Ralph Stearns Art

Fabulous texture and palette in this wonderful still life dating from the 1980s when Sargy was living at Lyndhurst Grove. Sargy Mann (1937-2015) Still life with glass of wine Signed...

A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a terracotta vase with white daisies and a red flower, beside a matching fruit bowl with limes and lemons. A blue and white painted tea cup and a striped plate with a cut lemon allude to an afternoon of tea. The arrangement is beautifully complemented by the vibrant mint green color of the walls. A dark navy blue china cabinet...

Tony lived with his grandmother when he was a child. He has seen many Peranakan tableware at her house. Although the artist is not the descendent of Peranakan, he is deeply influenced by multicultural environment in his growth background. Peranakan is not just one symbol of diverse cultures in Malaysia, but is more about an emotional connection between grandmother and him. This is a painting of a Kamcheng sitting on a batik. The edges of the painting has gold plates finishing. Kamcheng refers to the elaborately-decorated, traditional Peranakan storage vase and also means friendship, the theme for this year's Peranakan Festival. The Peranakans or Peranakan Chinese are a sub-ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Chinese settlers in the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago. In Malaysia, the Peranakan Chinese commonly refer to themselves as Baba-Nonya. The term Baba 峇峇 is an honorific for Straits Chinese...

"Exploration of Love" reveals the artist’s concept of bittersweet life. Happiness and depression leave marks in our life, just like those creases in batiks. All creases are gathered ...

A peaceful interior scene with a still life arrangement of two white pitchers, and delicate lilac and red flowers in a clear glass vase beside limes and red and green apples. The arr...

In "Nostalgia" a 21st -century Nigerian painter uses an impressionist technique the brushwork clearly visible —to evoke the haziness between wakefulne...

A bright and inviting interior scene with colorful patterned china plates leaning beside a floral arrangement with green flowers in a vase on a kitchen counter and a crimson red teap...

"Music Room with Harp" Oil on canvas Large original, one-of-a-kind, painting 80x60cm / 39.3x27.5in Shipped stretched directly from the artist's studio. Part of my Interior series. ...

A bright and inviting interior scene with two tea cups sit beside a fruit bowl and an arrangement of dark red flowers on a table in front of an open window, offering a view of verdan...

A clear glass vase holds bright lush chrysanthemum blossoms in coral red and pink beside orange and yellow fruits in a simply white fruit bowl set on a brown table with a clear glass...

A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a vase with red chrysanthemum flowers, and yellow and pink orchids in another glass, a pair of yellow teacups be...

A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of bright red poppies in a blue and white China vase and yellow lemons. The table setting is beautifully complement...