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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
Acrylic
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Canvas, Oil
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1970s Abstract Geometric Art
Color, Etching, Aquatint
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2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
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1960s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Art
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Resin, Glitter, Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Benjamin Thomas paints an impressionist view of a man walking his dog, casting shadows on the pavement. The pup dons a red winter coat as he treads the s...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. In this piece, a beagle triumphantly retrieves a stick thrown into the ocean. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: beagle, dog, pet, impressionism, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
I see blue as a seminal color representing life in all its forms.
About the Artist
Pat Forbes is an abstract painter whose aesthetic is heavily influenced by her 20 years as a collector and dealer of Middle Eastern textiles. Pat, who lives on the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, uses a neutral palette to present her interpretation of the world around her– from marshes and mountains to stones and spiderwebs. She is drawn to pattern and design, both of which influence the use of balanced repetition in her work. Pat’s muted colors invite pensive meditation, while her deliberate use of line guides the eye through satisfyingly symmetrical compositions.
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Judy Mackey says she asked her patrons to help her title this impressionist painting of orange tulips, and she loved the sug...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art
Oil
2010s Abstract Art
Granite
2010s Abstract Geometric Art
Steel
1980s Abstract Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Archival Paper, Digital
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
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2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Art
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art
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1960s Abstract Art
Oil, Canvas
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art
Archival Pigment
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Art
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Photography, Drawings, Prints, Sculptures and Paintings for Sale
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Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner and Color Field artists including Sam Gilliam broke from conventional ideas of painting, while Op artists such as Yaacov Agam embraced visual trickery and kinetic movement. Novel visuals are also integral to contemporary work influenced by street art, such as sculptures and prints by KAWS.
Realist portraiture is a global tradition reflecting on what makes us human. This is reflected in the work of Slim Aarons, an American photographer whose images are at once candid and polished and appeared in Holiday magazine and elsewhere. Innovative artists Mickalene Thomas and Kerry James Marshall are now offering new perspectives on the form.
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