Jesse Russell

Les Maisons Spring Landscape

Beyond The Waterline by Mari Elsa Giddings (American, b. 1959) Gorgeous vintage monotype original watercolor painting of a serene lake surrounded by vibrant trees of green. The lake sits quiet, with shadows from the trees glistening over it. There are patches of golden grass along the lakeside, and skies of blue sparkling against the water. Signed lower right "Mari Elsa Giddings" and "Giddings" on verso. Presented in a white mat. Matted: 40"H x 32"W Image: 26"H x 24"W. Mari Elsa Giddings is a contemporary artist who was born in Washington, D.C. in 1959. She grew up in Maryland, New York, and then studied art at Phoenix College in Arizona with Meryl Mahaffey and Allen Dutton. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Arizona State University in 1984, where she worked under master printers, such as Dan Britten and Wayne Kimball. In 1986 she became chief assistant to master printer Robert A. Devoe at the Phoenix Art Press. Shortly after, Mari opened her own studio in the Verde Valley in northern Arizona where she happily painted landscapes for several years. In 1991 Mari moved back to Phoenix to become the Art Director of Phoenix Art Press. n 1995 Mari co-founded the Planet Art...

Beautiful calm blue landscape by Santa Cruz artist Addison Robichaud (American, 1943-2017). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "A. Robichaud" lower right. Image size, 6"H x 12"L. ...

Gorgeous mid century landscape of High Sierras full of clouds and cool lake water. some impasto texture also. A well done oil by a California plein air painter. Image 24"H x 30"W Oi...

Inviting mid-Century French farm house scene landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Circa 1930-50. Image size, 18"H x 12"L.

Beautiful California seascape of Rocky Point in Big Sur, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Presented in a gold toned meta...

Beautiful winter landscape of the snow covered countryside by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed "Mallek" lower right. Displayed in a painted rustic frame. Image, 7"H...

Brazos River Trees is an 18 x 18 monotype/ collage by Texas artist Charlotte Seifert. Brazos River Trees is 18 x 18 and framed it is 30 x 30. The monotype collage is printed on RFK...

Brazos River is an 18 x 18 monotype/ collage by Texas artist Charlotte Seifert. Brazos is 18 x 18 and framed it is 25 x 25. The monotype collage is printed on RFK Paper in Houston,...

"Bleak House 7-13-2020" is a plein air painting of the artist's farm house in Louisiana, featuring hues of yellow, grey, blue and green. This work is fram...

Artist Commentary: I have been asked numerous times by my loyal customers to create more holiday winter cards of my paintings. As I was looking outside my window in this month of March, the snowy scenes in front of me were an ideal inspiration for me. And to make things even better for my creative juices, Paris had just been covered a few weeks before by a couple inches of snow. This happens very rarely and the whole city was paralysed. Parisians were unhappy, as always, but Paris under the snow is magnificent. I asked my good parisian friend to share with me the pictures she took of Paris under the snow. Between the winter view from my window and my friend’s pictures, I had enough material to immerse myself into this project. In 3 weeks, I created 8 paintings and I had the best time of my life!!! I wish I could do that all the time. I painted holiday lights, ornaments, some snow, and I even had an american cardinal in snowy Paris!!! I felt right at home between my 2 countries: France and the US! What wintery scenes or holiday scenes do you find magnificent? Words that describe this piece: winter, snow, Paris, France, tree Artist Biography: Life is basically a huge collection of moments. Sometimes you have no idea how everything will end up tying together - Marion Buricatu...

Artist Commentary: I started a series of paintings of places in the town I live in: Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. In many New England small towns, the most important buildings are the white protestant churches in the commons. In Shrewsbury, this church is called “the First Congregational Church”. So it made sense to start my painting collection with this church. My fellow painters told me that New England churches have been painted millions of times, and that it could be a boring subject. However, I was struck by the beauty in these churches. Coming from the French Loire Valley where winters are grey and rainy, I loved the crisp, blue sky of New England in winter and the way the church and the snow shared the same pearly white color. Compared to where I come from, churches are instead made of yellow ochre stone and snow is very rare. Overall, I just started to paint what was different for me. Even though my paintings of New England...

Gary Bowling's oil paintings on paper are plein air studies with a modern impressionistic feeling. Bowling favors depicting the beauty of the Midwest land...