Simon Parkes Art

One calm evening in Brooklyn. One timeless painting. This scene captures the downtown Brooklyn skyline. A blue sky swirls around the last hurrah of daylight. It soothes the menacing drama of the storm cloud. Brooklyn Blue Sky...

Contemporary oil on canvas, this very large painting has fine naturalistic detail, with deep sky tones, rich coloring, crisp trees/leaves and lines of lighted meadow reflected in the...

Two good matched paintings for the price of one! Charming pair of original oil paintings on canvas, the pair is from the 19th century, Victorian era in the Scottish style by Scott...

Fine landscape painting, this oil on canvas of Snowdonia, Wales is by 19th century British artist Thomas Huson, RI, (1844-1920). Signed by artist in lower left, Thomas Huson was a ...

Seascape by famous artist of the period, this fine oil painting on canvas shows us soft hues in skies and waters, with a white-sailed ship in the center. One of Shayer’s more beauti...

GOVERT VAN EMMERIK (1808-1882) View on the Governor’s Palace in Paramaribo, Surinam Signed and dated 1856 Oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm In large gilt...

Gustave de Breanski, brother of artist Alfred de Breanski, is renowned for his oil paintings on canvas of 19th century British maritime scenes with choppy waters, moody skies, boats ...

Fine landscape painting from the 1800s with name plate of Samuel Bough, (1822-1878), featuring the artist's skill creating movement, of wind in the trees, golden tips catching the su...

Fine 19the century landscape by member of the renowned Williams family of artists, George Augustus (1814-1901). George Augustus was the son of Edward Williams (1781-1855), whose wife...

Exhibition-sized painting of Iona Island coast by celebrated Scottish artist Duncan Cameron (1837-1916), this is a large and expansive 19th century landscape oil painting on canvas. Renowned for his landscape paintings, this work captures the natural light on the sea, sand and rocks with splashes of rich color under a big sky. Iona off the west coast of Scotland, has attracted artists for for its dramatic scenery and northern light, including the Scottish Colourists who favored the fresh pure light. The cliffs and coastal rocks are reminiscent of works by Samuel Peploe and Duncan Fergusson of this fabled island. In 1876 Cameron won a Gold Medal for landscape painting, at the Crystal Palace exhibition. The year after this painting (circa 1870s) Cameron began exhibiting in the Royal Academy, Society of British Artists, and Royal Scottish Academy, showing his work consistently from 1880. Other venues for exhibiting his work include the Glasgow Institute, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, Manchester City Art Gallery, and the Royal Hibernian Academy. His work is sold today in Fine Art Galleries in the UK and in Saltire Gallerie, USA. His landscape paintings are widely acclaimed, and this landscape painting of considerable size and detail is a fine example. Born in Perthshire, Cameron studied in Dundee and in South Kensington, London. He later died in Edinburgh. The highest auction sale of his work reached nearly 20,000 GBP. He was widely acclaimed as a landscape artist, painting Scottish farmlands and haystacks, coastal scenes and lochs. In this work the colors of the sea change from blue to green with white crests of waves. The rocks have splashes of red, rust and orange, and the beach has red and green in the sand. Water laps at the edge of beach and rock. A sailboat is a focal point, with distant sailboats on the water, and a rowboat by the central sailboat. A hill rises behind the beach painted...

Fine work by celebrated 19th century artist, Colin Hunter (1841-1904) ARA, RI, RSW, RE. 'Highland Bridge' shows one of the old stone bridges in the Scottish countryside with horse an...

Herman Österlund (1873-1964) Sweden Ocean View from the West Coast, 1916 oil on canvas signed and dated Herman Österlund 1916 canvas dimensions 14.37 x 16.73 inches (36.5 x 42.5 cm...