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Executed in 1980, this striking work measures is elegantly presented within a warm walnut frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMueller's artistic path began with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Texas in 1969, providing a strong initial grounding. He further refined his vision at Bennington College, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts in 1971, steeped in the tenets of Color Field painting and Lyrical Abstraction. He masterfully evolves these traditions here, showcasing how he used them as a stepping-off point rather than a definitive endpoint. Sweeping, layered arcs of verdant green watercolor establish an enveloping, almost ceremonial space, drawing the viewer's gaze toward a potent central form. This focal point, rendered in a rich, textured crimson, rises with a visceral, gestural energy, its dynamic brushwork evoking a primal force or a revered symbolic structure. Below, a broad, grounding wave of deep magenta anchors the composition, its fluid expanse echoing the vibrant intensity above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacteristic of Mueller's distinct practice, this piece transcends pure abstraction, hinting at the spiritual symbols and motifs that became integral to his mature oeuvre. While deeply rooted in the expansive chromatic washes of Color Field and the emotive freedom of Lyrical Abstraction, the iconic presence and directness of the central form subtly nod to the \"pop\" sensibilities that infused his later explorations. 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The sensual space is captured by the female nude that is one with the landscape. A gorgeous piece by Ondrea Vicklund. Original art. G\u003cspan\u003eouache \u003c\/span\u003eon paper. Brush matte metal gold frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in the woods of Northern Wisconsin and shaped by its wide-open quietude, Ondrea Vicklund has always felt the pull to make things—first on her mother’s walls, later in galleries, video games, magazines, murals, and design studios. She studied fine art and illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and spent years creating for others: as an editorial illustrator, concept artist, co-founder of a wallpaper company, and custom muralist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, her work is guided by something deeper—more internal. Based in Mill Valley, Ondrea paints both en plein air and in the studio, chasing light in conversation with the land and in rhythm with the feminine form. 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Rhythm and movement encompass this mixed media painting. A beautiful abstract on canvas. Signed and dated, 2021. Unframed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"margin-bottom faso-workszoom-data-comments\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"faso-user-p\"\u003e\"I could not get DNA replication out of my head during this piece.  This is the original information superhighway.\"  -Wood \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDarin Wood has been drawn to capture the gesture or feel of his subject. Darin loves the outdoors and prefers to wander about his native Canada and surrogate Texas for inspiration. His raison d'etre is to capture the essence of his subject without being literal. He says, \"I am stunned by the tiny differences in lighting in a subject from one moment to the next and I am compelled to paint them.\" Wood paints portraits, figures, and landscapes with equal aplomb. He currently resides outside of San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am an artist hailing from eastern Canada. I’m influenced and inspired by Ryan Hewitt, Lindsey Kustusch, Irina Yermalova and Peter Pharoah. I love how their pieces focus on compositional arrangement of darks and lights, floating light into the shadows and the overall visual excitement created by strong contrast.\" -Wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCanadian Texas Artist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"attachment_52507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44060813721817,"sku":"","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Pinocyte_by_Darin_Wood.jpg?v=1748458755"},{"product_id":"signed-e-cocco-1957-mid-century-abstract-painting","title":"Plumes and Dragons Painting by E. 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Cocco Anno 1957\" on verso with \"Compasizione.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1957\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44060839936217,"sku":"","price":1898.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Plumes_and_Dragons_Painting_by_E._Cocco.jpg?v=1734637648"},{"product_id":"william-jolly-nude-woman-california-solarization-photograph","title":"Jane in Stripped Light by William Jolly (1927-2014)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15”H x 12”W x 1”D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA beautiful intimate photograph. A female nude caught in a moment by Bill Jolly. A golden sheen covers the figure in seemingly natural sunlight. A favorite at ByCloudia. In fantastic condition. signed. Framed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWilliam L. Jolly impressively crafted a Solarization Photograph of a Female Nude, elevating the discipline of Solarization Photography. An esteemed professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, Jolly is also noted for his prolific writings on the subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Lee Jolly taught himself to take photographs and develop film using his father's Retina I after discovering the limitations of his Kodak Brownie camera. Later, during summer vacations from chemistry studies at the University of Illinois he worked in photographic papers-connected departments for the Kodak Film Company. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"viewer-5oi7n\" class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter he retired from the Department of Chemistry in 1991, Jolly worked exclusively on photographic chemistry, mainly on the elucidation of the Sabatier effect and related phenomena. He invented innovative print techniques such as chromoskedasic solarization and silver mirror printing. His photographic work was among the first whole, illustrated books to be published on a web site in Solarization Demystified, written with the help of his second wife, Jane. His photographs have appeared in both photographic literature and in various galleries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44096869138649,"sku":"","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Jane_in_Stripped_Light_by_William_Jolly_1927-2014.jpg?v=1746739217"},{"product_id":"untitled-by-jill-london","title":"Untitled by Jill London","description":"\u003cp\u003e16\" x 9 3\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis painting was created as a series, but is sold individually.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful painting by Jill London is one of the \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ethree in a  grouping representing  prayers for peace throughout our universe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe qualities of gold leaf and the light that is created are part of the dynamic of the reflections both internal and external on the picture plane. London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. She has had many one-person shows in the US and Spain and has contributed to over fifty group exhibitions in the US, Spain, Finland, and Qatar. \"If I can bring some sense of beauty into this world that, right now, is feeling pretty tragic and pretty scary, I'll keep trying to do that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFind more information about Jill Londons’s craft at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gilders.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egilders.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2005 -2010. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112126247129,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/AB003CF6-9A5A-4B95-B9B3-2D7384D5937B.jpg?v=1696541541"},{"product_id":"twisted-by-jesus-zamarron","title":"Twisted by Jesus Zamarron","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e36”H x 60”L x 1 1\/2”D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on canvas. Custom Steel frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTIST - JESUS ZAMARRÓN \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesús Zamarrón is a mid-career artist, whose work has been exhibited internationally both in Europe and the United States. He has a bachelor’s of Fine Arts, from Complutense University in Madrid, and a Masters of Art Education from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to Javier Melian of Chrom Gallery, there is always something magical and spiritual in his work. Like a trance or a path to a deeper level of consciousness which one could only find in his art. I always admired the intensity of the colours and the violence of his strokes which bear the essence of the Spanish imaginarium whilst serving as an introspective magnifying lens to his universe. An eclectic amalgam of styles, he defines himself as a modernist; \"I am a contemporary modernist artist. My strokes might suggest that I am an artist from the past, but the elements, and structure of my compositions are fresh, from these times\". His paintings are imbued by the raw, intense colours of his native land. Reds, yellows and ochres of the Spanish landscape and spirit. \"The stories in my paintings tend to be dark, in a colourful bold way, if that makes any sense\". Zamarrón reaches beyond the mundane to alter one’s perception of the world, and make it a more metaphysical art. An art critic said: “Zamarrón represents the subjects in his paintings with respect, but also these subjects are viewed from a new angle. They prompt the artist to manipulate their forms by entering an unusual conceptual layer. In other words, Zamarrón’s interpretation of the supernatural and the faith that purports it is very, very unique. At once happy and terrifying, dynamic and stale, his traces are reminiscent of the primitivism of a Matisse or a Cézanne. Nobody can deny that a certain flare must be expected of a Spanish artist, but Zamarrón’s theatrics are subdued, his gestures under control, but nonetheless strongly pulsating within the innards of his canvases. In conversation he appears simultaneously aloof and goofy, but in the end his heart is one of gold. This shows in his pictures. They are most heartfelt, they are authentic, generous and completely non-trivial. Like a García Márquez novel, fantasy is just around the corner for Zamarrón. The world is a miracle waiting to happen. Rather, it is a constant stream of hidden miracles, overlooked by most people, who are too busy to appreciate art, appreciate the muse, the execution of a concept in a magical sense…too busy to really live. Isn’t that sad? That’s what our painter asks himself, or anyone who would listen. Why the need to rush, why the race to nowhere, why the addiction to the electronic mirages that surround all of us? Zamarrón thinks that we should free ourselves from that tyranny, with the help of attainable pleasures: friendships, food, laughter and art.” Zamarron’s art is, as the person: spontaneous, generous, universal, touching. It belongs to everyone. It’s where life comes alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In my paintings I enjoy expressing spontaneity and randomness through color. It gives the painting a type of freedom and ease that contrasts the deeper voices of the subject matter, the story behind. So at the end my art is about life itself. A struggle between the yin and yang, the laughter and the seriousness of being alive. I feel like I am a citizen of the world, like many other Spaniards now have to leave their country in search for a better life, and many people in this world have to do the same. My art is represented in aggressive and raw intense colors that I take from my native land, and the light of both countries where I have been fortunate to live, the Californian and Andalusian sun. The red colors, the yellows and ocres of the Spanish landscape and spirit, just like the collective historical psyche of the Iberian population holds true to the “tragic sense of life”. I believe my art is universal and nomadic, as I feel like a gypsy painter at times. Me and my art are evolving and changing daily. My work is a transformation of memories, reality and dreams into one visual narrative. To create my compositions I combine images from my imagination, dreams, books, magazines, and the internet. This fuels my creative process.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA member of the ByCloudia team will help facilitate shipping upon purchase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesús Zamarrón, is an artist who loves to draw and paint a variety of eclectic themes, including interiors, portraits and crowds and landscapes. He has been painting recently the light of the landscape of his homeland, and also of his adoptive land, California, where he has lived in San Francisco for more than 1\/4 of century. His intensely evocative treatment of bright bold colors and the psychological subject matter make his art very unique. You can feel the artist's joie de vivre in the way the paint, symbols and characters flow in his canvases. His signature bold brushstrokes capture the light with a moody sort of melancholy and nostalgia. There is a metaphysical vision and weight in his work. He paints the street life of the \"city by the bay\" and its people. He enjoys the surreal and the strange, but also the laughter as a means of survival. The fundamental is the spirit and the soul, the core of his art. His style of painting comes from within and it is not very formal or calculated. It belongs to the expression and mood of the moment, it is a visceral approach to painting. His art incorporates vibrant colors, light, expression, feelings, darkness, liberation, hope, sadness, laughter and moody quirkiness. Jesús Zamarrón’s art has a hint of all of this and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurrently, he alternates his work as an art educator (SF Arts Education Project) and a professional artist. He continued with his studies in art and graduated with an MA, Masters of Art Education from the Academy of Art University. 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Wear consistent with age. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eUSA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e1970s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44175037202649,"sku":"","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/The_Show_by_Lynn_French_Hansen.jpg?v=1748624659"},{"product_id":"june-day-by-lynn-french-hansen","title":"June Day by Lynn French Hansen","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e36”H x 24”L x 7\/8” D\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLynn French Hansen, a Boulder, Colorado-based artist from the 1970s, created a body of work that can be described as vibrant, colorful, and almost psychedelic. 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London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. 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London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. She has had many one-person shows in the US and Spain and has contributed to over fifty group exhibitions in the US, Spain, Finland, and Qatar. \"If I can bring some sense of beauty into this world that, right now, is feeling pretty tragic and pretty scary, I'll keep trying to do that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFind more information about Jill Londons’s craft at \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/gilders.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egilders.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(between 2005-2009) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44175631384793,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Whispering_Pines_by_Jill_London.jpg?v=1748625772"},{"product_id":"flight-by-jill-london","title":"Flight by Jill London","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e12” x 6” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWater gilded panel painting. “Flight” by Jill London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe qualities of gold leaf and the light that is created are part of the dynamic of the reflections both internal and external on the picture plane. London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. She has had many one-person shows in the US and Spain and has contributed to over fifty group exhibitions in the US, Spain, Finland, and Qatar. \"If I can bring some sense of beauty into this world that, right now, is feeling pretty tragic and pretty scary, I'll keep trying to do that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFind more information about Jill Londons’s craft at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gilders.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egilders.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jill London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44175658254553,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Flight_by_Jill_London.jpg?v=1748625818"},{"product_id":"morse-code-by-jill-london","title":"Morse Code by Jill London","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12” x 6” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWater gilded panel painting with punchwork. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe qualities of gold leaf and the light that is created are part of the dynamic of the reflections both internal and external on the picture plane. London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. She has had many one-person shows in the US and Spain and has contributed to over fifty group exhibitions in the US, Spain, Finland, and Qatar. \"If I can bring some sense of beauty into this world that, right now, is feeling pretty tragic and pretty scary, I'll keep trying to do that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFind more information about Jill Londons’s craft at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gilders.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egilders.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jill London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44175669625049,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Morse_Code_by_Jill_London.jpg?v=1748626331"},{"product_id":"somesville-by-jill-london","title":"Somesville by Jill London","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e12” x 6” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eWater gilded panel painting with punchwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThe qualities of gold leaf and the light that is created are part of the dynamic of the reflections both internal and external on the picture plane. London only uses methods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e from our natural surroundings. Wood, water, chalk, rabbit skin glue, clay, gold leaf, egg tempera made with egg yolks and earth pigments are all derived from the natural environment. \u003c\/span\u003eThis mark making is part of an ongoing dialogue relating to scale, handwriting, and communication. Gold ethically sourced in Italy. Gilded panel with egg tempera and sgraffito.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon, true to her art, uses traditional methods and materials used during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, between 1361 and 1352. She brings tradition into Modern Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"s4\"\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSgraffito is an intricate design or line drawing, which is drawn into the dried egg tempera paint surface, revealing the water gilded surface underneath. The gilded surface is painted with a hand made egg tempera paint and once it dries, patterns are scraped and drawn into the surface allowing the gilded surface to show through. Fabulous effects are created which give another dimension and detail to a gilded surface. Often this technique was used in Renaissance panel painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e——————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJill London finds freedom in her abstract artwork, and you're invited to join her.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJill London's life is dedicated to the creation of inspirational abstract artworks. Viewers respond to the beauty and energy they see in her work. \"If my art is true, it's going to be alive long after I am... Energy is a big part of this: mark-making is an expression of energy.\" She works deliberately, considering how each color, form, and gesture will serve the piece. She is sowing the creation of immersive spaces for contemplation and growth. \"Abstract space is pretty amazing. What I try to convey in the work is this sense of vast space... To have a picture plane where you can have some freedom of thought is mesmerizing to me.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShe provokes her viewers to think but doesn't want to tell them what to think. Her reverence for freedom comes from her awareness of its rarity. \"I believe in free thinking, and I want people to look at the work and have an open thought... My work is really about freedom of thought.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJill's daily rituals support a practice of love, gratitude, and conscience, and these rituals inform her creative process. She lives in harmony with nature, employing meditation, prayer, Taiji, and Qigong to bring focus and discipline to her work. She carefully prepares her materials from historic and elemental sources, mixing her own paints and inks. Jill employs gold leaf, silver leaf, and other noble alloys to amplify and reflect light and facilitate the interplay between positive and negative space.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJill London was born in LA and grew up in Connecticut. She has a BA from Temple University's Tyler School of Art, and her artistic awareness has been shaped by travel to Israel, Italy, and Spain. After graduating from college, Jill dove into the boisterous downtown New York art scene and kept a Lower East Side studio for 41 years. She worked in Jean-Michel Basquiat's studio and apprenticed in traditional water gilding techniques with New York painter, frame-maker, gilder, and goldsmith Robert Kulicke. For six years, on and off, Jill was a printmaker and painter in Cuenca, Spain. During her time there, the city mounted a one-woman show of her work, complete with a color monograph. Many of Jill's summers included making art in a cabin on Mount Desert Island, Maine, where she enjoyed the generous support and sanctuary provided by Aurelia Thistle Brown and her Wingspread Gallery. Northern California's allure became palpable, and Jill spent many subsequent years shuttling between her live\/work\/gardening spaces on New York's 2nd Street (where she was an active member of the Le Petit Versailles community garden) and San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. With The Gilder's Studio, she refined her architectural gilding skills and has gilded many spectacular structures, including the NY Life Building, DC's Union Station, the Great Lion of Macau, Central Park's General Sherman Statue, and Kauai's Hindu Monastery. Jill is a much-sought-after gilding teacher. She has taught at the Smithsonian Institution, was an Adjunct Professor at FIT SUNY for several years, and enjoyed a residency at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Jill served as Chair of Education at the Society of Gilders for fifteen years. After decades of bicoastal hustle, she and her partner, artist Paul Nowell, have settled in the forests north of San Francisco.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJill is represented on the East Coast by Barbara Pisch at Patriae Studio; in the South, by Claudia Geoly of ByCloudia, Austin; and in the West by Dennis Calabi of Calabi Gallery, Healdsburg, CA. Her works are in the permanent collection of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Museum of Archaeology, Cuenca, Spain, and in private collections around the world. She has had many one-person shows in the US and Spain and has contributed to over fifty group exhibitions in the US, Spain, Finland, and Qatar. \"If I can bring some sense of beauty into this world that, right now, is feeling pretty tragic and pretty scary, I'll keep trying to do that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFind more information about Jill Londons’s craft at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gilders.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003egilders.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jill London","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44176238575833,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Somesville_by_Jill_London.jpg?v=1748626709"},{"product_id":"abstract-textured-painting-by-unknown-artist","title":"Red, A Sand and Acrylic Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e32 1\/2” x 32 1\/2” x 2 1\/2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWe love a mystery and this piece has it all. An original painting in acrylic and sand on canvas. A rising or setting sun? An expressionist look at the beginning of life? A beautiful red within golden yellow hues on black. We can dig deep with this painting. Gold lines set the mood. Framed in a traditional ebony wood frame. A textural painting  encompassing the sand within the brush strokes. Signed. 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The composition captures the quiet, rustic charm of a European countryside, anchored by a calm mill pond that reflects the soft, diffused light of an overcast sky. Reilley employs a sophisticated, earthy palette of muted moss greens, warm taupes, and slate greys to create a naturalistic mood, showcasing his skilled draftsmanship in the intricate rendering of leafless trees and the textural details of the historic stone bridge and Tudor-style mill buildings. The painting has been professionally cleaned to restore the vibrancy of the oils and is presented in its original gold-leafed wood frame, which retains some vintage wear that adds character to the piece. It is finished with a pristine, new fabric mat. Signed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritish Artist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1960s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576397852889,"sku":"","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/321F803E-F5C1-4C8E-9FD2-8628CA154D61.jpg?v=1762013768"},{"product_id":"saint-thomas-aquino-retablo","title":"19th Century Saint Thomas Aquino Retablo","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e131\/2\" x 11 1\/8\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA stunning Mexican creation. A rectangle embossed tin frame holds the original hand drawn print of Saint Thomas of Aquino soldered into the frame. A beautiful antique. Tin is complete with age appropriate patina. Print shows signs of age. Original glass. Marked: S.ta Tomas Aquino\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Tid-Bit:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMexico tinwork was made to approximate the look of silver, at a time when the possession of silver by anyone unauthorized by the Spanish government was illegal. Tinsmiths realized once the Santa Fe Trail opened that much of the perishable freight being transported along the trail was sealed in tin cans, which once opened were discarded. By flattening out the tin and cutting and stamping the flat pieces, tinsmiths could produce works worthy of using as decoration in homes and churches. 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working on fine-grain sandpaper, Klemm utilizes the raw tooth of the surface to contrast a heavily textured, fractured snowy foreground with a dense, near-abstract dark thicket.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"7\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-796 citation-end-796\"\u003eSlender tree trunks rendered in warm ochres and unexpected ribbons of burnt orange slice vertically through the scene, creating a sophisticated play of chiaroscuro that highlights Klemm's early realization that visual art requires a bit of intuitive \"trickery\" to make a scene feel alive.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"8\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\" id=\"p-rc_fcd22100aaf40758-49\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-795 citation-end-795\"\u003eWhile Klemm would later become renowned for expansive, hazy vistas, this early piece balances the raw structural geometry of Hoey's influence with the dreamlike atmosphere Klemm is celebrated for today.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"9\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-794 citation-end-794\"\u003eUnsigned, as is characteristic of his earliest studio experiments, this excellent-condition work is an indispensable historical document for collectors of contemporary Texas art, capturing the exact moment where mentorship evolved into Klemm's own legendary improvisational genius.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"10\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTexas \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1990s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874031366361,"sku":"","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Pastel_Winter_Trees_by_Will_Klemm_Texas_B.1957.webp?v=1748638210"},{"product_id":"warning-they-are-coming-a-collage-by-paul-horn","title":"Warning! 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Known for \"tacky\" garage sale shows and mixed tapes, Paul Horn's unconventional approach and exotic exploitation of the crumbling Gilded Age spotlights familiar, comforting vintage memorabilia and ephemera at the forefront of his assemblages. A chaos of pop sensationalism devours the viewer, poignantly regurgitating socio-economic privilege, waste, and ephemerality.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEarly 2000s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874309206233,"sku":"","price":4800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Warning_They_Are_Coming_a_collage_by_Paul_Horn_b.1966.jpg?v=1748713064"},{"product_id":"autorretrato-en-blanes-de-la-serie-catalana-by-jose-luis-cuevas","title":"José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, 1931–2017) Untitled, from the Suite Castellana (1981)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 28\" x 33 1\/2\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis significant etching and aquatint from José Luis Cuevas’ \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"61\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eSuite Castellana\u003c\/i\u003e showcases the artist's virtuosic command of line, heavy biting, and subtle plate tone. Created in 1981 in Barcelona, Spain, the artwork plunges the viewer into a haunting, surreal tableau where nude figures, rendered with both soft, fleshy washes of earth-toned aquatint and a touch of unease, interact with ambiguous forms. A central anthropomorphic figure reminiscent of a horse or dog adds to the dreamlike atmosphere of human alienation, while a somber, seated youth wearing a distorted hat gazes blankly, lightly sketching a tiny nude figure onto the surface of his chair. This evocative composition invites viewers to explore the complex interplay of form and meaning, standing as a testament to Cuevas' legacy as a pivotal figure of the Latin American \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"894\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eGeneración de la Ruptura\u003c\/i\u003e (Rupture Generation). Emerging in the late 1950s after honing his skills at La Esmeralda and Mexico City College under mentors like Lola Cueto, Cuevas fiercely challenged the established norms of Mexican muralism by championing the raw intimacy of figurative drawing and printmaking. His provocative work and candid critiques earned him the reputation of an \u003ci data-index-in-node=\"1277\" data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/i\u003e in the art world, catching the eye of curator José Gómez Sicre and leading to prestigious global exhibitions, the First Prize in Drawing at the Fifth São Paulo Biennial, and Mexico's National Prize of Fine Arts in 1981—the same year this piece was executed. Numbered \"P.A. 9\/10\" (Artist's Proof) in the lower margin, this specific print carries historic provenance from the Gerhard Wurzer Gallery in Houston, Texas, with its label on the verso, and exhibits elegant, character-rich wear, light time-toning, and a tear to the backing paper commensurate with its age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MessageContent-module__message-content___Am59P MessageContent-module__message-content--markdown___oLH9Y\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1981\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45181934502105,"sku":"","price":2980.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/IMG-1336.png?v=1781147609"},{"product_id":"sin-titulo-by-juan-navarro-baldeweg","title":"Sin Titulo By Juan Navarro Baldeweg b.1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e22\" x 30\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis striking lithograph (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"26\"\u003eSin Título\u003c\/i\u003e, 50\/100) by Juan Navarro Baldeweg (Spanish, b. 1939) beautifully bridges the worlds of fine art and master-level architecture. Celebrated for his multi-disciplinary career—including major exhibitions at Madrid's famed Museo Reina Sofía and the Venice Biennale—the 1990 \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"306\"\u003ePremio Nacional de Artes Plásticas\u003c\/i\u003e winner brings a structural engineer's precision to the canvas, a skill refined during his early years as a research fellow at MIT. This piece arrives with an impeccable provenance from the estate of Dr. Charles Christopher Soufas (1948–2020), a distinguished Guggenheim Fellow and professor of Spanish literature whose lifelong devotion to Spain's avant-garde culture perfectly mirrors the intellectual spirit of this artwork. Driven by a lifelong fascination with how we experience light and gravity, Baldeweg constructs a fascinating visual conversation between crisp geometric discipline and free, organic sketching. The composition relies on a dramatic three-part layout: a bold, central white column is framed by two deep charcoal-gray fields, creating a powerful visual tension that plays with our sense of foreground and background. Within the dark sections, clean architectural outlines and dense, scribbled lines suggest the layered depth of a blueprint; in contrast, the central white column is alive with fluid, expressive movements rendered in a warm, terracotta-red ink. Hand-initialed \"NB\" in a soft, chalk-like crayon that preserves the intimate touch of the artist's hand, the print is float-mounted to display the natural, deckled edges of the fine paper. Housed in a minimalist black frame, the artwork itself is in excellent condition with sharp contrast, while the vintage frame shows minor, superficial wear consistent with age—offering a sophisticated, accessible, and deeply engaging statement piece for any collector.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45181943742681,"sku":"","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Sin_Titulo_By_Juan_Navarro_Baldeweg_b.1939.jpg?v=1781013902"},{"product_id":"poivrons-et-tomates-by-andre-cottavoz","title":"Still Life Painting \"Poivrons et Tomates\" by André Cottavoz (1922-2022)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9 1\/2” x 16 1\/4” \u003cstrong\u003eFramed: \u003c\/strong\u003e10 1\/2” x 17 1\/4”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHoused in its original, age-toned mid-century gallery frame, this vibrant 1967 oil-on-board still life by André Cottavoz, transforms a traditional culinary motif into a high-relief, sculptural exploration of light and form. Titled \u003ci\u003ePoivrons et Tomates\u003c\/i\u003e and painted in Antibes, France, the composition vibrates with a dense arrangement of rich, earthy reds, terracotta tones, and flashes of cool, viridian green, all rendered through a thick, expressive impasto that blurs the lines between representation and pure abstraction. \u003cspan class=\"citation-171 citation-end-171\"\u003eCottavoz’s signature lifelong approach to treating paint as a three-dimensional medium—famously sparked at age fourteen when he was so struck by a Vincent van Gogh landscape in a shop window that he rushed home to replicate it using a kitchen knife—\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eis fully realized here; he explicitly described his process as \"almost sculpting,\" building, kneading, and layering the pigment with a brush, knife, and his bare hands to let raw emotion dictate the canvas. \u003cspan class=\"citation-170\"\u003eThis carnal, heavily knifed texture directly embodies the philosophy of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-170\"\u003eSanzisme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-170\"\u003e (or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-170\"\u003eNoisme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-170 citation-end-170\"\u003e) movement,\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e which Cottavoz co-founded in Lyon in 1948 alongside student peers from the École des Beaux-Arts to reject academic constraints and reigning mid-century abstract trends. \u003cspan class=\"citation-169 citation-end-169\"\u003eMeaning \"without an -ism,\" Sanzisme championed the freedom to paint \"in the light,\" declaring that light should not merely illuminate a subject from the outside, but violently gush from the physical depth of the paint itself.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-168\"\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-168\"\u003ePoivrons et Tomates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-168 citation-end-168\"\u003e, this manifests as structural forms of produce carved directly into the heavy pigment, catching ambient light to cast natural micro-shadows across the panel.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-167 citation-end-167\"\u003eBorn in Saint-Marcellin, Cottavoz weathered wartime forced labor in Austria through the salvation of his art before returning to lead the Lyon School of New Figuration,\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e ultimately gaining elite validation with the University of Paris’s Fénéon Prize in 1953 and lasting international success through legendary Japanese dealer Kiyoshi Tamenaga. \u003cspan class=\"citation-166 citation-end-166\"\u003eToday, while the piece exhibits minor wear to its frame and historical water damage visible exclusively on the paper backing of the reverse side, the face of the painting remains magnificent and highly stable on its sturdy board support, serving as a powerful testament to an artist who successfully merged the raw gravity of Chaim Soutine with the brilliant, sun-baked radiance of the French Riviera.\u003csup class=\"superscript\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAntibes, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1967\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45181951049945,"sku":"","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Still_Life_Painting_Poivrons_et_Tomates_by_Andr_Cottavoz_1922-2022.jpg?v=1748982899"},{"product_id":"composition-by-jean-piaubert","title":"Mixed Media painting by Jean Piaubert (1900-2002)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e29\"H x 24\"W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis powerful abstract composition exemplifies Jean Piaubert's post-war exploration of organic forms and raw materials. The interplay of dark tones and highlighted accents creates a sense of depth and texture, reflecting the artist's interest in depicting the \"intrinsic beauty of universal chaos\" as he described it. The work demonstrates Piaubert's mastery of mixed media and his unique ability to evoke themes of sedimentation and erosion within a purely abstract framework. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJEAN PIAUBERT\" stamp en verso. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatted, glazed in original frame. Some wear due to age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe artwork displays a predominantly dark color palette with browns, dark greens, and blacks dominating. There are highlights of gold and off-white accents. 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A contemporary artist that tells a tale of gratitude. Contreras offers a window into the everyday life of the common people of Mexico through tales once told. Acrylic on tin. Signed \"CR 24\" bottom right. \"Sirena\" on verso. Some minor scratches to painting. Unframed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Casimo Acosta pays homage with this \"milagrito\" giving thanks that you saved me from drowning ,very dead, by a beautiful mermaid that wanted to have baby mermaids with me but I swam very hard. Oaxaca May 7,1950.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eexvoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes from the Latin referring to a vow or promise. It is an offering made to a divinity to give thanks for the assistance. 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In Europe, this tradition started in 15th-century Italy. \u003cspan\u003eDuring Spanish rule, Mexicans adopted a creative way to thank the saints, the Virgin Mary, or holy figures for their help with miracles or the supernatural. The  ingenious exvotos are often moving and sometimes express humor through gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The tradition started in the upper classes, by the 18th century, it reached the rest of the population \u003c\/span\u003ewhere it adopted a form of paintings on wood or metal sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCuidad de Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"small-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-google-query-id=\"CKTvp5eu0YcDFTf-9QIdHjctQA\" name=\"dailyartmagazine_leaderboard_articles\" id=\"dailyartmagazine_leaderboard_articles_66a78720d575b\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250 __728x90\" align=\"center\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"__fs-ancillary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"__fs-branding\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757343006937,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Exvoto_Mexican_Folk_Art_Painting_-_Nude_Skeleton_Woman_with_Man_in_Traje_Jarocho.jpg?v=1749068323"},{"product_id":"mexican-gratitude-art-woman-alien-and-saint","title":"Exvoto Mexican Folk Art Painting - Woman, Alien and Virgin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12\" x 9\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vibrant exvoto folk art  painting by Christopher Rodriguez Contreras. A contemporary artist that tells a tale of gratitude. Contreras offers a window into the everyday life of the common people of Mexico through tales once told. Acrylic on tin. Signed \"CR 24\" bottom right. \"OVNI\" on verso. Some minor scratches to painting. Unframed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Maria Ramos gives thanks with this exvoto that the flying Sombrero did not take her for it gave her  quite the fright but was saved with good for that she delivers herself to the Virgin. Xaltocan April 2, 1934\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eexvoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes from the Latin referring to a vow or promise. It is an offering made to a divinity to give thanks for the assistance. In Europe, this tradition started in 15th-century Italy. \u003cspan\u003eDuring Spanish rule, Mexicans adopted a creative way to thank the saints, the Virgin Mary, or holy figures for their help with miracles or the supernatural. The  ingenious exvotos are often moving and sometimes express humor through gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The tradition started in the upper classes, by the 18th century, it reached the rest of the population \u003c\/span\u003ewhere it adopted a form of paintings on wood or metal sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCuidad de Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757364633817,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Exvoto_Mexican_Folk_Art_Painting_-_Woman_Alien_and_Virgin.jpg?v=1749068495"},{"product_id":"mexican-gratitude-folk-art-man-skeleton-with-third-eye-and-virgin","title":"Exvoto Mexican Folk Art - Man, Skeleton with Third Eye and Virgin","description":"\u003cp\u003e12\" x 9\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vibrant exvoto folk art  painting by Christopher Rodriguez Contreras. A contemporary artist that tells a tale of gratitude. Contreras offers a window into the everyday life of the common people of Mexico through tales once told. Acrylic on tin. Signed \"CR 24\" bottom right. \" on verso. Some minor scratches to painting. Unframed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Filemon Juarez pays this exvoto to the dark-skinned Virgin that the bony one with the human face wanted to take me to Mitclan but you liberated me with good and that is why I offer this miracle.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eexvoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes from the Latin referring to a vow or promise. It is an offering made to a divinity to give thanks for the assistance. In Europe, this tradition started in 15th-century Italy. \u003cspan\u003eDuring Spanish rule, Mexicans adopted a creative way to thank the saints, the Virgin Mary, or holy figures for their help with miracles or the supernatural. The  ingenious exvotos are often moving and sometimes express humor through gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The tradition started in the upper classes, by the 18th century, it reached the rest of the population \u003c\/span\u003ewhere it adopted a form of paintings on wood or metal sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCuidad de Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757372006617,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Exvoto_Mexican_Folk_Art_-_Man_Skeleton_with_Third_Eye_and_Virgin.jpg?v=1749068779"},{"product_id":"mexican-gratitude-folk-art","title":"Exvoto Mexican Folk Art Painting - Man in Lingerie Dancing with Skeleton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12\" x 9\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vibrant exvoto folk art painting by Christopher Rodriguez Contreras. A contemporary artist that tells a tale of gratitude. Contreras offers a window into the everyday life of the common people of Mexico through tales once told. Acrylic on tin. Signed \"CR 24\" bottom right. \"Calavera y Gay\" on verso. Some minor scratches to painting. Unframed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Raul Contreras gives this exvoto because the skeleton came into my room and upon seeing me alone and fragile I summoned you so he could leave and you gave me this miracle. Mexico DF August 30 1980.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eexvoto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomes from the Latin referring to a vow or promise. It is an offering made to a divinity to give thanks for the assistance. In Europe, this tradition started in 15th century Italy. \u003cspan\u003eDuring Spanish rule, Mexicans adopted a creative way to thank the saints, the Virgin Mary, or holy figures for their help with miracles or the supernatural. The  ingenious exvotos are often moving and sometimes express humor through gratitude.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The tradition started in the upper classes, by the 18th century, it reached the rest of the population \u003c\/span\u003ewhere it adopted a form of paintings on wood or metal sheets. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCuidad de Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"ByCloudia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45757375316185,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/files\/Exvoto_Mexican_Folk_Art_Painting_-_Man_in_Lingerie_Dancing_with_Skeleton.jpg?v=1749068882"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/6749\/6409\/collections\/ScreenShot2025-01-30at2.11.01PM.png?v=1746824189","url":"https:\/\/bycloudia.life\/collections\/wall-art.oembed?page=7","provider":"ByCloudia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}