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Item Ships From: Wisconsin
'Blue Lagoon' original signed watercolor painting
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
4 x 6 1/4 inches Signed lower margin Watercolor From Wisconsin, now living Kansas, Lueck is a Hallmark Illustrator & watercolor painter. He has illustrated both cards and books and ...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Four Figures' Charcoal drawing, signature stamped lower left
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 11"x15" Paper: 12"x16" Frame: 20 1/2"x24 1/2" Charcoal drawing, signature stamped lower left Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, art deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Exhibitions David Barnett Gallery...
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Mid-20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

'Two Faces With A Bird #339' signed watercolor
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 17 3/4"x 15" Frame: 31" x 26 3/4" Signed Watercolor Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...
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1950s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Clown Close Up' Watercolor, signed in ink lower right
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 23" x 18" Frame: 33" x 29 1/4" Watercolor, signed in ink lower right Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...
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Mid-20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Robin With Tulips' Pastel, stamped signature lower right
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 12"x18" Frame: 20 1/2"x26 1/2" Pastel, stamped signature lower right Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, art deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Exhibitions David Barnett Gallery...
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Mid-20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

'Head of Woman With Collar #781' Felt tip pen, signed by artist
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 9"x11-1/2" Frame: 16"x18-5/8" Felt tip pen, signed lower right Sylvia Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...
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1960s Surrealist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Felt Pen

'Birds in Futuristic Urban Landscape' abstract black marker on cream sketchbook
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 9-1/2"x12-1/2" Frame: 17-1/4"x 20-1/4" Abstract black marker on cream sketchbook paper. Signed Sylvania lower right. Silk lined matting and glazed in UV Clear Glass that filte...
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1950s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

'It's Floating' original oil pastel and acrylic on paper bag, signed lower right
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Oil pastel and acrylic on paper bag, signed lower right Art: 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches Frame: 19 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches Reginald K. Gee was born in Milwaukee on April 28, 1964 to Native ...
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1990s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

'Horseman' charcoal on paper, signed and dated
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 20"x 26" Frame: 28-1/2"x 32-1/2" Charcoal on paper. Signed, dated and inscribed to David Barnett. Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' É...
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1970s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

'Chair with Flowers' original watercolor painting
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 5-1/2"x 5" Frame: 14"x 13-3/8" Watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper. Signed and dated lower right. From Wisconsin, now living Kansas, Lueck is a Hallmark Illustrator & waterc...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Merry Christmas' original color woodcut on paper, signed in block
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8" Frame: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8" Original color woodcut on paper, signed in block. Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...
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1950s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Woodcut

'Abstract Butterfly' Mixed Media Ink & Watercolor on Paper
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this artwork, Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents the viewer with a composition of shapes and colors that abstractly and subtly resemble a beautiful, colorful and complex...
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2010s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

'Spirit Not In Flight' original signed pastel
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spirit Not in Flight," 1994, is a pastel work by Della Wells. The work depicts a nude black woman looking out from the picture, meeting the viewer's ...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'The Leaf' Original Mixed Media, Signed by Joan Dvorsky
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this artwork Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents the viewer with an image of a single abstract leaf. The artwork incorporates a digital print of an earlier acrylic painti...
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2010s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

'Man With Sailboat On Pier At Cedar Lake #756' original watercolor
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 10-3/4"x 8-1/4" Frame: 17-3/4"x15-3/8" Watercolor, stamped signature Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...
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1940s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Zed' original watercolor signed by Patricia Tobacco Forrester
By Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in graphite, lower right. Title and date in graphite on reverse. Deckled edges to paper inherent to artwork; pinholes noted at corners inherent to the artist's process. Artist Bio: Patricia Tobacco Forrester...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Holding On to Precious Memories' Original Watercolor Signed by Artist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Watercolor and gold ink on paper. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Art: 10.75" x 8.5" Frame: 17" x 15"
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2010s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

'Teapot Study' Original Pastel Drawing Signed by Artist
By Sandra Sweeney
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Original pastel drawing signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Art: 8.37" x 8" Frame: 15.37" x 14" Written in the lower margin "For DJB" the owner of the David Barnett Gallery...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Horse & Rider Attacking Foot Soldier from De La Bataille Vol. I
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Homage a Leonardo d'Vinci (Horse & Rider Attacking Foot Soldier from De La Bataille Vol. I) Original drypoint, signed lower right, ed. VIII/L Art: 11-5/8" x 15-1/2" Frame: 27-5/8"...
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1970s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Drypoint

'Summertime at Cafe Hollander' Original Watercolor Signed by Artist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee's iconic spots are captured in watercolor and available as hand-embellished giclée. Art: 12" x 16" Frame: 14" x 18.12" Growing up in a small farming community in Indiana, I learned to draw early in life. I earned spending money by sketching portraits at county fairs and illustrations in weekly papers. Art teachers in high school and college taught me ways to master drawing fluidly from life. In college, my small stained glass...
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2010s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Abstraction' Original Watercolor Signed by Artist
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Watercolor on cream wove paper, signed by the artist. Art: 17.75" x 12" Frame: 25.63" x 19.13" Estate sale stamp on reverse Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted ...
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20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Poppies/Slice' original watercolor signed by Patricia Tobacco Forrester
By Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in graphite, lower right. Title and date in graphite on reverse. Deckled edges to paper inherent to artwork; pinholes noted at corners inherent to the artist's process. Artist Bio: Patricia Tobacco Forrester...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Warehouses' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Warehouses' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world. S...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Elephant' Pastel on Cream Wove Paper
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Pastel on cream wove paper. art: 12" x 10.13" framer: 21.75" x 20.25" Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...
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1950s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Siena Building' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Siena Building' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world...
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21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Femme Attablee Devant un Verre de Vin
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with estate stamp, J.V. double sided. 6-3/4" x 4-3/4" art 18" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
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Early 20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Crayon, Pencil

Vielle Femme en Petite Cape
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with stamp, J.V. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art 19" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Gouache

Boy Launching a Sailboat
By Francesco Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Graphite and charcoal on paper signed by the artist. 7.38" x 8.63" 16.75" x 15.5" frame Framed to conservation standards. Float mounted on 100% cotton matboard and glazed in UF5 Plexiglass that filters 99% of UV Rays to ensure the preservation of the piece. All housed in a bold miter jointed bevel frame in distressed silver finish with reflective accents. Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...
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Mid-20th Century Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Charcoal

'Walkover Bridge - Small Canal' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Walkover Bridge - Small Canal' is an original watercolor by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world. Scenery fr...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Magnolia Spine' original watercolor signed by Patricia Tobacco Forrester
By Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in graphite, lower right. Title and date in graphite on reverse. Deckled edges to paper inherent to artwork; pinholes noted at corners inherent to the artist's process. Artist Bio: Patricia Tobacco Forrester...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Roses and Thorns' original watercolor signed by Patricia Tobacco Forrester
By Patricia Tobacco Forrester
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed in graphite, lower right. Title and date in graphite on reverse. Deckled edges to paper inherent to artwork; pinholes noted at corners inherent to the artist's process. Artist Bio: Patricia Tobacco Forrester...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Six Corners A91' Original pastel drawing signed by Jan Richardson-Baughman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Titled, signed, and dated in lower margin. A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life, and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply to her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay. Demanding, but very laid back personally, he expected a lot from Janet, and she grew from his expectations. She joined the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) which is a ceramics networking organization. It has a national conference each year where ceramists, educators and studio artists meet. She was on the Board of Directors for two years. Janet received her MFA in 1977. Moving back to Western Michigan, Janet found teaching positions with various colleges and taught art history, ceramics and a myriad of classes. However, she never forgot her mentor's advice, which was to continue her craft. Janet met a businessman/artist, John Baughman, who sold her artwork around the country. Janet bought a studio and her work was selling so well that she no longer needed to supplement her income with teaching. Janet and John had a business relationship for several years until life took one of those magical twists, and their relationship blossomed into much more. Later, the two of them were married. John and Janet bought acreage and moved to the country. Turning one of their buildings into a studio, the pair became extremely successful influencing them to concentrate only on their artwork and discontinue the sales end of his business. Janet says it has been very, very good for them and has caused different things to happen. The challenges of commissions make her think in directions that it is unlikely she would have done on her own. Janet is an extremely talented artist. It is difficult to believe when one sees her pastel, mixed media of pencil, oils and collage landscapes done on paper that this is the same artist that designs and makes very sophisticated and stylized ceramics. The natural beauty that abounds where she lives inspires her artwork. Interestingly, she also derives inspiration from her ceramics for her paintings although the two are quite different in style. Her paintings are stylized and readable, but she does not look for minute detail when she paints. These soft landscapes create a feeling of bucolic peace and serenity although Janet does not consciously paint a message. Janet says of her work, that it is like a dance or conversation in her head, which she expresses through her art. Janet lives an almost idyllic rural existence with her artist/husband who she says is "the love of her life." They work together everyday, and for them it is the perfect partnership because they compliment one another so well. Together they raise and train horses, and are expecting three foals within a year. In addition, she loves to garden and after the tradition of her grandmother and mother, has a huge vegetable garden. She and her husband love to cook. They enjoy golfing together as well. Their three grown children are still very important in their lives, and Janet sews intricate costumes for her daughter when she shows her horse. In the future, Janet thinks that living in Virginia with horses and continuing with her art would be perfect. She, along with her husband, would like to spend a summer in Provence...
Category

1990s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Side Canal with Bridge' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Side Canal with Bridge' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Grand Canal With Gondolas Landscape painting original watercolor
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Grand Canal With Gondolas' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the arti...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Summer of 1976–Portrait of David Barnett' original signed watercolor 1970s
By Estherly Allen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small portrait of gallerist David Barnett is an intimate example of the watercolors of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abstract Expressionist, a...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Six Corners A80' Original pastel drawing signed by Jan Richardson-Baughman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Titled, signed, and dated in lower margin. A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life, and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply to her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay. Demanding, but very laid back personally, he expected a lot from Janet, and she grew from his expectations. She joined the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) which is a ceramics networking organization. It has a national conference each year where ceramists, educators and studio artists meet. She was on the Board of Directors for two years. Janet received her MFA in 1977. Moving back to Western Michigan, Janet found teaching positions with various colleges and taught art history, ceramics and a myriad of classes. However, she never forgot her mentor's advice, which was to continue her craft. Janet met a businessman/artist, John Baughman, who sold her artwork around the country. Janet bought a studio and her work was selling so well that she no longer needed to supplement her income with teaching. Janet and John had a business relationship for several years until life took one of those magical twists, and their relationship blossomed into much more. Later, the two of them were married. John and Janet bought acreage and moved to the country. Turning one of their buildings into a studio, the pair became extremely successful influencing them to concentrate only on their artwork and discontinue the sales end of his business. Janet says it has been very, very good for them and has caused different things to happen. The challenges of commissions make her think in directions that it is unlikely she would have done on her own. Janet is an extremely talented artist. It is difficult to believe when one sees her pastel, mixed media of pencil, oils and collage landscapes done on paper that this is the same artist that designs and makes very sophisticated and stylized ceramics. The natural beauty that abounds where she lives inspires her artwork. Interestingly, she also derives inspiration from her ceramics for her paintings although the two are quite different in style. Her paintings are stylized and readable, but she does not look for minute detail when she paints. These soft landscapes create a feeling of bucolic peace and serenity although Janet does not consciously paint a message. Janet says of her work, that it is like a dance or conversation in her head, which she expresses through her art. Janet lives an almost idyllic rural existence with her artist/husband who she says is "the love of her life." They work together everyday, and for them it is the perfect partnership because they compliment one another so well. Together they raise and train horses, and are expecting three foals within a year. In addition, she loves to garden and after the tradition of her grandmother and mother, has a huge vegetable garden. She and her husband love to cook. They enjoy golfing together as well. Their three grown children are still very important in their lives, and Janet sews intricate costumes for her daughter when she shows her horse. In the future, Janet thinks that living in Virginia with horses and continuing with her art would be perfect. She, along with her husband, would like to spend a summer in Provence...
Category

1990s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

'Gathered Flowers' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Gathered Flowers' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's worl...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Homage to Kandinsky: Before Spring' original signed mixed media watercolor
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett’s ‘Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 orig. Woodcut from the Klänge (Sounds) Series, title: Before Spring,’ is an original mixed media watercolor painting, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Part of the artist’s ‘Famous Artist Series,’ Barnett stages a collaboration between himself and the Russian Abstract Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky by scanning the original woodblock print from Kandinsky's Klänge series and printing it as a giclée on watercolor paper. The composition sees a hatted figure with a staff as they journey through hills and canyons into the night; colors pass from the inside of the woodcut to the surrounding paper where they form a rotating cycle, perhaps indicative of the cycle of influence from Kandinsky to Barnett and back again. Mixed media giclée print & watercolor on paper 14 x 14 inches, artwork 19 x 18.75 inches, frame Signed and dated lower right Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting, Museum Glass to protect from UV rays, and housed in a modern profile silver finish wood moulding David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Giclée

'On The Beach Sanibel Island' Original Watercolor Signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'On The Beach Sanibel Island' original watercolor signed and dated by David Barnett David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has bee...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor

'Ginkgo Leaves Morphed into a Butterfly' Original Painting by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Original drawing signed and dated by David Barnett. David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s car...
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2010s Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

'Open Waters' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Open Waters' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's world. 5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Homage to David Hockney - Sun and Water Spots on My Glasses by the Pool"
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney - Sun & Water Spots on My Glasses by the Pool, miniature variation" is a mixed media watercolor and ink landscape painting of a yellow sky with tall green palm trees, red, orange, and yellow flower garden. As part of the artist's 'Famous Artist Series,' Barnett pays homage to David Hockney, who is known for his depictions of pools. This artwork was inspired by a trip to Los Angeles, California, and the view from David's hotel room overlooking the pool at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel...
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2010s Impressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Giclée, Watercolor

'Cabbage Rose' Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Cabbage Rose' is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that shape Lueck's portfolio serve as window...
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21st Century and Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Lavanderia, abstract watercolor painting, purple
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement My paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acry...
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2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

'Billie the Brownie Laughing' original watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a growing spring of a tree. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store. Watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper 8 x 5.75 inches, artwork 14 x 12 inches, frame Stamped with artist signature, below image, lower left. Presented in a new custom frame with a gold-finish neoclassical wood moulding, archival matting and mounting materials; and UV glass to inhibit fading. Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
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1940s Modern Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor

'Desert Mountain Paths' original signed watercolor painting on notepad paper
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett's 'Desert Mountain Paths' is an exercise in using limited materials. Depicting the winding paths of Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, AZ, the composition simulates found art for Barnett's use of notepad paper from a local hotel as his canvas. Zig-zagging and curved lines suggest striations in the rocks and also the meandering path of hikers and other passersby. Barnett even incorporates the Desert Mountain logo at the top of the page into the composition as the summit resting on the edge of the horizon. Watercolor on notepad paper 6 x 4 inches, artwork 11.75 x 9.75 inches, frame Signed and dated lower left. Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag mounting materials, Museum Glass to inhibit fading and reduce glare, and housed in a gold finish wood moulding. David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Reindeer' original signed watercolor painting, winter ice mountains reindeer
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Reindeer' is an original watercolor painting, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. As the sun rises over a blue and green mountain range, a reindeer scans the snow-covered horizon of the tundra. Barnett's use of watercolor is minimalistic, allowing the untouched areas of the canvas to imitate snow and the reindeer's stark and branching antlers to mimic leafless trees during the winter months. When color does appear, it is used to depict the reflection of the sun's light off of a frozen river. Watercolor painting 18.75 x 16.375 inches, artwork 19.75 x 17.25 inches, frame Signed in lower right Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag mounting materials, plexiglass to inhibit fading, and housed in a silver finish wood moulding. David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category

1990s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Campo Dei Gesuiti After Sargent" Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Campo Dei Gesuiti After Sargent" is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's por...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"River Patterns in Colorado" Original watercolor signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"River Patterns in Colorado" is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Rosey Combo, pastel pink and grey abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Nuance, pastel pink abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Soft Rock, pastel pink abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper

When in Rose, pastel pink abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media

'Twins (Contemporary)' original art deco drawing by Jorge Ruiz-Martinez
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Twins (Contemporary)' is an original drawing by the American artist Jorge Ruiz-Martinez. The artist works in an art deco style, imagining graceful figures in historic costume throug...
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2010s Art Deco Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

'Fruit Still Life' original watercolor and gouache on board, signed Yolanda
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Though signed "Yolanda," the artist of this gouache and watercolor painting is unknown. The still life, contained and symmetrical, is dominated by the form of a pear. On either side,...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Board

Grape Escape, purple abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Lie on a Cloud, purple abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Sponge Effects, purple abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

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