Riga Forbes Landscape Paintings

'Cat' - Original oil painting on canvas 40 x 40 cm, 2024. 

“People sometimes ask me how I start a painting. Starting a painting is easy. I just put down two strokes of color. The interaction between these two marks is the beginning of the di...

In this quietly luminous vertical landscape, Ahzad Bogosian distills the vastness of open country into a meditation on solitude and seasonal transition. A single tree stands anchored...

'North Coast Stacks', by one of the finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon, who has painted western landscapes and nature-scenes for 35 years, capturing the und...

‘A River Runs Through It’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil...

California, 80 x 38 Antonio Ugarte paints water as a reflection of the spirit, a form of meditation. He sees water as “a primordial element” in life and the physical environment as ...

April, Connecticut River captures the quiet transition from winter into spring, when the landscape begins to awaken with color, light, and renewed energy. Signed lower right, George Gallo masterfully balances cool reflections of the river with warm bursts of emerging foliage, creating a composition that feels both peaceful and full of anticipation. Delicate pinks, fresh greens, brilliant blues, and glowing golds dance across the surface of the water, while expressive brushwork gives the scene a remarkable sense of movement and atmosphere. Rather than documenting the landscape exactly as it appears, Gallo captures the fleeting experience of standing beside the Connecticut River on a bright April morning as the season begins to change. Internationally celebrated for his acclaimed career as an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director, George Gallo has also established himself as one of today's most accomplished plein air painters. His work reflects a deep appreciation for the traditions of American Impressionism while embracing a bold, contemporary approach to color, light, and composition. Meyer Fine Art...

American Realist nature scene - Pathway to Enchantment - celebrating the color yellow through sunlit fall leaves and trees by celebrated American artist Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color-rich scenes focused on shadow and light through his oil on canvas paintings that breathe life while reflecting natural western environments. Loftus' subject matter includes oceans, mountains, babbling brooks, mountain ridges and their breathtaking vistas; as well as people and figures. This beautiful oil painting glows with natural warm earth tones concentrating on yellow. 40 x 60 inches. oil on canvas. Artist signed, dated and titled. Peter Loftus was born in 1948, in Washington DC. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, in 1971. In 1974, Loftus earned an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Drawn by the glorious California light, Loftus moved to Santa Cruz in 1975. He has lived and painted there ever since. Loftus taught at both University of California at Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Community College between 1975, through the present (at UCSC). He taught Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Drawing, and Painting, in both oil and aqueous media. During that time, he also sustained a rigorous exhibition schedule, showing regularly on the East and West coasts; in New York at Fischbach Gallery, and San Francisco at William Sawyer Gallery and later Hackett-Freedman Gallery. In addition, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Horizons in American Realism: Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Loftus is also included in several publications, including: "The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism" by Alan Gussow...

Baqueira from the Snow collection is a painting by contemporary Spanish artist Calo Carratalá. Dimensions are 130 × 195 cm (51.2 × 76.8 in). This artwork depicts a wintry mountain l...

GASPAR RIERA MORAGUES (Estellencs, Mallorca, 1922 – Palma de Mallorca, 1993). Mediterranean Landscape. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Canvas: 46 × 55 cm. Framed: 73 × 81 cm. Thi...

Artwork framed: 75 x 65 x 5,5 cm The panda is regarded as the national treasure of China. There are only about 1,000 in the world. All live in China. They are very well protected. W...

Heriberto Mora was born in Havana, Cuba. He graduated from the San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana, made his way to Spain and in 1993 arrived in Florida. The cen...