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Twilight Redbud (Acrylic painting: 48 x 24 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Original acrylic painting on 24 x 48 inch canvas with 1/5 in inch deep clean white sides. Unframed.
This is the fourth in the artist's ‘Twilight’ series of nine monochrome botanical...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Winter Light (60 x 36 inch Acrylic painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
The calm shades of a winter sky at sunrise. The silhouette of long graceful liquid ambar tree branches hanging low. The edges of the leaves are not sharp but are softened as if the w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Sunrise Japanese Maple (Framed 20 x 20 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is an oil painting of the deep red Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Daybreak Japanese Maple ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a ‘dancing peacock Japanese maple’ (Acer Japonicum Aconitifolium) also known as ‘Maiku-jaku' in Japanese. Its massive leaves have nine points instead of 5. They can be as b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a painting of the Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was painted on to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Sunrise Magnolia (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
Painted on birch wood panel and framed in a 1.5 " deep white solid wood floater frame. The same frame is now on the other tree paintings this size by the artist, Afternoon Bay Laurel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunrise Bay Laurel (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
Painted on birch wood panel and framed in a 1.5 " deep white solid wood floater frame. The same frame is now on the other tree paintings this size by the artist, Afternoon Bay Laurel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Sunset Palms (Framed 12 x 12 inch oil painting on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
A moody yet vibrant California sunset. Oil paintings on wood have a very different feel than on canvas. There is a smoothness from the layers of sanded white gesso underneath and the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
Sunrise Madrone (Framed acrylic painting: 21 x 21 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a monochromatic rendering of branches of the native Californian madrone tree. There are two shades of the same green, the darker leaves being the thin slightly translucent fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Sunrise Madrone Diptych (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
Each 20 x 20 inch canvas is framed in a separate 2 inch deep solid wood floater frame, increasing the dimensions to 21. 5 x 21.5 inches.
Total span together is 44 x 22".
Hung with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Morning Sky (28 x 22 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a painting of the Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was painted on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Spring Wildflowers (18 x 18 inch oil painting on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
This original oil painting on birchwood panel is painted in the shades of pale green wildflowers that one sees along forest paths and clearings as summer approaches. This is the silh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
Sunlight (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Yellow Leaves (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Delft Agapanthus (cyanotype painting framed to 35 x 28")
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals are different from those used in black and white photography. The light-sensitive chemicals can be used to print blue and white photographs from a large negative or a person can capture the silhouette of solid objects rather like an x-ray in blue and white.
In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emulsion. When the painting had dried, she arranged plants on top of the painted silhouette in a pattern that would leave gaps like lace, carefully moved the entire bundle outside while still covered and then exposed the pattern multiple times at different angles to the sun, to achieve various shades of blue and white. The heavy cotton watercolor paper then needed to be thoroughly rinsed in order to stop the darkening process.
The silhouette here is of the Giant California Tree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Summer Woods III (40 x 26 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process and the biggest the artist has ever made. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion. The blue and white pattern seen in each leaf is a sun print or lensless photograph of tiny plants laid on top of the painted area.
The tiny flowers in the pattern across the painted silhouette are of the same species as the larger painted flower. "Cow Parsnip" and "cow parsley" are common names for this giant white native Californian wildflower...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Mixed Media, Monotype, Photogram
Delft Madrone II (Framed 44 x 30 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
Framed to 44 x 30 x 2 inches. The artwork itself measures 40 x 26 inches. Arches 100% cotton watercolor paper framed in a white 2-inch deep solid wood box frame.
The intricate patt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Delft Agapanthus VIII (24 x 18 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
Both painting and photograph, a painted print. This is a multistep combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. The outline of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Creekside Madrone (30 x 22" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Rhododendron Branch IV (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring Eucalyptus (18 x 24 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Madrone I (24 x 18 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Madrone V (30 x 22" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Madrone IV (30 x 22" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Madrone III (30 x 22" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Forest Floor (30 x 22.5" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Poppies (30 x 22.5" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Rhododendron II (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Spring Rhododendron I (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Summer Poppies (30 x 22.5" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals are different from those used in black and white photography. The light-sensitive chemicals can be used to print blue and white photographs from a large negative or a person can capture the silhouette of solid objects rather like an x-ray in blue and white.
In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emulsion. When the painting had dried, she arranged plants on top of the painted silhouette in a pattern that would leave gaps like lace, carefully moved the entire bundle outside while still covered and then exposed the pattern multiple times at different angles to the sun, to achieve various shades of blue and white. The heavy cotton watercolor paper then needed to be thoroughly rinsed in order to stop the darkening process.
The silhouette here is of the Giant California Tree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Summer Woods IV (18 x 18" cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Autumn Garden (17 x 11 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Autumn Garden II (10 x 10 inch cyanotype painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Garden Wall (30 x 30 inch oil painting on birch wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is the silhouette of a Japanese aralia (paperplant, false castor oil plant, fatsia japonica). The big leaves have nine lobes and spread out wide.
The sky is painted a pale peac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Summer Light (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
