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Medium: Canvas
Md Tokon - Myth, Mountain & Sky 1, Painting 2015
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Acrylic
Md Tokon - After the Rain, Painting 2014
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - River to Sea, Painting 2016
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - Untitled Green, Painting 2014
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - River to Sea, Sea to sky, Painting 2014
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - Inner peace 1, Painting 2015
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - The Morning Fantasy, Painting 2013
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Md Tokon - Autumn Days Walk, Painting 2014
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Composition N 25". Oil on canvas. 47.5 X 79 Inch.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Path to Hope-original contemporary impressionism oil landscape painting-Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"The Path to Hope" by Nimet Keser is a captivating original landscape painting that serves as a visual journey towards optimism and renewal. Crafted with oil on canvas, Keser's work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Diving into a pool of hot piss” Colorful Contemporary Dark Humor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful dark humor painting by Memphis-based contemporary artist Alex Paulus. The work features a swimmer dressed in a blue and pink suit and goggles g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
''Composition N 36". Oil on canvas. 28 X 48 Inch.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
AWH 312 - Original Abstract Expressionist Blue & Yellow Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
ABSTRACT Painting Brown colors Spanish Artist Nuria Oliva 2023
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Nuria Oliva (b. 1990), a contemporary abstract artist, lives and works in Asturias but was born in Murcia. She began painting as a form of self-expression. The artist primarily emplo...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Pigment
Vesper, Sky Blue, Indigo, Dark Red, Burgundy Undulations, Curve Wave Lines
Located in Kent, CT
Within undulating lines in shades of blue with hints of pale pink and dark red, Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized condit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Composition N 29". Oil on canvas. 28 X 48 inch.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dominoes/CONSTRUCTIVISM GAMES, 130x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Dominoes/CONSTRUCTIVISM GAMES, 130x100cm
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
AWH 313 - Original Abstract Expressionist Green Colorfield Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Ruz Square Black Golden Big Como un regalo- original abstract acrylic
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
color- original abstract acrylic painting. framed
, Rafael (Barcelona 1956)
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'C'est Ci Bon!' - Purple Geometric Collage - Abstract Expressionism Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
"C'est Si Bon!" by Lorraine Lawson is a compelling mixed-media piece that marries the tactile depth of collage with the fluidity of abstract expressionism. The artwork spans 48" x 36...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Susan Woldman - Hinterland, Painting 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
For many years I focused mainly as a sculptor, building large three dimensional
wall sculptures and taller than life statues. This is why I paint on wood,
because with wood there e...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled 1.1.23" Abstract Oil Painting 53" x 77" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 1.1.23" Abstract Oil Painting 53" x 77" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
This artwork ships rolled in a tube due to its size
In search of silence, in search of the self.
Her work e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Leda and the Swan
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Nataliia Svitlychna "Leda and the Swan"
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
GENOVART Vertical Small original surrealist canvas acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original surrealist canvas acrylic painting
GENOVART LLOPIS, Jaume (Barcelona, 1941-1994).
Basically self - taught painter, was released in 1972. Grandson of typesetter and booksel...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Il mio tempo sotto assedio
Located in Milano, MI
In over twenty years of activity he has developed a language that, starting from an emblematic figurality, arrives at the current symbolic research begun at the end of the 1980s.
In...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Animal Kingdom
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
If you look at painting in a dim light you can find different creatures/animals there.
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Retrato en Fondo Amarillo, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
190x190cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultu...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
RAVENTOS Dawn abstract Blue and white original abstract mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Dawn abstract blue and white original abstract mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Susan Woldman - GreenEight, Painting 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
For many years I focused mainly as a sculptor, building large three dimensional
wall sculptures and taller than life statues. This is why I paint on wood,
because with wood there e...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Postcard from Zacisze - Contemporary Expressive Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Wild Welsh Daffodils, Original painting, Flowers, Landscape, Nature, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
A scene of a Welsh woodland with wild daffodils dancing in the breeze in early spring sunshine. The composition is made up of soft pastel greens and blue-greens of the foliage agains...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sea Mirage - (Acrylic on canvas, painting, abstract painting, blue abstract
Located in London, GB
The acrylic on canvas painting titled “Sea Mirage” is an artwork that represents esteemed international artist, Vian Borchert’s signature blue abstract expressionist work with a mini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Unity 3-5, Painting 2021
Located in Greenwich, CT
Continuing on with the Unity series I am starting to feel even more connected to the theme which seems to unite us all.
Looking at cultures and spiritual traditions from around the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Unity 3-4, Painting 2021
Located in Greenwich, CT
Another area of focus while exploring the number 3 has been the three centers within the body for creation; the mind, the heart, and the groin/sexual center.
From the power center o...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Three - Abstract Diptych on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Diptych. Yellow, blues, white, blacks. No frame needed.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby interior...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Flower Soup" Campbells Soup Can & Tulip Flowers Pop Art Acrylic Painting Canvas
By John Stango
Located in New York, NY
A large pop piece depicting Andy Warhols iconic Campbell's tomato soup holding a colorful bouquet of tulips. Bursting with impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are drawn to the m...
Category
2010s Pop Art Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EVA'S LILIES by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
This art-work the part of project "Another skin".
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textur...
Category
2010s Art Deco Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Landscape California Farm Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1960s Modern Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harmonia 20-6" Contemporary Abstract Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Harmonia 20-6" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by David Skillicorn, featuring a large abstract organic dark blue form surrounded by a lighter shade of blue.
This piece is f...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Retrato en Fondo Azul, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
190x190cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultu...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Blue Synergy' - Vivid Blue Geometric Abstract - Bright Acrylic Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
"Blue Synergy" by Robert Glick is a 30" x 24" acrylic on canvas that epitomizes the serene precision of geometric abstraction. This piece interweaves varying shades of blue with thou...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Black Contemporary Artist Argentine Artist Marina Arias 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Marina Arias, contemporary artist, was born in the vibrant country of Argentina in 1987. Hailing from the picturesque city of Salta, nestled at the foothills of the majestic Andes Mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Swing
Located in Milano, MI
In the compositions, the gaze is attracted by an interplay of harmonious balances
between full and empty spaces, which compel the regarding to an observation
dynamic approach in orde...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Through The Lens Original Abstract Acrylic Painting Orange Pink Blue
By Lynette Reed
Located in Bassano Del Grappa, IT
Through the Lens
685.00
Acrylic on Canvas
19.5” x 19.5” 50cm x 50cm
Acrylic, charcoal, cold wax on canvas. Original painting on stretched canvas.
All of my paintings take me on ...
Category
2010s Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Texture Nature Bali Landscapes Ewa Matyja Artist 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
We can ship the artwork rolled in a tube to your adress. For more shipping options please contact with us.
Artist Statement
As a self-taught artist, my journey is one of perpetu...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Clouds in a Blue Sky-original contemporary impressionism landscape painting
Located in London, Chelsea
In "I Saw Pink Clouds in a Blue Sky," Nimet Keser offers viewers a glimpse into a world where imagination and reality intertwine. This original figurative landscape painting, crafted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Painting Texture Nature Bali Landscapes Ewa Matyja Artist 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Diptych: Seeing beauty in the past, 120x240cm,
mixed media on canvas, 2024
We can ship the artwork rolled in a tube to your adress. For more shipping options please contact with us....
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2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Iconic Central Park New York Cityscape Dakota Building Modernist Landscape Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted bright and brilliant modernist painting of new york city. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Rifletorre' - Lively Vibrant Ballet Dancer - Contemporary Figurative Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
"Rifletorre" by Avelino Sanher is a captivating 60" x 48" oil on canvas that merges the grace of ballet with the spontaneity of abstract expressionism. This contemporary piece features a ballerina poised elegantly against a theatrical backdrop...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SUNRISE MALLORCA
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Abstract nature, which is filled with vivid colors and textures. The painting is inspired by the sunrise in Palma de Mallorca, suggesting that it captures the essence of a breathtaki...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drawing On A Stain - Modern Expressive Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Texture Nature Bali Landscapes Ewa Matyja Artist 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Power of mind, 130x160cm, mixed media on canvas, 2023
We can ship the artwork rolled in a tube to your adress. For more shipping options please contact with us.
Artist Statement
...
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2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Texture Nature Bali Landscapes Ewa Matyja Artist 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Seeing more, 100x90cm, mixed media on canvas, 2024
We can ship the artwork rolled in a tube to your adress or strenghten on a canvas. For more shipping options please contact with u...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Texture Nature Bali Landscapes Ewa Matyja Artist 2023
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Artist Statement
As a self-taught artist, my journey is one of perpetual self-challenge and boundary-pushing within the realm of abstract expression. Art, for me, is not just...
Category
2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Looking out to sea , abstract art, landscape, contemporary, Geometric
Located in Deddington, GB
Working from observation I walk from St.Just along the Cape Cornwall road observing the beautiful yellow gorse bushes framing the view out to sea. Carry on along this winding road to...
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2010s Abstract Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Rainy Day Morning Scape" Contemporary Abstract Figurative Original Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rainy Day Morning Scape" Contemporary Abstract Figurative Original Oil Painting
A unique contemporary figurative abstract on oval shaped canvas by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Ital...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Saint Barts" Multicolor Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Canvas Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Canvas abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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