Houston - Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Modern abstract drawing by early female Texas artist Dorothy Hood. The work features a central, nest-like shape with organic forms throughout. Signed in the front lower right corner....

Monochromatic abstract still life drawing by Janice Redman. The piece depicts what appears to be a stack of bowls joined by strings. Signed by the artist at the lower right corner. Framed and matted in a modern wooden frame. Dimensions With Frame: H 11 in. x W 8.75 in. Artist Biography: Janice Redman, sculptor, was born in Huddersfield, England and received her BFA from Kingston University, Surrey, and her MFA from the University of Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a former Fellow of the Fine Arts Work Center In Provincetown, Massachusetts,and has been the recipient of many awards, including The Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons Purchase Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Massachusetts Cultural Council award in sculpture. Her residency programs include Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York,and the Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts In Houston, Texas. Redman’s work has been shown nationally and is represented by Clark Gallery in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in Lincoln and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, Michigan. "My work,” Redman says, “is rooted in my everyday experience and my personal history. My mother was a seamstress and a lace maker; my father restored antique clocks...

Modern abstract black and white still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central vase filled with flowers set against a dark background. Signed by artist i...

Naturalistic pen and ink drawing of a pair of birds by the artist "VZ Martin." The work features two quails in flight with a tree branch in the foreground. Signed and dated by artist...

Modern green, grey, and pink abstract leaf pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin. Dimensions Without Frame: H 27.25 in. x W 35.5 in. Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School. John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950. In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory. In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...

Naturalistic portrait of an Irish springer spaniel hunting dog with a quail or grouse it its mouth by Russian artist Boris Riab. Known for his wildlife wate...

Modernist floral still life watercolor painting by Helen McClelland. This watercolor painting depicts lush assorted purple and white irise...

White, purple, and green-toned modernist floral still life by Helen McClelland. This watercolor painting depicts lush white and purple iris...

Detailed architectural rendering of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Sakowitz's house drafted by N. Napier for The Finger Companies. Since 1958, the Finger Companies has built a reputation as th...

20th Century etching depicting the back streets of the New Orleans Exchange Alley. Signed and titled by artist in lower front margin. Double matted and framed in red and gold wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 6 in. x W 3.75 in. Artist Biography: Waldo Peirce...

Graphite still life drawing depicting fish on a textured surface. Signed by artist at bottom right. Matted and framed in wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 13.5 in. x W 16.2...

Impressionistic rendering of pink water lilies in the style of Claude Monet by Texas artist Drexell Caraway McNay. Framed in a lovely French style frame. Signed by artist at the back...