Ryan A. Sobkovich

'Island Reflections, Algonquin' Contemporary Landscape in Oil Paint

2024

This fall landscape features a lake outside of Burk's Falls, Ontario near where the artist lived. Painted towards the end of Lawrence Nickle's life, the landscape demonstrates his mastery over his craft of plein air painting. Working in a sketch size Nickle was able to capture the textures of the landscape and the vivid fall colours. Artist Bio: Born in 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Lawrence Nickle rose to prominence as a Canadian painter, draftsman and educator. He studied under John Alfsen, Rowley Murphy and George Pepper at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1954. He is well known for his oil on board en plein air paintings in which he depicted Ontario wilderness and rural life. The areas around his home of Burk’s Falls, Lake Superior and Lake Huron featured in many of his works, celebrating the Canadian Landscape. Lawrence Nickel is well known in the communities of Wawa, Kenora, and Huntsville as an arts advocate and teacher. He passed away in his home of Burk’s Falls in 2014 at the age of 82. Nickle’s work can be found in many private and corporate collections, including that of the late Ken Thompson.

Mathias Falls, found in Mathiasville, Ontario captures the South Muskoka River at its finest. Tonal changes in the blue water help convey the rushing water making its way down the st...

Saturated oil paint gives this sunset painting a dramatic flair that suits the shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario. Cool tones fill the tree line at the edges of the canvas, transitionin...

Ryan Sobkovich captures a beautiful winter sunset in this landscape painting. With his saturated colour palette and impasto style brushwork he creates a softer version of the cold da...

Water surface with partial reflections from the trees in the background. Oil on linen. Painted with a lot of paint, applied with brush and palette knife. The edges of canvas are col...

Originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Oehmig now resides in Brunswick, Maine. He holds a B.A. in Studio Art and Art History from Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, as well as an M.F.A. with Distinction in Fine Art from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. Oehmig's works are infused with light and color, and his painterly style is well suited to capturing the natural landscape throughout Maine, along the Eastern seaboard, and the French and Italian countryside. Oehmig has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions across the United States including the New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut; Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine; the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee; the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine; the Wood Museum and Library, Chicago, Illinois; Albany Fine Arts, Albany, New York; Art Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; Bay View Gallery, Camden, Maine; Clarke Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida; J. Todd Galleries, Wellesley, Massachusetts; the Maine State House, Augusta, Maine; and the Wiscasset Bay Gallery...

In this oil painting I combine expressiveness and impressionism to capture the life-affirming power of nature. My brushwork gives this forest lake a raw, emotional depth. Every strok...

This was a very still morning in the summer on Besnard Lake, Saskatchewan. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the...