Linda Clerget

Large floral painting, "Nature as a mother"

2022

This painting is from the serie 'Rollers & Skate". It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. The painting is inspired by the Californian skate and rollerblading c...

This painting is from the series La Dolce vita. It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. Linda Clerget focuses on the exploration of colors and textures, inspired by the nature that surrounds her and her daily life. She builds a poetic and intuitive visual universe, which addresses our sensations and emotions before our intellect. The viewer is thus projected into "little paradises", waking dreams...

This series of paintings is inspired by the relationship between the artist and the forest of Fontainebleau. Every day, the artist goes there to make sketches, to walk, to dialogue w...

"Crossing (Traversée)" captures the essence of exploration and journey. This acrylic painting, measuring 60 x 73 cm, serves as a synthesis of various sketches and paintings from Lind...

Linda Clerget's abstract cosmic plant paintings are a journey through the universe and nature. With vibrant colors and clean shapes, these paintings tran...

This painting is from the series La Dolce vita. It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. It's an improvisation carried out step by step, day after day, to create ...

Abstracted landscape by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). The red and yellow underpaint has been allowed to peek through the ...

Throwing Some Shapes II by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022] One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plan...

Abstracted landscape by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). The bold orange underpaint has been allowed to shine through the co...

Bold and vibrant Fauvist nocturnal landscape with bright yellow Adirondack chair by Allie "Bill" Skelton (American, 1942-1986), c. 1970. Unsigned. Purchased as part of Skelton collection. Unframed. Image size: 48"H x 24"W. Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...

St. Mary's Church in Daugavpils. 2009, canvas, acrylic, 50x50 cm Colorful painting with church Painter Osvalds Zvejsalnieks was born on 21 Marc...

RALPH DELLA-VOLPE (1923-2017) Fine Art Painter, American Contemporary The Valley Oil on canvas Hand signed lower left and again to stretcher and verso 16 x 20 inches. frame dimensions: 22 1/4 x 26 inches, wood frame Provenance: The Estate of the artist Ralph Della Volpe TRAINING: National Academy of Design The Art Students League, NYC Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of often simplified, minimalist, beach scenes and anonymous portraits "convey profound awareness of mood and character", and his paintings are hardly as literal as they may first appear (Arts Magazine. "New York Exhibitions". 1965). His brightly-colored, light-infused, ornamental compositions bring together aspects of many modernist art movements including Fauvism, Impressionism, Symbolism, and abstraction. Della-Volpe first studied painting at the prestigious National Academy of Design before joining the Army during World War II. As a soldier, the artist saw action on Utah Beach, winning a Purple Heart, and his experiences undoubtedly affected his later artistic style. The Fauvist "coloristic exuberance" found in the works beginning in the mid 1960's, with their vibrant fuschias and yellows, seem to offset what could be an otherwise solemn tone to many of his works at the time. Upon his return from military service, Della-Volpe’s style evolved significantly. In the years following the second world war, his work was solemn, imbued with a quiet darkness. Over time, this darkness faded: by the 1950s, influenced by his time at the Art Students League, his oeuvre was overtaken by the tenants of Abstract Expressionism. Paintings from this period boast bold brushwork, energetic compositions, and strong color. Although the next decade saw Della-Volpe trade expressionist abstraction for figuration, his love of color continued to shine through his work.Della-Volpe took a teaching position as the first artist-in-residence at Bennett College in Millbrook, New York where he remained for 28 years, serving as chairman of the Art Department for most of that time. Obviously influenced by impressionism 's preoccupation with the treatment of light, Della-Volpe's own works have a "faultless tonal quality, with its sense of failing light—the areas of silvery gray deepening into rosy tans" (Arts Magazine. "In the Galleries". 1960). Della-Volpe has exhibited widely throughout his career and has lectured on art at colleges, universities, and galleries across the country. SOLO SHOWS: Hotchkiss Library, Sharon, Conn Millbrook Library, Millbrook,NY Gregory James Gallery...