Clay Pape

Dry Gulch #3, Mixed Media on MDF Panel

2017

In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...

True peace can only come through the surrendering of the heart. With a brushstroke of elegance and a palette of tranquility, my artistic aim in this series is to explore the transfor...

Untitled Collage made of foil, golf leaf and marbled book papers, c. 2004 Unsigned, from the Estate of the artist. Image size: 8 5/8 x 10 inches Sheet size: 14 x 17 inches Peter Marks (1935 -2010) Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime New Yorker, Marks graduated from the High School of Music and Art in 1952 and Amherst College in 1956. After a brief stint as a graphic designer in publishing, Marks became a private art dealer and opened his gallery Peter Marks Works of Art, Inc. in 1960. During this time he specialized in the sale of Southeast Asian and Islamic antiquities and made many contributions to the field both as a dealer and an advocate of his profession. Above all, Marks was motivated by a strong desire to find great art and make it available to large audiences. After retiring from art dealing in 2002, Marks transformed his Manhattan gallery space into a studio where he drew prolifically and painted large non-objective canvasses. This time in his studio was a happy one for Marks, who viewed this period of his life not as retirement, but rather fulfillment, a fact that is confirmed by passionate artistic output in the years leading up to his passing in 2010. In 2012, Thomas French...

Neutral toned gestural abstract painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a variety of gestural marks in black and tan, accented by an orange line. Signed by the...