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Charm of Finches, 2022, Oil on aluminum panel, surrealist pastoral oil painting
Located in New York, NY
Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer heatwave. Hartman’s tightly c...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Stellar II, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stellar I, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Swamp Candles, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Queen Anne's Lace, black-and-white tree drawing, graphite pencil on paper
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
"Since my early childhood, nature has had a profound affect on me in ways that I cherish. The state of mind that is instilled within me when walking through the woods, or on a seclud...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Cherry Blossoms 2, black-and-white tree drawing, graphite pencil on paper
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
"Since my early childhood, nature has had a profound affect on me in ways that I cherish. The state of mind that is instilled within me when walking through the woods, or on a seclud...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Cherry Blossoms 1, Mary Reilly, Black & White Tree Graphite Drawing
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
"Since my early childhood, nature has had a profound affect on me in ways that I cherish. The state of mind that is instilled within me when walking through the woods, or on a seclud...
Category
2010s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Buttercup, 2023, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Breakers, 2024, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mound, 2024, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bump, 2024, vibrant, acrylic and pouring mediums on canvas
By Carolanna Parlato
Located in New York, NY
Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been written about in numerous publications including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail.
Solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has been included in group exhibitions at Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Drawing Center and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
Public collections include the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Art in Embassies...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mast, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt is inspired by the colors and textures of transparent and opaque fabrics that she collects and sews into layered, geometric collage...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pins
Guide, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt is inspired by the colors and textures of transparent and opaque fabrics that she collects and sews into layered, geometric collage...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Thread, Plastic, Pins
Gauge, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
Confection, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
Merge, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
Zone, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Plastic, Pins
Scale, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a well of both excitement and sentimentality. Her transparent and opaque fabrics mingle together with an almost casual ease. Schmidt’s hand is evident in the cut, placement, and suturing of each strip. The artist vacillates between precise machine and loose, wobbly hand-sewn stitches. Her subtle use of pins in the works act as focal points for the eye as it dances around the celebration of color and texture. As a result, her works refuse the sterility of manufacturing, and challenge the reductive elision of perfectionism and femininity. This sense of touch evokes a closeness with the fabric, almost inviting contact. A hot frenzy of geometric forms, Schmidt’s fabric swatches about and overlap to form a kaleidoscopic play with depth and recession. Coupled with the scale of these smaller pieces, Schmidt draws her viewer forward, and entices them to fall into her mesmerizing displays.
Linda Kamille Schmidt is originally from Kansas where she attended Bethel College and where most of her family still lives. She received an MA and MFA in drawing and painting from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She has lived and worked in Brooklyn, NY, since 1989. Solo and Group shows have included AIR Gallery (New York, NY), Ann Street Gallery (Newburgh, NY), Art in Embassies (Kohor, Republic of Palau), Art Mora (Ridgefield Park, NJ; Seoul, South Korea; New York, NY), ArtPort Kingston (Kingston, NY), Carroll and Sons Gallery (Boston, MA), Chazou Gallery (British Columbia), Cheryl Hazen Gallery (New York, NY), Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (New York, NY), Curious Matter (Jersey City, NJ), DeDee Shattuck Gallery (Westport, MA), Denise Bibro Fine Art (New York, NY), Main Window Dumbo (Brooklyn, NY), Port Washington...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pins
Footing, 2024, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pins
Passage, 2024, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pins
Frame, 2024, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Pins
Flux, 2024, vibrant, jewel-like, diaphanous strips of fabric collages
By Linda Kamille Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
Linda Kamille Schmidt plays with emotional connections and memory in her smaller, framed works. In their encasements, each collage appears as a portal; a...
Category
2010s Abstract More Art
Materials
Fabric, Thread
Dove, Geometric, Gestural Abstraction, Dripped Painting
Located in New York, NY
The artist begins her work with a brush mark or a painted shape on the canvas and then performs a series of reactions to each gestural move. She is aiming to connect to the viewer through the language of abstraction as the visual representation of everyday experiences filtered through mark making and color.
Sarah Brenneman (b.1975, Middletown, OH) lives and works in West Orange...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Top Ten, Geometric, Gestural Abstraction, Dripped Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman (b.1975, Middletown, OH) lives and works in West Orange, New Jersey. She received her degrees in painting from Columbus College of Art (BFA...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
After Life / Inversion, 2024, landscape, oil painting
By Emma Tapley
Located in New York, NY
Tapley’s dizzying new paintings are gleeful acts of deception and subtle commentary on the notion of farce inherent in painting. Ranging from dutiful translations of trees, skies, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
After Life / Inversion / Madison SQ Park II, landscape, oil painting
By Emma Tapley
Located in New York, NY
Tapley’s dizzying new paintings are gleeful acts of deception and subtle commentary on the notion of farce inherent in painting. Ranging from dutiful translations of trees, skies, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
After Life / Amongst The Trees / Inversion / Greenbelt II, landscape painting
By Emma Tapley
Located in New York, NY
Tapley’s dizzying new paintings are gleeful acts of deception and subtle commentary on the notion of farce inherent in painting. Ranging from dutiful translations of trees, skies, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sarah Helen More, 167th & Division, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Sarah Helen More, Hide-and-Seek, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Sarah Helen More, Sweetie, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Sarah Helen More, Gravitron/Zipper, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Sarah Helen More, Foolin' Around, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She was raised with an appreciation for her parents’ passions, including her father’s rock and mineral collection...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Leslie Fry, Release, Cast bronze, Edition of 10, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Touched, 2023, Bronze, edition of 10, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leslie Fry, Receive, Edition of 10, Cast bronze, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cruisin' Every Path, abstract, colorful, watercolor on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Schism, 2024, abstract, colorful and vibrant, arcrylic and watercolor on panel
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Today, 2024, colorful, abstract, watercolor on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Speak to Me, 2023, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
All All Along, 2023, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Too Much Love, 2023, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Panel
Rust Register, 2024, Abstract, Colorful, Acrylic and Watercolor on Panel
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Panel
This is What We Know, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gingko No.4, 2023, hyper-realist drawing, colored pencil on paper
By David Morrison
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1956. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985. A visiting lecturer and guest artist at numerous universities, he is very involved in the world of printmaking, specifically stone lithography, and he is the Professor Emeritus at Indiana University’s Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. Morrison has exhibited widely, and his work is included in numerous public collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The New-York Historical Society, The National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Figge Art Museum, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the Portland Museum of Art, Collection of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, to name a few.
'David Morrison’s drawings are in the Old Master tradition of still-life and natura morte, whose surface beauty with its signs of decay warn viewers about the transitory nature of all life. In many ways the artist’s refined drawings can be connected to the works of John James Audubon in the N-YHS collection, which, along with their birds, showcase fruit, leaves, and flowers whose signs of decay allude to the cycle of nature and the temporal nature of life. Audubon also tended to isolate his birds and settings against empty white backgrounds. Morrison’s portrayals of leaves also tie into the poetic celebration of nature and landscape found in the works of the Hudson River School. Most profoundly they relate to Asher B. Durand’s obsession with trees (see the 2010 Durand catalogue and the essay “‘A Magnificent Obsession’: Durand’s Trees as Spiritual Sentinels of Nature”). Nevertheless, in the case of the over-lifesize measurements and the leaf's and branch's isolation on the page, Morrison's watercolors are contemporary and modern in appearance, yet profoundly evocative of both past and future.' (Roberta Olson, Curator of Drawings The New-York Historical Society).
Artist Statement
My drawings of tree branches and trunks embrace nature. I love the springtime when there are eruptive explosions of buds with new leaves and berries. I am seduced by the sensual shape and color of the buds protruding from the branches. I love the firecracker explosion of the red and yellow berries of the crabapple. My drawings capture a moment of this existence. I am also fascinated with fallen tree branches with their scarification left by diseases, infestation, decomposition and storm damage. My drawings capture the degeneration cycle of plant materials and how they echo the living conditions of man and nature. I am interested in capturing the reality of their existence, with all the imperfections, echoing their fragile existence in nature, not an idealized beautification of nature like botanical illustrations.
The drawings are hyper realistic: they capture minute details of the subjects that I portray, but they are only an illusion of the actual reality. I became obsessed with drawing branches...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
Ginkgo Twig No.2, 2023, hyper-realist, colored pencil drawing
By David Morrison
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1956. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985. A visiting lecturer and guest artist at numerous universities, he is very involved in the world of printmaking, specifically stone lithography, and he is the Professor Emeritus at Indiana University’s Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. Morrison has exhibited widely, and his work is included in numerous public collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The New-York Historical Society, The National Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Figge Art Museum, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, the Portland Museum of Art, Collection of Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, to name a few.
'David Morrison’s drawings are in the Old Master tradition of still-life and natura morte, whose surface beauty with its signs of decay warn viewers about the transitory nature of all life. In many ways the artist’s refined drawings can be connected to the works of John James Audubon in the N-YHS collection, which, along with their birds, showcase fruit, leaves, and flowers whose signs of decay allude to the cycle of nature and the temporal nature of life. Audubon also tended to isolate his birds and settings against empty white backgrounds. Morrison’s portrayals of leaves also tie into the poetic celebration of nature and landscape found in the works of the Hudson River School. Most profoundly they relate to Asher B. Durand’s obsession with trees (see the 2010 Durand catalogue and the essay “‘A Magnificent Obsession’: Durand’s Trees as Spiritual Sentinels of Nature”). Nevertheless, in the case of the over-lifesize measurements and the leaf's and branch's isolation on the page, Morrison's watercolors are contemporary and modern in appearance, yet profoundly evocative of both past and future.' (Roberta Olson, Curator of Drawings The New-York Historical Society).
Artist Statement
My drawings of tree branches and trunks embrace nature. I love the springtime when there are eruptive explosions of buds with new leaves and berries. I am seduced by the sensual shape and color of the buds protruding from the branches. I love the firecracker explosion of the red and yellow berries of the crabapple. My drawings capture a moment of this existence. I am also fascinated with fallen tree branches with their scarification left by diseases, infestation, decomposition and storm damage. My drawings capture the degeneration cycle of plant materials and how they echo the living conditions of man and nature. I am interested in capturing the reality of their existence, with all the imperfections, echoing their fragile existence in nature, not an idealized beautification of nature like botanical illustrations.
The drawings are hyper realistic: they capture minute details of the subjects that I portray, but they are only an illusion of the actual reality. I became obsessed with drawing branches...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Brian's Flowers, 2020, oil on canvas, floral still-life oil painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wintry Mix, 2022, oil on canvas, floral still-life painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Just Go (Sunflowers), 2020, oil on canvas, yellow, floral still-life painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
From the Porch, 2023, vibrant floral still-life painting, oil on canvas
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peonies with GA 2nd, oil on canvas, floral still life painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Out the Window (Nasturtiums), 2022, oil on canvas, floral still life painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Azalea by a Garage Door, 2010, oil on canvas, floral outdoor painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Peonies with GA 1st, 2023, oil on canvas, floral still life painting
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock’s floral paintings are loci for memory, spanning more than a decade and various dwellings. Sharing a kindred spirit with such artists as Jane Freilicher and Lois Dodd, Cradd...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bare Trees 2, 2024, black-and-white graphite drawing of trees
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
We are delighted to present the first Mary Reilly drawing of the year.
The artist shares her process using graphite below:
For my subject matter, I try to find and emphasize the be...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Viola (Variations), flora monochromes, abstract oil pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured sur...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Last of the Peonies II, flower monochrome, abstract oil pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured sur...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Viola, 2023, blue and white diptych, abstract oil pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured surface, composed of robustly applied oil pastel, creating a tactile and vibrant visual experience.
The artist explains this body of work “Flora Monochromes” below:
Inspired by peonies outside my window...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Last of the Peonies I, flora monochromes, abstract oil pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured surface, composed of robustly applied oil pastel, creating a tactile and vibrant visual experience.
The artist explains this body of work “Flora Monochromes” below:
Inspired by peonies outside my window...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Hydrangea, 2023, flora monochromes, abstract oil pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured surface, composed of robustly applied oil pastel, creating a tactile and vibrant visual experience.
The artist explains this body of work “Flora Monochromes” below:
Inspired by peonies outside my window...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Red Tulip, Late Winter, flora monochromes, abstract pastel flower still life
By Daisy Craddock
Located in New York, NY
Craddock delves into the micro, capturing the lush and detailed color and texture of flower petals through close-up examinations. Her works are characterized by a richly textured sur...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper