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Item Ships From: Illinois
Sleestak Ray - Gyotaku Style Print of a Sting Ray, Enhanced with Bright Greens
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
From the mind of the artist comes "Sleestak Ray", taken from the extra-dimensional race of reptilian bipedal humanoid species native to the "Land of the Lost". He has combined a childhood favorite television show with a current favorite - fishing. The artist has master the Japanese art of Gyo-Taku printing using sumi ink and then highlights the piece with watercolors. The artist uses Mulberry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper, Sumi Ink
$1,440 Sale Price
34% Off
Step Up - Mountain Goats in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Neapolitan - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus on Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
MusCATteer - Surreal Rural Scene, Hyper-realistic Original Oil Painting, Framed
By Christopher Klein
Located in Chicago, IL
Juxtaposing and altering unrelated natural objects with the machinations of man to create a scene of an impossible surreal world, the viewer enters the mind of artist Christopher Klein...
Category
2010s Surrealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Uscita - Large Scale Trompe L'oeil Gardenscape Inspired by Ancient Roman Frescos
By Carol Pylant
Located in Chicago, IL
"Uscita" takes Inspiration from ancient Italian frescos originally found at the Villa di Livia outside of Rome. The trompe l'oeil frescos were from a subterranean room used for dining. The lush gardens gave the dinner guests the illusion of dining alfresco. Here Pylant took particular notice of the flora and fauna painted over 2000 years ago only to discover they were species that were also present at her then North Carolina studio. The artist adds an architectural element to the gardenscape to suggest a portal from the past into the present. This exploration of the ancient world and its connection to the present is a central theme running through Pylant's work.
Carol S. Pylant
Uscita
oil and acrylic on canvas
40h x 62w in
101.60h x 157.48w cm
CSP035
CAROL PYLANT
Resume
Title
Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Academic Appointments
1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA
1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA
1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA
1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
International Teaching
2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy
2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
International Artist Residencies
2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain
2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain
2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain
1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany
1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy
1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France
International Research Awards
2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy"
2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France"
2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France"
2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain"
1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany"
1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles
1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles"
1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy"
1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland"
1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland"
1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany"
1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy"
Other Awards
2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison
2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison
2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin
2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI
2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison
1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery"
1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin
1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship
1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of
Wisconsin System
1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board
1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI
1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts
Midwest
1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY
1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
International Exhibitions
2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy
2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland
1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland
199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland
1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany
1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches
Institut, Regensberg, West Germany
1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers)
1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers)
1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y.
1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster,
PA (with Dan Gihooley)
1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME
1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI
1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, NC
2007 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2007 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2007 "Real and Imagined" Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2003-7 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 "The Exquisite Snake" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2002 Sonyia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1994 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1993 New York Arts Club, New York, N.Y.
1993 "Previews of l993" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY
1992 "Small Painting Exhibition" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY
1992 "Women in the Bowdoin Collection" Bowdoin College Museum of Art,
Brunswick, MA
1992 Steibel Modern, New York, NY
1984-91 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
1986-7 Portraits Inc., New York, NY
1985-6 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
1981-4 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 "All California '84" Laguna Beach Museum of Art,
Laguna Beach, CA
1983 "Western States Figurative Realism" Cypress College Art Gallery,
Cypress, CA
1982 "Atlas Building Artists" Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
1981 "Michigan Artists 80-81" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
1981 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
1970 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
Public Collections
Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio
Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa/Barcelona, Spain
American Express Corporation, New York, New York
Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
The Block Museum of Northwestern University
Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, Germany
Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia
University of Wisconsin, The Graduate School, Madison, Wisconsin
Carol Pylant
Bibliography
2017 M is for Math, Museum and Manhattan Kansas, by Natasha Rozhkovskaya, Publisher: Tamara Rozhkovskaya Novosibrisk
2015 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Exhibition catalogue)
2013 "Remarkable Women Exhibit" by Mary Louise Schumacher, Journal Sentinel, online, Milwaukee, WI, June 25
2012 "Peltz Gallery Celebrates Remarkable Women" by Peggy Sue Dunigan, The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee, WI, July 7
2008 "Teachers Who Can, UW Faculty..." by Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, February
2007 "Art in Nature" by Bill Robbins, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 14
2004 "Ambition clothes 'Remarkable Women'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7
2004 "Waxing enthusiastic over 'Colors'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18
2003 "Remarkable Women Celebrated" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March
2003 "Art Lesson" by Jennifer Smith, Isthmus, Madison, WI,
February 21
2003 "Installation Appreciation" by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, February 7
2001 "Pylant unites sketches with classical style" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12
2001 "WSU Exhibit shows figurative painting" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, February 18
1999 "On Art" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel October 12
1999 "School of Art quadrennial exhibition" by John Aehl, The Wisconsin State Journal, January 24
1999 "Something old, something new" by C.R. Gabriel, Isthmus, February 5
1999 "Honoring our Own" Madison Magazine, January
1998 "The Madison Fifty" Madison Magazine, November
1997 "Back in the Game" by James Auer, The Milwaukee
Journal/Sentinel, Nov. 26
1997 "Three artists will charm at local shows" by Joy Hakanson Colby, The Detroit News, May 8
1997 "At the Galleries" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press,
April 27
1997 "Talent not gender, is focus at show", by James Auer, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December 11
1996 "Remarkable Women Exhibition" by James Auer, The Milwaukee
Journal/Sentinel, Jan 14
1994 "In Art, these 20 made an impression in '93" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 9
1994 "Window to the World" by Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee Magazine, Guide to the Arts, February
1994 "Art of Love: ..." by Elby Frieda Abbe, Milwaukee Sentinel, Let's Go. February issue
1993 "Variations on a theme", by Paul Pace, Rochester Clarion, Rochester, Mi, December 9
1993 "Work of women holds surprises in summer show", by Janice T. Paine,
Milwaukee Sentinel, June 4
1993 "Remarkable Women has merit with or without it's gender theme", by
James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, June 13
1993 "Irish Landscape" Cross Country, Country Living Magazine,
March (feature article)
1993 "Ireland's Wild West" On the Road, Country Living Magazine, March
1993 "Short List SoHo Gallery Exhibitions, The New Yorker,
February 14 & 22
1993 "SoHo Exhibitions", Gallery Listings, New York Magazine, February 7
1993 Gallery Listings, The New York Times, January 31
1993 Tandem Press: Five years of Collaboration by Drew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Press
1992 "From the World's Hot Spots to Ardara", by Michael McHugh, The
Donegal Democrat, Co. Donegal, Ireland, August 6
1992 "Exhibits spotlight women", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel,
June 5
1992 " Women's show proves a strong one", by James Auer, The Milwaukee
Journal, May 24
199l "Tandem Press foster diverse printmaking styles", by John Carlos
Cantu, Ann Arbor News, December 1
1991 "Quadrennially yours...U W art faculty exhibit show vital, vibrant", by
Katherine Rogers, Wisconsin State Journal, January 6
1991 Who's Who in the Midwest 23rd Edition, A.N. Marquis, MacMillian
Directory Division, Wilmette, Illinois
1990 "Impressive Art on a Small Scale", by Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 20
1990 "View from the Tower", by James Rhem, The Isthmus, December 21
1990 "NEA Survives but Artists Shiver", by Bill Moore...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
Base Graded and Level - Buffalo in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Heli Hatchlings, Surreal Oil Painting - Giant Chameleons Crab Apples Helicopter
By Christopher Klein
Located in Chicago, IL
The smiling figures in the helicopter, hatching from a frozen crab-apple, have false hopes that they are on a fun adventure, unaware of the imminent danger- they are about the chameleon’s prey. Fortune can turn on a dime. Such is the subject of Christopher Klein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Solid Footings - Graphite Drawing on Antique Architectural Drawings of Bears
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Vellum
Jobsite - Moose in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Grape of Wrath - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Large Purple Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A Gyo-Tako print of large octopus is seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Grapes of Wrath". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
29% Off
Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Octopus, Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyotaku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extrao...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
14.25h x 19.75w in
36.20h x 50.16w cm
JEC152
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Dark Mane - Photorealistic Painting of a Safari with a Lion and Land Rover
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
A lion strolls in front of a Range Rover in this photorealistic painting entitled "Dark Mane" by Rick Pas. Though small in scale this painting delivers gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Sea Fan - Blue Meets Red - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Dog Years - Brightly Colored Self Portrait of Artist as a Yellow Colored Dog
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions.
Raya, like every productive artist, is a collection of actions, utopias and talents. He is an acrylic painter and a muralist; an installation artist and a practitioner of the theory of the fragment as a synthesis of the whole; he is Chicano but his work has no passport; he is an obsessive self-portraitist (I, as the multiplicity locked within the I) and his an advocate of his community (in the fullest sense of the world); his is from Chicago and - being a nation onto himself - is a native of his art education; his yearns for the Tijuana of tomorrow while being a full-fledged inhabitant of the Tijuana of half a century back; he admires high-tech while being a fan of Frida Kahlo. --Carlos Monsivais...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gucci Ray - Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper, Original Artwork, Gyotaku Style
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Designers have an wide reach through out the world but have yet to reach the depths of the ocean. Artist Jeff Conroy has created this Gyotaku print of large ray entitled simply "Gucci Ray" to fill that void. To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist applies sumi ink to a sting ray he caught himself on Florida's Gulf Coast, then "prints" it onto Marbled Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Gucci Ray
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
37h x 25w in
93.98h x 63.50w cm
JEC088
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Sumi Ink
$1,440 Sale Price
34% Off
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray - Sumi Ink on Mulberry Paper, Gyotaku Original
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Designers have an wide reach through out the world but have yet to reach the depths of the ocean. Artist Jeff Conroy has created this Gyotaku print of large ray entitled simply "Channel Quilted Black Caviar Ray" to fill that void. To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist applies sumi ink to a sting ray he caught himself on Florida's Gulf Coast, then "prints" it onto Marbled Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. The artwork is framed as shown.
Jeff Conroy
Chanel Quilted Black Caviar Ray
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
37h x 25w in
93.98h x 63.50w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
42.50h x 30.75w x 1d in
107.95h x 78.11w x 2.54d cm
JEC083
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Dahlia Web - Surreal Field of Dahlias with a Spider Web, OIl on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
A field of dahlias climb the surface of this surreal landscape titled "Dahlia Web". A spider has woven its web through the field in the hopes of attracting any flying passer-by. The painting is framed in a simple white wooden frame measuring 19.75 x 31.5 inches.
John Hrehov
Dahlia Web
oil on linen
18h x 30w in
45.72h x 76.20w cm
JHR014
John Hrehov
Education
1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN.
2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL.
1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY.
1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL.
1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne.
Group Exhibitions
2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY.
1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN.
2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN.
Norman Bradley...
Category
2010s Surrealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Screaming Young Kestral II - Photorealistic Bird Portrait, Cloud Covered Sky
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted with such exacting detail it is hard to believe it is not a photograph. This piece is framed in a simple wooden frame measuring 27 x 27 inches.
Rick Pas
Screaming Young Kestrel 2
acrylic on panel
12h x 12w in
30.48h x 30.48w cm
RPA016
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect. I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting. This detail is usually composed in an abstract design. The design can occur naturally or be arranged by me.
RESUME
Rick Pas
b. 1958, Flint, MI
Education
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Pearson Art Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL, Take Flight
William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom & Winter
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY, Western Visions
Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Braveheart
2021 William Baczek Fine Arts, 25th Anniversary Exhibition
2020 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer
Gallery Victor Armendariz, The Palette of Pride
2019 The James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, Environmental Impact II
Lovetts Gallery, Realism, Reveries, & Rhapsody
Gallery Victor Armendariz, New Work
2018 Gallery Victor Armendariz, Front and Center
Corporate Art Advisory, Chicago, IL, Portraits and Places: Redefining Realism
William Baczek Fine Arts, Animal Kingdom
Lovetts Gallery, Rear Window
2017 William Baczek Fine Arts, Winter, Animal Kingdom, Summer
Lovetts Gallery, The Good, the Bad, and the WTF? & Red
2016 William Baczek Fine Arts, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Summer, & Landscape Exhibition
Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
Lovetts Gallery, Cauldron
2015 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer
JW Marriott, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize
Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Small Works
Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Ann Nathan Gallery Satellite Exhibition
RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, A Magical Menagerie
2014 William Baczek Fine Arts, Spring & Landscape Exhibition
2013 Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, Environmental Impact
Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, Interspecies
2012 Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art, Midland, MI, The Nature of Art: An Invitational Exhibition
William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Exhibition
Ann Nathan Gallery, Group Exhibition
Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids, MI, A Natural Selection
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, Art and the Animal
Gallery Project, Extremes & Umvelt
2010 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI, Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, Art and the Animal
2009 West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize
William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Michigan Fine Arts Competition
Gallery Project, Shrines and Altars
Ann Nathan Gallery, Fall Group Exhibition
2008 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition
Gallery Project, Animal Intelligence
Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI, The Natural Eye
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, Art and the Animal
2007 William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition & Summer Group Exhibition
2006 WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, New Dimensions in the Natural World
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art and the Animal
Gallery Project, Nature Reperceived
2005 Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Animal House
Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Art of the Animal Kingdom
The Wildlife Experience, Parker, CO, AMERICAN BIRDS: A Flight Through Time
WARD Gallery, Summer Celebration
2004 Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC, Contemporary Realism
Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, Art and the Animal
Washington Street Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Fifth Year Celebration
2003 Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International
2001 Sioux City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
The Gift - Still Life with Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Perfume Bottle, Gold
By Felipe Alfaro
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions.
A ruby-throated hummingbird flits by an empty perfume bottle with a swath of gold setting off its beautiful coloring. The bold strokes of gold and black enhance the meticulously rendered bird. Due to the delicate nature of the mixed media, this piece is matted and framed with museum glass. The framed dimensions are 11.5 h x 13.5 w inches.
Felipe Alfaro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Totemic Arhat - Surreal Buddhist Figure of Enlightenment, Acrylic on Panel
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
Oliver Hazard Benson
Totemic Arhat
acrylic on panel
9h x 7w in
22.86h x 17.78w cm
OB0111
Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixtur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Chinese Bed Canopy Painting of Peonies and Pheasants, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The experience of art itself can be an intimate one, and this bed canopy, hand-painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted pheasants...
Category
19th Century Qing Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel
$3,416 Sale Price
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Mr. Bubbles - Blue Agave - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Mr. Bubbles - Blue Agave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Mr. Bubbles - Anarchy - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Mr. Bubbles - Anarchy
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
14.75h x 20w in
37.47h x 50.80w cm
JEC153
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$640 Sale Price
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Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
The Magic War - Surreal Disney Characters, Highly Detailed Original Painting
By Oliver Hazard Benson
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is based on the sketch I made for a friend who in the early 90's wrote an account of his years as an occultist in Berkely, CA during the 1970's and 80's. He apprenticed himself to a charismatic magician. The latter believed himself to be both the returned Christ and the magical child (incarnated spell) of the infamous Alestair Crowley. This magician took on the form of Mickey Mouse in order to carry out his ministry, the ultimate goal of which was to be crowned at the Vatican. In time the apprentice became roused to individuate from his master and took the Satanic role in the form of Donald Duck (the avian predator of mice: Horus the Avenger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Grilling Guests - Photorealistic Painting of Summer Grilling Scene with Frogs
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Pas
Grilling Guests
acrylic on panel
24h x 24w in
60.96h x 60.96w cm
RPA004
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Creating is an addiction. With all the highs and lows you would expect.
I am interested in the surface textures and creating paintings that portray them in realistic detail. Hopefully a viewer will feel they can run a hand over the feathers and moss, or grasp an object in the painting.
This detail is usually composed in an abstract design. The design can occur naturally or be arranged by me.
The subjects of my paintings are usually based on the patterns and textures of nature and human interaction with nature. I have found subjects to paint in remote wilderness areas of the world, local parking lots, and my own backyard.
EDUCATION
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Pearson Art Scholarship
COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL
Ameritech, Detroit, MI
Charles S. Mott Foundation, Flint, MI
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Potter Park Zoological Society, Lansing, MI
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Rick Pas From moths to modern-day life." Southwest Art, January 2016
"Interpreting nature." American Art Collector, September 2015
"Abuzz About Bugs." The Artist's Magazine, July/August, 2015
The Lusitania Conspiracy, Walters Media LLC, Traverse City, MI, 2015 (cover illustrator)
"Layer Upon Layer." The Artist's Magazine, July/August, 2011
"Rick Pas: Touchable Texture." Acrylicartist, Fall, 2010
"Competition Spotlight." The Artist's Magazine, April, 2009
"Holland show features art inspired by nature." The Grand Rapids Press, July 27, 2008
"Don't Miss 'Natural Eye' exhibit at HAAC." The Holland Sentinel, June 12, 2008
"Softening the definition of landscapes." American Art Collector, May 2008
"Nature is in the Details." The Artist's Magazine, October, 2007
"Nature's Surfaces and Textures." Whisper in the Woods, Summer, 2007
"Arizona Best of the West-Animal Art." Southwest Art, May 2007
"Cover Competition Finalists." American Artist Watercolor, Spring, 2007
Pintores de la Naturleza, SEO/Birdlife, Madrid, 1997 (illustrator)
"A Dark, Dark Day Indeed." Audubon, March, 1988 (illustrator)
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1987 (article & cover illustrator)
"Music in the Men's Room." Audubon, July, 1985 (illustrator)
"Bird Art Takes Wing at Wausau." Milwaukee Journal, September 11, 1983
"Wildlife Artist of the Year." Michigan Out of Doors, December 1982 (article & cover illustrator)
AWARDS
Art Renewal Center Salon 2015-2016, Honorable Mention - Animal category
Art Renewal Center Salon 2014-2015, Third Place - Animal category
The Artist's Magazine Art Competition Finalist, 2006-2010, 2014
Art Renewal Center Salon 2012-2013, Honorable Mention - Animal category
Society of Animal Artists Patricia A. Bott Award for Creative Excellence 2011
Art Renewal Center Salon 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015 Finalist
Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence 2010
Art Renewal Center Salon 2009-2010, Second Place - Animal category
American Artist Cover Competition Finalist, 2007
Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International Honorable Mention, 2003
Arts for the Parks Region III Award, 1992
Indiana Migratory Bird Stamp Design, 1985
Michigan United Conservation Clubs' Wildlife Artist of the Year, 1982,1987
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA, Animal Kingdom
William Baczek Fine Arts, Winter
Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK, Red
2016
William Baczek Fine Arts, 20th Anniversary Exhibition
William Baczek Fine Arts, Summer
William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition
Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Group Exhibition
Lovetts Gallery, Cauldron
2015
William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition
William Baczek Fine Arts, Summer Part 1
JW Marriott, Grand Rapids, MI, ArtPrize
Handwright Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Small Works
Ann Brierly Gallery, Winnetka, IL, Ann Nathan Gallery Satellite Exhibition
RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, A Magical Menagerie
2014
William Baczek Fine Arts, Spring
William Baczek Fine Arts, Landscape Exhibition
2013
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH, Environmental Impact
(Exhibition national tour locations include:
The R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Roger Tory Peterson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
$4,720 Sale Price
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Hot Fox in the Henhouse - Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Wesley Kimler
Located in Chicago, IL
Wesley Kimler (born 1953) an American artist based in Chicago, Illinois, is known for his colossal paintings, up to 15 feet high and 27 feet wide. According to critic Kevin Nance, th...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
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