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Winslow Homer, Sailboats, Gouache and pencil on paper, Questroyal Fine Art. Click to inquire

Sometimes, there is a beauty to something that appears unfinished. Artists will often sketch their preliminary ideas onto paper: unfinished figures and ideas waiting to be transferred to a completed oil on canvas, framed and ready to be showcased.

Andrew Dasburg, Untitled (Trees Along Chantet Lane), Graphite on paper, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

Edgar Degas, Apr?s le Bain, Pastel Counterproof, Galerie Michael. Click to inquire

However, many are attracted to the organic gestures found in drawings and preliminary sketches: offering perspective into the artist’s thought process. Often utilizing touches of different material, the incomplete seems complete enough to the viewer’s eye.

Fletcher Benton, Balanced/Unbalanced F, Pencil on paper, Tasende Gallery. Click to inquire

T.C. Steele, Sketchbook Landscape, Graphite on paper, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Paper welcomes surprises, best suiting the need for an artist’s burst of inspiration. Perhaps the audience can empathize and get right to doodling.

Frank Auerbach, Study of The Brazen Serpent (and Self-Portrait), 1955, Pencil on paper, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire

Todd Reifers, Dog Talk, Oil on linen, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Making their debut around 17,000 years ago in the Lascaux cave paintings, animals as artistic subjects have been synonymous with the commencement of art history.

Vincenzo Irolli, Friends, Oil on canvas, Guarisco Gallery. Click to inquire

Marie Dieterle, Vaches et les moutons par l’eau, Oil on canvas, Rehs Galleries. Click to inquire

Progressing from being the targets of the hunt to domesticated human-helpers, artists have depicted animals both affectionately as pets and as graceful predators. FADA‘s inventory of animals display this range of subject matter. From Vincenzo Irolli’s tender representation of an interaction between a little boy and a goat, to the more idyllic pastorals of Marie Dieterle.

Hunt Slonem, Untitled (CRK00420), Oil on wood, Eckert Fine Art Gallery + Art Consulting. Click to inquire

John James Audubon, Caribou, Hand colored lithograph, Denenberg Fine Art Click to inquire

Rosa Bonheur, Horse in a Landscape, Oil on canvas, Rehs Galleries. Click to inquire

Not surprisingly, artists seem to be as equally fanatic about showcasing dogs: a feature more translatable to today’s culture.

Fernando Botero, Horse (Cavallo), Bronze, Rosenbaum Contemporary. Click to inquire

Percival Leonard Rosseau, Under an Old Rail Fence (Setters Bay and Kale), 1918, Oil on canvas, Red Fox Fine Art. Click to inquire

Max Kuehne, The Open Window, Oil on canvas, Guarisco Gallery. Click to inquire.

Renaissance figure Alberti famously claimed that a painting should offer a perspective like one gets when looking out of a window. FADA is taking Alberti’s metaphor literally with a selection of window views. During this month’s hectic entrance back to school and into fall’s busy schedule, let this post offer a contemplative escape.

Bruce Cohen, Untitled (Tulip in Front of Window), 2014, Oil on canvas, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire.

When viewing an artwork, remember that art can both inspire and soothe (Science tells us so). Whether opening up to a quaint garden scene or wondrous body of water setting, works with windows are ultimately conscious and inclusive of their viewers. Place yourself behind the window, and let the sensations of your imagination transport you!

Peppino Mangravite, Storm, Oil, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire.

Robert Aaron Frame, View of the Garden, Oil on canvas, George Stern Fine Arts. Click to inquire.

John Seaford, Boston Window, Watercolor, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Wayne Thiebaud, Country City, 1988, Etching and aquatint, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire

While artists often created landscapes as an idyllic escape from civilization’s chaos, the industrialization of modern world was immortalized in impressionistic works by Degas and Manet.

Guy Carleton Wiggins, Along Central Park on Snowy Day, Oil on canvas, David Dike Fine Art. Click to inquire

Reginald Marsh, Locomotive, 1929, Watercolor on paper, Godel & Co. Fine Art. Click to inquire

With panoramas now including the steaming presence of the new railways, the integration of the industrial sphere and the environment seemed solidified. Today, an artist’s depiction of mechanical feats: factories, highways and even skyscrapers within the natural world can reflect underlining environmental and political concerns.

Henry Villierme, Freeway Overpass, 1995, Oil on canvas, William A. Karges Fine Art. Click to inquire

Milton Avery, Industry, Watercolor and gouache on paper, Questroyal Fine Art. Click to inquire

Paul Ching-Bor, Currencies, Hudson VIII, Watercolor on paper, Eckert Fine Art Gallery + Art Consulting. Click to inquire

Nonetheless, these works demonstrate the documentary purposes of art. While majestic views of the sunset and sunrise (as featured in our post Night & Day) project an idealized perspective of the world, FADA has an equal holding of works which depict the new American landscape of neon lights, roadsigns, and machines.

Norvin Baker, Circle Theatre at Night (Monument Circle, Indianapolis), Oil on canvas laid on board, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Frank Train, Victor Mine, Oil, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

Robert Polidori, Avenida San Lazaro #1, Havana, Cuba, Print, Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery. Click to inquire

Works of art allow viewers to see new places and cultures from the unique perspective of the artist. This week’s blog post showcases artworks which take you around the world.

Norton Bush, Tropical Landscape #2, Oil on board, William A. Karges Fine Art. Click to inquire

Kim Cogan, Chinatown, Oil on panel, Arcadia Contemporary. Click to inquire

While the internet offers plentiful images of foreign countries and people, accessible in photographic images, artworks offer personalized experiences through brushwork and color choices. The lush ambiance of a tropical landscape, like Norton Bush’s Tropical Landscape #2, is romanticized with hazy pink tones, a viewpoint draped with a curtain of similarly colored flowers.

Alfred H. Maurer, Paris Nocturne, Oil on canvas, Avery Galleries. Click to inquire

Eustace Paul Ziegler, Mount McKinley, Oil on canvas board, David Dike Fine Art. Click to inquire

In Robert Polidori’s Avenida San Lazaro #1, Havana, Cuba, the magnificent European architecture, frigid in its cool marble material, dwarfs the central group of figures. This purposeful juxtaposition offers a visually captivating response to a specific street in the mythical Havana. These artworks offer vignettes of a place’s personality: let them inspire your next bout of

wanderlust!

Huc Mazelet Luquiens, Mauna Kea from Hilo, Etching, Douglas Frazer Fine Art. Click to inquire

Martin Rico y Ortega, A Summer?s Afternoon, Venice, Oil on panel, Rehs Galleries. Click to inquire

Francois Gall, A Day at the Beach, Oil on canvas, Vallejo Maritime Gallery. Click to inquire

Now in the middle of summer, with its heat perhaps greatly appreciated after a treacherous winter, comes a natural draw to the ocean. Annual pilgrimages to ocean side towns throughout the summer often proves to be the perfect antidote to city congestion, and has been a favored vacation staple and place of repose for artists.

Todd Reifers, Perfect Day at the Beach, Oil on linen, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Thomas McGlynn, Waves 1914, Oil on canvas, Trotter Galleries. Click to inquire

Majestic sunset panoramas, fervent works of splashing waves from the Romantic school, or reflective studies of light found in Impressionist styles, these representations of the ocean often evoke the tranquil ambiance of the sea and surrounding atmosphere. FADA‘s inventory of seaside subjects is numerous and evocative. Enjoy our ode to summer and fun days at the beach.

Alfred Thompson Bricher, Rocky Cliffs with Breaking Waves, Oil on canvas, Questroyal Fine Art. Click to inquire

Milton Avery, A Double-sided Work, Seascape, 1944 and Landscape, 1947, Watercolor and gouache on paper, Surovek Gallery. Click to inquire

Arthur Dominque Rozaire, Seascape with Rocks, Oil on board, George Stern Fine Arts. Click to inquire

William Trost Richards, Newport Beach, Oil on canvas, Avery Galleries. Click to inquire

Edward S. Goldman, Blue, Mixed media, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

Michael Rosenfeld, Troika, Oil on canvas, Arcadia Contemporary. Click to inquire

Sometimes we forget to look up. The open sky, occasionally decorated with flighty birds and an airplane’s lingering exhaustion streaks, perhaps provides the best metaphorical association with the blank canvas.

Danny Galieote, The Great Escape, Oil on canvas, Arcadia Contemporary. Click to inquire

Paul Mays, California Volunteer Air & Sea Watchers 1940, Watercolor, Trotter Galleries. Click to inquire

While artists have energetically featured a setting and rising sun, this post pays special attention to the intermediary realm and the things which momentarily populate it. Instead of featuring panoramic views, these works of art close up on aerial spaces-sometimes extending beyond the universe as in John Brosio’s Jerks.

Irene Rice Pereira, The Spirit of Air, Oil on canvas, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

David Parrish, Ferris Wheel, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art. Click to inquire

Always the subject of philosophical contemplation and now artistic endeavors, the sky,no longer a passive background, is brought to a jarring focus.

John Brosio, Jerks, Oil on linen, Arcadia Contemporary. Click to inquire

Robert Indiana, HOPE (White/Blue/Red), Painted aluminum, Rosenbaum Contemporary. Click to inquire

FADA/blog is a sucker for color and it makes no exception for the red, white and blue festivities surrounding the 4th of July. Inspired by the patriotic color scheme, this post is splashed with properly curated canvases composed of the popular color combination.

Richard Diebenkorn, Blue, 1984, Woodcut, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire

Edward S. Goldman, Infinity II, Acrylic on canvas on board, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

While the stripes and stars’ hues were chosen for more sobering reasons: White for purity and innocence, Red for hardiness and valour, and Blue, vigilance, perseverance and justice, they have nevertheless been adapted into the vacationer lifestyle during the holidays.

Alex Katz, White Roses, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art. Click to inquire

Udo Noger, Inside, Mixed media on canvas, Timothy Yarger Fine Art. Click to inquire

Let FADA‘s collection of red, white and blue works prepare you for the fireworks, BBQs and pinwheels.

Raimond Staprans, Untitled, 1979, Oil on canvas, William A. Karges Fine Art. Click to inquire

Charles Christopher Hill, Siddhartha’s Intent, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire

Louis Robert Carrier-Belleuse, Elegant Figures in a Flower Garden, Oil on canvas, Schiller & Bodo European Paintings. Click to inquire

While this winter’s weather may have discouraged hopes for color, inklings of spring have arisen in breezes of pollen which our allergies might forgive just this once.

Edmund C. Tarbell, Mary Arranging Flowers, 1932, Surovek Gallery. Click to inquire

Robert Aaron Frame, Sunflowers in a Field, Oil on canvas, George Stern Fine Arts. Click to inquire

While today’s obsession with flowers are augmented with meticulously curated Instagram pages, FADA‘s inventory of delicate blossoms really allows one to smell the roses, if only vicariously through your computer screen.

Donald Sultan, Wallflowers Jan 14 2009, Tempera on paper, Leslie Sacks Contemporary. Click to inquire

Donald Baechler, Untitled (Flowers), Gouache on paper, Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery. Click to inquire

Perhaps the presented selection will influence your next trip to the florist, or inspire a stroll to the nearest park. Whether captured in neon bursts of blue color in Sultan’s work on paper, or more traditionally posed still lifes, flowers inundate viewers with familiar senses of visual and (olfactory) happiness.

William Ritschel, Pepi Amidst the Flowers, Watercolor, Trotter Galleries. Click to inquire

Fred Doloresco, Cold Day for Flowers, Oil on linen, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Ren? Portocarrero, Florero (Flower Vase), Oil on canvas, Cernuda Arte. Click to inquire

Hendrik Valkenburg, Reading Woman, Watercolor, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

While in a previous post we showcased some of FADA‘s dynamic works, At Rest, as its title indicates, features languid moments of repose. These works, intimately capturing their subjects at instants of interiority, induce audiences into a dreamlike state with hazy brushwork and soft palette tones.

Michael Carson, Rest, Oil on panel, Arcadia Contemporary. Click to inquire

Carl Lindin, Untitled (Greg Lindin), Oil, David Cook Fine Art. Click to inquire

In FADA‘s inventory, Hendrik Valkenburg’s Reading Woman psychologically captures a pensive reader with its watercolor technique. The work?s contemplative mood, echoed in the other works featured in this post, reveals a state of content in an individual’s quiet activity.

Charlotte Speck von Sternburg, A Dutch Interior: After Pieter de Hooch, Oil on paper, Godel & Co. Fine Art. Click to inquire

Fred Doloresco, A Good Book, Oil on linen, Eckert & Ross Fine Art. Click to inquire

Often representing solitary figures, these works, however, do not always connote a sense of loneliness. Enjoy artworks from FADA‘s inventory which display their inheritance of a Vermeer genre scene… with a touch of with modernity.