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Tectonic Abstraction II

Richard Erdman October 23, 2015

Category: abstracts
Year: 2015
Dimensions: 18h x 18w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

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Richard Erdman September 23, 2015

Category: abstracts
Year: 2015
Dimensions: 16h x 16w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: Inspired by an abstract painting at a Sotheby's auction

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Richard Erdman August 16, 2015

Richard Erdman May 23, 2015

Category: abstracts
Year: 2015
Dimensions: 16h x 16w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

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Richard Erdman November 24, 2014

Category: still lifes, animals
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: I took the antique vase (from the Sung dynasty (9-12th century) from an auction advertisement and combined it with a goldfinch and an imagined Deruta ceramic. Hence, songbird.

Tags: vase, bird, finch, napkin

Richard Erdman November 23, 2014

Richard Erdman November 23, 2014

Richard Erdman November 23, 2014

Richard Erdman October 23, 2014

Category: scapes
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: not available (sold or gifted)

Comment: Inspired by a photo in a travel magazine, for me, this painting encapsulates the qualities of rugged – and ragged - fortitude in the face of life’s storms.

Tags: tree, sky

Richard Erdman October 23, 2014

Richard Erdman September 24, 2014

Richard Erdman December 13, 2013

Category: abstracts, scapes
Year: 2013
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: View of the 59th St. Bridge from my office at the US Mission to the United Nations. The name comes from the subtitle of the 1966 hit song by Simon & Garfunkel, "The 59th Street Bridge."

Tags: bridge, water, building, new york

Richard Erdman September 24, 2013

Category: still lifes
Year: 2013
Dimensions: 10h x 10w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas board
Status: for sale

Comment: Based on an advertisement.

Tags: pear, leaves, box, fruit

Richard Erdman August 23, 2013

Richard Erdman October 16, 2012

Category: still lifes
Year: 2012
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: Inspired by a painting I saw in a New York gallery.

Tags: vase, flowers