David Kassan

Study of Myself Looking Down

2005

Original drawing by Patricia Traub.

Original drawing by Patricia Traub

Original drawing by Patricia Traub

Original drawing by Elizabeth McGhee

Original drawing by Elizabeth McGhee

Original drawing by Elizabeth McGhee

A powerful depiction of a regal, queenly woman wearing a gold crown and ornate blue/gray dress. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Francine Fox works in many mediums including oil paint, watercolor, gouache, graphite and ink to produce striking and unsettling works of great beauty and psychological complexity. Fox incorporates art historical references, organically composed diagrams and personal and cultural vocabularies into her work. "I strive to produce work that is at once both striking and unsettling and intend the compilation of my formal and conceptual elements to parallel and reveal the intricacies of gray areas between seemingly dissonant traits. The gray areas I depict most frequently can be classified as the shared liminal compartments in Venn Diagrams, the middle sections along continuums or circumstances when the correct answer is both yes and no. While it is easier to think and understand in terms of binaries, these types of thought processes tend to oversimplify. The murky places in between are often harder to comprehend, and yet they are also more relatable and interesting because of their complex, confusing, and sometimes unresolved nature. My goal is not to clarify gray areas; rather, I hope to lure viewers into contemplation of the causes of the wonder and discomfort surrounding liminals. My work frequently returns to the gray areas between the themes of physical and metaphysical, evidence and faith, chaos and order, and identity philosophies rooted in either individualism or collectivism. My paintings and drawings create records of the perceived significance and beauty of these transitional spaces through the mediums of graphite, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, oil paint and digital painting. Within my body of work, the imagery includes figures, gently anthropomorphized animals, traditional and contemporary semiotics, and depictions of invisible forces through modified and invented charting symbols. My influences range from Walton Ford, Martin Wittfooth...

A strong beautiful portrait of a woman in watercolor and graphite painting on a digital pigment print. An intricate depiction on the woman's skin delicately details a NYC subway car ...

Signed and inscribed, l.l. Graphite on paper Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.

Signed, l.r. Graphite on paper Contact gallery for price This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.

Bryanna Marie's "January Layover" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on Stonehenge paper that depicts a portrait of a female model with flowing, wavy hair. About the Artist:...

Bryanna Marie's "Almost There" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on Bristol paper that depicts a portrait of a female model. About the Artist: Bryanna Marie draws her inspi...