowering them. The artist cites Neil Postman’s 1982 book about the decline in innocence in American culture The Disappearance of Childhood as a text that informs her work. In it, Postman argues that communications technology, such as the invention of the television and later, the Internet, contributed to children losing their innocence, thus transforming them into young adults. A source of inspiration for Cole are the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848. They studied nature attentively, employed vivid colours and depicted unconventional-looking women. Just like in Pre-Raphaelite works, the girls in Cole’s paintings embody enigma, distance, and beauty. The past, in general, is a great source of inspiration for the artist. Cole’s cottage, or ‘artist’s retreat’ as she calls it, was built at the beginning of the 20th century. Since she kept all the original furniture and linens intact, the cottage, on the side of a lake, seems to belong to the past. Nature, another omnipresent theme in Cole’s work, is in many works represented by flowers, such as pink David Austin roses...

This artwork "Le Jeune Violoniste (The Young Violinist)" 1962 is an oil painting on canvas by noted french impressionist artist Jacques Lalande, 1921-2003. It is signed at the upper ...

Signed lower right. A prominent landscape and marine painter, Jules Eugène Pages spent most of his career in France where he was a well-known Impressionist painter, but he mainta...