Alicia Czechowski, notwithstanding an MFA in art from Wayne State University, is a self-taught artist, as most artists have been. As a child with a natural aptitude for drawing and a lust for sheer visual experience, she began drawing with whatever materials came to hand. Her drawing skills developed during her teens, keeping a sketchbook handy at all times with the result that she did thousands of impromptu studies from life of happenstance subjects that struck a chord, such as people and animals at rest and in motion, random objects, buildings, vistas and extempore imagined imagery.
Growing up in Detroit, Alicia Czechowski had ready access to the superb collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. At the age of 10, she did her first copy of a painting, a still-life by Claesz, which she rendered on a much reduced scale in colored pencil, and then she did a somewhat more ambitious quarter-scale oil copy of “Trappers on the Missouri” by Bingham. Later, she did full-scale oil copies of paintings, or details of paintings, by Frans Hals, Rubens, Chardin, Gainsborough, Van Dyke, Velasquez, Fantin-Latour, Fragonard and G. D. Tiepolo in the National Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through copying works by these artists, Czechowski's aim was to imbibe something of the virtuosic fluidity and transcendent expressiveness of their handling of the painting medium.
“Being at work with your brushes and colors in front of a living, breathing painting by one of the greats, like Hals or Velasquez, is the most potent learning experience. It is the best way to learn to paint, almost like journeying back in time and actually watching them at work at their easels,” she says.
Alicia Czechowski's work is in private collections throughout the United States, in Mexico, Germany, the U.K. and Japan. She has had solo shows in New York City, Connecticut, Maine and Wisconsin, and has exhibited widely throughout the U.S. She did over 200 freelance illustrations for The New Yorker magazine from 1988 to 1995. Czechowski has taught painting, artistic anatomy, 3-D design and drawing at Wayne State University, Portland School of Art, University of Utah, Heartwood College of Art, and was Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for five years. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Rahr-West Museum, Miller Art Museum and Haggerty Museum of Art.
Nude Oil Female Figures Women Realism Expressionism Contemporary Sensual Signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Sauna" is an original oil painting on canvas signed by the artist Alicia Czechowski. It depicts six nude female figures lounging in a sauna. These figures have a wide variety of...
Oil
$4,050
Contemporary female artist still life watercolor painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Chrysanthemums" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a vase of flowers in front of a mirror. Signed by Czechowski in the lower right corner. ...
Watercolor
$3,240
Contemporary female artist watercolor flowers still life colorful signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Flowers & Tea Cup" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. This painting depicts a table set for tea in front of a red background, possibly recalling ma...
Watercolor
$3,300
Contemporary female artist still life gouache painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Regal Lilies in a Vase" is an original gouache painting by the artist Alicia Czechowski. It is signed in the lower right. 14 3/4" x 15 3/4" art 23 1/4" x 24 3/4" frame Alicia Cze...
Gouache
$3,200
Contemporary female artist still life gouache painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gloxinia & Slice of Torte" is an original gouache painting by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a basket of lush flowers and a slice of a dessert painted in a photorealist style. 2...
Gouache
$1,700
Contemporary female artist nature watercolor painting grass flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fringed Gentians" is an original watercolor by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This artwork depicts purple flowers in a lush green garden. 12 1/...
Watercolor
Contemporary female artist still life watercolor fruit realism signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Persimmons, Tangerines & Blue Kerchief" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts orange per...
Watercolor
$3,250
Contemporary female artist parrots animal cage watercolor painting signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Parrots" is an original watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece depicts six multi-colored parrots in a cage. 16 3/4" x 18" art ...
Watercolor
$2,400
Contemporary female artist landscape pastel drawing flowers trees signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Rose Farm" is an original pastel drawing by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a variety of plants and flowers in lush greens and blues. The artist signed the piece in the lower righ...
Pastel
Contemporary female artist landscape pastel pencil drawing bridge trees signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Run-off Pipe, Million Dollar Bridge" is an original pastel and pencil drawing by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwo...
Pencil, Pastel
$8,800
Contemporary female artist figure pastel self-portrait bathtub dramatic
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cream (Self-Portrait)" is an original pastel drawing signed in the lower left by the artist Alicia Czechowski. This drawing depicts the artist sitting on the edge of her bathtub app...
Pastel
$420
H 28 in W 40 in
Full Blue Moon, Handmade Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, Cosmos, Deep Blue Space
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Blue Moon" shows an outstanding full moon with all its details. Details: + Title: Blue Moon + Year: 2022 + Edition Size...
Emulsion, Watercolor
$850
H 17.33 in W 24.02 in
Impressionist Landscape, Les Alpilles en Provence, Hommage à Yves Brayer
By G Ricard
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Impressionist Fauvist Color-Field watercolour on clay paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and painted on the reverse of an exhibition poster for ...
Watercolor
$1,750
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Dries Van Noten’s table. From the Interiors series
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design. The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
$8,500
H 27 in W 46 in D 2 in
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Elliot 17 ¼ x 35 ¾ inches Gouache on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left 27 x 46 in...
Gouache, Board
"Blue Sprinkle" Oil Painting
By Gregory Block
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Blue Sprinkle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut covered with blue glaze and rainbow sprinkles. Gregory was born in Kansas City...
Oil, Board
$9,000
H 36 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
"Two Young Women on Couch" - Intimate Nude Women on Earth Tone Couch
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966) "Two Young Women on Couch" 2012 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Two Young Women on Couch" by renown...
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
$3,500
H 17.25 in W 15.25 in
Charles Partridge Adams Rocky Mountain Road Landscape Watercolor, c. 1890
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
An original late 19th-century watercolor by celebrated Colorado landscape artist Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942), renowned for his masterful depictions of the American West and R...
Watercolor
$8,000
H 32 in W 36 in D 1 in
Let Go I - Male Nude Torso, Original oil painting - Zack Zdrale
By Zack Zdrale 1
Located in Chicago, IL
A solitary figure strains forward, arms fully extended, as if reaching beyond the frame itself. Rendered in warm, earthen tones, the oil painting captures the tension between strengt...
Oil, Panel
$750
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
Spring in Maine - Birch Woods Watercolor Landscape Artwork
By Tamara Gonda
Located in Boston, MA
Spring in Maine 16.0 x 20.0 x 1.0, 3.0 lbs Watercolor on wood Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "My paintings are the expression of an appreciation of nature in an in...
Watercolor
$2,800
H 11 in W 14.25 in
Storm Clouds Over Douarnenez, France — British Impressionist Signed Watercolor
By Hayley Lever
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hailey Lever 'Storm Clouds Over Douarnenez, Brittany, France', watercolor, 1904. Signed 'HL' in pencil, lower left. Titled and dated in pencil, on the original mat backing. A fine sp...
Watercolor
$850
H 14 in W 11 in D 1 in
"Foxglove" (2024) By Ania Mohrbacher, Original Fantasy Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Foxglove" (2024) Is an original watercolor fantasy painting, which depicts a young witch and her black cat in the center of a clearing in a forest, rife with magical flora and fauna...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,004
H 26.78 in W 32.09 in D 0.4 in
An Impressionist Mediterranean Garden in Summer. Gouache & Watercolor on Paper.
By Songa
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French watercolour of a Mediterranean garden. The painting is signed bottom right, Songa, and is presented under a hand coloured custom mount in a plain wood frame under glass. This is one of a pair of paintings the other is also available in our store on 1stdibs. A charming representation of a garden in early summer. A line of majestic Cyprus trees...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Sold
H 15.25 in W 16.875 in
"Three Legged Turtle, " Original Watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Legged Turtle" is an original watercolor by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. This piece depicts a green, brown, and yellow turtle with three l...
Watercolor
Sold
H 21.5 in W 23.875 in
"Vase of Parrot Tulips & Irises, " a Watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Parrot Tulips & Irises" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski, who signed the piece in the lower left. This piece includes flowers in red, purple, and yell...
Watercolor