FINE ART CONSIGNMENTS
MARTIROS MANOUKIAN
'ETHEREAL WHISPER', LIM EDITION
$2000
'SATIN DREAM', LIM EDITION
MARTIROS MANOUKIAN
$2000
Washington Mint - Modern Masters - "Don Quixote de la Mancha" - Sterling Silver Plate - 1972 - This beautiful Limited Edition plate was fabricated from six ounces of Sterling Silver and features Picasso's rendition of Don Quixote de la Mancha, Spain's whimsical character as well as his sidekick Sancho Panza. It comes a presentation case with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. 12 Troy Oz. Sterling Silver. 200mm diameter.
REDUCED WAS $1250, SALE $650
'RASTAFARIAN POTTER', ORIG OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED ON VERSO
MICHAEL LESTER
$4000
'THE RESURRECTION'. L.E., 92/250, SIGNED
SALVADOR DALI
REDUCED WAS $4600 SALE $3600
The philosophy of "less is more" is evident in Quinn's art. He has "always admired the magic of negative space, what is left unsaid."
One finds in his elegance and simplicity intriguing parallels with the Chinese masters of the Sung dynasty and 18th century Japanes landscape painters - a tendency to suggest with calligraphic brevity, allowing much revelation to be completed in the viewer's mind. " I try to turn the viewer of my paintings loose by giving his imagination plenty of room to expand. Then he is traveling on his own."
Quinn graduated with distinction from the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He has had exhibits at galleries and museums around the country, including a one-man show at the Frederic Remington Art Museum.
Quinn is a regular exhibitor at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum's "Birds in Art" show; his work is also among the museum's permanent collection.
He is the author of the The Working Retrievers, a large handsome volume, written in an exceptional narrative style, now considered a classic on the subject of field retrievers.
'PORTRAIT OF A FIELD CHAMPION' L.E 300/950, SIGNED
THOMAS QUINN
$495
Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer. After passing through phases of Cubism, Futurism and Metaphysical painting, he joined the Surrealists in 1929 and his talent for self-publicity rapidly made him the most famous representative of the movement. Throughout his life he cultivated eccentricity and exhibitionism (one of his most famous acts was appearing in a diving suit at the opening of the London Surrealist exhibition in 1936), claiming that this was the source of his creative energy. He took over the Surrealist theory of automatism but transformed it into a more positive method which he named `critical paranoia'. According to this theory one should cultivate genuine delusion as in clinical paranoia while remaining residually aware at the back of one's mind that the control of the reason and will has been deliberately suspended. He claimed that this method should be used not only in artistic and poetical creation but also in the affairs of daily life. His paintings employed a meticulous academic technique that was contradicted by the unreal `dream' space he depicted and by the strangely hallucinatory characters of his imagery.
His subjects were many and varied, but they had one thing in common - they captured vivid and beautiful images of life Jamaican life - from landscape to people to greenery and sunlight. Michael Lester found his inspiration in Jamaica and spent many years painting.
In recognition of his fine work, the National Gallery of Jamaica had an exhibition, aptly entitled Picturing Paradise. The exhibition was curated by Dr. David Boxer.
He was born Michael Leszczynski in Poland in 1906. Though he was born far from the sea, he spent most of his working life in the British and Polish navies. In 1953, he settled in the hills overlooking Montego Bay. During his time at sea he had been able to indulge his extraordinary talent for painting and watercolour and already had an international artistic reputation when he arrived in Jamaica.
Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904. He graduated Dartmouth College and attended Oxford University. He received honorary doctorates from Princeton, J.F. Kennedy University, Dartmouth and Brown University.By the time he died in 1991, he wrote and illustrated nearly 50 books.
During his lifetime his books sold over 100 million copies and have been translated into 20 different languages and that number continues to rise at an accelerated rate. His book, Green Eggs and Ham, is the third largest selling book in the English language, EVER.In 1997,
The Chase Group acquired exclusive worldwide rights to publish the work of Dr. Seuss as limited edition prints.
Manoukian started painting seriously at the age of 11. He entered the Academy of Art in Yerevan in 1967 and also studied in Moscow and Leningrad. He was admitted to the USSR Union of Artists aged only 26. His first exhibition was in 1972 in Yerevan. He had many more up until to 1987 when he emigrated to United States.
Martiros Manoukian, now living in the United States, is one of the elite few artists whose thousands of originals have sold worldwide. He is one of the most successful artists in Japan, United States and Europe. He has participated in numerous international exhibits and received many honors and awards
'LIZ', 80cm x 40cm ORIGINAL, OIL ON WOOD
JEFF ROLAND
$1000
Born in France in 1969, Roland has sold works to collectors in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Norway, Canada , & Italy. His work is part of the London Museum of Everything Collection and the Barcelona Davis Museum collection .
His paintings have recently been exhibited at the Brick Lane Gallery (London,2010), the Cannes Palm Beach Art Festival (Cannes , 2010) and at the Tate Modern ( London 2010)as part of the Museum of Everything exhibition 2, ,at the Museum de la Halle St Pierre (Paris, 2010), Galeri Vox (Halden , Norway 2010) and the University of Nancy (Nancy, FR,2011) .
Roland believes that his art, which emerges from the subconscious, should not be defined according to the expectations of the modern art world. Instead, it is a personal interaction between artist, canvas and viewer. A self-taught painter, Roland's work is characterised by his use of distinctive,tribal-like figures, a juxtaposition of opposing symbols and flattened backgrounds. His paintings fuse aspects of the raw style with contemporary literary and visual references. A number of key themes can be identified in Roland's paintings. These include belonging (as an artist and individual), interconnectedness and conformity. He is also fascinated by the creation of history. The consumption of one society by another appears repeatedly in his body of works.
Roland's paintings stress that "civilization" is built on the fragments of older, arguably moreprimitive societies. This is used as a psychological metaphor where civilization acts as the rational conscious usurping the place of the more primitive subconscious thought.
'THERE AREN'T ANY DECENT SAINTS ANYMORE', 65cm x 60cm, OIL ON PAPER
JEFF ROLAND
$900
Ormond Beach, Florida
FINE ART CONSIGNMENTS
'CARNIVAL MASK', LIM EDITION
MARTIROS MANOUKIAN
$2000
'LORAX', LIM EDITION
'BEE KEEPER', LIM EDITION
DR SUESS GIESEL
$400
DR SUESS GIESEL
$400
'IF I CAN'T FIND A REINDEER', LIM EDITION
DR SUESS GIESEL
$500
'THING 1 & THING 2', LIM EDITION
DR SUESS GIESEL
$500
'THE WARMING', ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA, 50'' X 40''
STEVE MCLACHLIN
$4150
Steve has spent a lifetime as a working, involved artist, painting, sculpting, studying. He is devoted to antiques; their care and conservation. His Art of Restoration, enjoys a national reputation for quality workmanship. An extensive knowledge of antique American arms and in-depth study of African arts have earned him an experts status– but painting is Steve’s ultimate passion: He has won numerous awards and sold works world-wide.
'WELCOME TO NIGHT OWL TELEVISION', ORIGINAL PAPER-CUT
JON ARGE
'KEEP IT MOVING LADIES, WE HAVEN'T GOT ALL MORNING', ORIGINAL PAPER-CUT
JON ARGE
Collected worldwide, ARGE's work has found a place with both commercial and private clients while his corporate commissions include IBM, Coca-Cola, and Turner. He has exhibited extensively throughout the South and was one of eleven artists chosen for the 2001 Atlanta Biennial.
Eddie LeRoy was chosen by Waterfowl USA to be the 1990-1991 sponsored print artist of the year, and the Alabama Ducks Unlimited 1991 sponsored print artist of the year. He has won the Alabama Wildlife Federation's Art Competition, the 1990-1991 Florida Wild Turkey Stamp competition. He has just recently won the 1998-1999 Arkansas Turkey Stamp, the 1999-2000 Alabama Duck Stamp, the National Wild Turkey 2000 Wild Turkey Stamp and the 2000 Texas Wild Turkey Stamp. Also the 2003 Quail Unlimited Stamp and the Arkansas 2003 Turkey Stamp. Twice, he has been in the top 20 in the Federal Duck Stamp competition.
He was chosen twice for the Mississippi Ducks Unlimited Fly Away Duck Stamp. He has also painted patterns for Realtree Camouflage, the Realtree X-tra Brown or Gray, Advantage Green, Woodland Plus and Ducks Unlimited Waterfowl Camouflage. His paintings are also exclusively featured on Team Realtree Outdoor T-shirts sold nationwide through department stores. Eddie has done work for Ducks Unlimited national art package and the art package for the Nation Wild Turkey Federation, Buckmasters and other wildlife organizations.
EDDY LEROY, LIM EDITION ETCHING, # 377/1700
''3 DARK WOOD FRAME, VELVET BORDER
$695
