SUMIDA, GREGORY

Hollow Tree, Hollow Trunk

1972

A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Tree with Bare Branches” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is signed...

A painting by Tony de los Reyes. "The Needle" is a contemporary paiting, oil on linen in browns and blacks by American artist Tony de los Reyes. The artwork is signed on the verso, "...

An earthy, rustic 20th Century oil showing a fallen tree lying on the bank of a forest stream. The artist has used flat square brush strokes to create...

Trees Kiln-fired enamel 4.5" h x 3.5" w 9" h x 8.5" (framed) Max Karp is widely recognized as the chief innovator of modern enameling. Self-taught and driven, over the years he perfected a unique process which allowed for his creation of museum-quality, kiln-fired two-dimensional painting. Karp was born in Ohio in 1916 but raised in California. He began painting as a child by depicting various species of birds and insects for his father who was an ornithologist and entomologist. In the mid-1960's, Karp became interested in the enamel process. Over the last half century, his paintings have received critical recognition and in 1970 Hamilton Mint commissioned Karp to produce paintings of the four seasons of the year, which were then issued as a limited edition of plates on precious metal. In 1980 Karp's enamel portrait of Beverly Sills, the American Queen of Opera, was presented to the singer following her final performance. His work is included in numerous private collections including those of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margaretta “Happy" Rockefeller, and Sarah Churchill...