Tom Leaper

Leaper - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, The Boat Yard Bay

20th Century

Impressionist scene in watercolour. Seaside harbour with sailor in the foreground and tug coming in to dock. Presented in a large black frame and crisp white mount. Unsigned. On paper.

A fine coastal sketch showing boats on the sand of an estuary at low tide. Much of the artist's graphite workings can still be seen beneath the light washes of watercolour. The paint...

Modern British work in ink and watercolour. Indistinctly signed to the lower right. Presented in a sleek contemporary frame with a wide card mount. On paper.

This colourful watercolour depicts the harbour of El-Marsa, formerly known as Jean-Bart, in Algeria. Signed, dated, and titled in the lower left corner. Smartly presented in a slim w...

The idyllic atmosphere of this local dock scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Dock Scene)” is typical of a small town dock scene from Michigan where Culver lived or from places as far away as Maine, but what makes it important is its easy familiarity: water, gulls or terns, slanting wood shanties, scruffy dirt patches and course grasses. It is not idealized, but does set the tone of fresh air, the scream of birds and the sun on water. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and museum glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...

Framed and Matted within wooden frame. Unable to verify if this is a print or original. Cannot open the frame and risk the integrity of the Artwork. Vintage Condition Consistent with...

Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Dock, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm), Description: Looking out over a boathouse on a ...

Dorothy Rivo Gloucester Harbor, c. 1950s Watercolor and ink on paper Framed dimensions: 34 in. H × 30 in. W Contemporary black frame with white archival mat In Gloucester Harbor, Dorothy Rivo captures the gritty beauty of a working port with expressive brushwork and tonal depth. The scene unfolds in loose washes of ochre, rust, and charcoal, where weathered boats float before a jagged row of fishing sheds and coastal structures rendered in gestural lines. Rather than striving for topographic precision, Rivo offers a painterly impression of the harbor—moody, atmospheric, and undeniably alive. The smudged foreground, dripping masts, and clouded sky convey both movement and memory, as if the harbor were emerging from a dream or dissolving into one. Executed in watercolor and ink, this piece shows Rivo's command of mixed media and her deft ability to balance structure with spontaneity. It is a standout example of mid-century American waterfront painting...