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Autumn Roses
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 16" x 20" FRAMED: 19.75" x 23.75" x 1.5"
Artist Statement
"'Autumn Roses' encapsulates a haunting narrative, merging nature's poignant cycle. Within a softly lit room, where a glass pitcher, once filled with life, cradles a bouquet of withered roses. Amidst this tableau, a dance of warm candlelight weaves an intimate and reflective ambiance. I invite the viewer to discover solace within the delicate harmony of life and decay, symbolized through a visual tapestry of contrasts: a vibrant peach beside faded roses, radiant candles amidst subtle decay, and the whispered promise of untold stories held within a closed book."
— Alex Tabet
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Clocks and Peonies
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 18.125" x 22.125" x 1.75"
Artist Statement
“’Clocks and Peonies’ explores the intricate balance between the passage of time and the ephemeral beauty of nature. At the heart of the composition rests a delicate vase, cradling a lavish bouquet of peonies in full bloom. Their petals unfurl in a graceful display of pinks and creams. Beside the peonies, an array of antique clocks stands...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Magnolia Blossoms and Blue Jay
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED:30" x 20" FRAMED: 30" x 20" x 1.125"
Artist Statement
“The magnolia tree and I share common rots in the Southeast. The Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee are home to us both. This stately, ancient tree is native to the Southeast. Its large fragrant blossoms and dark, shiny leaves adorn the green lawns and line the streets of the small towns where I am from. So, when I moved to California, I was pleasantly surprised to see this icon from the South growing freely here as well! This paining, with its representatives from the Southeast (the Magnolia and Blue Jay) and the West (the Plums and Persimmons) shows how roots can expand and grow to embrace new beginnings.”
— Mary Kay West...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
In Our Dining Room
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 24" x 30" FRAMED: 32' x 38" x 2.375"
Artist Statement
“This was painted in our kitchen looking into the dining room. It ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Warbler and Dragonfly
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"White poppies and magenta wisteria against a rustic white wall panel set the stage f...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Three's a Crowd
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"A darkened recess provides a safe haven for a pair of Goldfinches to make their nest, already laden with light blue eggs. The soft yellow color of Goldfinches turns green in shadow, so the whole composition was yellow and green. The need for a bright color in the focal area gave me the opportunity for visual as well as narrative interest. This is a Western Tanager sitting between the mated pair of Goldfinches. Relationships are complicated."
—Mary Kay West
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Garden Friends
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 22.75"x x18.75" x 1.75" UNFRAMED: 16" x 12"
Exhibited
The Poetry of Still Life, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Peonies and Star Gaze Lilies
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artis
FRAMED: 27.75" x 14" x 2"
Artist Statement
“I enjoy portraying the natural character of birds, while placing them in unusual settings. In this painting, the South American Blue-Grey Tanagers, whose natural habitat lies east of the Andes, are seen here playfully perched. One is atop the frame looking inward, another sits on the stems of an arrangement of pink peonies and star gaze lilies, and the third is resting on a pair of figs. They are not in a cage, but freely flying about, although set in a niche as precious objets d’arts. The composition of the trio of birds allows the viewer to see the scene from every angle, and the complementary pink and blue colors make the overall subject pleasing and tender.”
—Mary Kay West...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 18" x 14" x 1.5"
Artist Statement
“I particularly enjoyed painting ‘The Cabinet’ as an homage to the tradition of trompe l’oeil, or ‘fool the eye’ paintings. The genre is deeply rooted in the classical realist tradition and this piece is conceptually and technically true to those roots. The use of a cabinet has always been a favorite of artists because it is such a relatable and familiar object. But technically it serves as a recess or inner space in which to describe the three-dimensional effect required of a trompe l’oeil. In this case the spices in the composition are from my own kitchen, the pomegranates from a neighbor’s tree, and the fabric from an old sewing project…all a part of my life even if in some small ways. The bird is a male Red Headed Fody, native to Madagascar and other islands in the Indian Ocean. He is included in the story not just to add life to the stillness, but as a dimension that is coming forward towards the viewer.”
—Mary Kay West...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
White Orchid
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist
FRAMED: 23.625" x 19.625" x 1.25" UNFRAMED: 20" x 16"
Artist Statement
“This painting of ‘White Orchid’ we...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
White Amaryllis
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 17.125" x 17.125" x 2.375" UNFRAMED: 16" x 16"
Artist Statement
“White Amaryllis’ was intentionally painted with ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sunflowers
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 23.625" x 19.5" x 1.25" UNFRAMED: 20" x 16"
Artist Statement
“This painting was conceived while I was in my wife’...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Rhododendron, Sunlight and Shadow
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 24.375" x 20.375" x 1.375" UNFRAMED: 18" x 14"
Artist Statement
“The three elements featured in this work, rhodod...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Red Amaryllis
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 23.625" x 19.625" x 1.25" UNFRAMED: 20" x 16"
Artist Statement
“This painting really transformed as I painted. My...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Renewal, Tea Time
By Nikita Budkov
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 14.75" x 16.75" x 1.125" UNFRAMED: 10" x 12"
Artist Statement
“My beloved wife is a big ambassador of everything ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mystic Science, Making of Kombucha
By Nikita Budkov
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 23.5" x 23.5" x 1.25" UNFRAMED: 16" x 16"
Artist Statement
“Everything I have here is an ingredient or a utensil used to make kombucha. Well, maybe books are not that essential and neither are the big wooden spoons, but they look good in the composition. Well, I also did not show any scoby—a bacterial yeast culture which is the main ingredient— although one could argue that scoby was in one of the glass bottles before we used it to make our homebrew. That’s what my wife does. We have full shelves of homemade kombucha in bottles with all different flavors, suited for all different tastes. Great stuff...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Patterns, Still Life in Copper
By Nikita Budkov
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 28.625" x 24.625" x 1.5" UNFRAMED: 28.625" x 24.625" x 1.5"
Artist Statement
“As an artist, I am fascinated with...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Taming Dragon Lohan
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 17.5" x 14.5" x 1.375" UNFRAMED: 12" x 9"
Description
This still life is lively with its intermingled blue and vio...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beauty in Nocturne: Ruckstull's Sculpture of Evening
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 38" x 32" x 2.5" UNFRAMED: 30" x 24"
Artist Statement
“All the objects in this painting are part of my personal co...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Two Lohans and Kwan Yin
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
FRAMED: 31.75" x 27.75" x 1.625" UNFRAMED: 24" x 20"
Artist Statement
“Among my most memorable and profound travel exper...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flowers in French Blue Vase
By Jove Wang
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist.
Dimensions
Framed: 12.25" x 17.25" x 1.125; Unframed: 9" x 12"
Exhibited
Artist's Choice, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Vision
By Christopher Cook
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"Here I wish to evoke feelings of the night sky, in this quiet still life. A moment experienced fully, r...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Yellow, Red and Blue
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"The gladiolus were clipped from our garden, brought into the studio and set upon my table...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Two Amaryllis
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
The painting depicts elements taken from the artist’s studio and personal life. Bold in stature, vivid colors...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Orchid
By Jim McVicker
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"Painted from life under the skylight in my studio. The varied textures and colors in this composition p...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
At Home in the Garden
By Christopher Cook
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
“ 'At Home in the Garden' is a visual daydream manifesting a peaceful retreat before the viewer. The viv...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Memories
By Kate Sammons
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description:
The artist was inspired by the grace and dignity in which these roses passed from the living world. With car...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lilacs in Vase, 1970
By Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery (2015); Private Collection, Woodland Hills, California; The Artist's Family, St. Petersburg, Russia
Description
Lilacs in Vase was created by the renowned Russian Soviet Realist, Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko, one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. Lavrenko served as professor of the Repin Art Institute (Russian Academy of Arts), St. Petersburg, and in 1953 was made a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1976 he was awarded the title of "Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation," and in 1994 he received the highest honor of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" -- a recognition bestowed to artists who have made outstanding contributions to Russia's art and culture. In this humble vanitas the artist represents garden fresh flowers, a classic theme in Russian still life...
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cool Winter in Red and Gold
By Christopher Cook
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the Artist
Artist Statement
"In the cold of winter, warmth is accentuated. Cool Winter in Red and Gold celebrates a fe...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Candlelight in St. Peregrine Chapel; Mission San Juan Capistrano
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
"The warmth and glow of the flickering candle flames beckoned me to enter this intimate chapel dedicated to St. Peregrine (Pellegrino Latiosi, c. 1260-1345). Located inside Serra Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Mexican Hat
By Tim Solliday
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Solliday creates an homage to Old California ranchero life, the Hacienda, and its Mexican roots. The fiesta colors of red, yellow, turquoise and orange bring to mind a celebration of western heritage and culture. The subject focuses on the traditions of farming, weaving, pottery, and craftsmanship—skillfully portrayed in the handling of textures ranging from smooth peppers to a woven wool blanket...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
