Marcia Wise

"Leggera", Contemporary Landscape, Tree, Blue, Purple, Green, Oil Painting, 2023

2023

“The New Dig” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs, is a textural oil painting on canvas, that tells a story of a gritty new dawn at a construction site. The gestural brush strokes manifest the...

“Air # 3” by Alexandra Rozenman is a painterly and playful oil painting on un-stretched floating canvas paper approximately 30 x 30 x 0.5” with loose c...

“Ablaze” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an abstract textural autumn landscape, painted in brilliant yellows, oranges, and reds that contrast with cool hues of grey and blue. This dynamic 16 x 20 x 1.5 inch oil on canvas painting suggests a stormy autumn day with trees and marshes and is framed in a black floater frame. Catherine Picard-Gibbs paints with bold brush strokes, using vibrant colors to show emotion and movement in landscapes and urban scenes. Her inspiration comes from the nuance and drama of her everyday world. Her evocative works have been featured throughout Massachusetts, in New York, and in the Midwest. Picard-Gibbs is represented by Fountain Street...

“Embers of the Day Diptych” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an abstract textural landscape of a brilliant sunset breaking through the trees and is painted in rich yellows, oranges, and ...

"My recent work now becomes more involved with cloud cover and its effect on light and colour through both its translucent and opaque properties. Clouds are visible masses of water d...

"Raining in Traffic", is a 18x32 original oil painting on canvas capturing the bustling moments of a city in the daylight hours. A moment in time caught by the artist Schneider, this...

Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...

"My recent work now becomes more involved with cloud cover and its effect on light and colour through both its translucent and opaque properties. Clouds are visible masses of water droplets or frozen ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. They have the ability to refract and reflect, creating an ever changing perception of light which inspires my use of colour. I am constantly referring to the paradox of a cloud’s perceived weight and its fragility and the relationship between the cool and warm colours created by it. I have become increasingly interested in catching the moment when heavy overcast clears to reveal clear blue sky, a cool colour that complements the warmth it brings. While the most obvious manifestation of light refraction at this time would occur in the form of a rainbow, I will be concerned with accentuating the infinite, more subtle effects. I find myself inspired increasingly by the works of Turner, who created ephemeral atmospheric effects using large washes of liquid paint. Other influences include Henry Matisse, Francis Cadell...