Kathleen Murray

Three Large Cliffs in the Sea, Miniature Contemporary Coastal Seascape

2000s

Beautiful dynamic clouds above minimal landscape by Judith Fields (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated by artist upper left corner "Judith Fields '99". Presented in a rustic whitewashed frame. Image, 11.88"H x 8.75"W. Judith Fields is an award-winning artist in encaustics, mixed media and watercolor. She is primarily a self-taught artist, augmenting her personal study with various professional workshops around the country. Having worked in many media, including watercolor and acrylics, she has become primarily an encaustic and mixed media artist. Judith works out of her home studio and exhibits at Huntsville Art League. She is a member of International Encaustics Artists...

Beautiful landscape of a California springtime river scene by Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten" lower left. Unframed. Image, 24.25"H x 18"W. Mr. Jooste...

Beautiful California mountain scene by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Circa 1950. Unframed. Image, 12"H x 16"W. Gleiforst was born in Crete, Nebraska but moved to Oregon where she studied at the University of Oregon. She then settled in Beverly Hills where she began to paint. Her teachers included Nicolai Fechin...

Miniature landscape of trees in the snow by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1958). Signed "MURRAY" in the lower left corner. Titled "#8 Snow + Trees" on verso. No frame. Kathleen Murr...

Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, 1957 Oil on paperboard 8 x 10 inches Signed lower left; signed and dated on the reverse Guy Carleton Wiggins is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork.  Ironically, although his work includes many fine Connecticut landscapes, he is best remembered for some snow scenes of New York City. Like many other American Impressionists, Wiggins had one foot in the city and the other in the country (Vermont Hillside, South Londonderry).  Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, went to England with his family as a boy, received an English grammar school education, and traveled widely abroad. He was the son of a prominent artist, Carleton Wiggins, a painter in the Barbizon style who studied with George Inness and admired Anton Mauve and Dwight Tryon...

A lovely Santa Barbara, California Plein Air Landscape oil painting of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Estate signed verso. Pain...

Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-99........... PROVENANCE: The Francis Draper Jr. Estate........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST...

Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. In a genuine gold leaf, had carved frame. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-90........