Brian Rounds

Davenport, California Sunset Plein Air Landscape

2018

Serene plein air landscape in oil of Natural Bridges in Santa Cruz, California, by Brian Rounds (American, b. 1968). Signed in the lower right corner by...

Overlooking Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay - Plein Air Landscape in Oil on Canvas Gorgeous plein air landscape of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay by Brian Rounds (American, b. 1968). Grey-purple clouds have rolled in over Santa Cruz around sunset, casting shadows and creating highlights in the city. Streaks of light shine through the clouds, and there is a yellow glow at the edge of the water in the distance. This piece is completed in a loose, abstracted style that captures the rapidly changing scenery. Signed and dated by the artist on verso. Unframed, but the artist has painted the edges black to allow for a frame-less display. Canvas size: 24"H x 30"W Acquired directly from the artist. Brian Rounds (American, b. 1968) is an award-winning artist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and is now based out of Santa Cruz, California. Since earning a B.A. in Painting from UC Santa Cruz, he has focused on a continued commitment to plein air painting in oils, but also enjoys working in watercolor and various drawing media. His work has been shown at: Smith Gallery, UCSC; Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History; Winfield Gallery...

"Flag Point Sunset" is a colorful example of Bryan Mark Taylor's modern approach to Impressionism. This beautiful oil on panel captures the mood and feel of the California Riviera w...

Laguna Beach longing Laguna Beach, I’m longing for highways that fade to sandy sidewalks and sunlight pouring down like golden rain in metallic hues of bronze and copper on skin softened by seabreeze and saltwater waves edged with lace-fine foam and artists who capture it all hanging above time-worn leather or galleries with auras of glass prisms and silver chrome vignettes of gas stations and traffic and crowded oceanside scenes suspended in time a sugar cone heaped with lemony gelato made salty sweet with Johnny Rocket’s fries a girl’s chlorine-bleached butternut macadamia hair dripping in coconut oils and pure light saturated pastel skies raked with spiderwebbing branches and stormed through with eucalyptus leaves she’s artlessly hanging of trees and becomes breathless smiles and bruised knees and one of those artists is brushing gold on plexiglass and she stands, coral pink flecked...