RAFAEL MCKENZIE SOARES ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL An Exhibition of Watercolors
All Creatures Great and Small Watercolor Portraits by Raphael Mckenzie Soares The Barn @ Downing Yudain LLC Spring 2016
Welcome to the digital catalogue of All Creatures Great and Small, an exhibition of 20 original works on paper by the Brazilian American artist Raphael Mckenzie Soares on view by appointment in our barn gallery in North Stamford, Connecticut, from April 21st to May 27th, 2016. The works include a variety of animals and birds from all over the world, from simple farm animals, like cows, sheep and goats, to complex birds of flight like the African grey parrot and the puffin. Executed with precision and passion in the layered dry brush watercolor style of New England naturalist painters, Raphael’s paintings are precise and detailed, yet he moves them beyond photographic naturalism by imbuing them with a sense of subjective emotion and personality. Each work is unique not only in its execution, but each creature is its own individual self. Please contact us for more information, or to set up an appointment to visit the gallery. Lily de Jongh Downing and David Yudain info@art357.com 917.544.6417
All Creatures Great and Small
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AFRICAN GREY, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 18” x 14” Signed RMS ’16, lower center
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HOLSTEIN, 2014 Watercolor on paper: 9 ¾” x 13” Initialed, RMS and dated ’14, upper left
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SNOWY OWL, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 9 ¼” x 8 ¼” Signed RMS ’16, lower right
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PIG ON BLUE, 2014 Watercolor on paper: 7 ½” x 9 ¾” Initialed, RMS and dated ’14, upper right
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SILVER LACED WYANDOTTE HEN, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 11” x 13 ½” Signed RMS ‘16
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WAVE, LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND, 2013 Watercolor on Paper: 5 ¼” x 6 ½” Signed Twice; Raphael McKenzie Soares, along the bottom Initialed RMS ’13, lower right
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GREAT BLUE HERON #2, 2015 Watercolor on Paper, 10” x 13” Initialed RMS and Dated ’15, lower right Titled Great Blue Heron, lower right center
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CHAHEN DI VAIN, 2011 Watercolor on paper: 9” x 10” Signed R. McKenzie Soares, lower left Initialed, RMS and dated ’11, upper right Titled Chahen Di Vain, upper left
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NUBIAN GOAT, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 7 ½” x 10” Signed RMS ’16, lower right
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Between Seasons, 2016 watercolor on paper: 14” x 18” signed RMS ’16, lower left center inscribed Winter changing to Summer Plumage, upper left
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BLUE LACED RED WYANDOTTE HEN, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 11” x 13 ½” Signed RMS ‘ 16, lower left
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OSTRICH, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 27” x 21” Signed RMS ’16, right center
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MANATEE, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 6” x 9” Signed RMS ’16, lower right center
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WHITE COW, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 11” x 13 ¼” Initialed RMS and dated ’15, upper right
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FOX, 2014 Watercolor on paper: 7 1/8” x 9 1/8” Signed RMS ’14, upper right
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JIMMY THE HORSE, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 9 1/2” x 12 3/4” Signed RMS ’15, lower center
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RUN RABBIT RUN, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 6 ¾” x 9 ¾” Signed RMS ’15, lower right
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LEOPARD, 2012 Pastel on paper: 5 ½” x 6 ½” Signed RMS ’12, upper right
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ELEPHANT, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 19” x 24 1/2” Signed RMS ’15, lower left center
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PUFFIN, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 7 ½” x 5” Signed RMS ’16, upper right
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LITTLE PIG, 2014 Watercolor on paper: 4 ¾” x 6 ¼” Initialed, RMS and dated ’14, upper right
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RUNNING RABBIT, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 9 ¾” x 11” Signed RMS ’15, lower right
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HIGH SUMMER, 2009 Watercolor on paper: 4 ½” x 6 1/8” Signed RMS, lower right
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SHEEP, 2013 Oil on canvas: 4 1/2” X 6 1/4” Signed RMS ’16, upper right
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GREAT EGRIT, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 7 ½” x 6” Signed RMS ’15, lower right
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HOLSTEIN, Small, 2015 Watercolor on paper: 6 ¼” x 8” Signed RMS ’15, upper right
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RHINOCEROS, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 8 ¼” x 9 ½” Signed RMS ’16, lower right
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CHIMPANZEE, 2014 Watercolor on paper: 7 ¾” x 6 ¼” Signed twice: RMS ’14, upper right and Rafael MacKenzie Soares, upper right
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DONKEY, 2013 Oil on Canvas, 11” x 14” Signed R. McKenzie Soares, upper left
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JACKSON THE DOG, 2015 Watercolor on paper:7 1/2” x 9 1/2” Signed RMS ’15, upper right
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THRESHER SHARK, 2016 Watercolor on paper: 5 ½” x 7 ½” Signed RMS’16, lower left
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All Creatures Great and Small Watercolors by Rafael McKenzie Soares Downing Yudain LLC 357 Old Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06903 info@art357.com www.art357.com
All images are © 2016 Rafael McKenzie Soares, courtesy of Downing Yudain LLC
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