Sally Smith

Burn Rate 15 (Birkin Bag)

2021

Artist Commentary: This minimalist oil painting is created with oil paint and charcoal made from Trump's "Art of the Deal" and Playboy magazines. The calmness belies the blackmail referred to in the title. Trace amounts of human urine are mixed with acrylic medium painted over the charcoal lines. This medium has not color or texture, but is a tool for making the charcoal adhere to the oil primed linen. Keywords: political art, small minimalist painting...

Artist Commentary: This minimalist process piece is made with charcoal from redwood and eucalyptus trees. Chainsaw carburetor gaskets were used to apply the charcoal. This series explores the tension between the native and invasive plants in the Claremont Canyon (near San Francisco) and human involvement in this dynamic. Keywords: ecology art, minimalist, geometric, circles, process art, grid art, environmental art...

Artist Commentary: This minimalist painting is created with charcoal made from sunflower seeds. The sunflower seed charcoal creates organic lines woven through various hues of white ...

Blue My Mind 31.4 x 39.3 x 1.4, 4.4 lbs Acrylic Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "In this painting, you'll notice a smooth blend of deep blue and turquoise hues that gently sweep towards the outer edges. These vibrant colors are encased by bold, vivid pink oil pastel lines. The interplay between these contrasting shades gives rise to a captivating sense of movement and an entrancing, almost trance-like effect." About the Artist: Evgenia Makarova...

Clean Slate, Original Abstract Painting, 2021 This is a finger painted, original painting. Created in New York City Professional grade acrylic paint on wood panel Ready to hang with...

abstract 40/40 40.0 x 40.0 x 3.0, 23.0 lbs Encaustic Paint Hand signed by artist Description: An orginial, contemporary minimalist painting by Michele Renée Ledoux. Ledoux uses en...

Oil on linen. Working on a traditional support, “R/Y/B” uses the primaries as a challenge. This later developed into a series in which Jean Feinberg worked exclusively with the thr...

R/Y/B (Abstract Painting) Oil on linen. Working on a traditional support, “R/Y/B” uses the primaries as a challenge. This later developed into a series in which Jean Feinberg work...

Johnnie Winona Ross Deep Creek Seeps 10, 2007 Oil paint on acrylic base burnished on Belgian linen Signed twice, dated and titled on the verso; also bears the original Stephen Haller Gallery label\ Canvas is stretched against wooden backing but no outer frame This work was originally sold by the Stephen Haller Gallery which hosted several critically acclaimed, sell-out shows of New Mexico resident Johniie Winona Ross, whose exquisite Minimalist aesthetic really took hold with collectors. The debt to famous New Mexico resident and Minimalist goddess Agnes Martin is obvious, but Winona Ross has a disctinctive style and technique of his own. The process of creating this work was laborious: Ross typically applies as many as 90-100 layers of paint to each canvas, then scrapes the surface with a straight-edged razor to reveal the many layers (and their chronology), and finally burnishing the surface with a Pueblo pottery stone to achieve a soft gloss. Maureen Mullarkey of Studio Matters wrote in 2010: THE LOVELINESS OF JOHNNIE WINONA ROSS' paintings elude translation into either reproduction or verbal description. In 2011, ArtDaily published this announcement from Stephen Haller, publicizing a later exhibition: "Washington Post critic Stephen Parks characterized Ross’s work in this way: “From a distance his canvases appear to be simple, minimal constructions of horizontal stripes with hints of vertical color in the background. Up close the paintings are seen to be extraordinarily beautiful and complex objects that induce a humming meditative state.” Ross grounds his work in the inspiration of the desert of the American Southwest, and borrows techniques from ancient Native American sources, melding them with a distinctly sophisticated and utterly contemporary vision. His use of the Native American technique of burnishing pigment and minerals with a potter’s stone to create a hard surface with a visually warm sheen creates an effect reminiscent of the softening of marble steps...

Hanan Shlonsky Circle of Literature, 2007 tempera on linen 82x100 cm Exhibited: Comparative Literature, 2009 Artists' House Tel-Aviv , paintings on l...

Acrylic on linen Signed verso

An original acrylic on linen canvas by American artist Martica Miguens. The artist's estate was recently unearthed and acquired by Benjaman Gallery. ...