Sidney Pike Landscape Paintings

A dynamic abstract painting from the 1950s. The work appears to be signed, Nicotine, Nicotina, or Vicotina? The artist was clearly influenced by earlier styles of abstraction, includ...

This vibrant landscape, "Spring", is a 9x12 equine oil painting on canvas featuring a grey horse and a brown horse walking in a lush green grassy pasture in the warm sunlight. Trees...

This early morning piece, "Mid Morning Sun" is a 24x36 features three huntsmen atop their brown and grey horses in a green field during a fox hunt. A group of hounds eagerly run alon...

This piece, "Walking in the Stable", by artist Dahl Taylor is a 22x30 equine oil painting on canvas featuring the interior of the stables behind the famou...

This evocative oil painting by Richard Sigafoos presents a solitary coastal rock formation rising against a softly illuminated seascape. Rendered with confident, expressive brushwork...

Oil Painting of a Woodland Scene in the English Countryside by 20th Century Modern British Artist, James Wright Art measures 30 x 16 inches Frame measures 36 x 22 inches This 198...

Todd Carpenter's (US based) "Still Imagined" is an oil painting that depicts a black and white landscape with leafless trees and saplings together in the dark Bio/artist statement: Todd Carpenter is a Los Angeles based artist who uses black and white paint to explore the perception of space and beauty. Carpenter's formal education is in science - he holds a MS in Neuroscience from UCSD and a BS in Psychobiology from UCLA - and he brings this background into service when making art. His paintings explore the mechanisms of perception and aesthetics, examining among other things how the depiction of light can impart realism and convey emotion. Like his paintings bridging art and science, Carpenter's career has similarly straddled the two fields, and he has taught subjects ranging from neuroscience and environmental science to photography and painting. Artist Statement As a painter, I am particularly interested in how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. Painting, as with any visual art, is obviously dependent on light. But painting can also have a more specific connection in that the accurate depiction of light is crucial for achieving realism. Realism in paintings largely arises from the portrayal of depth - perceiving a painting as being realistic is equivalent to seeing its subject as existing in more than just the two dimensions of the picture plane - and one of the mechanisms by which humans perceive depth is through lighting cues. Light creates features such as shading, shadow, and contrast that tell us about the three-dimensional arrangement of our surroundings, and artists often use these features to impart realism to paintings. Light also factors in to the emotional impact of paintings. The differential illumination of our surroundings can evoke different moods, as evidenced by the influence sunsets, candlelight, and darkness can have on us. Such effectssuggest that our perception of light could be tied to primitive instincts, with light signaling factors such as shelter, nightfall, and warmth, which were once crucial for survival. The depiction of light in paintings...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Roadway" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a busy city street filled with the bright patterning of cars and passerby. About the Artist: ...

Oil Painting of Horses & Farmer in the English Countryside by 20th Century Modern British Artist, James Wright Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 29 x 23 inches Pres...

Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections by 20th Century British Artist. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed. Art measures 30...

Winter Snow Scene with Pheasants with Golden Sky by 20th Century German Artist, Ludwig Schöngarth German 1937-2003  Art measures 36 x 24 inches Frame measures 40 x 28 inches This s...

David Shingler's (NC based) "Moab Plateaus" is an oil painting that depicts the vast desert dotted with grasses leading to the towering plateaus of Moab...