Peter Loftus (American, Born 1948), Set of Three Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Field Studies

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Peter Loftus (American, born 1948), set of three watercolor and gouache on paper field studies to include “California Field Study, … Read more Peter Loftus (American, born 1948), set of three watercolor and gouache on paper field studies to include “California Field Study, Coastal Evergreens, Variation #1,” dated 1981 and signed and dated lower right Loftus 6/11/81, “Dunes of Ano Nuevo, Field Study for #16,” dated 1981 and signed and dated lower left Loftus 1981, and “Dunes of Ano Nuevo, Field Study for #18,” dated 1981 and signed and dated lower left Loftus 5/29/81, each depicting coastal dune and evergreen landscapes, each with verso Fischbach Gallery labels and annotations, all presented in matching light wood frames with white mats, provenance Fischbach Gallery, New York City, each sight size 8" x 8 1/2"; overall size with frame 16 5/8" x 16 5/8"

Landscape painter Peter Loftus moved to California in the late 1970s in search of the ideal light for his plein-air watercolor and gouache works. Lower back troubles forced him to switch to painting with oils, which he could do while standing.

Loftus also began to do more work from photographs. Although his medium changed, Loftus continued painting his landscapes with the techniques he had developed while painting with watercolor.

Peter Loftus is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and the University of Pennsylvania where he was a student of Neil Welliver.

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American Artist, August 2004 See less