Anne Nordhaus-Bike Art

A deep pink-reddish line separates the air above from the water below in this colorful, introspective watercolor. Vibrant red, its new energy comes forward, changing the scene - perhaps a new dawn?

Original: Original watercolor painting

Signature: Signed at lower right by the artist

Size: 27 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (framed)

Professionally framed and ready to hang: Enjoy it now in your home or office!

Exquisitely "float framed": unique framing creates shallow shadow box, "floats" painting to showcase entire work of art - including heavyweight paper's dramatic textured edges

Certified: All original paintings come with a certificate of authenticity

Shipping: Original artwork ships free in continental U.S.!

A Word From Anne

This mysterious abstract watercolor painting uses a mix of pink, blue, and dark blue to give an impression of a seascape, or maybe a landscape.

It captures that compelling moment and place where the sea meets the sky, or the earth meets the sky, combining air and water in a striking mix of watercolor brushstrokes and luminous colors.

Above, see the tranquil sky with blue shapes and white to indicate clouds. Below, see the deep blue at the bottom, turning lighter as it gets to the middle; the lower half could be land or sea.

In the center, right at the horizon line, a stroke of deep pink shows just where the air and water (or land) meet and give the sense the Sun's about to rise.

Dawn is breaking.

The overall effect is a still, calm experience that will uplift you just by looking at this impressionistic, semi-abstract scene.

You'll love this painting's colors and mystery, which will draw you in again and again.

Enjoy the calm quality - and the colorful reminder that the Sun is always "Dawning" every day, bringing new energy and sunny opportunities.

Hang it in your home, or take it to your office to uplift your workdays.

Created With All Premium, Professional Grade Artist Materials

• 100% cotton watercolor paper: durability with beautiful natural grain
  
• Heavyweight 300 pound paper is cold pressed for exquisite, even surface texture - yet thick enough to remain rigid for float framing and to create dramatic deckled edges when torn by hand
• Acid free paper: painting retains its luster and vibrance and stands the test of time; it remains beautiful for centuries without conservation if stored and handled properly
• Highest quality watercolor paints: vibrant, super-saturated color
• The most finely ground watercolors in the world: colors have high intensity and purity
• Artist grade watercolors allow paint application all the way from delicate, nearly invisible transparency through deep, nearly opaque intensity

Museum-Quality Framing

• Custom framed: highest professional quality and attention to detail
• Float framed: this special framing technique "floats" the painting on top of the mat to show off the heavyweight paper's exquisite texture and the unique edges hand-torn by the artist
• Invisible spacers between mat and glass: spacers transform the frame into a shallow shadow box that lets the painting float, almost magically, above the mat without touching either the mat or the glass. Float framing gives you an exquisite, unique artwork that's both a painting and a low relief sculpture
• Light birchwood frame: subtle color and wood grain complement painting, put focus on color and brushwork
• Museum grade, archival white mat: preserves and highlights colorful painting
• Top quality glass: covers and protects painting 
  
• Professional grade framing hardware: screws securely anchor hardware into frame; framing wire is smooth to protect your hands and your walls
• Fully covered back: protects frame and painting, gives smooth, neat appearance
• Felt rounds on back at lower left and right: cushion painting after hanging and protect your walls

More Details: Provenance

Dawning

• Created 2017.
• Exhibited in artist's solo show, Implied Horizons: Watercolors By Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Five Seasons Family Sports Club, Northbrook, IL, Nov. 3 – Dec. 2, 2017.
• Exhibited in solo show, Implied Horizons: Watercolors By Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Five Seasons Family Sports Club, Burr Ridge, IL, Dec. 7, 2018 – Jan. 5, 2019.
• Exhibited in exclusive group show, Sunny Sentiments: A Tribute To Summer's Glow, the Gwen Hotel, Chicago, Aug. 26 - Dec. 13, 2024. This inaugural show in the hotel's program to honor and promote women artists grew out of its partnership with Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, which curated the show.

Media Coverage

• “Watercolors to be displayed at sports club,” Cook County Chronicle, Dec. 5, 2018
• “Art Show,” Gazette Chicago, Dec. 2018
• “Art Exhibit by Anne Nordhaus-Bike,” Chicago Metromix, Dec. 2018
• “Implied Horizons,” Gazette Chicago, Dec. 2018
• “Anne Nordhaus-Bike, Implied Horizons,” The Visualist, Nov./Dec. 2018
• “Clearing Artist To Exhibit Watercolors,” Clear Ridge Reporter And Newshound, Nov. 21, 2018
• “Clearing Artist To Exhibit Watercolors,” Southwest News-Herald, Nov. 16, 2018
• “Art Show,” Gazette Chicago, July 2017
• “Northbrook’s Anne Nordhaus-Bike set to display art at Five Seasons,” The Northbrook Tower, Oct. 19, 2017
• “Watercolor Art Exhibit Opens at Five Seasons Northbrook on November 3rd,” Daily Herald, Oct. 19, 2017