Jim Rodgers

Glimpse from the Cove original 36x36 impressionist marine landscape

The sundrenched sky is solid and dense while the action and drama seem to have subsided for the day. You feel satiated but maybe you'll clean up and come back out for an afternoon cocktail as you tie the sheets to the cleats and settle into home port. It was a day well spent so far and tomorrow is another day! Artist Joseph Sundwall layers the imagery at the marina as though a realistic depiction but stays true to impressionist style thereby ensuring that the motion remains even when at port. Sundwall has framed his original marine landscape in a custom stained wood traditional frame; the overall feeling of this oil painting is transitional as the classic marina interfaces with some abstracted elements. Noted artist Joseph Sundwall, a devotee of the teachings of Yale's Josef Albers' principals of minimalism and elegance in a work of art combined with the importance of negative space, is known for his sensitivity in the works he produces, often using intermittent abstractions to fill the voids. An accomplished portrait artist, Sundwall studied with renowned artist Everett...

Everything feels right on a breezy afternoon sailing in a glistening cove! Even the rocks and shells on the sand are illuminated by the warm rays of the sun. The gentle motion of the sailboat as it glides across the water is expertly depicted by the carefully applied brush strokes of marine painting expert and Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists Neal Hughes...

Oh the stories that this coastal scene at the last light of the day could tell! The sky is nearly flashing as the sun light diminishes sending pools of sparkles on the water's surface. The crew and guests on the schooners, smaller sailboats and dinghy become absorbed in the culmination of their day's journey and the journeys of the passengers in the other remaining boats as they navigate their boats with safe passage to their home dock destination. Rising star fine artist Paul Beebe...

The roaring power and bubbling beauty are unleashed when venturing into the sea on this sun blessed day! In majestic 3D the Atlantic Ocean rushes forward to be cleansed and to circulate, leaving dangerous rocks and jetties on which to rest your weary bones...

"Tranquility" is a framed oil painting on canvas by John Brandon Sills, depicting a hazy coastal landscape with the cloudy sky echoing in its reflection on the water. The blended bru...

Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 33 x 38.75 Medium: Oil on Panel Applied by Palette Knife "Still Coast" Biography Jose Vives-Atsara (1919-2004) His list of Pallbearers says it all. They were not just buyers of his art they were some of his closest friends. Pallbearers: E. Glenn Biggs, James M. Cavender, III, Tom C. Frost, Jr., James W. Gorman, Jr., George B. Irish, Joseph R. Krier, Robert L. Mooney and H. Bartell Zachry, Jr. Jose Vives-Atsara was born April 13, 1919, in Villafranca del Penedes near Barcelona, Spain. A native Spaniard, he developed a love of painting at an early age, and by age 11 had committed himself to becoming an artist. He studied at Colegio de San Ramon and had his first one-person show at age 14. The Spanish Civil interrupted his idyllic young life as he was forced to serve in the Communist Army, and then was imprisoned, suffering many hardships. Soon after the war he married Emilia Hill Domenech, and in 1947 set out to move with his wife and child aboard a tramp steamer to the United States. Unfortunately, immigration quotas did not allow them to move directly to the United States, and it was eight years before they achieved that goal. During this interim before obtaining temporary visas, he and his family lived first, in Caracas, Venezuela and then in Mexico City, Mexico. The family settled in San Antonio, Texas, where he had made friends on a previous visit. He and his wife and children gained citizenship in time for their first Christmas in the United States. He became such an exemplary immigrant citizen that officials of the U.S. District Court for the Western District Court regularly invited him to share his thoughts and advice for living in America with newly naturalized citizens Vives-Atsara also developed a close relationship with the Incarnate Word College, becoming, over the years, both a professor of art, and Artist in Residence. As a painter, he depicted many local scenes including San Antonio missions and the San Antonio River. For special guests such as Pope John Paul II, heads of state, and royalty from foreign countries, he was commissioned to provide paintings as gifts. His paintings were also commissioned for Frost Bank and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. For his vibrant oil paintings, he used only nine colors, mixed in a variety of ways. They have been described as both realistic and impressionistic. "Vives-Atsara believed that art is a reflection of the artist's soul, if this is true; his paintings reflect a beautiful, bright spirit." (Richardson) Jose Vives-Atsara died in San Antonio on January 13, 2004 and is buried there in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum. Jose Vives-Atsara was born in Vilafranca del Panades in the Catalonian region of Spain on April 30, 1919. As a small boy he loved to sketch with pencil and paper. He began painting at the age of eleven. His first one-man show came at the ripe old age of fourteen. From that time on, painting has been his love and his way of life. Jose studied art at Saint Raymond College and School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. He is quick to admit that his most inspirational teacher has been nature itself. Mr. Vives-Atsara came to San Antonio in 1956 where he has established his art career. His use of a palette knife in painting allows him to blend rich pure pigments to achieve his goal of creating a powerful statement of color directly on the canvas. This style is intended to produce works that are distinctively 'Vives-Atsara'. Vives-Atsara is represented in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Spain; Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas; His Royal Highness Juan Carlos...

This painting depicts a whimsical landscape of an industrial town harbor with the village houses and buildings ashore, with a few boats docked and at the distance in the background, ...

Late Light is an oil painting on canvas by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a unique composition of late afternoon light over the water created in an ...