10 BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART TO GIVE NOW
1. PAULETTE TAVORMINA
Lush still-life photos evoke 17th-century Old Masters’ paintings, as Paulette Tavormina captures the abundance, diversity and tenderness of flora and fauna, carefully composed, and brilliantly lit.
“Flowers and Butterfly”
Archival Pigment Print
24 × 24 in
61 × 61 cm
Offered by Beetles + Huxley.
2. RICHARD LYTLE
Explosions of organic forms and colors burst forth from Richard Lytle’s fantastic abstract botanical landscapes.
“Quartet”
Oil on canvas
72 × 96 in
182.9 × 243.8 cm
Offered by Fred Giampietro Gallery.
3. TIM MAGUIRE
A fusion of technical visions, chemical heightened realities and natural flowers, Tim Maguire’s paints with a technique that references printing processes, rendered using layers of the three colors used in digital printing: cyan, magenta, and yellow.
“Untitled”
Oil on canvas
38 1/5 × 38 1/5 in
97 × 97 cm
Offered by Von Lintel Gallery.
4. RICHARD MAYHEW
Jazz impressions fuel Richard Mayhew’s landscape paintings. Created by pouring color onto canvas, Mayhew’s paintings are spare and bold, yet soft and sensual.
“Jigsaw”
Oil on canvas
36 × 36 in
91.4 × 91.4 cm
Offered by ACA Galleries.
5. MANIKA NAGARE
This double panel painting by Manika Nagare is a bright gestural image, loose yet punctuated by the structure of edges and seams.
“A Body in Two 1”
Oil on canvas
74 × 57 in
188 × 144.8 cm
Offered by Miyako Yoshinaga.
6. DAVID LIGARE
With a foundation of neoclassical interpretations of light, with symmetry, harmony and balance, David Ligare’s landscape paintings tap ancient themes with fresh attitude.
“Rock And Seascape”
Oil
60 × 90 in
152.4 × 228.6 cm
Offered by Winfield Gallery.
7. MOHAMED ABLA
Bursting with color, Mohamed Abla’s “Bursting with Life,” is a fresh take on an impressionistic moment.
Bursting with Life
Mixed Media on Canvas
63 × 55 1/10 in
160 × 140 cm
Offered by Arts-Mart.
8. WILLIAM TILLYER
Ethereal color pools spread and layer in William Tillyer’s “The Watering Place” series, inspired by and named after English artist Thomas Gainsborough’s earlier work. It portrays a fiery sky, with blue and green swirls, clouds and glowing, orange orbs, as it references Tillyer’s native North Yorkshire moors.
“The Watering Place II”
Inkjet on Somerset Photo paper
22 2/5 × 30 1/10 in
57 × 76.5 cm
Edition of 100
Offered by Bernard Jacobson Gallery.
9. JOSHUA JENSEN-NAGLE
A perfect gift to grace a beach house, Joshua Jensen-Nagle’s dreamy large-scale photos of beaches carry a strong sense of nostalgia, produced with SX-70 Polaroid prints that are painted and then re-photographed.
“Last Days of Summer”
Épreuve à l'encre, Diasec / Archival ink, Diasec
70 × 93 in
177.8 × 236.2 cm
Edition of 7 + 3AP
Offered by Galerie de Bellefeuilles.
10. MARC QUINN
Flower power has a new level or wattage in Marc Quinn’s flower series. Intense rushes of color hype petals, with stunning juxtapositions of blooms. Honored as a Young British Artist Quinn has expressed a fascination with organic forms and materials, pushing them beyond our perceptual limits.
“Sunrise and Sunset”
Oil on canvas
66 1/2 × 106 3/10 in
169 × 270 cm
Offered by Osborne Samuel.
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IMAGE CREDITS:
- Image: by Paulette Tavormina. “Flowers and Butterfly.”
- Image: by Richard Lytle. “Quartet.”
- Image: by Tim Maguire. “Untitled.”
- Image: by Richard Mayhew. “Jigsaw.”
- Image: by Manika Nagare. “A Body in Two 1.”
- Image: by David Ligare. “Rock And Seascape.”
- Image: by Mohamed Abla. “Bursting with Life.”
- Image: by William Tillyer. “The Watering Place II.”
- Image: by Joshua Jensen-Nagle. “Last Days of Summer.”
- Image: by Marc Quinn. “Sunrise and Sunset.”
- Image: by Marc Quinn. “Garden.”
- Image: by Joshua Jensen-Nagle. “An Expression.”
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- Image: by Paulette Tavormina. “Figs & Morning Glories.”
