Jack Balas
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Graphite
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper, Ink
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Enamel
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink, Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Gesso, Oil, Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Enamel
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper, Acrylic
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Jack Balas Biography and Important Works
Jack Balas is an artist whose work primarily includes painting, drawing and photography; occasionally cross-pollinated with writing and other media. After earning his BFA and MFA in sculpture from Northern Illinois University, Balas moved from the Chicago area to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cross-country art shipper, driving between Los Angeles and New York on a route that regularly took him through the western landscapes that have come to define much of his work. Eventually moving away from sculpture entirely, Balas began producing paintings of athletic young men, annotated and layered with numbers, illustrations, personal anecdotes, and other disparate elements that offer a depiction of idealized masculinity in America through the lens of Balas's personal experiences; as well as a contemporary counterpoint to the art-historical archetype of the female nude. A 1995 recipient of an Individual Fellowship in Painting from the National Endowment for the Arts, Balas is now represented in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Denver Art Museum, Colorado; the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona; the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California; the 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky; the Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico; and the Usiminas Cultural Institute, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil; among others. Balas currently divides his time between Denver and Tucson.
Finding the Right Drawings and Watercolor Paintings for You
Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.
Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art.
The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.
When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.
When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.