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Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Oasis
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I enjoy making trips to Palm Springs to collect inspirational material for paintings. I am especially drawn to the bougainvillea blossoms that grow so well in...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Oasis
Oasis

Catherine McCargar
Oasis, 2018

$1,500
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)

Jill Moser
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting), 2008

$7,956
Open Spaces Open Heart, Original Painting
By Posey Gaines
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Cool air blows as the sun radiates warmth into the atmosphere. The early morning light glows from behind a stretch of mountains in the far distance. "I find t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Open Spaces Open Heart, Original Painting
Open Spaces Open Heart, Original Painting

Posey Gaines
Open Spaces Open Heart, Original Painting, 2021

$550
Fishing Weather, Original Painting
By Posey Gaines
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Light seeps between voluminous flowing clouds. A cool wind blows ruffling leaves from tall trees while birds fly away to the distance. "I find that getting aw...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Fishing Weather, Original Painting
Fishing Weather, Original Painting

Posey Gaines
Fishing Weather, Original Painting, 2021

$800
Ballooning, Morocco, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"I have always wanted to ride in a hot air balloon - and as a result have fantasized painting them too," says artist James Nyika. "When I created this paintin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ballooning, Morocco, Original Painting
Ballooning, Morocco, Original Painting

James Nyika
Ballooning, Morocco, Original Painting, 2021

$800
Clifford Ellis Collage I Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century landscape
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." C...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Clifford Ellis Collage I Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century landscape

Clifford Ellis
Clifford Ellis Collage I Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century landscape, c. 1955

$1,881
Lucio Fontana ( 1899 - 1968 ) - Nudo - hand-signed etching - 1964
By Lucio Fontana
Located in Varese, IT
Nudo , 1964 Etching on handmade paper limited edition of 102 copies , Signed in pencil by artist and numbered 33/102 paper size: 63 x 45 cm framed size: 78,5 x 60,5 cm A copy of the...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching, Lithograph

Lucio Fontana ( 1899 - 1968 ) - Nudo - hand-signed etching - 1964
Lucio Fontana ( 1899 - 1968 ) - Nudo - hand-signed etching - 1964

Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana ( 1899 - 1968 ) - Nudo - hand-signed etching - 1964, 1964

$4,766
Frozen Niagara, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Painted from a photographic reference, artist Joanie Ford rendered this painting with contrasting soft tones. "I wanted to represen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Frozen Niagara, Original Painting
Frozen Niagara, Original Painting

Joanie Ford
Frozen Niagara, Original Painting, 2020

$275
New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
By Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic mal...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero

Carmen Cicero
New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero, 1972

$1,800
0118.13 (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
0118.13 (Abstract Painting) Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty y...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Wax

0118.13 (Abstract Painting)
0118.13 (Abstract Painting)

Tracey Adams
0118.13 (Abstract Painting), 2018

$1,798
Chila Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1977
By Martin Bradley
Located in Roma, IT
Chila Spirit is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1977. Watercolour on cardboard, hand-signed, dated on the lower right corner "Martin Bradley '77 " and ti...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Chila Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1977
Chila Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1977

Martin Bradley
Chila Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1977, 1977

$4,051
Morning at Dome Square. 9/30, Paper, etching, aquatint. 33.5x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA Born in Latvia, Riga 1968 Education 1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga). 1987 - 1993 Academy of Art (Riga, Latvia), department of Graphics,...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Morning at Dome Square. 9/30, Paper, etching, aquatint. 33.5x22.5 cm

Jekaterina Gryazeva
Morning at Dome Square. 9/30, Paper, etching, aquatint. 33.5x22.5 cm

$500
K1965 (Abstract work on paper)
By Harald Kroner
Located in London, GB
K1965 (Abstract work on paper) Lacquer, print, punching, collage on paper - unframed Harald Kröner works thoroughly with paper, of which he is a notorious collector. Harald Kröner'...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Lacquer

K1965 (Abstract work on paper)
K1965 (Abstract work on paper)

Harald Kroner
K1965 (Abstract work on paper), 2019

$1,660
Tingel-tangel - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

Tingel-tangel - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
Tingel-tangel - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful

Leszek Rózga
Tingel-tangel - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful, 2001

$834
"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor
By Hope Tepley
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored watercolor of a 1970's California street performer, done in a colorful, expressive slap-dash style, by Hope Tepley (American, 1919-2010). Signed "Tepley" in the lower right corner. Titled "The Hurdy Gurdy...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor
"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor

Hope Tepley
"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor, 1976

$375
Figure 8s.1- abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on paper
By Dana Piazza
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highl...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Figure 8s.1- abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on paper

Dana Piazza
Figure 8s.1- abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on paper, 2017

$3,200
Casual classic- earth tone circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing
By Richard Garrison
Located in New York, NY
Richard Garrison collects information from typically overlooked aspects of daily life. Observed data from places like big box stores and parking lots are systematically transformed i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Graphite

Casual classic- earth tone circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing
Casual classic- earth tone circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing

Richard Garrison
Casual classic- earth tone circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing, 2017

$5,900
Polarity #3 - unique, signed watercolor on paper abstract geometric color field
By Jay Rosenblum
Located in New York, NY
Jay Rosenblum Polarity #3, 1981 Acrylic on paper 6 × 9 1/2 inches Signed and titled in graphite pencil on the front Unframed This gem of a work is an acrylic painting on paper by ren...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Polarity #3 - unique, signed watercolor on paper abstract geometric color field

Jay Rosenblum
Polarity #3 - unique, signed watercolor on paper abstract geometric color field, 1981

$2,500
Odaiba Bridge, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"There are many truly iconic architectural structures in Japan, and the Odaiba Bridge is one of the more memorable ones!" says artist James Nyika. "I wanted t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Odaiba Bridge, Original Painting
Odaiba Bridge, Original Painting

James Nyika
Odaiba Bridge, Original Painting, 2020

$700
Neighborhood Morning, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"During an early fall morning on one of my daily strolls, I was coming round a bend and saw this sight - bright morning sunlight ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Neighborhood Morning, Original Painting
Neighborhood Morning, Original Painting

James Nyika
Neighborhood Morning, Original Painting, 2020

$600
Bold Graphic Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Richard Snyder NYC Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Snyder (American, born 1951) Untitled Mixed media painting including charcoal and watercolor Hand signed to lower right Dimensions: 30.0" W x 22.5" H x 0.1" D Richard Snyder is particularly known for his large-scale abstract expressionist paintings exhibiting vibrant colors, often applied in an irregular manner with large gestural brushstrokes. He also was an accomplished sculptor and was amongst the downtown New York art-furniture scene spawned in the 1980s by the Soho gallery ‘Art et Industrie’ founded by Rick Kaufmann. Downtown New York, circa 1977-1980 was a hothouse of creative impulses that flew in the face of restrictions and ran headlong toward riotous expression. Punk, hip-hop, graffiti or neo-expressionism, Kaufmann looked around for new talent that could create a new kind of art furniture. He felt the design of the day was so standardised, and he wanted to give voice to young artists and bring new ideas to market. After receiving a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Snyder made his career in the fields of art and design, practicing sculpture, painting, furniture design and fabrication, interior design, cabinetmaking, construction and industrial design. Along with extensive experience in a wide variety of materials and processes, Snyder also possesses a wide range of visual and experiential vocabulary acquired in his many travels through the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Central and Southeast Asia. Snyder considers his objects to be not just about form, function, color, material and process, but rather to be fantasies with spirit, magic and story. During his seventeen years with the Art et Industrie gallery, Snyder participated in five solo shows and more than twenty group shows, which established him as a major player in the American Art Furniture movement. His pieces have appeared in numerous publications and media around the world; and they are included in numerous private collections worldwide as well as in the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Snyder guest-lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, the New School in New York, and SUNY Purchase. He was included in the seminal Magen H Gallery retrospective of Art et Industrie—a New York Movement. Art et Industrie was the first to exhibit Studio Alchemia, Shiro Takahama, and Ron Arad. The retrospective included artists such as Forrest Myers, Terence Main...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Bold Graphic Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Richard Snyder NYC Art
Bold Graphic Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Richard Snyder NYC Art

Richard Snyder
Bold Graphic Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Richard Snyder NYC Art

$1,800
In the Forest, green abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

In the Forest, green abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
In the Forest, green abstract watercolor painting on archival paper

Lisa Fellerson
In the Forest, green abstract watercolor painting on archival paper, 2020

$1,100
The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Sole Letter of Freedom is a drawing realised by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated. Excellent co...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022

Parimah Avani
The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022, 2022

$440
December 4
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
Rocio Rodriguez December 4, 2020 Pastel and charcoal on paper 11 x 14 in. (rodr054) Rocio's work represents an exploration of the transient and temporal and a process of creating a ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

December 4

Rocio Rodriguez
December 4, 2020

$900
Fairwood Park Sunset, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This picture captures the dying rays of a winter evening at Fairwood Park in Maryland," shares artist James Nyika. "I wanted to portray the setting sun, warm...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Fairwood Park Sunset, Original Painting
Fairwood Park Sunset, Original Painting

James Nyika
Fairwood Park Sunset, Original Painting, 2020

$600
"Salt and Sky, " Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape painting by Melissa Kircher is made with watercolor and ink on paper. It features intricate line work over washes of paint to create a whimsical coastal hill-scape scene in a cool and earthy palette. The painting itself is 11.5" x 8.5", and measures 18.5" x 16" framed. The paper is matted and professionally framed in a warm silver frame. It is wired and ready to hang. This piece pairs beautifully with Peaceful Tides and Sea View by the same artist. Please see the three hung together in the image gallery. Contact us for more information or to purchase the three paintings together. Melissa Kircher is a painter and illustrator who enjoys everything bold and beautiful. She works with acrylics, watercolor, and ink to create pieces that invoke her deep love of nature and the human spirit. Kircher graduated with a B.A. in Fine Arts from Gordon College...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Salt and Sky, " Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting
"Salt and Sky, " Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting

Melissa Kircher
"Salt and Sky, " Abstract Landscape Watercolor Painting, 2022

$950
Sara Eichner, 16 Layers, Red and Pink Square, 2015, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
By Sara Eichner
Located in Darien, CT
Sara Eichner wants to create a space where point of view can not be fixed. Optical games stand in for the struggle to comprehend the complexities of seeing. Using simple drawing tool...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper, Pen

Sara Eichner, 16 Layers, Red and Pink Square, 2015, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen

Sara Eichner
Sara Eichner, 16 Layers, Red and Pink Square, 2015, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen, 2015

$3,800
Smooth Sailing, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A panoramic autumn view of rolling hills and a sailboat on the bay in Northern California. The blue water provides a refreshing sight within the grassy straw-...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Smooth Sailing, Original Painting
Smooth Sailing, Original Painting

Catherine McCargar
Smooth Sailing, Original Painting, 2020

$1,100
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)
By Macha Poynder
Located in London, GB
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's aesthetic's choice and does not need to be stretched ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)

Macha Poynder
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting), 2013

$10,377
A Little Morning Mist, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
When artist Patricia Prendergast paints at the river, she often quickly picks up her camera and snaps photographs of other details ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

A Little Morning Mist, Original Painting
A Little Morning Mist, Original Painting

Patricia Prendergast
A Little Morning Mist, Original Painting, 2020

$375
Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. There are embossed wavy lines running horizontally, with ri...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil

Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype

Patricia A. Pearce
Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype, 1980s

$700 Sale Price
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"nothing more, nothing less 2 of 6" - earth pigment, texture, marble, soft
Located in Atlanta, GA
This work on paper features deep hues of pink, orange and yellow. The unframed piece measures 25 by 19 inches. Lizzy Storm is an Atlanta-based Artist and educator creating weathered...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pigment

"nothing more, nothing less 2 of 6" - earth pigment, texture, marble, soft
"nothing more, nothing less 2 of 6" - earth pigment, texture, marble, soft

Lizzy Storm
"nothing more, nothing less 2 of 6" - earth pigment, texture, marble, soft, 2025

$1,100
New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting)
By Brooke Noel Morgan
Located in London, GB
New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting) Pastel on Paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Materiality and soul are essential to the work of Nashville-based multimedia artist Brooke Noel...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting)
New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting)

Brooke Noel Morgan
New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting), 2022

$691
Untitled / 2439 incised paper
By Sophia Dixon Dillo
Located in Burlingame, CA
Clean minimalism, white incised paper drawing from experimental artist Sophie Dixon Dillo, whose large-scale installations using light to illuminate sheer walls of thread and filamen...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper

Untitled / 2439 incised paper
Untitled / 2439 incised paper

Sophia Dixon Dillo
Untitled / 2439 incised paper, 2013

$2,500
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting) Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)

Tom McGlynn
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting), 2005

$1,729
A Father's Hand, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A young girl reaches for her father's ready hand to guide her while she walks along a low wall in a lush garden. "I love gardens, and paint them often, so the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

A Father's Hand, Original Painting
A Father's Hand, Original Painting

Catherine McCargar
A Father's Hand, Original Painting, 2020

$575
Little Chapel in the Valley, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A quiet Northern California morning on a rural road. The marine layer has nearly burned off, intensifying the colors in the landscape and deepening the shado...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Little Chapel in the Valley, Original Painting
Little Chapel in the Valley, Original Painting

Patricia Prendergast
Little Chapel in the Valley, Original Painting, 2020

$475
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 18, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Linda Turner, Art Meditation 18, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism

Linda Turner
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 18, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism, 2021

$500
Pink Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Pink abstract watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Sign...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Pink Abstract Watercolor
Pink Abstract Watercolor

Les Anderson
Pink Abstract Watercolor, circa 1980

$223 Sale Price
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Beavertail Trail Again, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Catherine McCargar based this painting off of a plein air piece she created while standing in the middle of this walking path and horse trail. "I had t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Beavertail Trail Again, Original Painting
Beavertail Trail Again, Original Painting

Catherine McCargar
Beavertail Trail Again, Original Painting, 2020

$1,500
Abstract Composition AA1, 1968 - gouache and mixed media, 58x75 cm, framed
By Armand Avril
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache and paper, mixed media, Signed in the middle center. Armand Avril, né à Lyon en 1926, est un peintre vivant à Cotignac dans le Var. Il est surtout connu pour les assemblages qu'il a réalisés à partir de 1968. D'origine modeste, cependant très tôt intéressé par l'art et les musées où le poussait son père, il s'essaie d'abord à la peinture. Cependant, Avril ne commence à trouver son véritable style qu'à l'âge de quarante-deux ans. Enfant, il est un habitué des musées de Lyon qu’il fréquente sur les conseils de son père. Adulte, sa passion pour la collection l’incite à se nourrir des arts premiers et d’artistes comme Gaston Chaissac...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Abstract Composition AA1, 1968 - gouache and mixed media, 58x75 cm, framed
Abstract Composition AA1, 1968 - gouache and mixed media, 58x75 cm, framed

Armand Avril
Abstract Composition AA1, 1968 - gouache and mixed media, 58x75 cm, framed, 1968

$3,574
Partly Cloudy, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I painted this from a smaller painting that I did on site at one of my favorite spots along the American River. The sun was going in and out of the clouds, so it was tricky to get a consistent lighting effect. The surface is a sanded paper with a neutral lavender tone that sets off the luminosity of my pastel sticks.


About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.


Words that describe this painting: tonalism...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Partly Cloudy, Original Painting
Partly Cloudy, Original Painting

Patricia Prendergast
Partly Cloudy, Original Painting, 2019

$475
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Doremi_Musicians-J, 2012, Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
ColorSoundGrammar Ellen Hackl Fagan There is a long history of sound/color synaesthesia work, from Isaac Newton’s color organ to Alexander Scriabin’s “Prometheus,” but not much ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper

Ellen Hackl Fagan, Doremi_Musicians-J, 2012, Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Doremi_Musicians-J, 2012, Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper

Ellen Hackl Fagan
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Doremi_Musicians-J, 2012, Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, 2012

$800
The Pond at Windmill Farm, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"A tranquil setting for a picnic or an early afternoon nap," says Patricia. The eucalyptus trees create a frame for the pond, the mid-ground bushes and the di...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

The Pond at Windmill Farm, Original Painting
The Pond at Windmill Farm, Original Painting

Patricia Prendergast
The Pond at Windmill Farm, Original Painting, 2019

$375
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002) Seated Man Charcoal on paper Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right) 25.1/2 x 18.1...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract

Pat Douthwaite
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract, 1971

$1,798
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper

Tatiana Nega
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper

$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Le secret que j'aime, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
By Edi Apostu
Located in Yardley, PA
The Secret that I love - 50 × 40 × 2 cm (framed) / 42 × 30 cm (unframed) - India ink on special paper - Signed on the Front / Specifications on the back - Made in 2012 - C...
Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pen

Le secret que j'aime, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Le secret que j'aime, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper

Edi Apostu
Le secret que j'aime, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper, 2012

$2,033
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper

Tatiana Nega
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper, 2022

$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper. Unframed. Balancing Act 3 is part of a series of works on paper started in 2016. They are created in the evenings and aptly named after busy days of teaching and other responsibilities. The artist establishes parameters involving the use of a particular palette, certain mark-making gestures and amount of time spent on each drawing. This work incorporates graphite, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution. Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California. Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Graphite

Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting)
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting)

Tracey Adams
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting), 2016

$1,798
Cloudy Day at the Point
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I painted this on a piece of blue-grey sanded pastel paper. I let much of the paper show through in the water and just 'scumbled' across it to create some lig...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Cloudy Day at the Point
Cloudy Day at the Point

Patricia Prendergast
Cloudy Day at the Point, 2019

$475
Abstract Portrait of a Woman in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Portrait of a Woman in Gouache on Paper A vibrant abstract portrait of a woman with raven black hair accented in bold red and yellow, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Abstract Portrait of a Woman in Gouache on Paper
Abstract Portrait of a Woman in Gouache on Paper

Ricardo de Silva
Abstract Portrait of a Woman in Gouache on Paper, 1986

$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Sem Titulo
Located in Wiscasett, ME
"Sem Titulo" gouache on paper. Illustrated in Barsotti's book page 146. The full sheet size listed in the catalogue is 21cm x 30cm. The specialty frame incorporates a mat cut up t...
Category

1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Sem Titulo
Sem Titulo

Hércules Rubens Barsotti
Sem Titulo, 1970

$17,000
Big Melt #16 (Abstract drawing)
By Jaanika Peerna
Located in London, GB
Big Melt #16 (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil and water on mylar - Unframed. This work is from a series titled Big Melt. It has been created with pigment pencils and ice. It captu...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mylar, Pencil

Big Melt #16 (Abstract drawing)
Big Melt #16 (Abstract drawing)

Jaanika Peerna
Big Melt #16 (Abstract drawing), 2016

$6,572
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch
By Judith Brenner
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Sophie Dancing 2 Original Nude Drawing Mixed Media on Paper Sheet Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images are purely an indi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch

Judith Brenner
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch, 2020

$1,367
The Quiet of the River Fog, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Patricia set up her easel on an early fall morning to catch the beauty of the fog rising off of the river. The sun was just beginnin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

The Quiet of the River Fog, Original Painting
The Quiet of the River Fog, Original Painting

Patricia Prendergast
The Quiet of the River Fog, Original Painting, 2019

$475
Prussian Blue Water
Located in New York, NY
Prussian Blue Water is painted on special Japanese paper I purchased in Tokyo on a trip last year sponsored by The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. From that t...
Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Prussian Blue Water

Marlene Siff
Prussian Blue Water

$4,250
M353
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, Perea co...
Category

2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Digital

M353
M353

Jesús Perea
M353, 2018

$1,729
Landscape #II
By Merton Clivette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931) Title: Landscape II Year: Circa 1925 Medium: Gouache Paper: Watercolor Size image: 17.35 x 22.65 inches Size paper: 17.35 x 22.65 inches Signature: Signed lower left by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Unframed About the artist. Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock. He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations. Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him. Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes. He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Landscape #II
Landscape #II

Merton Clivette
Landscape #II, c.1925

$1,100
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957) Abstracted figures #1 1950 Charcoal 14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.) Provenance: David Lay, Penzance Born in Leicester in 1902, Berrid...
Category

20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950

Arthur Berridge
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950, 1950

$954
Dark Blooms VII, Abstract Painting
By Karin Johannesson
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A spring garden scene, done in a loose and spontaneous watercolor style. Bright hues of yellow, pink and purple splash about the green foliage. Part of Karin'...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dark Blooms VII, Abstract Painting
Dark Blooms VII, Abstract Painting

Karin Johannesson
Dark Blooms VII, Abstract Painting, 2019

$425

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