Therese James

The Wedding Chapel

2013

The artists reflection on her childhood days. Early autumn and picking apples. Acrlic on canvas. Unframed 18" x 14" 2022

Traditions are important in Wales. This painting from Therese takes a peek at the Sunday morning outing to chapel. Wearing their Sunday best the villagers head out and catch up on al...

The artists reflection on her childhood days. Catching the last of the summers warmth on the beach. Acrylic on canvas. Unframed 16" x 12" 2022

Therese painted this piece in response to an experience she had whilst visiting the 6th century  St Tudno's Church on the Great Orme. She came across it by accident and found it very...

Therese James and her ever popular happy school paintings. Reflecting a happy life on the Atlantic coast of Wales. A simple life which most of us dream of. Joyous Acrylic paint on a...

Acrylic on canvas, signed and framed Image 16" x 16". Framed 18" x 18"

Acrylic paint on canvas Signed and entitled by the artist

Large Naïve acrylic on board attributed to a French artist named Le Bris as the work was bought with another painting signed by the artist. The painting is presented in a gilt wooden baton frame. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. The characteristics of naïve art have a challenging relationship to the formal qualities of painting, especially as they tend not to respect the three rules of the perspective (such as defined by the Progressive Painters of the Renaissance): 1. Decrease of the size of objects proportionally with distance, 2. Muting of colours with distance, 3. Decrease of the precision of details with distance. The results are: Effects of perspective are geometrically erroneous (distinctive aspect of the works, like the drawing of a child...

Surreal depiction of a figure walking though a city by Marshall Woodall (American, b. 1958). The cityscape is represented in outlines only, creating the impression of being lit up in neon lights at night. The figure walking through the scene is an outline, reminiscent of a walk sign. Throughout the piece, there are hidden faces in the buildings. Signed, dated, and titled on verso along the stretcher: Marshall Woodall Aug 12/2019 'Abandoned by my family in Chicago' Unframed, but the edges are painted for a frame-less display. Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W Marshall Woodall (b. 1958) was born in Oklahoma City, OK. Woodall’s fascination with art began at an early age. His life has been a journey into self-expression and storytelling through music, drawing, and painting. ‘‘I am off the wall and have an unusual imagination. I think about things that people don’t always think about or notice.’’ Self-taught but inspired by Gary Larson...

Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban Young was an American artist from Miami....

Colorful Faux Naive Style Cityscape Painting, Portrait of the Artist 'Self Portrait' painted by Darshan Russell in 1997 Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 24 inches framed with thin wood strippin...