Carl Bretzke

"Sag Harbor Pier" American Realist landscape of boats and a sunset in small town

2024

"Great Lakes South Shore" is an oil painting of a sunset over a harbor in Minnesota. Painted en plein air by Midwest realist painter Carl Bretzke. Framed. Signed "C.Bretzke" lower left Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes, nocturnes, and plein-air landscapes. He is a member of the Plein Air Painters of America since 2021. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Carl's work has been described in the Washington Post as "simultaneously intimate and detached…The artist's unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school." Carl holds an MD degree from the University of...

"Dusk Walk Along Marine Park Drive" is a realistic impasto painting of Marine Park Drive in Sag Harbor, New York. Persson's impasto technique of the paint with her palette knife brings the reflection on the bay to life with striking realism, making this paintin gboth a tactile delight and a precise Emily Persson is a Melbourne based artist who has been creating oil paintings with a palette knife for three years. Emily is a multi-generational artist with roots in Brisbane, Australia. Although an avid hobbyist painter her whole life, Emily found her style and her new career in 2016 when she began painting landscape, seascape and floral still-life paintings inspired by her surrounds in Queensland. Emily decided in late 2017 that she would give away a successful corporate office job and pursue her life long dream of becoming a full time artist. She relocated to South Yarra in Melbourne and immediately began exhibiting across Australia at galleries such as the Moree Gallery and Satch & Co. Emily participated in many group exhibitions and fundraisers in 2018 including multiple shows in Melbourne, New South Wales and Queensland. Emily has gained most of her notoriety from her popularity on Instagram where she has close to twelve thousand followers. Emily’s art has trended worldwide on social media and she has become a pioneer and mentor for other artists trying to find their online groove. Emily has drawn the eye of some of Australia’s most sought after interior designers including Thomas Hamel, Nina Provan, Lauren Li and has had her work displayed in some of Australia’s biggest lifestyle magazines including Belle and Country Style. Influenced by master artists such as Frederick McCubbin and Arthur Streeton and by the contemporaries such as Prudence Flint and Rick Amor...

Butko paints the natural, sprawling light of early, mid, and late day. In this composition–his largest of 2023—Butko takes on early summer's mid-day light in Northeastern U.S. The cl...

An Oil painting of boats in a marina. Above, the suns rays pierce through the clouds. American realist painter Carl Bretzke is particularly adept at nocturne scenes which ooze in d...

Sunset paints its colors on the bay. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes ...

Plein Air painting of commercial fishing boats at Viking Village in Barnegat Light. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certific...

American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson ...

A painting done on the North Shore of Long Island. This was after a major wind/rain storm and the harbor was illuminated by the sunset clouds. Image is m...