Megan Frazer

Counter, Original Contemporary Surrealist Gouache Painting on Wood Panel

2014

Artist Commentary: The intricate and complex branching patterns of a giant willow tree stand out in ghostly contrast to storm clouds in the background. A patch of illuminated sky in...

Artist Commentary: I love the geometry of mooring balls, stacked boats and anchors and the tangled texture of chains and ropes in boatyards. The shadows of late day delineate them. ...

Artist Commentary: An old wooden sailboat was docked next to our boat at a marina in Solomons Island, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay. I was fascinated by t...

Artist Commentary: This mixed media painting includes the back of the Ranchos de Taos church that Georgia O'Keefe made famous in her painting. My painting ...

Artist Commentary: My husband and I were living on our boat in Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, for a couple of months when we were between houses. The harbor was often crowded wit...

Artist Commentary: R.E. Mayo is a seafood and fuel stop on the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina. We tied up at the rickety dock there one night in early winter when we were ta...

Tsz Kam's Flytraps in a Vase

Mersing by Alanna Eakin [2021] original Oil paint on wood panel Image size: H:30 cm x W:23 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:23 cm x D:0.5cm Framed Size: H:36 cm x W...

A late 20th century watercolour, gouache and acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right and dated 1985 and titled, 'Godot' to the reverse. A ch...

"Cactus", by Christina Haglid, is a painstakingly detailed watercolor of a Saguaro Cactus on panel. Each needle from the cactus is evident in this small scale painting. The background gives the idea that is a scene from a solarium with its blurred window panes. The piece is floated within a white wood frame and measures 4.75h x 3.75w inches. Christina Haglid Cactus watercolor and gouache on panel 4h x 3w in 10.16h x 7.62w cm Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences. At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at night...

David Cheifetz's "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a golden vase and red apple situated within a landscape of a green leafing tree and a blue wave crashing...

Tiffany Dae's (US based) "Accept" is a original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brown wooden chair surrounded by space like darkness. Artist Biogra...