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Item Ships From: California
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Latin American School Original Watercolor C.1960
A fine watercolor signed in the lower right corner (illegible)
Watercolor dimensions 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Guna II (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna II (Abstract Painting)
Encaustic on Okawara paper - Unframed
The title, Guna (2016), is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
“It’s a key concept in various schools of Hindu philosophy which states there are 3 gunas: goodness, passion and darkness, all present in everyone and everything, but in different proportions. The interplay of the 3 gunas define the character of someone or something, of nature and determines the progress of life”. (Wikipedia)
The pieces in this series are printed with pigmented encaustic on Japanese paper; they are mounted on panel and coated with medium or stand alone like this work on Okawara paper.
These artworks were a reaction to the more serialized and geometric work Adams was doing, a need to break from that and work in a freeing and more physical way.
Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California.
Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Optical Pastel Pencil Expressionist Abstract
Located in Pasadena, CA
The work presented here appears to be a pastel, probably enhanced with pencil, where the material almost entirely saturates the surface. The accumulation of strokes layered into a de...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Alesandro Sani " A Gift to the Pope "
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century
Alesandro Sani " A Gift to the Pope " Done in Watercolor
Category
Late 19th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed.
The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Style of Matisse Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very interesting portrait of a woman done in the style of Matisse. I believe most of it was done by chalk and just the red earrings are oil paint. Image itself measures 10 1/2 inches...
Category
20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea
Jody Keane Reclining Nude Original Pen and Ink Drawing 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jody Keane Reclining Nude Original Pen and Ink Drawing 20th c.
Dimensions 15" wide x 22" high
The frame measures 21" wide x 29" high
S...
Category
Late 20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Color stacks plural 4
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Image it is pink, abstract watercolors
By Arthur Pinajian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The color harmony on paper. stamp singed lower right Pinajian. Archived numbered 1580
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Painter Me, Drawing, Charcoal on Canvas
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
Charcoal and acrylic on canvas :: Drawing :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
0218-11
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper. Unframed.
Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice.
For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax, Pigment
0118.5
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed
Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice.
For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
John Henry Hill (1839-1922) Original Coastal Landscape W/ Figures C.1900
By John Henry Hill
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Henry Hill (1839-1922) Original Coastal Landscape W/ Figures C.1900
Watercolor on paper. Dimensions 21.5" wide x 13.25" high
The frame measures ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Wall Art Drawing #09222021, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil
By Michael Verlangieri
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand drawn one of a kind original on 100% cotton watercolor paper with gold foil Buddhist Prayer Papers :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Shen Shaolun "Chinese Junk Ship" Original Watercolor c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shen Shaolun Original Watercolor c.1960
Coastal landscape with rugged coastline and ship with sails.
Watercolor on paper. Dimensions 22 1/2 inches x 15 1/2 inches.
Double matted f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Charcoal Portrait of a Sleeping Man in an Overcoat c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Charcoal Portrait of a Sleeping Man in an Overcoat c.1940
Charcoal on paper - Signed illegibly in the lower right corner
Dimensions...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Illustration Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Watercolor Drawing of a Man " Parandello Play " Signed Lower Rightside
Category
20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Jack Hambleton Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Hambleton (1916-1988) Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Original watercolor on paper by Canadian artist Jack Hambleton...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Suzana Mattos (Brazil, 20th c.) "Moth" Original Watercolor c.1980s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Suzana Mattos (Brazil, 20th c.) "Moth" Original Watercolor c.1980s
Brilliant original watercolor by noted Brazilian artist Suzana Mattos.
An abstract moth in yellow, gray and blue....
Category
Late 20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Portrait dimensions 15.5" x 19.5".
The frame measures 17.5" x 21.5".
Signed in the lower right corner.
The portrait ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Charles Ware "Mary Magdalene" Original Watercolor on Linen c.1969
By Charles Ware
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Ware (1921-2005) Mary Magdalene Original Watercolor on Linen c.1969
A superb 1960s original graphite and watercolor painting on linen by listed American artist Charles Ware....
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Lapin
By Anya Spielman
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between them as each begins to form...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Above and Below
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary:
A reflection of what we see in the heavens is being repeated in the forms we see on earth. Levitation or floating is one of the principles of Surrealism. It gives...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Long color stack 1
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Impressionist Cityscape, "Tagged"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original impressionist cityscape watercolor painting by southern California artist, Duke Windsor. It is framed as pictured. Its framed dimensions are 8" x 8"....
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
the rock garden, 'home'
By Crystal Liu
Located in San Francisco, CA
gouache, watercolor, gold leaf, ink and collage on paper 30 x 22 1/2 in
; 76.2 x 57.1 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of a Lark, Barley and Beans
Located in Burbank, CA
Barley, broad beans and a lark (Omugi, soramame, hibari). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparator...
Category
1890s Art Deco California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
0118.13
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed
Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice.
For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
0118.15
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed
Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice.
For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
Partial Real
By Jutta Haeckel
Located in San Francisco, CA
oil on linen 23 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches/60 x 50.2 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
INKBLOT DRAWING SEPTEMBER 27, 2005
Located in San Francisco, CA
ink on paper 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 in
; 15.9 x 6.3 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
'Painters with a model' Original Drawing By Hal Frater
By Hal Frater
Located in Carmel, CA
Hal Frater passed away on February 3, 2008, just a month from celebrating his 99th birthday.
Hal Frater had a long and prolific career. He became a sought after commercial artist for over fifty years . All the while he would return to his studio and paint for himself rather than his clients. Yet he always retained his illustration roots in wanting to tell a story on canvas with his keen eye of observation on the human condition.
Often he would join fellow artists in informal sessions and paint from a model - no formal art school training but a mutually beneficial learning experience. His contemporaries that influenced him were Jack Levine, Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and Phillip Reisman...
Category
20th Century Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Journey Tantra Painting, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
series of 8 24 x 24 inches each "Breath flowsInto this body As a nectar of the gods. Every breath is a whisper Of the Goddess: â€
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Terra Incognita 7
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combines playful shapes with bright colour, ...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Place 12
By Gale Antokal
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Artist Statement:
My drawings are made with mixtures of white chalk, graphite, flour and ash. Personal history is always present in my artwork, whether straightforward or oblique. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Graphite
370
Located in San Francisco, CA
ink on paper 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in
; 34.3 x 43.4 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Lassoed Head
By Max Gimblett
Located in San Francisco, CA
sumi ink on Thai garden 100% kozo plain smooth handmade paper 31 x 22 inches/78.7 x 55.9 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
handmade paper 33 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
; 85.1 x 59.7 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
367
Located in San Francisco, CA
ink on paper 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in
; 34.3 x 43.4 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
374
Located in San Francisco, CA
ink on paper 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in
; 34.3 x 43.4 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fine Native American Mother With Child Watercolor by D. Collins C.1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Native American Mother With Child Watercolor by D. Collins C.1970s
Monogrammed / Initialed lower right corner
Watercolor dimensions 20.5" wide x 25.5" high
The frame measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
19th Century French Graphite Drawing "New Year Baby" With Basket of Fruit C.1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th Century French Graphite "New Year Baby" With Basket of Fruit C.1820
Charming antique pencil drawing
The baby with a basket of fruit...
Category
Early 19th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Charles Wilkinson 1908 "The Naughty Chair"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Adorable antique watercolor by British artist Charles Wilkinson. He has auction records over $2000 for a watercolor. This little gem shows a little girl that has been put in the cor...
Category
Early 1900s California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Zack Brown "Thieves Carnival" Costume Illustration c.1967
Located in San Francisco, CA
Zack Brown "Thieves Carnival" Costume Illustration c.1967
Ruth Kobart plays Lady Hurf in the final scene of "Thieves Carnival"
A designer of bot...
Category
Mid-20th Century California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Heidi McFall (American, 20th century) "Tony #1" Original Pastel Portrait c.2000
By Heidi McFall
Located in San Francisco, CA
Heidi McFall (American, 20th century) "Tony #1" original pastel portrait, circa 2000
Outstanding pastel portrait by Texas / Idaho artist Heidi McFall.
Titled "Tony #1"
Dimensions ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
A Fine Orientalist Pencil and Watercolor Reclining Middle Eastern Beauty
By Francesco Ballesio 2
Located in LA, CA
Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young ma...
Category
Early 1900s Academic California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Urban Interface Drawing on 18 Sheets Gesso-Primed Rag Paper, 2015
Located in Orange, CA
Urban Interface, 2015
Additional information:
Medium: Mixed media paper collage and drawing on 18 sheets gesso-primed rag paper, eyelets
Dimensions: 132 x 180 in
signed and dated
J...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Spray Paint/Graffiti/Street Art/Pop_John "CRASH" Matos, Urban Odyssey
By John Crash Matos
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
John CRASH Matos
"Urban Odyssey (4 Panels)"
Watercolor, Spray Paint and Ink on Arches Paper
34.5 x 85.5 inches, Framed
Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH was raised in the Bronx, New Yo...
Category
2010s Street Art California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Last day before curfew, La Playuela Cabo Rojo PR, Painting, Watercolor on Waterc
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor from La Playuela beach in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. It was the last day of freedom before the curfew. March 15, 2020. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece co...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Conner
Located in Mill Valley, CA
A drawing using graphite and ink on Japanese paper.
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Crying Words
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
On paper, acrylic paint and marking implements; graphite and Art Graf, a water-soluble kinetic media in tailor’s squares that easily fits into the hand to use the edges or the flat s...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tissue Paper, Graphite
Home Yantra Painting, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Created with a 1 inch by ½ inch grid, this yantra breathes in hues of reflective sunstone and jade. Born of ancient Indian tantric traditions, a yantra is a geometric diagram used a...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Diptych Edge of Whimsy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Acrylic paint with water-soluble Art Graf and graphite heightens the directness of marking in this diptych series on paper. Art Graf comes in tailor’s squares, easily fitting into th...
Category
2010s Abstract California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Illustrative Watercolor Nature Graphic Art, "A Coastal Sunflower Dance" 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Marissa Quinn. Its dimensions are 16" x 13" x 0.8" (HxWxD). It is watercolor, gouache, and pen. It is already...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
Portrait Watercolor by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this watercolor by Judy Pike, the seated figure, positioned on indistinct ground, oscillates between presence and erasure. The face, fragmented as if shattered by light, hovers be...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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