Paula Towne

Oldest Tree on the Lockie Road, Rossie New York, Acrylic on Wood by Paula Towne

2002

A unique painting and woodburning by self-taught American artist Paula Towne (1948-2019). Towne embraced the beauty of Northern New York where she lived and worked for over 50 years....

Babylon John Bowman, American (1953) Date: 1989 Acrylic on Wooden Door Panel, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 84 in. (91.44 x 213.36 cm)

This acrylic painting on a wooden door panel was created by American artist John Bowman. The ordered and chaotic patterns found in Bowman’s urban landscapes are reminiscent of Byzantine mosaics, Islamic tile...

Artist: Géza Mészöly, Hungarian (1844 - 1887) Title: Gypsy Camp Medium: Oil on Panel, signed verso Size: 7.25 in. x 11.75 in. (18.42 cm x 29.85 cm) Frame Size: 14 x 18.5 inches

Artist: Vincent Manago, French (1880 - 1936) Title: Two Fishermen Year: 1926 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l. Size: 29 x 36 inches (73.66 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 33 x 40.5 inches

Artist: Jose Antonio Velasquez, Honduran (1906 - 1983) Title: View from House - San Antonio de Oriente Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed,...

Large Naïve acrylic on board attributed to a French artist named Le Bris as the work was bought with another painting signed by the artist. The painting is presented in a gilt wooden baton frame. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. The characteristics of naïve art have a challenging relationship to the formal qualities of painting, especially as they tend not to respect the three rules of the perspective (such as defined by the Progressive Painters of the Renaissance): 1. Decrease of the size of objects proportionally with distance, 2. Muting of colours with distance, 3. Decrease of the precision of details with distance. The results are: Effects of perspective are geometrically erroneous (distinctive aspect of the works, like the drawing of a child...

In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with a deep and vibrant field of red grass. Indeed, the term 'field' here is apt, as the large expanse of red in the painting see...

In this painting, Robert Richter has composed a tightly-cropped image of a leafy bush, paying attention to its individual sprigs and flowers. Below the shrub, a row of small flowers ...

In this oil on wood panel painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. The tree, with its ruby apples...

This painting, 'Bread on Carpet,' presents a simple still life using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The oval loaf is central in the composition, its golden br...

In this painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. Whereas many of his paintings use deep and richly saturated ...