Abend Gallery Landscape Paintings

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Monolith" is an gouache painting that depicts a boulder jutting out of tumultuous waves in the calm of the surf Bio/artist statement: Judd Mercer is a wat...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Oasis" is an gouache painting that depicts a wide open valley of yellow grasses and winding shrubbery jutting against the rocky landscape in the distance B...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Old and Faithful" is an gouache painting that depicts a lone structure, made from wood and whitewashed, of a different era come and p...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Pipe Dream" is an gouache painting that depicts a rusted industrial pipe emerging from a heavily dusted snowbank with overcast clouds overhead Bio/artist s...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Retirement" is an gouache painting that depicts a rusted old tow truck among other cars in a lonely junkyard car lot Bio/artist ...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "River Trail" is an gouache painting that depicts a tree lined river, flowing underneath a Railroad bridge, ebbing into the distant brush. Bio/artist state...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Seat by the Fire" is an gouache painting that depicts a campfire beckoning among the the dense thicket of trees and cool blue light Bio/artist statement:...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Spring Magic" is an gouache painting that depicts the tilted landscape of a hill covered with trees and young saplings all dusted with the snow of a past wi...

Judd Mercer's (US based) "Through the Trees" is an gouache painting that depicts the dense brush of a forest growing with large trees Bio/artist statement: Judd Mercer is a waterc...

Deb Komitor's (US based) "In Silent Conversation II" is an oil painting that depicts blue tinted rock formations in situ with red tinted rock formations and the distance of the vast ...

Deb Komitor's (US based) "Of Shadows and Light" is an oil painting that depicts red and purple toned rock formations swirling with pattern in the background with foliage growing near...

Josh Talbott's (US based) "Untitled at Sea" is an acrylic painting that depicts a small toy red piano floating suspended in a light blue sea background. Bio: Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco. ARTIST STATEMENT We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling. My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed. My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today? The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all. I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Rising Clouds and Shifting Lands" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts realistic clouds shifting overhead with abstracted patterning resembling mo...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Red Storm" is an oil painting that depicts a lone horse rearing up while white birds flee and scatter. Artist Bio: Robin Hextrum is a contemporary oil p...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Panda in the Clouds" is an oil painting that depicts a lone panda bear walking amid brightly colored and abstracted vegetation and clouds. Artist Bio: R...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Out of the Flames" is an oil painting that depicts a family of elk fleeing from the encroaching fire Artist Bio: Robin Hextrum is a contemporary oil pain...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Galloping under the Aristocracy" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts a herd of horses galloping around a larger than life hoop skirt with ruffles...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Colonial Dinner" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts giraffes and landscape with a dining table set together Artist Bio: Robin Hextrum is a cont...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Behind the Curtain" is a monochromatic oil painting that depicts a koala perched on a branch besides a pulled back curta...

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "A Bull Spins in Time" is an oil painting that depicts a lone Bull charging into the abstracted field with a bright yellow background and colored clouds fl...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Pink Bear" is an oil painting that depicts a small pink bear toy with a light blue background Artist statement: Jim Beckner’s art...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Money to Loan" is an oil painting that depicts a unique red Money for loan sign on a busy city block Artist statement: Jim Beckner’s art vibrates with the...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Meadow" is an oil painting that depicts wide open green clearing against a dense lush forest and shrubbery with just a slice of sky peeking from behind the ...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Green I" is an oil painting that depicts a dense lush forest and shrubbery with just a slice of sky peeking from behind the branches. Artist statement: J...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Dock" is an oil painting that depicts a sailboat and other boats in the distance docked and crowded together. Artist statement: Jim Beckner’s art vibrate...

Justin Wheatley's (US based) "The Failed Attempt at Avoiding the Inevitable" is an acrylic painting that depicts a small white house-like object with red roof pierced by a black pain...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Keeler" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and road leading to a small unassuming building. Sometimes they are silent epic lan...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Ice" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and a small unassuming building. Sometimes they are silent epic landscapes of the Dese...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Frontage Road" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and rock formations/ plateaus in the distance. Sometimes they are silent ep...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Crossing" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and a weathered crossing sign. Sometimes they are silent epic landscapes of the ...

Mark Harrison's (UK based) "Chambers" is an oil painting that depicts an arid landscape with clouds and a small unassuming building. I have been interested in painting skies for a ...

Storefront with illuminated stars

Storm over mountains

Rocky trail and landscape

Lone figure with city

Cityscape of romantic city

Barn in landscape with setting sun

Portrait in shimmering dark space

Figure sitting in ethereal light

Tracks in frozen landscape

Mysterious figure in dark landscape

Charis Carmichael Braun’s gouache on paper painting “Study: Pink Boulder And The Valley" depicts a Colorado valley with a rock formation in the foreground, a forested hill in the mid...

Charis Carmichael Braun’s oil painting “Skyline - Morning” depicts a Colorado landscape with blue sky and a prominent hill. Artist Statement: I am drawn to contrasts. I grew up wit...

Christopher Clark’s oil on panel painting “Denver - Under the 8th Street Bridge” depicts the splendor of contrast one immerses themself in throug...