Kenneth W. Auvil Art

There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Celebration B, Lino-cut on Drawing paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 47 x 39 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...

This is a large Artist's Proof with original oil and gesso paint highlighting; it is the No 1 of the only 3 Proofs; the colours of the painting and Shizico's expressive brushstrokes ...

This stunning extra large hand painted Edition offers a grand scale visual treat to your space and enrich your daily life. Limited Edition only 3 are published, and it's surreal vs a...

This stunning Artist's Proof is an one-off, oil hand-painted, signed at front and on the back label too; each proof is 80% hand painted by Shizico Yi, because the nature of hand mixe...

Inviernosexoprimaveral 1995 17-color silkscreen with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 "Sexual Spring-like Winter" is a large painterly work, created with laye...

This is an unique one-off Artist Proof, in a rare Extra-Large square format. A special Proof that only 3 have been made with hand gilded Gold Leaf. The outstanding hand-painted qua...

Julian Schnabel Mujer Primaveral, 1996 Hand-painted, 15-color silkscreen with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Signed and numbered edition of 80 "Sexual Spring-like Winter"...

This work is emblematic of Ann Aspinwall’s ongoing exploration of movement, perception, and natural systems through abstraction. Using finely calibrated, hand-drawn lines, Aspinwall ...

John Stritch was an American artist best known for his abstract and sculptural work. "Red Sky" features an abstracted and simplified red landscape. This screen...

Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Hommage to Mondrian (Silver) Medium: Screenprint in colors Year: 1976 Edition: 2/100 Sheet Size: 26 1/2" x 28" Frame size: 31 3/4" x 33 1/4" Signed: Hand ...

multi color silscreen on paper, edition of 144 abstracted landscape with trees

John Stritch was an American artist best known for his abstract and sculptural work. "Echoes" features an abstracted and simplified mountain landscape. Th...