Sarah Alexander

"Tiptoe, Here I Go", Contemporary Landscape, Yellow, Watercolor Drawing

2017

"Vigor" by Sarah Alexander is a vibrant 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch abstract botanical watercolor and collage on canvas in warm gold, yellow and orange that was painted during a long snowy wi...

Sarah Alexander's "Turbulence", a dramatic abstract 30 x 40 inch watercolor, ink, and charcoal drawing on watercolor canvas explores movement and weightlessness with creamy yellows, ...

Sarah Alexander's "Lost in Thought" is a 54 x 44 x 1.5 inch botanically inspired India ink drawing on canvas with real gold leaf accents, and watercolor paint made from crushed semi ...

Sarah Alexander's walnut ink and watercolor illustrative botanical drawing in sepia tones shows a grassy form whimsically tossing an orange box full of spiky burrs or seedpods. The o...

Watercolor on paper Atmosphere -masses of evaporating water in the air- describes Ekaterina Smirnova's paintings best. Working in watercolour, Smirnova has a unique approach to this ...

'Flying Composition' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...

Translucent vessels are suspended upon the surface of the water in this surreal landscape entitled "Cloud Lake". This landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smallest water droplet. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75 inches. Christina Haglid Cloud Lake watercolor and gouache on paper 11h x 8w in 27.94h x 20.32w cm CMH053 Artist's Statement Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences. At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...

Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...