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Smoke Tree Southern California High Desert 1966
Located in Soquel, CA
Smoke Tree Southern California High Desert 1966 Detailed desert scene on linen by Southern
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Masonite, Oil

"California Mountains, " Orrin White, Impressionism, Southwest Desert Landscape
By Orrin A. White
Located in New York, NY
Orrin White California Mountain Landscape Signed lower right Oil on board 8 x 10 inches A
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century 1960s Palm Springs California Desert Landscape
By Marjorie May Blake
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century landscape of Palm Springs Desert by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Fiberboard

California School - Desert Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
California School - Ranch Road Landscape Oil on Canvas Imapsto oil painting of the California
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Abstract Painting, "Desert Apparition"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract painting by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Desert Glow, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An original oil painting of the Southern California Desert featuring a glowing desert evening sky
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Southern California Desert Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Who Was Who
By George Sanders Bickerstaff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1950. This California landscape painter was born in Arizona and studied at the Art Institute of
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In the Andalusian Desert" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "In the Andalusian Desert" is an oil painting that depicts the
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

California Desert Landscape w/ Sand Verbena by Elizabeth Hewlett Watkins c.1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
oil painting of California desert sand dunes covered with Sand Verbena. The bright purple flowers grow
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Desert II', Palm Springs, California Woman Artist, Large Proto-Organic Abstract
By Charmaine Girelli
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015. A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid traili...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

'Desert II', Palm Springs, California Woman Artist, Large Proto-Organic Abstract
By Charmaine Girelli
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015. A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid trail...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

California Scrub-Jay, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Coast Route - California Contemporary Realism Painting
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Desert Sunset
By Timothy Mulligan
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Timothy Mulligan's "Desert Sunset" is a captivating acrylic on canvas painting that encapsulates
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blue desert
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. A
Category

1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Coast Landscape Marine Painting, Watercolor Painting Rocks, Waves
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
California coastal painting by early 20th century artist, Charles Partridge Adams circa 1925
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Desert Rose - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to
Category

2010s Minimalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Desert Scene
By Frederick Richard Chisnall
Located in San Francisco, CA
, CA on Dec. 11, 1965. He was a member of the Desert Art Center. His paintings of colorful desert
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Corvette on a Dark Desert Highway, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Anthony Dunphy
Located in Yardley, PA
,Hotel California opening line. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Desert View, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Desert View, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Desert Retreat"
By Claudia Hartley
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sketched all over the west in Arizona, Utah, California, Wyoming, Oregon and New Mexico. She began painting
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Desert View, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Morning Desert
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Morning Desert
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.8 in
Desert Temples
By Ron Rizk
Located in Fairfield, CT
Ron Rizk’s paintings depict the intimate personal history of locales from his life. Ethereal and
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Kaufmann Desert House - Right, Original painting, Contemporary, Hockney, Glamour
By Karen Lynn
Located in Deddington, GB
This is an oil painting of the iconic house in California designed by the famous architect Richard
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desert, Landscape, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desert Foothills Landscape
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid desert foothill landscape impasto painting by Michael Wright (American, 20th century
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Delightful Desert Day"
By Claudia Hartley
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sketched all over the west in Arizona, Utah, California, Wyoming, Oregon and New Mexico. She began painting
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Desert Trip 3
By Scott Yeskel
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Desert Trip 3
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Desert with Cactus
By Marlon Mullen
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Marlon Mullen Desert with Cactus acrylic on paper 20" x 26" 1997 signed Born in 1963, Marlon
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Desert View, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang, Impressionism
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desert Rain II
By Martha Rea Baker
Located in Santa Fe, NM
-thinking” state as long as possible. I allow the painting to have a life of its own, each line, brushstroke
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Desert Rain II
Desert Rain II
H 60 in W 48 in D 2.5 in
Walter Farrington Moses desert landscape paintings, 'Sunland' and 'Indian Wells'
Located in San Rafael, CA
Set of 2 paintings Walter Farrington Moses (American, 1874-1947) "Sunland" and "Indian Wells" Oil
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Ascension at Desert Hot Springs
By Thomas Whittaker Kidd
Located in Santa Monica, CA
paintings, drawings and sculpture nationally. His solo exhibitions in Los Angeles were at ACME and Carl Berg
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's Palm Springs Desert in Spring Landscape Original Oil Painting
By Helen Wannop
Located in Soquel, CA
1930's Palm Springs Desert in Spring Landscape Original Oil Painting Gorgeous oil painting of Palm
Category

1930s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Warmth of the Desert" - Mid-Century Desert Landscape with Wildflowers
By Charles O. Fuson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful, historic painting of the California desert in bloom by listed Santa Cruz artist Charles
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Canvas, Acrylic

Canyon View, Desert, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Desert Bloom, geometric abstract painting, mid-century modern earth tone palette
By Kazaan Viveiros
Located in Dallas, TX
"Desert Bloom" is a striking modern geometric abstract painting, with an earth tone mid-century
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Panamint Valley Desert Landscape
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous, restful desert landscape of Panamint Valley by Santa Cruz, California artist Mike Wright
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Multiplication of Desert
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

1940s Desert Red Rocks Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning desert landscape of red rocks and desert shrubs by California artist Olive Von Bergen
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Home Corral" Very early Wieghorst California Western Painting awesome colors
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in San Antonio, TX
, California. His paintings include cowboys, horses, and Indians in landscape, but there is little if any
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Desert Scene near Palm Spring
By Frederick Richard Chisnall
Located in San Francisco, CA
, CA on Dec. 11, 1965. He was a member of the Desert Art Center. His paintings of colorful desert
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstracted Geometric Landscape -- "Desert Dreams"
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid abstract geometric landscape of Oregon's John Day Fossil Beds and Painted Desert by Erle
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Very Early 1950s Abstract Texas Desert Landscape
By Paul Maxwell
Located in Houston, TX
Early Abstract Paul Maxwell Landscape of the Texas desert done in blue tones. Watercolor on paper
Category

1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Don Giffin Finish Fetish Abstract Alkyd Pigment Painting Los Angeles, California
Located in Surfside, FL
Don Giffin (American, 1948-2003) Phone in the Desert, 1999 Mixed media painting Hand signed Don
Category

1990s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Alkyd, Laid Paper, Acrylic, Panel, Pigment

Mid Century Palm Springs Desert Landscape
By Dolores Martin
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century Palm Springs desert painting by Dolores Martin (American, 20th century
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Rocks, Contemporary Desert Bluff Landscape
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous contemporary impressionist oil painting landscape of striking desert bluffs by California
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Sedona Red Rocks, Southwestern Desert Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping vertical desert landscape with a calm river in the foreground and the gorgeous formations
Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board, Canvas

Mid Century Landscape -- Purple Desert Mountain
By Alice M. Fink
Located in Soquel, CA
California. Alice Fink is known for Painting. While living in Alameda, Fink studied at the Mark Hopkins Art
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Desert Landscape -- Road to Death Valley
By Mike Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous plein air California desert scene titled, "Road to Death Valley" by Mike Wright (American
Category

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Superstition Mountains, Arizona Desert Vertical Landscape
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning vertical landscape of dramatic rock formations towering over the desert below by Ken Lucas
Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Desert Raiders" - Apache Warriors at Sunset
By Marco Antonio Gomez
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold desert scene with Apaches on horseback by Marco Antonio Gomez (Mexican, 1910-1972). Three
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Mid Century Springtime Joshua Tree Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century Joshua Tree desert landscape with desert flowers in bloom by an unknown
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Arizona Valley Desert Landscape with Saguaro Cactus
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
Expansive desert landscape with saguaro cacti, the iconic desert plant that defines the region, by
Category

1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Desert Mesa Landscape with Cacti
By Vina McPheeters
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful mid century desert landscape with beautiful cacti by Vina McPheeters (American, 1892-1964
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Landscape with Agave and Yucca - Oil on Canvas Oil painting of a desert landscape by an
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Landscape -- Homestead Beneath a Desert Mountain
By Alice M. Fink
Located in Soquel, CA
Sweeping mid century landscape of a lone house in an expansive desert scene with colossal mountains
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Mid Century Southwest Desert Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
desert scene with mountains, cacti, and other desert plants by California artist C. Gallagher (American
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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