Up for sale is a beautiful matching aesthetic pair of vintage winter farm landscape prints by well-known American realism artist Steven Louis Ball. Known for his intricate, moody depictions of rural American life reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth, these two pieces beautifully complement each other and would make an excellent addition to any rustic, farmhouse, or traditional art collection.
Item Details:
Bottom Print: Numbered 23/100 and hand-signed "Steven Louis Ball" in pencil. Features a rustic winter barn and house with smoke rising from the chimney.
Top Print: Numbered 24/100 and hand-signed "Steven Louis Ball" in pencil. Features a snowy barn landscape flanked by two silos.
Sizing: As shown with the tape measure, the outer cardboard matting measures approximately 14 inches wide by 9.5 inches tall. The inner artwork window measures approximately 10 inches wide by 3 inches tall.
Condition Report:The prints (etchings) themselves show excellent crisp line detail with uniform, vintage sepia-toned aging. Both are presented on their original brown cardboard matting board. The bottom and top matting board still retains its thin protective plastic wrap (which shows minor wrinkling/wear on the plastic surface only). The bottom protective wrap has partially unwrapped.
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Steven Louis Ball is a celebrated California landscape and wildlife artist who works primarily out of his studio in Springville, California. Born in Corcoran, California, Ball has dedicated his career since the early 1970s to capturing the quiet essence of rural environments and the natural world.
Artistic Style: Strongly influenced by the legendary Andrew Wyeth, Ball's work goes beyond standard documentation to evoke a deep mood and tell a story. He is highly regarded for his traditional American realism style, mastery of light, and hyper-detailed textures in monochrome and sepia tones.
Education & Credentials: He received his initial classical art training under renowned watercolorist Vernon Nye before attending Pacific Union College in Napa and completing formal illustration and design training at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Distinction & Associations: Ball is a member of Island International Artist, Inc., an elite group dedicated to producing fine-art limited edition etchings distributed across the United States, Canada, and Europe. In addition to his popular print runs and premium gallery oil paintings, he has produced iconic large-scale public outdoor murals throughout Central California.His work is proudly held in numerous prominent corporate and private art collections worldwide