Anne Harney

The Arrangement by Anne Harney, Blue Abstract Still Life Painting

2021

Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...

This square oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Harry and David" was created in 2023. One singular pear is depicted...

Sharon used a thick application of paint, real-life subject matter, and emphasized geometric forms, distorted for expressive effect, and used an unnatural, arbitrary color. Brown, b...

Sharon used a thick application of paint, real-life subject matter, and emphasized geometric forms, distorted for expressive effect, and used an unnatural, arbitrary color. Brown, b...

This vertical oil on canvas painting by American artist Sharon Hockfield is entitled "Painting With Ellin" was created in 2023. Two figures are depicted in this piece, facing each ot...

Sharon used a thick application of paint, real-life subject matter, and emphasized geometric forms, distorted for expressive effect, and used an unnatural, arbitrary color. Blue, cr...

This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, purple, green and pink. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA f...

A vibrant, colorful Fauvist still life by Monterey, California artist Anthony Rappa (American, 20th Century). Heavy, painterly paint application. Un...

JANET AMENT DE LA ROCHE (American 1916-2000) "Still Life of Table with Lemons and Vase of Flowers," Oil painting on canvas wrapped board in carved gilt wood frame Hand signed L/R, "de la Roche," and signed verso Provenance: Private Collection, Pearland, Texas. Dimensions: framed 15 X 19.5 sight 12 X 16 Janet Ament De La Roche (1916-2000) was active/lived in California. She is known for Post impressionist, abstract figurative painting. This painting while clearly figurative bears the influence of the emerging Abstract expressionist movement. Janet Ament De La Roche was born in Hollywood, CA on December 31, 1916. Janet first studied in Los Angeles at Otis and Chouinard art institutes. While studying at Jepson Art Institute in 1947, she met and soon married artist, Victor Di Gesu. Janet de La Roche was often called one of the last Bohemians. She was an artist as well as an avid Flamenco dancer. The couple spent four years in Europe and further studied in Paris at Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Andre Lhote Institute, and in Barcelona at Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Jorge .She also studied with the artist, Ejnar Hansen. as well as with Earl Kerkam, Yves Brayer, Jean Aujame, Edouard Goerg, F.Tolles Chamberlin and George Stanley. Upon returning to California in 1956, they settled on the Monterey Peninsula and built a home in Pacific Grove. She exhibited widely and with much success, including at the Salon d'Automne (1954), the Salon des Artes Decoratifs, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She was the winner of the Prix Othon Friesz. She was included in the exhibit at the Pacific Grove Art Center, A Salute to 14 Major Artists, (Other “Legacy” artists include, Janet Ament, Carolyn berry, Joan Savo, Justine Weber, Virginia Conroy, George Degroat, Eldon Dedini, Sam Colburn, Alex Gonzalez...

"Magnolia Forever I" and "Iris Bloom Too" form a captivating duo, each capturing the unique beauty of nature in its own way. In "Magnolia Forever II," the blooming magnolias evoke ti...

"Iris Bloom Too" is a magnificent creation that captures the delicate beauty of irises and magnolias in all their splendor. Set against a vibrant green backdrop, these blossoming flo...

This colorful painting by Eleanor Parke Custis is in the spirit of Louis Valtat and the Fauves. The subject of flowers in the foreground is repeated in the backdrop. It straddles the line between abstraction and representation. Signed lower right - Work is framed. Eleanor Parke Custis studied in Corcoran School of the Arts and Design under Edmund C. Tarbell and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Henry B. Snell. Initially, she began her art career as a painter, creating watercolors. Custis created illustrations for Scribner's Magazine, Harper's, Doubleday, Harcourt. She started to take photographs in her youth, using a Brownie camera...