Connecticut - Paintings

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright crimson red, luminous...

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright blue, luminous golden...

TIDEPOOLS Series: “[This series] is an ever-changing fluid eco-world that is filled with life. I can not help but reflect upon these tiny systems, a microcosm of the larger cycle of ...

A yellow encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with light neon lemon yellow edges. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s paintings can be desc...

This abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a light, cool palette of blue and white with subtle orange accents at the top of the composition. The artist applies thick layers ...

Silk Road 261 is an aqua green and pale yellow encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with an aqua edge. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s paintings...

A vibrant orange, yellow and light green encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with lime green edges. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s pa...

This mid-sized abstract statement painting by Julia Contacessi features a cool palette with washes of deep blue, warm grey, and a metallic gold accent that flows through the center o...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on board and features a warm, yellow and umber palette. The artist layers paint on the canvas, creating texture among softly blended colors in a highly abstract composition. The painting itself is 48" x 33"and measures 48.5" x 33.25" x 2" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting and is framed in a very thin, off-white floater frame. It is ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School...

This original abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti features a cool blue palette with both black and white accents. Light layers of paint are washed over one another, with some more de...

Maura Segal’s abstract works conjure a delicate simplicity. Blocks of color languidly splay behind thin meandering lines and freeform fluid curves. Yet upon closer investigation, th...

Wonderful watercolor depicting a plant/flower. These were used at a Belgium University to teach the students about botany. Dating from the early 20th century. They are watercolor on ...

This contemporary seascape painting by S.C. Aldo is made with acrylic paint on Arches paper. It depicts a lightly abstracted coastal sce...

Rooted in the concept of memory born from photographs, Lisa Golightly’s paintings are reconstructions of found film photography as seen through the artist’s eye. Photography remains...

This abstract painting by artist Ned Martin features a blue heron in profile, looking to the right side of the canvas. The background is composed of blue, silver, and black squares t...

Lester Rapaport Robin’s Passing, painted in 2015 is composed of an atmospheric sprayed background and a central paint dripped spirit figure. Rapaport has been playing with dripped ...

A rare period of Della-Volpe's early work - this painting is a marvelous example of his abstracted series of beach and dock scenes. During this time he used a painterly approach to...

This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright teal, luminous golden...

Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed. The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Oils on artists ...

This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with gouache on paper. It features a muted palette and large, textured brush strokes. The painting itself is 13" x 22" and it measures 21.25" x 29.25" x 1" framed. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting, and is framed in a black frame with an acid-free mat. Wired and ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...

This original painting by Christine Averill-Green features a cool blue and metallic silver palette with a vibrant yellow accent. A blue and white vas...

Jane Sangerman lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She has a BFA from the University of New Mexico and an MFA from SUNY Buffalo. She has had one and two person shows in many citi...

A unique and uplifting Della-Volpe of a woman with abstracted elements of a flag that speaks of pride in America. Della-Volpe himself had been in the war and when he came home he was part of the New York abstract-expressionist movement. He moved away from this and felt that color and subject matter were his interests within abstraction. He did a series called "The Flagmaker" and while this work is slightly different than those, it still explores the theme of symbols that represent countries and its citizens. This is a large work and he has wonderfully incorporated elements of stars and the red, white and blue colors. There is also an "X" but this is a spatial element of design and he was also interested at this time in putting in 'pop-art" type references to culture as well. A great painting for a living room or family room or entryway. The canvas measures 50.25 x 48 inches within the frame. IT is in a wonderful, custom designed 22 karat silvered float frame. It is signed by the artist in the upper left. And the provenance is acquired directly from the artist. Woman with Flag...

This is a vibrant, crimson red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with dark burgundy and light, golden orange accents. Signed, titled and dated on verso. Joanne M...

Artist: Shimshon Holzman (1907-1986) Title: Torah Scholar Year: 1962 Medium: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper Size: 13.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed...

This abstracted floral painting by Christine Averill-Green is made with oil paint and gouache on gallery-wrapped canvas. It features a light, pastel palette, with varying green and pink tones applied in light, almost washy layers. The painting is wired and ready to hang. "A play on the shapes in nature; how they change and flow," the artist says of this piece. "Ambiguous forms set against a symmetrical background. I am in awe of the tremendous energy that I see everywhere in the world. I tried to celebrate that in this painting." Averill-Green has been exhibiting her artwork in galleries and museums in Upstate New York for over 40 years. She received her B.A. in Art and an M.S. in Art Education. Artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, Euan Eglow, Antonio Lopez Garcia, and her teachers Catherine Kehoe...

Wonderful English Abstract scene of an interior with still life, landscape and table top. William Yates painted exciting colorful vibrant scenes often of interiors and abstract fig...

Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...

Oil on canvas SHEPHERD’S PASS Series: “In [this] series I wanted to move into expressing more of a post-impressionist mode by deconstructing with lyricism, while not fracturing in h...

David Ambrose’s fascination with paper began as a child as when convalescing from major surgery on his right leg at the age of seven. Paper became the playground for his imagination ...

This Impressionist oil sketch of the Surrey Hills by Charles Bertie Hall beautifully captures the tranquil charm of the English countryside with a focus on the expansive, atmospheri...

This original painting by Teodora Guererra features a pink and green palette with circular, abstracted pink floral shapes assembled at the center of the composition on a pale green b...

Before the Party is an intriguing abstraction that speaks to fantasy and imagination. Wemaere is known as part of the CoBrA group in Europe and his works are sought after and distin...

Oil on panel Compline Series: Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trekki...

Over the past few years Steven Baris Has been fascinated by the rapid proliferation of fulfillment and distribution centers, sprouting like mushrooms throughout metropolitan regions....

This original abstracted landscape statement oil painting by artist Bri Custer features a blue palette with vibrant yellow and green accents throughout. The artist applies thick, loo...

This large horizontal abstract statement painting by Kelly Rossetti features a cool blue palette with deep charcoal and pale pink accents throughout. The artist layers the colors usi...

This large horizontal abstract landscape statement painting by Kelly Rossetti features a cool blue palette with deep charcoal and ...

Amazing Impressionist oil sketch of a beach scene on the West Coast of Scotland Charles Bertie Hall painted scenes all over England, Europe, and Ame...

Kathleen Vance explores environmental issues such as water conservation and protection through positive stewardship of the land. She looks to convey an appreciation of nature and tra...

A native son of New England, Peter Poskas III—like many American artists before him—derives inspiration from the charming towns and tranquil landscapes of coastal Maine and Connectic...

A romantic and marvelous small painting that will enliven any smaller wall in an interior! Historically, Della-Volpe is a similar artist to Milton Avery and Wolf Kahn. After the wa...

For me, art begins with the sensation of being uplifted by the sheer beauty of nature. The colors grab my attention and move me to translate this feeling I get when I see a luscious ...

TIDEPOOLS Series: “[This series] is an ever-changing fluid eco-world that is filled with life. I can not help but reflect upon these tiny systems, a microcosm of the larger cycle of ...

This Impressionist oil sketch of the Surrey Hills by Charles Bertie Hall beautifully captures the tranquil charm of the English countryside with a focus on the expansive, atmospheri...

FLOWERS Series: "I have journeyed through black and white, expanding my visual grip of form, light and reflection. Now the seeds I’ve planted along the way are blossoming into flower...

This impressionistic winter landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool blue, green, and white palette. The artist captures a s...

The space between... I’ve heard this described as our truest selves. That our true self, our soul, our essence exists in the space between every cell, atom, and molecule of our bodi...

Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas “In a simple way the circle shows us the complete story of creation. In the beginning there was nothing, and then there became consciousness. The conscio...

Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas The Unity series is best described by a short story found in the introduction to author Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements. Three thousand yea...

Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas The Unity series is best described by a short story found in the introduction to author Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements. Three thousand yea...

Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas Who am I? What is my purpose? These are two of the most powerful questions I’ve ever learned to ask myself. In meditation, the most sure way that I’ve ...

Oil and Gold Leaf on Canvas “Everyone who has drawn a circle knows that this center point must exist for its' construction. This middle point stands for centralized power, the base ...

DAVID DUNLOP is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and a...

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 1/1, While experiencing the flow and drips of molten beeswax and the partial mixing of blue, cyan and purple in Pool Lights, calm is created wit...

A painting that almost feels and acts like a sculpture as it is highly built up surface that takes on a 3 dimensional quality. He builds up the acrylic and resin in heavy layers and...

These new paintings and works on paper are the outgrowth of experimentation that seeks to bring the work to a newer outpost of Baker’s search for an honest self-revelation. The new s...

This traditional landscape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a warm palette, capturing a scene of lush yellow rolling hills and deep green patches of t...