Etching Figurative Paintings

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 the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...

'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro', lithograph by Yves Brayer (1963). Unframed. The artist, Yves Brayer, spent time painting in Mexico in 1963, one of the many worldwide destinati...

Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...

A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...

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...

Title: The Guardians of Vision Painting Abstract Figurative Giraffe Nature Blue Earthy Calm Modern Bold Soulful Invest Large Unique One-of-a-kind LARGE ARTWORK This work is part of...

Clouds Behind Clouds II by Simon Tozer [2021] This is one of an ongoing series of seascapes and sky images that have clouds as their main focus. Clouds are ethereal forms, and along...

Wonderful aquatint figurative titled, "Majestic Fiqure" by Lenore Simon (American, b. 1928). Signed lower right corner below edge. Titled below lower middle edge with medium "Aquatin...

Set of 4 Antique French Black & White Engravings Ancient Greek views and monument landmarks including the Pantheon, Athens. each paper : 9 x 12 inches...

Black and White Nude Woman in Acrylic, Gouache, and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine ...

Model with Mandolin in Ink and Charcoal on Paper Black and white painting of a woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A woman is sitting in a chair, with a mandolin in her lap. She is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. Next to the chair is an end table with a vase of flowers. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W Katherine Kallick...

This beautiful hand colored etching imaginatively depicts a historical time / place of the nation’s first transcontinental railroad where Union Pacific Railroad meets Central Pacific...