These are works from the period 1980 to 1990. Age 34 to 44.
I used only Sennlier Pastels on #400 acid free Strathmore paper or charcoal where indicated.
If the piece doesn't say "collection of" it's for sale. Visa, Mastercard WELCOME.
To place an order please email me at williamcrain@earthlink.net.
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Bellvue Square
32" x 40" 1983
SOLD
BAR Life
30" x 40" 1984
SOLD
OrangeAde Morning
22" x 28" 1985
c/o Jennifer Kaye Baretta
Make Up
40" x 70" 1987
SOLD
A view of Malibu
72" x 48"
A great place for watching the surfers or getting married.
SOLD
View from Point Loma
40" x 40" 1987 A land/sea scape from just below the light house at Point Loma, San Diego, CA
c/o Stanley Baumann
Santa Monica Promenade
40" x 40" 1988
Flintridge Selection 5 & 6
c/o Anna Yares
Fountain at Buena Ventura
40" x 60" Done at a time when the connection with "Mom" was very precarious. c/o Stanley Baumann
215 Main
42" x 66" 1989 I had this empathy with the lone figure in 'Van Gogh' yellow, dwarfed by immense world behind. c/o Felicity House
Backstretch
28" x 22" (Santa Anita Suite)
Enjoying life, with a fast Gold Card crowd and working with ATTENUATED shapes. SOLD
Four Seasons 4 o'clock
40" x 30" Beneath all the color the atmosphere is sanitized... like 'manicured ambiance".
c/o Steve Vitabile
Four Seasons Foyer
30" x 40"
Nearly all fo these soft pastels from the Four Seasons suite are in the collection of Steve Vitabile.
The Musicians
40" x 30" 1986
Had one of my better class shows at Tommy Tangs on Melrose in 1989. c/o Rosemary Brown.
Poinsettia Symphony
60" x 40" 1991
As usual, I'm comfotable hidden behind my pencil and pad. From the Four Seasons Series. SOLD
Cafe 50's
60" x 40" 1991
c/o Mr. Vitabile
L'Express
60" x 40" 1991
c/o Steve Vitabile
Courtyard Montesito
40" x 30" 1991
c/o Steve Vitabile
Table Chair Woman Palm
24" x 28" 1992
A view from Montesito
SOLD
Easter Buffet
22" x 30" Charcoal 1991
Done from a drawing at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Dawings room for sketch. SOLD
Cattails
40" x 30" Charcoal 1991
There is something mysterious in charcoal that holds my intrigue.
c/o Renee Denise Crain
Sage Brush Cantina
40" x 30" Charcoal 1990
This place in Calabassas has been a great hangout for 50 years.
SOLD
Que Pasa
40" x 30" Has a different name now but still just as friendly visually.
$2400.00 (framed)
Dinner at Kings Road
14" x 17"
A cool hangout in Hollywood
c/o Katherine Petkoff & Charles Buckley. SOLD
Playing for Tips
17" x 14"
Did a lot of shows at coffee shops but did my best drawings/work out of these dens. c/o Kiah Abbey
View from Wadsworth
66" x 43", 1986
From a drawing looking SE under the bridge that is Wilshire Blvd.
$3000.00 (framed)
Sabino Canyon II
1990 ...I am rejuvenated by the waters of this Southwest Desert stream as they flow over me.
c/o Stanly Baumann
Basket of Lemons
c/o David Yochelson
You can see the drawing for this in the Drawings room.
SOLD
Gladiolas at Insomnia
21" x 28"
400.00 (framed)
Fruitscape
40" x 30"
$975.00 (framed)
