Brian Sanders Landscape Paintings

Thomas Birch is considered one of the earliest American Marine painters of importance both in his own time and historically, forming the foundation of what would become a great American Maritime movement in the successive years of the 19th century. Born in England, Birch started as a landscape painter but after the War of 1812 he turned to marine subjects, taking inspiration from the best of both English and Dutch maritime traditions but refining these techniques into a very recognizable style all his own. The work featured here is a classic of Birch's later period, when he focused specifically on maritime subjects, mainly the busy waterways of Philadelphia Harbor. Here we see one of those scenes- a series of ships plying their trade, all framed by the city as it sits across the Delaware River, with the tall, white spire of what is either Independence Hall or Christ Church to the left of the main vessel. The details of the city are particularly good in this painting, with the wharf building to the left and the long line of buildings all along the shore. The American Merchant Bark at the center of this painting is rendered in excellent detail, from her house flag and pennant, to her rigging and sails, and down to her deck filled with the activity of crewmembers readying the ship to head out, her gilt billet...

Winter sunny studies in the city are rare. This is due to the absence or small number of sunny days in the city in winter. Nevertheless, I use almost every opportunity to paint, and ...

Olof Thunman (1879–1944) Sweden Sandö, Wallda Varby, Halland, 1913 oil on canvas (laid on panel) unsigned unframed 31 x 47 cm (approx. 12.2 x 18.5 in) framed 42 x 58 cm (approx. 16...

Richard Guy Walton (1914-2005) Desert landscape painting Oil on canvas board "Desert Verbena" 16 x 20 unframed, 23.75 x 27.5 framed

In the vast realm of art history, there are certain works that transcend time and space, transporting us to a world of beauty and serenity. One such painting is by the renowned Swedi...

This painting of a lush, wooden landscape with a house by a lake was painted by New Mexico, female artist Mabel Dodge Luhan in the 1940's. It signed "Mabel Dodge" in the lower left a...

In March, the sun shines more often and there is less snow, it thaws and changes its color adding green shades. The color of trees in the sun becomes more interesting and varied, the...

Around five oclock in the morning the sun rises near the Volga River. In the evening, everything was shrouded in thick fog; in the morning it takes on purple and blue shades. Objects...

The state close to noon in the summer at sea is when the temperature rises to forty degrees Celsius. And the blue haze plunges the distance into the haze, dissolving all objects, con...

"Broadway, Times Square" Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Abstract Realism Hans Weingaertner (1896-1970) "Broadway, Times Square," 1952 30 x 22 inches Oil on canvas laid down ...

An artist who knew the vessels he painted firsthand, Baltimore artist Otto Muhlenfeld has captured the Great Lakes Steam Tug CALUMET in a colorful, working profile. Her American Ensi...

In winter, the sun in the city is quite rare. It is even rarer to see the moon rise in winter twilight. The view opens up very bewitching, almost unearthly. Combinations of pink skie...