Anne Nordhaus-Bike Art

Nature at her most mysterious. That moment when a brooding sky touches your soul on a rainy day, filling you with awe at the storm's power and gratitude to be safe, warm, and dry indoors.

Original: Original watercolor painting

Signature: Signed at lower right by the artist

Size: 27 x 12 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

Do you love rainy days?

Or do you feel the thrill of a rainstorm, when Nature unleashes so much power to literally "clear the air"?

If so, this dramatic gray and green watercolor landscape is for you.

This expertly framed watercolor painting shows an intense, semi-abstract landscape on a stormy or cloudy day. You can see and feel the green grass and earth in the bottom half, with its bold watercolor touches of deep and medium green mixed with yellow.

And you can sense the coming storm or the moodiness of an overcast day in the gray sky.

At the horizon line, the gray and green meet to form a horizontal line. And there, in contrast to all the passion and drama going on above and below, yellow-green tones and a misty, milky white signal the light is there, even in the storm.

This brighter light balances the painting and reminds us the Sun will come out again soon. When it does, we - and Nature - will be changed, cleansed and refreshed from the storm and the stillness that always, always follows.

This painting is a perfect choice if you love the unique pleasure of a rainy day or nature at her wild and stormy best during a mysterious storm. It's also excellent if you've ever faced obstacles in your life and need a powerful artwork to remind you just how strong and resilient you truly are - and reassure you, always, that challenges lift and good times do return. 

Display it in your home, or hang it in your office. Either way, it will strengthen and empower you every time you look at it.

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

Rain

• 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.

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