August Heinrich Riedel

Mandolin Player with Family on the Gulf of Naples, Mt. Vesuvius

circa 1840

Pair the gentlest blue gray with soft shades of white and tan and you are on the journey to appreciating the morning surf in this contemporary realist marine landscape. A natural par...

Cool, crisp and sophisticated and somewhat reflective of the art nouveau period, this 36x48 original realist marine landscape demands attention while offering refreshing relaxation with an ever so gentle breeze. The scene is waiting for the day to unfold, sails still meticulously wrapped, lines taught. The foliage, sea and sky are all pristine and at the ready on this soothing summer day. This large scale oil painting is 40x52 framed in it's custom contemporary antique silver frame, ideal for any transitional space. Highly trained and highly regarded Croatian American artist Rinaldo Skalamera graduated, as a young man, from the Art Instruction Schools of Minneapolis with a degree in illustration, with a full merit based scholarship! Forever seeking to refine his work, Skalamera continued his studies in New York City at both the Art Students League and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Preferring exclusive, private galleries in which to present his work, Skalamera shows his original works, both oil paintings and water colors, in venues from Palm Beach, Florida to Beverly Hills, California to the Hamptons in New York to Spring Lake...

Bearing the light, this elegant, white horse, commands respect as he gallops freely down the mountain towards the meadow below. So gracefully he establishes his dominion over this equestrian landscape. This realistic depiction of power and grace has been painted by professional portrait artist Joseph Sundwall...

Weary from the drive to the coast, you are rewarded by a sunrise that you will recall for years to come! The realist impressionist nocturnal setting at the marina is so exacting in ...