Claire McConaughy

Wild Roses Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 3, impressionist landscape painting

2021

A narrative from the artist: "It belonged to a Hermit Thrush, which has one of the most beautiful songs in all of nature. Give it a listen on Audubon. A...

Bray has explored a smaller, more demure 8.5 x 11 inch format for two of these casein on panel paintings. When coupled with his rich palette and tightly hatched bed of brushstrokes, ...

Alan Bray’s landscape paintings of his native, central Maine explore the ever-ebbing dynamic between nature and humanity. His paintings capture an asymmetrical pas de deux. Painted with uncompromising precision by his quick-drying casein tempera paint, Bray’s trailheads, shorelines, and vast horizons show evidence of previous human presence as it succumbs to natural growth. Bray’s stylized scenes center on these afterimages of human interference as well as other natural phenomena. Inundated with detail, nature reclaims swaths of scarred land, fallen trees, and dilapidated structures, returning them to their wild form. Natural phenomena such as wild overgrowth, animal tracks, mysterious forms, bogs, and mist are resplendently captured as homage to the rugged and uninhabited corners of secluded Maine. Alan Bray builds his landscapes with numerous layers of quick-drying casein tempera. Often used in Italian Renaissance painting...

The latest painting from Alan Bray is a rare and exotic sighting, indeed. He’s shifted his focus away from the human realm and up to the skies, capturing an empty bird’s nest camoufl...

Abstract Art Large size Original oil Painting Ready to Hang Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Sty...

This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of New York City of the Empire State Building from Madison Square Park and 5th Avenue in the summer on a busy day with cars on the stre...

Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Title: Seashore Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Summer Path Dimensions: 30" x 30" x 1" inch (76 x 76 x 2cm) Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wrapped on Wo...

In creating this painting, I dove into the elusive interplay of light and shadow cast by the full moon over a dense forest. I chose oils to capture the mist's softness as it weaves t...