Douglas Findlay

Five Hours in Kenmore

2021

La Vérité forms part of my ongoing series of work called I'm Still Here. It's an abstract-expressive painting of how I feel about an important person in my life. In the creative proc...

The basic rhythm of the universe is a waltz. The name of the dance comes from the German word "walzer", which means to go round in circles, i.e. dance serves as a symbol of the Unive...

The picture was painted during the fighting in Kharkov, under the explosions of bombs. Feelings that rushed to the gun, not finding words, poured into paints, and words dissolved int...

This painting is called October because it was completed in October 2021. It is expressive in style and also brings together clippings from my journals, one of my drawings of a Scotland map...

Abstract portraits, Colours of life. Bright interior work, a surge of desire to live, write, produce new art works, a continuation of life, positive energy

Colors of life. Bright interior work, a surge of desire to live, write, produce new art works, continuation of life, positive energy

Abstract expressionist work of art by Joseph Hicks. Joseph Hicks’s works are bright and colorful, full of life and creativity. His canvases are full of energy and dynamism due to t...

Acrylic on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. 86 x 74 in. 87.25 x 75.25 in. (framed) Please note: Our framing studio could not accommodate the scale of this work, so it is being sold as-acquired. The canvas is housed in an original “studio strip” frame installed by the artist. Please see condition notes below for additional details and an assessment of condition. Provenance Steve Chase Design, Palm Springs, CA Ronnie Landfield was born in the Bronx, NY on January 9, 1947 - the same day as his older brother. As a teenager, he was encouraged to pursue a career as an artist, subsequently creating his first real paintings around the age of 14. He was particularly influenced by a Life magazine article from 1961 on the Abstract Expressionists, most notably: Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. After stints at the Art Students League, the Kansas City Art Institute, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the University of California at Berkeley, Landfield’s professional career as a painter began in New York in 1965. The following year, after completing a major series of hard-edge border paintings, success as a painter began to materialize. The famous architect and collector Philip Johnson and the collector Robert Scull each acquired large paintings works, as did the Sheldon Memorial Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1967, Landfield was invited to participate in the Whitney Annual at the end of the year. His work attracted considerable attention, and he was invited to participate in important group exhibitions at the Bykert, Bianchini, and Park Place Galleries in New York. Landfield joined the David Whitney...

"Octopus's Garden" " is a large-scale modern abstract. Simple organic forms in rich colors express the vibrancy of an aquatic landscape. Its white, blue, coral, and green palette is ...

Represented by George Billis Gallery. When a simple vertical line finds itself in the midst of accidental organic chaos, a sense of directionality and stability is introduced. The l...

Neuberg Osculating Circle is a complex integration of mathematical elements through collinear intersects completing a geometric picture with vivid colors.

The black rain pounds into a distant sky onto a white field. Is it snow?