Mel and I were cruising local antique shops today and stumbled across these fantastic abstract fish watercolors. These are still so vibrant and are in great condition.
The artist signed these pieces André. We researched him and really didn’t find any info on him.
These pieces are a cool addition to our undersea pieces.
It felt great to be out antiquing today with Mel. It was a much needed break from unpacking. We have some other pieces we found that we will share soon.
As you may be aware, we’re major collectors of Carlo of Hollywood watercolors. One of our favorite pieces is our large Stallion watercolor.
This is one of the two smaller ones that would have been part of this 3 piece set. When Carlo watercolor paintings were sold, they were usually in pairs or sets of three. In the case of this stallion set, there is one large one and two smaller ones. Usually, one of the smaller ones would be almost a duplicate of the larger one.
This one has some character, but it may just be dirt under the glass. I’ll have to take it apart and clean it up!
We just love the bold imagery of these pieces. We of course, love the forced perspective/angular frames.
We decided to hang them above our fireplace.
Hopefully, one day we’ll locate the other smaller Carlo.
As always, we hope to enjoy these for years to come.
Mel and I were contacted by Bobbie at At Home Modern regarding these fantastic Carlo of Hollywood watercolors she purchased from auction house in New Jersey. I had seen pictures of these online before but had never seen them in person. They are soo cool with the black background.
Unfortunately, these had some mild condition issues. It appears dust and some light mildew had accumulated on the surface of the art. This happens when the back dust cover is torn or missing or when the paintings are stored in a humid area. If you recall, we had a set of bullfighters that had mold that penetrated the paintings. I had to do an extensive restoration of that pair. Luckily, the mold & dust on this set did not penetrate the art.
We were able to carefully remove the surface debris and they cleaned up great!
I refinished the frames of course.
These will look fantastic in our Tiki room.
Here is a sample of the Tiki Room so far. There is still a lot I want to do. So far so good.
Carlo of Hollywood Fish
Carlo of Hollywood Nudes
Carlo of Hollywood Jungle Cats
Carlo of Hollywood Egyptian
Pink & Gray Lustroware Cookies and Waste
Tickled Pink Mugs
Hepcats Haven 