Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sally Robertson - American
Title: New Guinea Creeper
Year: 1996
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 24.5 x 16 inches
Sheet size: 29 x 22.25 inches
Framed size: 33x 27 inches
Signature: Signed, titled, dated lower right..
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed and floating. Simple metal frame
This very realistic watercolor depicts a flowering plant, a New Guinea Creeper The colors are rich and saturated. The composition makes wonderful use of shadow and light to give definition and depth. The painting is on heavy Arches paper. It is mounted and floating on a simple acid-free mat and enclosed by a metal frame. The painting, mat and frame are in very good condition.
Born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County, Sally Robertson was always the class artist. Attending UC Santa Barbara during the Pop Art era, she found the aesthetics of soup cans and Brillo boxes could not entice her into being a full-time artist. She switched to the History of Art, later earning a Master’s Degree at UC Berkeley. Even then, late 19th-century art nouveau resonated with her, a style sensuous and decorative with an emphasis on floral motifs. With this background, Sally joined a gallery on Union Street in San Francisco, which evolved into Thackrey & Robertson, significant dealers in works of art on paper from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Traveling widely for her gallery, she saw the originals of her most revered watercolor painters, including Charles Demuth, Charles Renee Mackintosh...
Category
1990s Realist Ed Ahlstrom Art
MaterialsPaper, Watercolor