Eva Sozap

Sweet Tree 1 - Botanical Still Life Drawing by Eva Sozap

2022

Artist Commentary: Delicate Texas wildflower. Keywords: Landscape and Nature Artist Biography: Judith grew up 15 miles north of Milwaukee in the town of Mequon, Wisconsin, an old ...

White Emblem Orchid featured in a sophisticated monochromatic grey indigo botanical watercolor crated by artist Adrienne Sherman. Her poetic floral series is at once modern, fresh an...

This original graphite drawing by Alan Bray captures a meticulously stacked woodshed in a tranquil forest setting. With fine detail and precision, Bray’s work evokes the quiet beauty...

“Dandelion Group” is an exquisite graphite drawing on black paper by contemporary artist Margot Glass, known for her meticulous botanical renderings. This artwork captures a cluster ...

These elegant graphite dandelion drawings belie the rigor of their process. Once the surface of the paper is prepared, Glass uses a stylus to carefully delineate the lacy quality of ...

Margot Glass's graphite drawing on prepared black paper transforms delicate dandelions into luminous, ghost-like forms. Each fine line is meticulously drawn, creating a richly detail...

These elegant graphite dandelion drawings belie the rigor of their process. Once the surface of the paper is prepared, Glass uses a stylus to carefully delineate the lacy quality of ...

Margot Glass's graphite drawing on black heavyweight paper transforms delicate dandelions into luminous, ghost-like forms. Each fine line is meticulously drawn, creating a richly det...

“Four Dandelions” is an exquisite graphite drawing on black paper by contemporary artist Margot Glass, known for her meticulous botanical renderings. This artwork captures a cluster ...

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees. This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time. Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...