Baker Overstreet  "Wrinkle Queen" 2012-2013 acrylic on canvas 36"x36"
www.fredericksfreisergallery.com

Martin Ramirez   www.riccomaresca.com

Thornton Willis "Step Up" 2011 60"x48" Oil on Canvas

www.elizabethharrisgallery.com

Bernd Ribbeck  "Untitled" 2010 indian ink on paper 10"x13"

www.peterkilchmann.com

Joseph Yoakum (1890-1972) Mt. Raelene near town of Perth Australia  22"x14" n.d.
ball point pen and colored pencil on paper
www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com

Yoakum lived most of his adult life in Chicago. His drawings were inspired by his memory of travels either real or imagined. An outsider that was invited into the world of contemporary art by the Chicago Imagists who discovered his work in the 60's. Wonderfully imaginative compositions developed using the most simple and humblest of materials. Many of today's contemporary artists could learn a lot from looking at his work.

Sam Windett  "Second Tavern" 2009 oil on canvas 39.37" x 31.49"
www.theapproach.co.uk

Somewhere between abstraction and figuration Windett finds a path to his eloquent paintings. He revisits the modernist era with a unique trope of his own. He also shows with Marc Foxx in L.A.

Thomas Nozkowski Untitled (98-112) oil on panel 22"x28"

www.stephenfriedman.com

Nozkowski has a show up at Pace in New York that is getting much attention from critics and artists alike. His unique take on abstraction with his quirky compositions and allusions to figuration are resonating with many younger artists today.