Nicola Currie

Sweet Peas In A Blue Glass Vase

2019

Sometimes the simple beauty of a limited palette is what is called for. This playful reflection on circles and shadows came into being thanks to the beautiful pot made by the British Ceramicist Jonathan...

The beauty of the shape and colours of the calla lily have entranced artists for centuries. In this painting I was interested in their trumpet like petals calling out for attention ...

Woman with Basket & Fruit 2009 – original by Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604 – 1667) Finely painted oil on canvas copy of the original Dutch Golde...

A display of peonies at the Malvern Spring Show provided the inspiration for this painting. The prize peony was floating in a silver bowl of water providing a beautifully delicate ba...

Skilled and very beautiful watercolor by I. P. Gardner from the 1920s to 1930s. Artist is well known for her watercolors of life in the Middle East during that period. Signed lower l...

Oil on board Image 16" x 20" Well framed in contemporary black wood frame

In the trompe l'oeil panel painting, "Wonder, or the Plane of the Invisible," a comic cut-out of Wonder Woman sits between two spatial planes—the top, very flat plane is cut out in the shape of a plane as a play Wonder Woman's famous "Invisible Plane." The silly way the comic book character would sit in an imaginary seat flying through the air would force the artist to wonder, “how do you represent an invisible plane”. Here, we see a bright blue canvas, sprinkled with glittery paillettes; an outline of an airplane beneath an outline of the word “SKY”, an infantile depiction of the sun made of masking tape, and finally, the hero, Wonder Woman, her comic clipping taped onto the invisible plane. A very believable, naturalist blue sky with puffy white clouds is visible through the letters and the invisible airplane. It feels like we can reach into the invisible plane to find the natural world…yet atop the plane is an old cartoon of the first female superhero. She overlaps the realistic atmosphere, and even casts a shadow onto it. The planet’s orbit is dedicated to the sun, and all living things need the light to survive…yet this most important element is made up of a crude array of tape strips, asymmetrical, and even torn in-half. This sun refers back to Pablo Picasso’s sun...

Still Life Painting of English Bone China Tea Cup, Saucer & Biscuit by Contemporary British Artist Art measures 11 x 11 inches Frame measures 16 x ...

Martin Dimitrov paints and sculpts entirely from life and imagination. His recent work has focused heavily on large-scale nocturne paintings depicting a variety of subjects that resonate with the artist. From near life-size paintings of a lemon tree on his property to night scenes overlooking the AZ valley, Dimitrov always imbues his work with a sense of atmosphere and silent admiration for his subject. In this piece of orange blossoms at night, the piece almost seems theatrical. Blossoms open up in the cool low desert night...

Nocturne oil painting by artist Martin Dimitrov. Martin works exclusively from life and imagination which gives the works intention and presence. This piece was painted as a refere...

ANDRE PERRACHON (FRENCH, 1827-1909) Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 19.5" h x 25.5" w.

John Schieffer graduated in 1995 from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. The salutatorian entered the world of illustration at Mercer Mayer Productions as a children’s book illustrator. It was a job where he used his artistic abilities although it was not an outlet for a serious painting career. (He has a written and illustrated a book of his own that is awaiting a publisher). John then worked in the field of graphics at Leslie Roy...