Rachel Hecker

"Red Still Life" Abstract Contemporary Coffee Cup and Drinking Glass Still Life

1988

Contemporary abstract surrealist painting of green pear lounging in a white bathtub with a single lightbulb hung over it. The scene is set against a ligh...

Modern abstract brown toned Cubist inspired still life painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central floral arrangement set against a light brown backgrou...

Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) Acrylic on paper mounted on mat board. Image size is 7 1/2" x 6 3/4" laid down on mat board 24" x 16". Mat board could be resized to fit your frame. ...

Surrealist contemporary tablescape, acrylic on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty R.S.W. Signed and dated bottom left, presented in custom wood frame. This piece is wonderfully colourful, playful and is typical of his witty sense of humour. Docherty likes to tease us visually and asks questions and presents conundrums to the viewer. Frank McLean Docherty was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1942. He became a student at Glasgow School of Art in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Printed Textiles in 1964. He taught in a secondary school in the East End of Glasgow for two years, thereafter departing to work in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland as a textile designer (Marks & Spencer, Heals and Liberty of London). He was also an illustrator for a range of newspapers and an Art Director of magazines. In 1973, he was appointed Principal Teacher of Art in a Scottish High School and in 1978 was honoured by the Queen when he was appointed Member of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours (R.S.W.) He left education in 1994. Since that time he has developed a vision which is quite unique in Scottish Art. Bank Managers, toucans, lighthouses, penguins, bowler hats, Frank Docherty...