Regine David

Mid 20th Century Sunlit Path Through a Verdant Park: A Pastel Landscape of Trees

1947

The Country Pathway by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) oil painting on board, unframed measures: 9 x 10.5 inches condition: the painting is in very sound and presentab...

Winter Sunlight in the Park by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) pastel painting on artist paper painting: 10.5 x 16 inches condition: This painting is in excellent cond...

Artist Commentary: This piece is an original acrylic on canvas landscape painting. Keywords: forest, path, woods, hiking, outdoors, trees, landscape, nature, trees, green Artist Bi...

"The Humming of Cicadas at Chenequa" is an original pastel drawing on Canson paper by Peggy Leonard. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece depicts a view into dense vegetation, likely the edge of a forest, in green, orange, yellow, and blue. 19 1/2" x 25 1/2" art 26" x 32" frame Peggy Leonard received her BFA in painting and drawing and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is both a registered nurse, and accomplished artist, residing in Milwaukee, WI. From the artist: “These paintings are my prayers,” muses Leonard, reflecting on her driving need to express herself through her art. “We are made of the stuff that requires us to respond with our hearts and hands. Often, it requires terrible sacrifice and suffering, something not everyone can understand. But it is done with reverence of life, not irreverence.” Leonard’s pastels and oil paintings capture her reverence of life and reflect her own life’s journey, including earlier forays into the wilderness. Her venture into art began in early childhood, as childless neighbors nurtured her natural ability to draw; concurrently, Leonard’s parents instilled a respect for academic excellence and the higher order of nurturing others. As a young nurse, Leonard “heard and saw poignant messages to travel while one was young and free…while one had one’s health.” Consequently, she took to the open road and public lands, camping across America for months at a time. During these years, her “celebration of the natural splendor of this country” helped shape her sense of artistic expression. She was moved by such sights as the sunset on St. Mary’s Lake...