Francis Sills

Summer Garden II, Botanical, Plants in Bright Green, Purple, Brown on Wood Porch

2017

Two beer glasses sit on a small round table, illuminated by a green sconce and framed by a snowy scene outside the window of the cozy bar in this peaceful, wintry still life by KK Ko...

This painting of plants on a porch is from Francis Sills' 2017 series of Flora Paintings. Verdant leafy palms in planters stand behind a wooden table with bright red potted flowers a...

Colorful painting of flowers in a dark blue vase from Francis Sills' 2017 series of Flora Paintings. The flowers, a pink rose and a white lily, contrast the verdant green background....

This still life painting of flowers arranged in a vase is from Francis Sills' newest series of Flora Paintings. The ivory petals and green leaves in the bouquet of white lilies are b...

An abstract rendering of a floral arrangement with bright yellow flowers and verdant leaves and stems in shades of green is vibrant and lush against a gray background. Signed on re...

A floral patterned pitcher on a wooden table holds brightly colored pink and red roses with long leaves in verdant shades of green, loosely depicted in oil on linen canvas. Signed o...

David Kroll Vase and Nest, 2011 oil on linen 32" x 28" Artist David Kroll is known for his finely crafted paintings—precise still lives and exquisite landscapes that allude to bot...

The title of the series is Arquitecturas Domésticas and has this interesting link with the a Spanish Baroque. What Gloria is doing with these pieces is reinterpreting the Spanish Bar...

The title of the series is Arquitecturas Domésticas has an interesting link with the a Spanish Baroque, what Gloria is doing with these pieces is reinterpreting the Spanish Baroque, ...

The title of the series is Arquitecturas Domésticas and has this interesting link with the a Spanish Baroque. What Gloria is doing with these pieces is reinterpreting the Spanish Bar...

In "Outpost", Jacobsen’s new body of work records scenes from a year when societal boundaries where crossed and personal dreams set into motion. The paintings in this exhibition continue and expand on the ideas of Jacobsen’s 2014 exhibition, “Lean-to,” which featured artworks that invited viewers to contemplate still-life images of interiors from the artist’s domestic spaces and black and white arrangements from the artist’s workspace. While seemingly traditional still lives, the works served as the artist’s subtle critique of industrialized society. The content and technique speak to Jacobsen’s attempt to insulate himself from this very type of industrial environment and modernist influences. Jacobsen purchased a miner’s cabin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado just prior to the legalization of marijuana, and the paintings in Outpost serve as documents of his experiments in growing this newly legal plant. In these still lifes, the marijuana plant is the central focus against a dark background, along with wild mushrooms collected on long hikes and crystals gifted from friends. These paintings hearken back to traditional Dutch paintings of tulips, itself a coveted plant in its day. Deploying the technique of lens flare, Jacobsen highlights the importance of the camera, while also referencing the religious, spiritual, and cultist motif of light symbolizing the divine. The usage of this “heavenly” light on these cannabis plants...

The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...