Thomas Sarrantonio

Performance, Square Botanical Landscape, Purple and Blue Flowers in Green Field

2015

The drama of the sky in New York State's Hudson Valley is captured in this landscape painting by David Konigsberg. In this painting, ivory and gray clouds are dramatic against the so...

The drama of the sky in New York State's Hudson Valley is captured in this landscape painting by David Konigsberg. The artist is widely recognized for clouds and this painting is one...

A peaceful outdoor scene of a delicately painted field with pale lilac and white flowers beneath a tree with olive green leaves, beautifully capturing the idyllic feel of a field of wildflowers and tall grass in late August. Signed, dated and titled on verso. The paintings of Thomas Sarrantonio seek to mediate between realms of external perception and internal reflection. They present themselves as meditations on nature and self. Choosing humble, often overlooked subject matter, such as the overgrown grasses at the edge of a field, he attempts to translate the dynamic processes of Nature into the stasis of physical matter on a painted surface. Small works are produced directly from Nature while large paintings are studio productions that utilize memory, experience, imagination and conceptual ideas to negotiate the terrain of contemporary painting. The paintings are offered to the viewer as templates to provoke active participation in the process of seeing and quiet contemplation of the act of consciousness. Thomas Sarrantonio studied Painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia where his teachers included Wil Barnet and Sidney Goodman...

Fluffy, ivory clouds with warm glimmers of pale peach and hints of light yellow float in an idyllic blue sky over a sandy beach. Signed, dated and titled on verso. David Konigsberg ...

The densely treed forest and mountain ledges of Hennen's Virginia home are the subject of this rich, highly detailed landscape painting. A snowy grove of trees is bisected by a hilly...

Crimson red flowers with dark green leaves in a golden planter with a face on the side sit on a patterned yellow tablecloth in front of a window. Through the window, a winter landsca...

Oil on canvas

Oil paint on wood panel Unique work Hand-signed on the back by the artist

Oil paint on wood panel (White kite) Unique work Hand-signed by the artist on the back

Signed lower right: J Malzahn

Signed lower right: J Malzahn

Signed lower left: J Malzahn