Jean-Baptiste Duffaud Paintings

A rare and highly collectible circa 1927 Colorado landscape by Randall Vernon Davey, this intimate oil painting captures the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains through the lens of one o...

Signed oil on board riverscape circa 1950 by French impressionist painter Paul-Emile Pissarro. The work depicts an autumnal scene with view of the river Orne as it runs through Clecy...

"Meadowlands" California Curving Stream in the Springtime by O. Lawrence Hansen Lawrence Hansen (American, 1918-1987) Born in Minnesota in 1918 Fremont, California area artist. One...

RAMÓN SANVISENS MARFULL (Barcelona, 1917–1987). Landscape. Hand-signed and dated 1978. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: Canvas: 25.2 × 31.5 in. (64 × 80 cm) Framed: 36.2 × 42.1 in. (92 × 1...

Artist Comments
Sunrise filters through the windswept coastal trees. Warm golds and soft pinks shimmer across the water, while the dark silhouettes of branches frame the glowing horizon. The contrast between radiant light and shadow creates a peaceful, intimate moment at daybreak.

About the Artist
Artist Aruna Rao paints impressionistic seascapes that capture the shimmer of light, the movement of water, and the quiet poetry of coastal life. "I am endlessly inspired by how light transforms a scene, softening the atmosphere and turning an ordinary moment into something unforgettable," says Aruna. Growing up in a literary family in India, she was surrounded by stories and art, which sparked her love of narrative and visual expression. After a 20-year career in IT, she returned to painting, earning an MFA with top honors from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Living in Florida offers endless inspiration, from sunrise beaches and glowing horizons to quiet harbors and small human moments that evoke joy and nostalgia. Influenced by French Impressionists and contemporary coastal painters, Aruna creates luminous works that invite the viewer to pause, breathe, and rediscover the beauty of the present moment. When she is not painting, she enjoys beach walks, discovering music, watching films with her husband, and spending time with their two cats.

Words that describe this painting: sunrise, coast, Brent Cotton...

"With shades of Pierre Bonnard’s Parisian street vistas and Edward Hopper’s New York shopfronts, American impressionist Cindy Shaoul’s oil paintings depict the much-loved locales and...

California Lupine Fields - Landscape with Wildflowers Impressionistic landscape of California by Kathleen Murray (American, b. 1957). This piece depicts foothills and Sycamore trees...

Mid Century Three Sisters Peaks - Majestic Oregon Landscape Enchanting landscape of the Three Sisters volcanic mountain peaks in Oregon by N. Mueller (American, 20th Century). The t...

An oil painting of two trees basking in the summer's golden sun. The sea can be seen in the distance, just beneath the horizon. The sky is a soft blue with a streak of grey clouds. ...

Covered Wagon Pulled by Cattle - Monochrome Western Scene Sepia-toned painting of a family traveling west on a covered wagon by an unknown artist, signed "B. F. Taylor." Four oxen a...

Vintage Monterey California Landscape -- Along the Shore by Alicia Meheen Carmel Plein-air landscape painting of trees along the Monterey Bay, California by Carmel artist Alicia Meheen (American, 20th century). Signed "A. Meheen" lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Frame size: 27" H x 31" W Image size: 20" H x 24" W Alicia Meheen was born in Evanston, Illinois. Her family later moved to Carmel, California on Monterey Peninsula. She attended and graduated from Carmel High School. She studied art at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Meheen paints primarily in plein air, in both watercolor and oils. She began her watercolor study with Dorner Schueler in 1963. She has painted in plein air with such well known artists as Frank Myers, Richard Yip...

Early 20th Century Mt. Shasta Landscape in Oil on Illustration Board A beautiful and substantial painting of a distant view of snow capped Mount Shasta "in the style of" Lorenz Grif...