Southwestern Art For Sale (60)

Artists Describing Their Art:

James Parker - Painting, drawing, and to a lesser degree, photography, have been the driving creative force in my life for the past two years. The changing circumstances of life have allowed this to happen, and for this I am quite grateful. Pin and ink, liquid watercolors, acrylics, and the mixing of mediums are used for these works. My art is somewhere between reality and fantasy, with perhaps a unique style (as all are) which is slowly maturing. Much of my work I try to make light, colorful and fun, and even somewhat premitive with a touch of fantasy. Rustic little cabin scenes, and most seascapes perhaps show this best. Landscapes--mountains, trees, ocean and beach scenes, these are my favorite subjects. I prefer to work quite small. Most paintings and drawings come with wooden 11"X14" frames and hand selected colored mattes. These smaller sized works I have found to be excellent for creating pictures that are both colorful enough and detailed enough to carry an "impact". A few fine art's photographs taken back in the late eighties, some of which were published by a national calendar company in 1989 and 90 are also offered here. Those hundreds of hours looking ...

Shirley Estes - The visible validity of a painting often comes, when there is an obvious emotional connection with the viewer. Yet, nothing can equal the excitement and fulfillment that is experienced during the creative process. While my work can be categorically considered realism, I see reality revealed through an endless array of abstarcts. The changing color and designs that emerge as light manipulates and reflects, is in itself an immersion into the surrealistic. The simple suddenly becomes profound, not unlike all of creatiion ...the canvas of God....