Joan Parker is a plein air landscape painter and a native of California. Her artistic abilities were discovered early, and she received multiple scholarships and awards at a young age. Parker’s keen eye for design first took her to Paris to study hair and fashion and allowed her to own a highly successful, upscale salon and fashion consulting business in California. When the world of fine art beckoned her, she added work as a freelance artist to her already busy schedule as a business owner. With her interest piqued in a career as a painter, Joan received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. During Parker’s work as a freelance artist, she had the opportunity to use her skills in the motion picture industry. This included creating conceptual designs and freehand illustrations for computerized puppets and “angels wings,” in the movie “Michael,” with John Travolta, and producing five classic 18th Century style paintings in varying degrees of completeness, for the movie “Sara.” Parker moved to the Kansas City area in 1996, when Hallmark Cards recruited her to create original greeting card artwork. Six years later, she left Hallmark to pursue painting, specifically Plein Air full time. Parker has been instrumental in establishing Plein Air painting events in both Missouri and Kansas. “Because the prairie is very stark, paintings of it tend to convey an abstracted feel of color and light,” said Parker concerning her work. “They’re a middle ground between landscape and contemporary abstraction.” Parker is represented in galleries from St. Louis to California. She has participated in twenty-six group exhibitions, national juried shows, and several one-woman shows. Joan holds seasonal Plein Air painting workshops throughout the Midwest. She has a passion for the immediacy of painting outdoors and enjoys sharing her love of Plein Air with others; bringing this post-Impressionist movement, known for its beautiful outdoors (or Plein Air) scenery, to the public.
$2,500
Straw Fields
By Joan Parker
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Parker (20th C.) "Straw Fields" Oil on Canvas Canvas Size: 10 x 20 inches Framed Size: 21 x 31 inches Joan Parker, is a Plein Air landscape painter and a native of California....
Canvas, Oil
$2,300
Homestead
By Joan Parker
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Parker (20th C.) "Homestead" Oil on Canvas 11 x 14 inches 13 x 16 framed Joan Parker, is a Plein Air landscape painter and a native of California. Her artistic abilities were...
Canvas, Oil
Sunflower State of Mind
By Joan Parker
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Parker (20th C.) "Sunflower State of Mind" Oil on Canvas 10 x 20 Framed Size: 21 x 31 inches Joan Parker, is a Plein Air landscape painter and a native of California. Her arti...
Canvas, Oil
Pacific Grove Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous seascape of Pacific Grove, California just north of Carmel by Marie Duncan (American, 20th Century), c. 1990. Signed lower right corner. Excelle...
Canvas, Oil
Grazing Cows - Farm Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Grazing cows on the California Big Sur coast, a farm landscape by J.W Ford (American, 20th Century). Signed "J.W Ford" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 16"H x...
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 19.38 in W 23.88 in D 1.25 in
Nocturnal Garden Landscape -- West Side Cottage
By Kristy Simmons
Located in Soquel, CA
A nocturnal landscape of a cottage shrouded in foliage by Kristy Simmons (American, 20th century). Signed, stretcher bar, on verso. Unframed. Image, 19.38"H x 23.88"W. Painted during...
Canvas, Oil
South of France, Landscape, Cottage, Impressionist
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Marion Eldredge was born in Brooklyn in 1903. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Costume Illustration from Columbia University Teacher’s College in 1924 then worked as a fashi...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Landscape with Stone Bridge
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping landscape of small cabin next to a river with a stone bridge and distant mountains by an unknown artist with the last name Lace (American, 20th C...
Canvas, Oil
$30,000
H 28 in W 24 in
"Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night)" Jane Peterson, Impressionist, Nocturne
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night), circa 1915 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Provenance Dr. Milton L. Berg, Tulsa, OK Thence by descent Born Jennie Ch...
Canvas, Oil
$950
H 21 in W 25 in D 2 in
"Dawn in the Foothills", Mid Century California Landscape with Birch Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Peaceful and harmonious mid century California landscape depicting rolling foothills dotted with green trees in the soft light of dawn, with a grove of tall birch trees punctuating t...
Canvas, Oil
1940's San Ynez Valley Indian Trail Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century California landscape of the beautiful San Ynez Valley Indian Trail with Native American children walking towards the sunset by H. Hansen (American, 20th Century), 1944. The small figures walk through a majestic, sprawling landscape full of plants, rocks, and tall trees flanking this gorgeous trail that leads towards an epic mountain range in the distance. Signed and dated "H. Hansen 1944" lower left corner. Label on verso with title and "Rubicon Lodge" (an old California...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 26.5 in W 32.5 in
"Paris Street Scene" Frank Usher de Voll, Early 20th Century, Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Frank Usher de Voll Paris Street Scene, circa 1910 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 x 27 1/2 inches Frederick Usher De Voll was an American la...
Canvas, Oil
Grazing Cows Landscape
By Jack Lynn
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful landscape of cows grazing in green pastures surrounded by tall evergreens and a stream, by Monterey area painter Jack Lynn (American, 20th century). Signed "Jack Lynn" lowe...
Canvas, Oil
Low Tide - Mid Century Seascape
By Margaret Esther Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century seascape of the waves spilling over the rocks into the tide pool by Margaret Esther Rogers (British/American, 1872-1961). Si...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$26,000
H 22 in W 28 in
Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in Hudson, NY
One of Johann Berthelsen's iconic nocturne views of New York City across the Hudson River. Bridge Nocturne (c.1945) Oil on canvas, 22" x 28" 29 ½" x 36" x 2" framed Signed "Johann ...
Canvas, Oil
Quaker Church
By Joan Parker
Located in Missouri, MO
Joan Parker (20th C.) "Quaker Church" Oil on Canvas Canvas: 30 x 40 Framed: approx 31 x 41 Joan Parker, is a Plein Air landscape painter and a native of California. Her artistic ab...
Canvas, Oil