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CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Untitled - After Cadmus - Nude Males Embracing, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Rick Sindt was inspired by the works of Paul Cadmus. It is a small graphite drawing of two male nude figures with both of their faces somewhat obscured during an intimate moment. The graph lines often used by artist are still visible to distinguish between the photographic elements of a Polaroid photo and this actual drawing. The piece is framed in a white float frame measuring 12.5h x 10.5w inches. Rick Sindt Untitled - After Cadmus graphite on panel 10h x 8w in 25.40h x 20.32w cm Shifting the historic male gaze into a male-on-male gaze, this body of work anchors its exploration of queer culture in relationships and introspection. Beginning with a survey of several photo archives, I overwhelmingly encountered pictures that fit into two distinct categories: spectacular demonstrations or public displays of sexuality. All of these images were overtly political. Then, I began to find a subset of more intimate images. Typically, these were images submitted by loved ones or donated to foundations after someone’s death. These images depicted common, tender scenes. Working my way through these images, I reflected on D. A. Miller’s assertion that gay identity, to which we have entrusted our politics and ethics, stands in an essentially reductive relation to the queer desires on which it is based. And David Halperin’s argument that, “identity has become the preferred category for thinking about homosexuality. Moreover, it has been promoted at the direct expense of pleasure or feelings or subjectivity.” This left me asking the questions: how is queer culture transmitted if not genealogically? Is there a universal queer experience? What is queer sensibility and subjectivity and can it be visually represented? In the body of work submitted here, black and white graphite drawings maintain a Polaroid scale referencing the found historical photographs on which they are based, oil paintings provide isolated moments of feeling as they investigate questions about queer dispositions in a contemporary setting, and a few key sketches provide insight into how a few individual inquiries began. Rick Sindt b. 1990, Hastings, MN, EDUCATION 2013 North Park University, Chicago, IL - BFA Magna Cum Laude SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Two Countries, Rogue Philanthropy, Chicago, IL 2013 Tides, Erosion or Catch, Pull, Recover; The-One-Right-Now, North Park University; Chicago, IL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Are We Not of Interest to Each Other, Uptown Arts Center, Chicago, IL Reinventing Ourselves From Another Point-of-View, Contemporary Gallery at Zhou B. Arts Center, Chicago, IL Collective: Process, Beans and Bagels, Chicago, IL 2015 Collective: for(a)ging, Hammond Art Center; Hammond, IN How We Make It, The Arts of Life, Chicago, IL Collective: One, Albany Park...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Panel, Graphite

contemporary figurative color oil charcoal pop art interior surreal
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand painted oil and mixed media artwork on canvas by internet sensation mad charcoal He is represented by Krause Gallery NYC Ships rolled in ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Oil

Fall to Grace
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Fall to Grace" is an original ink and watercolor painting on paper mounted to wood by artist Robert Kraiza measuring 19in height x 9in width. Artist Statement // In my work I invoke a whimsical world inspired by Victorian and Edwardian eras. To me they represent a romantic time period that has roots that extend directly into the modern world, both good and bad. The customs and aesthetics of the period are both fascinating and breathtaking but a vast portion of the population was victim to subjugation. It has since been eradicated on paper but still permeates to this day. I am exploring an imagined supernatural world hidden just out of sight where these woman could escape. This is an evolution from my earlier work set in the same time period with a continuous thread of humans and their animal companions. Through witchcraft these women find strength in their abilities and each other to leave the oppressive world they inhabit behind and escape to the woods to their Covendom, the boundary that defines the territory of their coven. They shed their customs, their corsets, and their concerns at the edge of the forest and gather among the trees to explore their magical potential with their familiars at the side. This body of work is exploring multiple media with a consistent theme and setting; combining watercolor painting, pen and ink illustrations, and graphite drawings. All pieces are created in monochrome on hot press watercolor paper mounted on wood with a gold painted border reminiscent of daguerreotype frames. Watercolor allows me to achieve results ranging from soft ethereal layered washes similar to oil glazes to precise minute details I include in all of my works. Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Ephemeral - Original Abstract Yellow Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1980. Hand signed lower left. Date on rear, Excellent condition.
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mother - Figurative Ink, Ecoline Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Black ink on paper, sea water, fractal, impossible and poetic drawings
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2017. The work is unframed but has a rigid support on the back. The title of this works is "From the A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Red Baobab by Calo Carratalá - Large drawing on wood, tree red, Africa, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Red Baobab is a unique Conte pencil Sanguina on laminated wood drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 293 × 295 cm (115.4 × 116.1 in). The artwork is signed, ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Busy Blue (Abstract Checkered Pattern Gouache and Collage on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Donise English Busy Blue, 2020 14" X 17" gouache and collage on paper This abstract geometric composition on paper features a playful geometric motif that is inspired by the artist's interest in architecture and blueprint drawings. The geometric forms are made in a more painterly, gestural manner rather than with a hard edge. Paint is not heavily built up upon the surface but it certainly exhibits a tactile quality which is characteristic of the artist's aesthetic. English's work celebrates the quirky, unexpected qualities of shapes and colors. About the artist: Donise English is a Poughkeepsie-based artist who received her MFA from Bard College and is currently a Professor of Studio Art at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Artist Statement: I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure. Resume: EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Painting Bard College 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art History State University College at New Paltz 1977 Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons) Columbia University, School of Architecture Women’s Studio Workshop TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie,NY Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present AWARDS Finalist, “Saatchi Showdown” 2010 Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent, University of Bridgeport, CT 2000 Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition” College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999 First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95” Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995 Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994 Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition” University of Bridgeport, CT 1993 Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93 Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91 SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2016 “Let’s Stay in Touch”, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD 2015 “Off the Grid”, Arts & Culture Program, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY “Gridspace”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY “Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Assuming Identity”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2013 “Modern Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region”, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Stone Canoe/Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY 2012 New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Contemporary Painters (Who Just Happen To Be Women)”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Strange Glue: Collage at 100”, Cambridge School, Weston, MA “Dear Mother Nature”, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY “Fresher Paint”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2011 “Process+Content: Donise English”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Donise English-Paintings”, Orange County Community College, Newburgh, NY “Gender Matters/Matters of Gender”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Encaustics: Wax and Image”, Westchester Community College White Plains, NY “Dots, Lines and Figures”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Spring Awakening”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Clay City Dreams”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Texture, Pattern, Fragment”, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School Providence, RI 2009 “Collage”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Working in Wax”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA “Encaustic 2009”, College of New Rochelle, NY “Three Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Convergence: The Human Experience”, Howard County Center for the Arts, MD 2008 “Suckers and Biters: Love, Lollipops, and Exquisite Corpse” Chashama Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2007 “Patterns and Light”, Blue Hill Gallery, Blue Hill, ME “Suckers and Biters”, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 “100 Artists, 100 Watercolors”, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, NY “On/Of Paper”, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY “The Love Show”, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2005 The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN “Small Tales”, Valdosta State University, Georgia National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute and Gallery Salisbury, MD, Juror: Stephen Haller “Greed, Envy, Jealousy, Fear”, TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY 2004 “Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Girl Art Now”, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 3 Person Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA “The Feminine Eye”, Bradley University, Peoria, IL “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Thought Patterns”, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ “Surface, Matter and Artifice”, Dutchess Community College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 “Beefcake/Cheesecake”,Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA,Juror: Jamie Wilson, Curator Halpert Bienniel, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center “The Great White Oak”, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2002 “Cat Calls”, Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn “Hudson Valley Regional”, SUNY New Paltz Juror: Sydney Jenkins, Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries 2001 One-Person Exhibition, Davis and Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY “Beyond the Surface”, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago One-Person Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY 2000 “Vision 2000...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Gouache

Orange Woman. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

L envol
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
Bergstein grew up in France between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. At the age of 18, he flew to Barcelona, Spain where he joined an industrial design school. Back in Paris, he com...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Linen, Ink, Pen

"Figure Study 2" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Framed Dimensions: 12.5h x 18.5w inches Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in To...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

NIGHT BLUES - Female Nude original unique art by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Night Blues" Female Nude, seen from the back, and a second view in the mirror. from another perspective. Part of "Nude in Interior" series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Carbon Pencil, Rag Paper

Treesong (Contemporary, Realist Charcoal Landscape Drawing by Sue Bryan)
Located in Hudson, NY
Treesong (Contemporary, Realist Charcoal Landscape Drawing by Sue Bryan) 18 x 24 x 2 inches Charcoal and acrylic on Primed Arches Paper Mounted on Wood Panel Excellent condition, Ready to hang as is This contemporary charcoal landscape drawing on arches paper was completed in 2021 by Sue Bryan. Born in Ireland, the artist uses landscapes from her childhood as inspiration for her current work primarily consisting of beautifully detailed charcoal drawings of trees and wooded landscapes. The artist captures exquisite detail and luminous light with the mere use of black and white charcoal and carbon pencil. The artist creates this tree through a blend of light and shadow that demonstrates the artist's masterful technique. Dark leaves and winding branches in black charcoal contrast elegantly against a light filled sky. There is sturdy wire installed on the back for easy hanging. Artist Statement: "My work is drawing based. As a native of Ireland, the landscape there has certainly shaped and influenced my own history. Many of my drawings are of places that have a deep personal association for me; an endeavor perhaps to stay connected to my roots. My aim is not only to convey a sense of place and belonging, but also an attempt to capture the ineffable, to evoke a feeling or a memory, to invite the viewer to look beyond and beneath what they see. My process is one of building up tones and textures using a combination of charcoal, carbon and graphite, all of which yield a wonderful range of blacks and grays that vary in density and transparency as much as in tonality. Much of drawing’s appeal to me lies in its very constraint, in its simplification, in the reduction of nature’s macrocosm to the coal-black char of organic matter. For me, the act of drawing is an end in itself." About the work: A native of Ireland, Sue Bryan explores the memories of youth rooted in her homeland's landscape. Employing charcoal on both paper and panel, these moody and misty studies reminds us that the water-locked terrain is not always sunny and green. Exquisite detail found in each tree branch or mass of tall grasses lining the horizon dominates the foreground. Light emulates from the background attempting to penetrate the density of opaque cloud cover. Bryan's small scale drawings convey an intimate and highly personal sense of place and belonging. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2019 'A Quiet Respite", Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2018 'DRAWN',5th Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery, OH 2018 'On Paper - An Exhibition of Drawings', Florence Academy of Art, NJ 2018 'MONOCHROME', Bo.Lee Gallery, London 2017 'Arboreal', Manifest Gallery, OH 2017 'Hudson Valley Landscapes', Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2017 'Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, October 2017 'A Long Way from Home', Bo.Lee Gallery, London 2017 187th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2017 'Palette', Abend Gallery, Denver, CO 2017 'Summer Exhibit', Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York 2017 'Exquisite Abandon : Contemporary Miniature Works', Laguna College of Art & Design 2017 8th Annual Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina Ashville 2017 'Small is Beautiful', Le Salon Vert, Geneva Switzerland 2016 'Smart Dust', Group Show, Sla307, 307 West 30th Street, New York, NY 2016 'Inside Outside', Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2016 7th Annual Drawing Discourse, S Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville 2016 186th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2016 DRAWN, 3rd Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery, OH 2016 'Summer Group Invitational', George Billis Gallery, NYC 2015 'Radical Inventions', Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2015 'Strange Paradise', First Street Gallery's National Juried Exhibition, Juror Steven Harvey 2015 185th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2015 'DRAWN' 2nd Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery 2015 7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, Juror Robert Berlind 2015 Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, IL, Juror Beth Grabowski 2015 'Interactive Lines' Small Group Invitational, Cabarrus Arts Council, Condor, NC 2014 ‘Regarding the Sublime’, Small Group Invitational, North Park University, IL 2014 27th Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery 2014 184th Annual Exhibition, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland 2014 'DRAWN’ 1st Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, Manifest Gallery 2014 POP-UP : On and Off the Wall, Series 2, Invited Artist, First Street Gallery, NYC 2014 5th Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Juror Tim Lowly 2013 VISTA [landscape in contemporary art], National Juried Show, Manifest Gallery 2013 Marks, A National Juried Drawing Exhibition, Madelon Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA 2013 American Art Today : Figures, The Bascom, A Center for Visual Art, Juror Jonathan Stuhlman 2013 First Street Gallery's National Juried Exhibition, Juror Donald Kuspit 2013 4th Annual Drawing Discourse, S Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Juror Susan Hauptman 2012 Fort Wayne Museum of Art Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Juror Frank Bernarducci 2012 25th Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Juror Sarah McKenzie 2011 Salmagundi Annual Non-Member Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC 2011 33rd Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, Juror Robert E Marx
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Abstract Vintage Décor Fragment – Charcoal large Drawing on Paper made in italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Vintage Fragment Year: 2025 Medium: Charcoal on paper Size: 70 × 100 cm Framing: Unframed (custom framing available upon request) Signature: Signed on the reverse Certificate ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Seated Nude Female Figure Minimalist Pencil Life Drawing Contemporary Gesture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Nude Female Figure Minimalist Pencil Life Drawing Contemporary Gesture Study By Minty Ramsey Size: 8.5 x 11.75 inches (height x width) Medium: Pencil drawing on paper, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Open (Study)" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Framed Dimensions: 20.25h x 16.25w inches Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Chalk, Watercolor, Color Pencil

View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1970s. Hand signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died ...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in China Ink, Charcoal and Watercolor on paper. Go...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Charcoal, Ink

Untitled By Günther Förg
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Untitled By Günther Förg Günther Förg was a German painter, sculptor, and photographer renowned for his exploration of modernist aesthetics, blending architecture, abstraction, an...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Reunion - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Rainbowland Valley - Abstract Colorful Dreamy Still Life Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu's artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the natural world. This artwork is part of her "Rainbowland Land" ser...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Nude in Negligee /// Contemporary Female Lesbian LGBT Figurative Women Artists
By Emilia Castaneda
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Emilia Castañeda (Spanish, 1943-) Title: "Nude in Negligee" *Signed by Castaneda in pencil lower right Circa: 1980 Medium: Original Pen & Ink and Watercolor Drawing on wove p...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Gianni Agnelli in Marrakesh
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

All Out (50% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Lonnie Powell All Out 2009 Pastel on Paper Size: 27x40.5in Frame: 36x50x1.5in Signed and dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1752 ----------- Tags: Women in Sports, Female Ath...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paste, Paper, Oil Pastel

Sow Thistle Three - Botanical Wildflower Plant Flowers Brown Walnut Ink, 2025
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary botanical drawing is made with handmade walnut ink on heavyweight Arches paper. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of a wild sow thistle plant, its ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Roundism – 17-07-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 17-07-18 Another session with my model and I used an unusual point of view: above her and it took the challenge to capture the foreshortened shapes of her body. Lucki...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Nocturne - 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a Nude Woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni (Italian artist) Nocturne 65 x 50 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass) Measurement with included frame: 80 x 65 x 3 cm Charcoal on Paper The Italian artist R...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Flying Composition no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Flying Composition no. 2' original watercolor painted in 2021. Large work at 40 x 60 inches, in multi-color including an explosion of blue, orange, yellow, and green from Cleveland-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Pheasant Miniaturist Painting, 3 x 3 in., Jewel-Toned Bird Portrait
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite miniature painting by Dina Brodsky, a celebrated contemporary miniaturist, depicts a brilliantly colored pheasant perched on a branch, rendered with remarkable precisi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Parchment Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

BODY DOUBLE - original large art by Paula Craioveanu NEO MYTHOLOGY
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Body Double Original art, signed 100x70cm / 30x27in ink, graphite, tempera on paper large size, shipped rolled in a tube directly from the artist's studio The drawing has 2 wooden p...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Pencil

Monywa II
By Than Aung
Located in London, GB
'Monywa II', watercolour on paper, (2003) by Burmese artist, Than Aung. Monywa is a region in Burma-Myanmar on the east bank of the River Chindwin. This...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Monywa II
Monywa II
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New Moon, signed monotype print by renowned contemporary abstract artist
Located in New York, NY
Andrea Belag New Moon, 1990 Monotype on Wove Paper 42 × 30 inches Hand signed and dated on the front Published by Pelavin Editions, with blind stamp on the front Unique Unframed Love...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Monotype, Lithograph

Orange Envelope, Watercolor and pencil realist still life, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass explores the fragility of communication, and people’s natural drive to find narrative in even the most ordinary of objects. In her Envelopes series, Glass works in water...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

Coffee Peloton XXXVI, Eliza Southwood, Original drawing, Coffee art, Sport art
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Peloton XXXVI by Eliza Southwood [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Coffee on Paper Image size: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:42 cm x W:59.5 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Coffee Peloton XXXVI is an original drawing in coffee on paper by artist Eliza Southwood. Featuring a pack of cyclists racing, the artist has noted a link between cycling culture and the love of a good coffee break. Eliza Southwood cycling prints...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Coffee

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude man bent over. 24x18 inches. Signed. Some p...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Mick and Bianca jagger at Studio 54, Portrait
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Original The Weaver Diptych-Tartan inspired-British Awarded Artist-oil on paper
Located in London, GB
"The Weaver" Series inviting viewers into a world where memory and present interweaving in a mesmerizing display of visual creativity. - An Artist Proof's of only Three is offered as...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movement...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Colours Of The Night #1, 11"x14", Fashion Art Print, Figurative, Woman
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Colors Of The NIght 1: This figurative art print on paper captures the essence of timeless style. A neutral, atmospheric background creates an evening-like ambiance. Personalize your space with a sense of quiet sophistication. Hand signed on back. This is #1 from a series of 4 art...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

"Cursed March" (2024) By Dustin Panzino, Procreate Illustration on Metal
Located in Denver, CO
"Cursed March" (2024) by Dustin Panzino is a beautiful digital painting created in Procreate, which details a renaissance style depiction of a parade of spirits, marching forward in ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Metal

Fragments I
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel artwork by Seth Clark measuring 42”h x 33”w. Seth Clark grew up in Seekonk, Massachusetts and studi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite

Children 13 - Contemporary Figurative Drawing, Black And White, Realism, Boat
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Signe Best
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Jaider Portrait. Watercolor, Ink and Pastel on Archival Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pastel, Paper, Ink

Etna Trace – Minimalist Abstract Landscape with Volcanic Earth, B&W Art on Paper
Located in Agrigento, AG
Original abstract artwork by Marilina Marchica This one-of-a-kind composition titled “Volcanic Landscape – Black & White” captures the raw energy of nature through the use of pure pi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pigment

Chanel Pastels, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Luminance and Harmony, Diptych. Works on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Neerja Chandna Peters enjoys navigating harmony through the play of lines with their symmetrical synchrony and rhythmic interplay, manipulating the nuances, their saturation and thei...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

City. 2014, paper, watercolor, 35x49 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The series is dedicated to the artist's home town Riga. Māris Abiļevs (born 23 April 1956 in Kazakhstan) is a Latvian graphic artist and printer, brother of graphic artist Andris Ab...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Original-Meeting Van Gogh-Study Master Series-British Awarded Artist-Ink Drawing
Located in London, GB
This drawing studied of Van Gogh's self-portrait at his Solo exhibition " Poets and Lovers" in National Gallery, London, 2024. Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old mast...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Acrylic

Pêle-mêle
Located in La Baule-Escoublac, FR
Bergstein grew up in France between Paris and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. At the age of 18, he flew to Barcelona, Spain where he joined an industrial design school. Back in Paris, he com...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Linen, Ink, Pen

Silver Lining: Blue Hue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Octopus Painting, Framed
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Head and Arm Study)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020) 2012 Signed and dated, l.l. Graphite and charcoal on paper 24 x 19 inches Contact gallery for price.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

"Figure Study 1" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Framed Dimensions: 16.5h x 18.5w inches Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in To...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Marilla Palmer "Parrot, Poppy, and Lily" Pressed Flowers on Paper
Located in New York, NY
"After years of nature-based artwork, in Spring 2020 I became an Anthomaniac. Covid was raging in NYC so I retreated with my family Northwest Connecticut. Nature, for so many of us, ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sequins, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Marella Agnelli in Marrakesh
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Olives from Provence" ( contemporary figurative acrylic painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful expressive artwork "Olives from Provence" is full of expressionism and vivid colors where I could fully experience my love for the south of France. This regio...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Flamingo Lily - Dramatic Abstract Pink Botanical Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Wen Xu is a Chinese-born Canadian artist based in Toronto, Canada, Her artistic practice is deeply influenced by her profound appreciation for the nat...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Powder Coating, Watercolor

Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, Framed Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Pencil, Paper

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper. Goo...
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1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

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