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Golden Sails (diptych)
Located in Zofingen, AG
Golden Sails 110x160cm diptych (each side :110x80cm.) 7000 evro
Linen canvas, oil, acrylic,potal,oil pastel.
This artwork presents a mesmerizing landscape dominated by a striking ...
Category
1990s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Linen, Acrylic
Mid Century Watercolour of the Wild West, Here Come The Cavalry
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pencil, chalk, watercolour and gouache painting of an American cavalry officer riding his horse across the dessert.
This artwork captures the dynamic energy of a lone c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil
Wolves with Bunnies
By Adonna Khare
Located in Bozeman, MT
Adonna Khare is an American master carbon-pencil artist. Her style has been compared to the photo-realistic illustrations of Audubon, but the surreal worlds and strange inhabitants s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Untitled IV
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled IV" 1993 is a large graphite drawing on two sheets of paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 23.5 x 37.5 inches, framed size is 32.75 x 46.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Big Tree - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Wawes - Contemporary Seascape Large Format Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a cardboard tube
Aleksandra Batura (b. 1982 in Augustów) a Warsaw based artist. She earned a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
"who’s there?", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Watercolor, botanitcals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "who's there?" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from fabric monotypes and ink. This piece measures 30"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Monotype
North Sea
Located in Dallas, TX
from the Padoli Monotypes III
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist David Coolidge AWS (American 20th-21st Century)
Art measures 40 x 30 i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Drain Vortex, Surrealist Mixed Media Drawing by Thom Cooney-Crawford
Located in Long Island City, NY
Thom Cooney-Crawford, American (1944 - ) - Drain Vortex, Year: 2000, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Gold Leaf on Paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Size: 30 x 41.25 in. ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lovely Watercolor Panels by Japanese Woman Artist Eiko Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Eiko Taniguchi Kahn (b. 1929)
Untitled, c. 1960s
Watercolor on board
Each panel: 33 x 11 in.
Framed: 45 1/2 x 32 x 1 in.
Each panel signed bottom
These stunning watercolor panels are beautifully mounted in a period frame. The frame needs some minor restoration but this would be a worthy repair, as it matches the artwork so nicely.
Eiko Taniguchi Kahn was Japanese Artist who was born on January 24, 1929 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan, to Tosuke Yamashita and Masano Taniguchi. She came to the United States in 1955, and was naturalized in 1958. She was the recipient of the President's award at the National Arts...
Category
1960s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
"Back Stage" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 30 x 56" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Back Stage" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 30 x 56" inch by Yoram Katz
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size framed: 33 x 57 inch
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Israel.
Graduated from the Bazelel A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Gamut - Graphite Wave Drawing on Canvas Undulating Line Waves Pattern, 2018
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary artwork in graphite and acrylic on canvas with layered undulations in shades of gray on a white background, Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstrac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Spring Composition no. 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Spring Composition no. 1' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
New Jersey Sunset - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Misty Path I - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fragments – Triptych of Abstract Drawings on Vellum Paper (Framed )
Located in Agrigento, AG
Fragments is a striking triptych by Italian artist Marilina Marchica. Each original, non-reproducible drawing is made on delicate vegetal (vellum) paper and individually framed in cu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
River and Steel Twins Five - Bold Geometric Drawing Red Yellow Orange Green 2012
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. The ordered symmetry of the layered diagonal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Wigwam rouge et jaune
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wigwam rouge et jaune" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The unique work is signed in the lower right, “Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Tranquil Water Patterns, Abstract Nautical Diptych in Blue, Handmade Seascape
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This beautiful diptych is titled "Tranquil Water Patterns", and depicts calming ocean ripples at low tide.
Details:
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Category
2010s Minimalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Emulsion, Lithograph, Monotype, Paper
Bay with Boats Color Monotype unique signed abstract color field landscape frame
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn
Bay with Boats, 1987
Color monotype on Somerset white wove paper
Hand signed and dated by Wolf Kahn on the lower right front, bears labels on the back
Frame Included: matte...
Category
1980s Color-Field Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Monotype
"Mask On, You’re Happy Now", Brightly Colored, Rainbow, Abstract, Mixed Media
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brightly colored mixed media artwork titled "Mask On, You’re Happy Now" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, latex paint, marker and handmade sequins o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Thread, Paper, Sequins, Latex, Permanent Marker
Blue Flows #2 - abstract painting in light blue, yellow, orange, black and white
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in yellow, orange, light blue, black and white. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode, can be a part of diptych.
Lena Ch...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin
Resurrection Lillies (Unframed)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Resurrection Lillies' - unframed by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Misty Path II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Trees - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
The Sea - Contemporary Abstract Large Format Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a cardboard tube
Aleksandra Batura (b. 1982 in Augustów) a Warsaw based artist. She earned a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sagaria - Minimalist Black and White Original Ink Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New York artist Thomas Hammer is known for his motion-filled ink works on paper. His artworks, created with a unique tool fusing a squeegee and a brush, are inspired by the spontanei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Black and White II, Line Drawing. Abstract Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Clemens Wolf declares himself a champion of sensuality: 'I'm really interested in the process of transforming something trivial into a sensual object."" The guided coincidence plays ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Paper
Contact problem.Welcome to NATO, canvas/oil, 80x150 cm, 1976
Located in Riga, LV
Contact problem.Welcome to NATO, canvas/oil, 80x150 cm, 1976
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"when darkness yields", Abstract, Collaged Monoprints, Watercolor, Botanicals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "when darkness yields" is an original piece by Cassie Normandy White and is made from fabric monotypes and ink. This piece meas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Monotype
Fragmented Ocean of Gold
Located in New York, NY
Robert Strati is an American artist who creates multimedia artworks using broken plates. His recent series “Fragmented” started when he accidentally dropped and broke a porcelain pla...
Category
2010s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Porcelain, Ink
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Marella Agnelli and Gianni Agnelli in Marrakesh. Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Bow River Bends : landscape artwork on paper
Located in New York, NY
Yen Ha is an architect, artist and writer. Born in Saigon, she lives in New York City. Ha has been awarded residencies by the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativi...
Category
2010s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen
Hazy Landscape 4 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Silent Wing, Great Horned Owl
Located in Burlingame, CA
From her studio in Carmel by the Sea, Manchester draws inspiration from flight and the poetry of the natural world. Her recent Conté and pastel drawings, “Silent Wing, Great Horned O...
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite, Pastel
"Ecstasy of the Sun" 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer
Ecstasy of the Sun, 2025
watercolor, gold leaf, embroidery, millinery foliage, pressed flowers, Durabright prints on Arches paper
29.5 x 41 in.
(pal256)
Marilla Palm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hudson Diptych - 21st Century, Contemporary, Seascape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this traditional medium. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Rainy Way 5 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper, Bridge
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolour on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Summer Time", Hand drawn/painted bear figure on mixed media street sign
By Sean 9 Lugo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Summer Time" is an original piece by Sean 9 Lugo made from acrylic, marker, ink on paper and mixed media on a decommissioned street sign .This pieces measures 41”h x 42”w and comes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Aquatint
Vernal Pool Three - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
Lush Palm Bushes, Botanical Diptych, Still Life in Blue Tones, Tropical Style
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Lush Palm Bushes" is a gorgeous original cyanotype diptych showing gorgeous tropical palm leaves.
Details:
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Category
2010s Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Abstract Large Format Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a cardboard tube
Aleksandra Batura (b. 1982 in Augustów) a Warsaw based artist. She earned a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
Contemporary Watercolor Painting,
Fire Series
, C. 1994 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
NYC - Tokyo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Keith Sonnier (1940-2020, Louisiana) is best known for radically reinventing the art of sculpture in the late 1960s. He employed unusual materials that had never been used before, ca...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$22,000
Geronimo, Contemporary Charcoal
Pencil Drawing with Collage by Tomás Lasansky
By Tomas Lasansky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large, unique pencil drawing and collage by Tomas Lasansky from circa 1990. A portrait of the Apache leader who fought against Mexico in the historic Apache wars. Signed in lower r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Expectation" Original futuristic watercolour painting
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture shows a moment of waiting that can last forever.
The gallery guarantees the uniqueness and high quality of this work of art, confirmed by purchasing paintings by Sanne Bl...
Category
2010s Futurist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watching the Sunset - 21st Century, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Citation - black, white, abstracted figurative, brushed ink on paper
By Andrew Lui
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Brushed ink in grey and black leads the eye up the picture plane in this 55-inch tall painting on paper. The intense movement suggestive of rearing horses in this painterly work is in keeping with Lui's theme of pilgrimage in which he explores the idea of "self-inflicted happiness" as a deliberate response to the melancholy and complexity of life. This painting is floated and framed. Framed Size: 60 × 35 inches
Born in Guangzhou, China, Lui participated in the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a member of the Red Guard 1968-70 and then escaped to Hong Kong by swimming. Making his way to Toronto he studied at the Ontario College of Art and became a citizen in the late 1970s. He continued studies in the UK, and Italy where he was drawn to the dynamic Uccello's Battle of San Romano...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
The Blue Ring of Cape Fourcroy - Gyotaku Painting of Octopus on Nautical Chart
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
An 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 extraordin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
$2,240 Sale Price
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Antique Chinese Watercolor Emperor Qin Shi Huang Qin Dynasty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulous antique Chinese watercolor The colors are incredible. I was told by a Chinese Art Dealer that this is from or after Emperor Qin Shi Huang Qin dynasty. The scene is people pl...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cherry blossoms in tumbling asian vases
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cherry blossoms in tumbling asian vases' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Right Turn Into The Dusk - 21st Cent, Contemporary, Landscape, Watercolor, Paper
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Watercolor on paper, Diptych
Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Different But Not Less
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Archival Paper, Crayon
Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen I
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Composition with Tumbling Vases - Screen I', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 28 1/2 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Drawing 14, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is unframed and will be shipped rolled in a tube
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski. Between 1995 and 2002 founder and co-manager of Koło Gallery in Gdańsk. lnitiator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, con-ferred by the Union of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Gdańsk Chapter. Dean of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2008-2012. Vice Rector for Development and Cooperation of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2012-2016. Obtained a professorship in 2011. Currently head of the Third Painting Studio of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. He has taken part in a few dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received countless prizes and awards for his artistic work. He is active in the field of painting, drawing, objects, and video.
Artist Statement
In the 1990s I started collecting flakes of paint – leftovers from my work. I would put fresh ones in wooden formworks, dried ones in glass containers. They constituted layers of investigations into the field of painting, enclosed in dated and numbered cuboids measuring 47 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm. I called those objects Urns. In 2016, I displayed them at an exhibition, moulding a single object out of all the Urns. The Urns inspired me to redefine the status of my work as a painter. In order to do it, I performed a daunting task of placing the layers of paint not in an urn, but on a canvas, pressing each fresh bit of paint with my thumb. In the cycle of paintings Autoportret a’retour, the matter was transferred from painting to painting, expanding the area of each consecutive one. Together, the bits, the residua of paint, kept alive the memory of the previous works. It was a stage of the atomization of the painting matter and its alienation from the traditional concepts and aesthetic relations. Thus, the cycle of synergic paintings was created, as I called them, guided by the feeling evoked in me by the mutually intensifying flakes of paint. The final aesthetic result of the refining of the digested matter was a consequence of the automatism of the process of layering, thumb-pressing, and scraping off again. Just like in an archaeological excavation, attempts are made to unite and retrieve that which has been lost. This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it, acquiring a new meaning. The matter I created, building up like lava, became my new technique. I called it perpetuum pictura – self-perpetuated painting. Alchemical concepts allowed me to identify the process inherent in the emerging matter, to give it direction and meaning. In a way, I created matter which was introducing me into the pre-symbolic world – a world before form, unnamed. From this painterly magma, ideas sprung up, old theories of colour and the convoluted problem of squaring the circle manifested themselves again. Just like Harriot’s crystal refracted light in 1605, I tried to break up colour in the painting Iosis. Paintings were becoming symptoms, like in the work Pulp fiction, which at that time was a gesture of total fragmentation of matter and of transcending its boundaries, my dialogue with the works of Jackson Pollock and the freedom brought by his art. The painting Geometrica de physiologiam pictura contains a diagram in which I enter four colours that constitute an introduction to protopsychology, alchemical transmutation, and the ancient theory of colour. It this work I managed to present the identification of the essence of human physiology with art. But the essential aspect of my considerations in my most recent paintings is the analysis of abstraction, the study of its significance for the contemporary language of art and the search for the possibilities of creating a new message. For me, abstraction is not an end in itself, catering to the largely predicable expectations of the viewers. To study the boundary between visibility and invisibility, like in the work Unsichtbar, is to ask about the status of the possibilities of the language of abstraction. The moment of fluidity which I am able to attain results from the matter – matter...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Poli Negri III, Poli Negri and Louise Brooks II, Triptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has always liked divas and femmes-fatales. "My grandmothers spoke often of these actresses and admired them openly as if they were real. They created a collective imaginat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fallen Logs - Forest Landscape Black Sumi Ink White Mylar, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary landscape in black sumi ink on Mylar, a peaceful forest scene is intricately detailed, beautifully capturing the serenity of a walk in the woods.
This ink drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Sumi Ink
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Al Hirschfeld’s Take on Judy Garland Stands out among His Many Love Letters to Broadway
The revered artist created delightful caricatures of stage and screen performers for more than 75 years. This one is a prime example.
This Tempting Wayne Thiebaud Watercolor Is the Perfect Summer Treat
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Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
Who Are the Most Popular Artists on 1stDibs?
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.