Therese James

Soul Sisters At Chapel. Contemporary Figurative Painting

2024

We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Celia RobertsBorn 1950 in Stafford Educated at Oxford University 1969-1973 BA Hons in Hebrew. She has exhibited in the Arterie Gallery in ...

A little slice of happiness ; spring trees in full blossom, sunshine and wide open spaces. Therese James fills her paintings with joy and they are guaranteed to make you smile and li...

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

A little slice of paradise; it’s impossible not to be swept along by the sheer tide of joy washing through this painting. The sun shines down on a scene of love and happiness, everyt...

“Secrets Together” is a contemporary figurative painting depicting two women seated side by side, created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing Women series, dedic...

"Two Girls in School" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 36" x 40.25" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "Harmon" on verso. There is a second portrait the artist painted on the back of the painting. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...

This contemporary figurative painting with a modern touch of expressionism and brut art depicts a scene of two women, one of them wearing a red dress holds a bowl of fruits. This pie...

"Held Together" is a contemporary figurative painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing and deeply personal series dedicated to women, their inner strength, and ...