Charles Wilder Oakes Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Charles Wilder Oakes Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 28, 2022
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956- )
Est: $800 - $1,200
"Two Hoots", acrylic on board, signed "Oakes" lower right, titled and signed verso, depicting two owls under a full moon, with a rustic cabin and pine woods in the distance, unframed, 11 3/4" x 17 5/8". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 28, 2022
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956- )
Est: $800 - $1,200
"Hootlums", acrylic on plywood panel, signed "Oakes" lower left, titled and signed verso, depicting three tough looking owls, unframed, 12 1/2" x 21 5/8". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 28, 2022
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (SPRUCE HEAD, MAINE, 1956 - )
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Mixed Media 'I was a Teenage Neil Diamond', a teen in Maine in the 1970s, pictured in front of his family home in Port Clyde, oil on canvas; with mixed media verso, 'outsider' style with the story of the artist's early fixation on Neil Diamond and the story of his first love 'Kris'. In mahogany box frame with shadowline, OS: 27" square, SS: 23 3/4" square, good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 28, 2022
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (SPRUCE HEAD, MAINE, 1956 - )
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
"Crow's Feet & Blonde", oil painting & mixed media assemblage on softwood. Titled, signed and dated 2006 on the edge, depicting four crows surrounding a nude woman who is sunbathing, with integral purple painted plank frame, 32" x 33 1/2", good condition.
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Nov. 14, 2021
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956- )
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
"Galactic Knights", acrylic on driftwood board, signed "Oakes" lower right, also signed verso "Wilder Oakes", depicting three owls fronting a Maine seaside landscape with lighthouse, under full moon, unframed, 15 1/4" x 24 1/4". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 14, 2021
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956- )
Est: $800 - $1,200
"Wink", oil on driftwood board, signed "Oakes" lower right, titled and signed "Wildman" verso, a boldly stated and charming nocturnal depiction of an owl, tree line and mountain lake, unframed, 12" x 11 3/4". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
May. 09, 2021
Charles Wilder Oakes (ME,b 1956) oil painting
Est: $1,050 - $1,350
ARTIST: Charles Wilder Oakes (Maine, born 1956) NAME: Owls MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 22 inches / 25 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 118145 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Charles Wilder Oakes was born in Rockland, Maine, on August 8th 1956, and raised in the near by fishing village of Port Clyde, where generations of his family have made their living from the sea. Located at the southern-most tip of the St. George peninsula, with Monhegan Island only about 9 miles off shore, Port Clyde has always been a community known for it's rugged individualism. Today the artist lives in nearby Spruce Head.Such gifted artists as, Robert Henri, Rockwell Kent, and three generations of the Wyeth family, have all come to Port Clyde on their way to Monhegan, or else settled nearby. The fact that Andrew Wyeth was often seen sketching or painting around town was not lost on the young artist. His uncle, Walter Anderson, was one of Wyeth's closest friends, and also one of his most notable models.The painter William Thon, a respected contemporary of Andrew Wyeth (and of whom Andrew Wyeth, once said: "If you think my watercolors are good: you should see Bill Thon's." Thon who settled here in the 1940s, recognized Charles' ability at an early age and became one of his mentors. Thon, who passed away in 2002 at the age of 94, maintained a close interest in the Artist's work.Charles Wilder Oakes sees himself as a maverick and poetic visionary artist whose work is grounded in folk art and outsider art traditions and reflects both sophistication and naivete. He has had very little formal art education. He paints the people, places, and things, he genuinely loves.The artist has exhibited his work extensively in Maine museums including the Portland Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Hobe Sound Galleries, The University of Maine, The State House In Augusta, and Bowdoin College, and with numerous galleries.The artist's oil, watercolor, and painted wood constructions are represented in more than three-hundred private collections here in the United States and abroad.Oakes maintains his home and studio in Spruce Head, another quiet mid-coast fishing community, still in the township of St. George, not at all too far from his familiars, old haunts and inspiration.A documentary by Dale Schierholt titled "Charles Wilder Oakes and the Muses of Port Clyde" offers a unique insight into the artist's life.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 09, 2021
Charles Wilder Oakes (ME,born 1956) oil painting
Est: $1,050 - $1,350
ARTIST: Charles Wilder Oakes (Maine, born 1956) NAME: Bright Owl MEDIUM: oil on wood CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 16 inches / 43 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117996 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Charles Wilder Oakes was born in Rockland, Maine, on August 8th 1956, and raised in the near by fishing village of Port Clyde, where generations of his family have made their living from the sea. Located at the southern-most tip of the St. George peninsula, with Monhegan Island only about 9 miles off shore, Port Clyde has always been a community known for it's rugged individualism. Today the artist lives in nearby Spruce Head.Such gifted artists as, Robert Henri, Rockwell Kent, and three generations of the Wyeth family, have all come to Port Clyde on their way to Monhegan, or else settled nearby. The fact that Andrew Wyeth was often seen sketching or painting around town was not lost on the young artist. His uncle, Walter Anderson, was one of Wyeth's closest friends, and also one of his most notable models.The painter William Thon, a respected contemporary of Andrew Wyeth (and of whom Andrew Wyeth, once said: "If you think my watercolors are good: you should see Bill Thon's." Thon who settled here in the 1940s, recognized Charles' ability at an early age and became one of his mentors. Thon, who passed away in 2002 at the age of 94, maintained a close interest in the Artist's work.Charles Wilder Oakes sees himself as a maverick and poetic visionary artist whose work is grounded in folk art and outsider art traditions and reflects both sophistication and naivete. He has had very little formal art education. He paints the people, places, and things, he genuinely loves.The artist has exhibited his work extensively in Maine museums including the Portland Museum of Art, Farnsworth Art Museum, Hobe Sound Galleries, The University of Maine, The State House In Augusta, and Bowdoin College, and with numerous galleries.The artist's oil, watercolor, and painted wood constructions are represented in more than three-hundred private collections here in the United States and abroad.Oakes maintains his home and studio in Spruce Head, another quiet mid-coast fishing community, still in the township of St. George, not at all too far from his familiars, old haunts and inspiration.A documentary by Dale Schierholt titled "Charles Wilder Oakes and the Muses of Port Clyde" offers a unique insight into the artist's life.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 04, 2020
Charles Wilder Oakes - abstract watercolor
Est: $200 - $400
Charles Wilder Oakes - Abstract watercolor on paper. Frame size H 31", W 39"; sight size: H 21-1/2", W 30". Excellent condition.
New England Auctions
Oct. 04, 2020
Charles Wilder Oakes - The Revelers
Est: $400 - $800
Charles Wilder Oakes - The Revelers . Excellent Frame H 26-1/2", W 50-3/4", Sight size. H 24-3/4", W 49"
New England Auctions
Sep. 12, 2019
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - )
Est: $500 - $700
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) (3) Small Framed Watercolors, including: "A Portrait of the Artist", watercolor on paper, signed lower left, signed and titled verso and marked "About 1988", in an aluminum box frame, matted and glazed, OS: 14 1/2" x 11 3/4", SS: 7 1/2" x 5"; PLUS "Owls", watercolor on paper, signed lower right, titled verso, with an original price of $125, in aluminum box frame, matted and glazed, OS: 10 1/2" x 7", SS: 6" x 3"; PLUS Pumpkin Head, watercolor on paper, signed lower right, in gold molded frame, orange mat, glazed, OS: 8 1/4" x 9 3/4", SS: 4 1/2" x 6". All in good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 23, 2019
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - )
Est: $800 - $1,200
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) A Parliament of Owls, oil on fatigued plywood, signed lower right, unframed, roughly 17" x 40". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 23, 2019
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - )
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) "Dreams on the Way Home", oil on layered pine panel, signed lower left, signed and titled verso, a folksy aerial view of a small Maine town dominated by the image of a bear, housed in a pine box frame with black shadow liner, OS: 21" x 26 1/2", SS: 18 1/2" x 24". Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 25, 2017
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - )
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) "The Hayrack", oil on canvas, signed "Oakes" lower right, inscribed verso "For my beloved Nancy G., May 10th, 2005, with undying love, affinity, affection and gratitude...forever yours - Wilder". In artist painted box frame, OS: 19" x 23", SS: 16" x 20". Fine condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 29, 2016
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) - "A Dream Come True", oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed andd titled verso, in silver, gold and black molded frame with linen liner, OS: 24" x 28", SS: 19 1/2" x 23 1/2". Fine...
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) - "A Dream Come True", oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed andd titled verso, in silver, gold and black molded frame with linen liner, OS: 24" x 28", SS: 19 1/2" x 23 1/2". Fine condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 15, 2015
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) - "The Hayrack", oil on canvas, signed "Oakes" lower right, inscribed verso "For my beloved Nancy G
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
CHARLES WILDER OAKES (ME, 1956 - ) - "The Hayrack", oil on canvas, signed "Oakes" lower right, inscribed verso "For my beloved Nancy G., May 10th, 2005, with undying love, affinity, affection and gratitude...forever yours - Wilder". In artist painted box frame, OS: 19" x 23", SS: 16" x 20". Fine condition.
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