"Westview Avalon Harbor" American Realist seascape in California with blue tones
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Westview Avalon Harbor" is an American Realist seascape in California with blue tones. Set on Catalina Island, rolling hills make up the horizon. A valley of palm trees sweep toward the shoreline. Boats rest and sail forward in the harbor, a single sailor is seen standing in a small powerboat in the foreground. Framed. Signed. Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes, nocturnes, and plein-air landscapes. He is a member of the Plein Air Painters of America since 2021. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Carl's work has been described in the Washington Post as "simultaneously intimate and detached…The artist's unadorned style recalls Edward Hopper and The Ashcan school." Carl holds an MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Colorado...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
