Casein Landscape Paintings

Mid 20th Century oil on board view of a courtyard by Italian artist Paul Pennisi. Signed bottom left, presented in contemporary wood frame. There is also a Greek artists supplies label to the back of the panel which suggests the work was painted during his time in Greece. Pennisi has manged to capture all the charm of an old manor house, with its decorative pediment, next to the other buildings in a courtyard. He has created a wonderful perspective with the range of buildings to the left which draw you in to the painting as if you are walking through and up to the steps and gate to the right. He has used an interesting colour palette to give all the vibrancy to the buildings yet the sky and right portion of the painting are almost as if a storm is approaching, a great contrast between light and shade. His technique means we can feel the age of the buildings and the texture of their facades, a very successful juxtaposition of roughness and smoothness to the paint surface. Paul Pennisi was born in 1930 to an old Sicilian family, the Pennisi di Floristella, in Acireale. He studied architecture at the University of Rome. In 1964 he moved to Thessaloniki, Greece where he devoted himself exclusively to painting. There he studied the centuries old byzantine iconography techniques of the Mount Athos...

Red, blue, pink, and black abstract modernist painting by known Houston, TX artist McKie Trotter. This painting depicts various geometric rectangular shapes in red and pink against a black background. Dimensions Without Frame: H 17 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: McKie Trotter was born in 1918 in Manchester, Georgia. He pursued his growing interest in art, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia...

Abstract Expressionist Foliage. Anemone Tide Pool written in margin. Signed and dated in ink. Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied...

Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Hans Hofmann School of Art in New ...

Casein on paper. Housed in a custom frame with all archival materials and UV Protection/Anti-reflective glass. Outer dimensions measure 29 ¼ x 37 ¼ inches; image size is 19 ½ x 27 ½ inches. About the artist: Early in his artistic career, Dole Reed knew he wanted to be a printmaker. Influenced by Goya’s aquatints...

Signed lower right, 'Artindale', painted circa 1955 and titled 'Los Ojos Valley', on label verso. A substantial, panoramic desert landscape showing the effects of light filtered thr...