Edward Marecak was an American painter who was born in 1919. Growing up in the farming community of Brunswick, Ohio, he showed early artistic promise, hired by the National Youth Administration to document historic barns. In 1946, Marecak came to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center for a year and after a semester interlude at Cranbrook returned to study lithography with Lawrence Barrett. There he also met his future wife and sometime collaborator, ceramicist Theresa Madonna Fortin. Given the opportunity to teach a summer course at the University of Colorado, he decided to obtain a teaching certificate at the University of Denver and subsequently embarked on his 25-year career in the Denver Public School system. Rather than pursue fame, Edward Marecak directed his zeal toward fostering younger generations in the principles of art as well as his simple philosophies. Moreover, his teaching salary allowed him to ply his prodigious talent at whatever he pleased, instead of bending to the dictates of trends and sales. Having inherited his faith in education from his Slovakian immigrant parents, Marecak could add the shaping of lives to his mastery of art forms, including lithographs, monoprints, drawings, hooked rugs, ceramics, paintings, wood sculptures, stained-glass windows and jewelry. While exhibiting in his lifetime, he was, in his wife’s words, “his own greatest collector”, but shows and his popularity at the Kirkland Museum have positioned Marecak posthumously among Colorado’s pre-eminent modernists. As a child, Marecak was enthralled by the Carpathian tales of magic and supernatural beings told by his grandmother. As with other artists with roots in Eastern Europe, his artistic turn to folk tradition would free him from learned practices of perspective and modeling in favor of flat patterns within patterns and brilliant, throbbing color. While others ventured further into abstraction, Marecak stylized figurative elements into crowded compositions that appeared like a mosaic or stained glass. As he matured, he could declare, “I am still very much a Byzantine designer and my joy with what color can do grows all the time”. The traceries of strong outlines and bold shapes provide compartments for vibrant colors, contrasts and rough textures that can scarcely be contained. The Kirkland Museum staged a retrospective of Edward and Donna Marecak in 2007.
$2,600
Edward Marecak Flying Kite Happiness 1970 Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“Flying the Kite of Happiness” is a vibrant 1970 oil painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak. This joyful and highly expressive com...
Acrylic
$482Sale Price|25% Off
H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 0.04 in
Sardinia Giclée Print, Abstract Landscape, Limited Edition of 50, 2018
By Amanda Ludovisi
Located in Roma, IT
Sardinia is a photograph taken by Amanda Ludovisi in 2018. It represents a tranquil wave by the shore in Sardinia, which delicate colors. This is a gi...
Acrylic
$2,650
H 30 in W 40 in D 0.1 in
"DESPERADO" Photography Print 30" x 40" inch Edition 1/5 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
"DESPERADO" Photography Print 30" x 40" inch Edition 1/5 by Viktorija Pashuta Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist This artwork is printed on fine...
Archival Paper, Color
$1,350
H 36 in W 44 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Nr. 0168) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0168) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid Off th...
Archival Pigment
$1,900
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.1 in
"Portals" Figurative Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition of 36 by Rob Woodcox
By Rob Woodcox
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portals" Figurative Photography 20" x 16" inch Edition of 36 by Rob Woodcox Hahnemuhle Torchon Matte FineArt Paper (archival) COA issued by the artist Ships in a tube 2...
Archival Paper
$1,350
H 44 in W 36 in D 0.1 in
"SF DRIVE 0025" Landscape Photograph 44" x 36" in Limited Ed. of 12 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"SF DRIVE 0025" Landscape Photograph 44" x 36" in Limited Ed. of 12 by Ben Cope Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Unframed - ships rolled in a ...
Archival Pigment
$381Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.63 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Tokyo - Photograph by Amanda Ludovisi - 2019
By Amanda Ludovisi
Located in Roma, IT
Tokyo is a photograph taken by Amanda Ludovisi in 2019. It represents a street in a rainy evening in the center of Tokyo. This is a giclée print on Ca...
Acrylic
$1,350
H 36 in W 44 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Nr. 0025) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0025) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist. Comes with COA issued by the artist. Ben Co...
Archival Pigment
$700
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Untitled (Nr. 4017) Seascape Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 4017) Seascape Photography 18" x 24" Edition of 20 by Rowan Daly Unframed - ships rolled in a tube Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the arti...
Archival Pigment
$2,500
H 30 in W 40 in D 1 in
"Taming The Beast N3" Photography 30" x 40" inch Ed. 2/10 by Viktorija Pashuta
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
"Taming The Beast N3" Photography 30" x 40" inch Ed. 2/10 by Viktorija Pashuta 2017 Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist Ready to hang Latvian born Viktorija Pashuta is internationally published and award winning fashion and art photographer gaining momentum and notoriety in Southern California. With visual cues rooted in dance and music, and fashion passion stemming from her European upbringing, her images are sensual, sultry, yet powerful. Viktorija’s work is known for so called ‘color therapy’ – where she uses saturated and vibrant colors to achieve the effect of fashion surrealism. Her images are very feminine and empowering at the same time to celebrate the essence of a woman. Her work has been published in such magazines as RUNWAY (USA), GQ, Esquire, VISION (China), Prestige International (France), Essence (USA), Estetica (USA), Nylon Guys, Vogue (Italia), Tchad (Canada), Fashizblack (France), Highlights (UK), CULTURE (Australia), shooting celebrity covers for Healthy Living Magazine, Runway, Orlando Style, Justine and more. Her celebrity work includes Paris Hilton, Kathy Griffin...
Metal
$2,700
H 24 in W 32 in D 0.1 in
"Untitled 2 (Mustang)" Photography 24" x 32" inch Edition of 7 by Larsen Sotelo
By Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 2 (Mustang)" Photography 24" x 32" inch Edition of 7 by Larsen Sotelo From the Mustang series Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin finish ...
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
$2,382
H 14.97 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Burning II - Gestures - analog C-Print, printed by the Artist - 40x40cm
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Burning II' (Gestures) 38 x 37cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label arti...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$3,669
H 17.33 in W 27.56 in
Emigration - The United States of Earth II, Symbolic Street Photography
By Marcin Ryczek
Located in Hallein, AT
Edition 5 in format 44x70 cm Photograph on Hahnemuhle Paper ; Digigraphie technology , Limited edition 44x70 cm + 5 cm white margin The photo will be after purchese signed and stamp...
Photographic Paper