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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Street Art
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Light 09 March 14:51 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Sea, Water
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silver and Color No. 101
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful painting is by Japanese artist, Takefumi Hori. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. He paints beautiful gold leaf paintings. This piece is acrylic, gold leaf and metal leaf ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
"My Petit Sunny Heart" Yellow Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
o.T. (YEN15LHV) small yellow contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
o.T. (YEN15LHV) is a unique small size contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief by German artist Dieter Kränzlein. This sculpture relief is carved from a single block of li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Limestone
"Soil Ties" Contemporary Abstracted Floral Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Soil Ties” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Sherri Belassen, depicting an abstracted patch of wildflowers. The artist’s technique of applying layers upon layers of paint over e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
"My Petit Pink Heart" White & Pink Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Purple Diamond Heart" Colorful Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Glass
Two people - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Andrea Bonfils - Woven Woods, Painting 2018
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Woven Woods
Encaustic and Oil Shellac With Silver Floater Frame
Size: 30" x 40"
Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with pape...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
The Quite Gleam (~55% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY!)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jennifer Bricker-Pugh
The Quite Gleam
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 36x36x1.5in
Signed, dated and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ready to hang
Re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Energy II (Splatter, Beige, Brown, Gold Leaf, Blue, Red, Black, Abstraction))
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs
Energy II
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 24x18in
Framed: 19x25x1.25in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1787
*Framed in brown Wood
Tags: Abstract, Acrylic, G...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soul Matters No 26 - collaged blocks of pale umber, dove grey and white
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly and collaged blocks of pale umber, dove grey and white form a floating patchwork in this contemplative painting by Shireen Kamran.
Shireen Kamran (b. 1954, Lahore, Pakista...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Traccia" by Masri - Blue, Yellow, and Red Male Abstract Portrait
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965)
"Traccia" (2019)
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
"Traccia"—meaning "Trace" i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
A Fall Scene (Autumn Landscape Painting with Red Barn and Tree in Golden Field)
Located in Hudson, NY
A Fall Scene (Autumn Landscape Painting with Red Barn and Tree in Golden Field) by Tracy Helgeson
2024
oil on panel
24 x 36 inches unframed
Excellent condition and ready to hang
Side...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dancing figures - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - 15
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on canvas
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Pontiac 87" Contemporary Green and White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Jake Chapman - Yin and Yin - Contemporary Art
Located in London, GB
Jake Chapman
Yin & Yin, 2022
Unique multiple on hand-painted circular ply boards with glitter overlay
17 3/10 in diameter 44 cm diameter
hand-signed on the back
number 7 of 125
"Yi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Glitter
"My Ruby Butterfly" Red Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape of Winter Forest in Blue & Yellow Encaustic) by Regina Quinn
2024
encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel
6 x 6 unframed / 8 x 8 framed
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Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
Pajares Vertical NON TITLE. Original street art painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
NON TITLE. Original street art painting
PAJARES
Done in mixed media on canvas and collage.
PAJARES, Juan Manuel (Lleida 1957 )
Pajares was introduced to the impact of large-scale can...
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Azul Horizon" Coastal Waterscape with Clouds, Framed Oil on Canvas
By Eric Abrecht
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Azul Horizon" is a framed oil on canvas painting by Eric Abrecht, depicting an abstracted waterscape. The artist's technique of painterly, rough brushstrokes give this sunny settin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Vivid Blue No.38 - contemporary, abstract, marble dust, wax, acrylic on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This mixed media contemporary abstract painting in a vivid blue colour is by Bulgarian-Canadian artist Ivo Stoyanov.
Ivo Stoyanov’s work is bold and dynamic. Inspired by nature’s co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Red Girl on the Beach from under a Palm Tree! /// Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Red Girl on the Beach from under a Palm Tree!"
Series: Abstract
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Bluecobalt Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Stripes, Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Kent, CT
Clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in light blue and light green are lively and vibrant while thin, delicate lines in blue and navy frame the shapes. Signed, dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Propagation Study V
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Dye, Emulsion, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic...
Voluptuous Rhythm in Blue - Large Floral Painting - Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Large, inventive, stylized flowers, entwine and support each other against a subtle field of cool tones. This grand and voluptuous work of art fills a room with the joy of living!
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dream On" Colorful Pop Art Hearts Abstract Painting on Paper with Gold
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured acrylics and oils in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Lucky To Love You - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe.
This original painting depicting one colorful heart painted on a black background measures 12 inches square. This thickly textured heart is applied with tactile brushwork. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Coulombe-Bégin’s work portrays from colorful hearts to specific parts of the human body, especially large close-up portrayals of the mouth and eyes, which are depicted with great contrasts of color and chiaroscuro. These symbols are constructed with specific gestures and drippings in which Coulombe-Bégin expresses an abstract universe full of movement, symbolism, and eroticism.
Born in Miami, Coulombe-Bégin grew up in Quebec City where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from Laval University. Starting very young, her parents focused a great deal on both the arts and athletics which helped her develop her own mode of expression.
“I am particularly interested in the fragmented corporal shell, which I emphasize through spontaneous movement and vivid colors.” stated Coulombe-Bégin. “My experience with painting has led me to see things differently, to self-discovery and to great astonishment."
Coulombe-Bégin's works have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Inspire moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul
2021 Le Corps à Coeur, Galerie Corno X Beauchamp, Montréal
2019 Rêve moi, Centre Boréart, Granby, QC
Feel Moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2017 Wildest Dreams, La nuit des Galeries, Québec
Salon d’habitation d’automne, Qébec
2016 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Québec
2015 Polyphonie, Palais Montcalm, Québec
2012 Le feu à la bouche, SSS, Québec, QC
2011 Le Moulin La Lorraine, Lac Etchemin, QC
2010 Lunetterie du faubourg, Quebec
Les futures Déesses désirées, Le Cercle, Quebec, QC
Trafic d'organes, Clocher penché, Quebec, QC
Corps et Corporalités, Studio Party...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
London, Tower Bridge, Contemporary Cityscape Painting, Modern Artworks
By Marc Todd
Located in Deddington, GB
Marc Todd London, Tower Bridge In Bright Light Original Painting on Canvas Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Sold Unframed Image size: H 76cm x W 102cm x D 3.5cm Please note that in situ ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Here and Now", Contemporary, Abstract, Oil Painting, Canvas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kathryn Arnold’s paintings focus on interpretive markings, built up into fields of color and textured surfaces. Mixing both jewel-like and muted tones, Arnold constructs planes that...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Green View" 2025, Oil, acrylic, joint compound, cold wax on panel
Located in New York, NY
Arielle Zamora they/them (b.1990) is a Portland, Oregon-based painter and printmaker. Their painting practice features layers of paint and joint compound as an exploration of line an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
"My Jackson Pollock Heart" Pop Art Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
Blue Hole by Mathieu Piffeteau - Abstract painting, color gradation, illusion
Located in Paris, FR
Blue Hole is a unique oil and acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Mathieu Piffeteau, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Duende Three, Stripes Beige, Orange, Yellow, Red, Green, Gray
Located in Kent, CT
In this painting by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered stripes and blocks of color in orange, green, yellow, red and brown are warm and vibrant against the soft ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Vinyl
Original work made with turmeric and hammer blows on paper, full moon
Located in Carballo, ES
Special edition of the artist made with an original and unique drawing for his exhibition "1 + 1 = infinity" at the Manolo Eirin Gallery. This tension between the unlimited and the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Rice Paper
Brooke Major, "Trot", 12x36 Sculptural White Equine Horse Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Trot", 12x36 is an oil painting on canvas by the artist Brooke Major. Depicted in white is a line of trotting horses. The artist uses layers and layers of white oil paint to meticul...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Now I Know My ABC's - Playful Lettering Typography Artwork and Dripping Colors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Blue Moon, Neon Green, Cerulean, Fuschia, White, Abstract Patterns
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
Thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful in bright, exuberant color. Little moments in vibrant sha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watchful Message
Located in Bozeman, MT
Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the mystery and spiritua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Untitled 5 - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness, Lively Colors
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is framed behind glass.
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Set Back From the Shore - textured, pastel colours, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Sharon Kelly
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The line between sky and shore blur in this beautiful abstract acrylic by Sharon Kelly. A bright yellow sun in the lower frame adds a flash of brilliant c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Rene Ricard Red Blue Nasty, 1989 poetry painting Keith Haring reference
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Frustration is center stage, written in cursive: "It's one of those days nothing works out right -- bump into any sharp corner – can’t tell flesh from white or brown from…or green fr...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Screen
"Simulations" 4-Piece Unique Multicolour Contemporary Foil by Nikolaus Koliusis
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Step into a world where color, form, and movement converge in harmonious splendor with "Simulations," a mesmerizing 4-piece artwork by the Austrian contemporary artist, Nikolaus Koli...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
"Lush Fall Foliage" Contemporary Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Lush Fall Foliage" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Marshall Noice, depicting an abstracted copse of trees with red and pink leaves. The artist's use of intense color for the f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Tree of Life, Blue Green Yellow Orange Futuristic Botanical Landscape, Animals
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
Futuristic botany is the focus of this fantastical landscape by Peter Hamlin in acrylic ink on linen.
Meticulously detailed flowers with yellow and orange blossoms and bright green...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Archival Ink, Acrylic
"My Petit Lime Green Heart" Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Paper Landscape" Original Paint on Canvas by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
100x100 cm
Original Art Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica orients her pictorial research to the theme of subtraction, her attention is focused on the aesthetic and conceptu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
Contrapuntal (6/23) by James Lumsden - Abstract colour painting, blue and red
Located in Paris, FR
Contrapuntal (6/23) is a unique acrylic on panel, gloss finish painting by contemporary artist James Lumsden, dimensions are 60 × 50 cm (23.6 × 19.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Cognitive Dissonance II
Located in Dallas, TX
"Arthur Brouthers experimented for years with acrylic paint and other mediums before arriving at his current process, which produces wild textures that mimic celestial bodies and mic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
Untitled #14, Original Raw Graffiti Painting, Acrylic & Spray Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Jesús Villalpando (aka Feng) is colorful in its composition with it's thickly applied paint and rapid brushstrokes. The work is effortless, if not completely i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
My Favorite Game - Original Retro Street Art Inspired Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Wild Voices
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue,White,Indigo, navy
40 x 72" oil painting on canvas
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Intervalle IV 8/25 - black grey contemporary modern sculpture painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Intervalle IV 8/25 is one of a series of originally four different small size contemporary modern sculpture painting reliefs by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Acid Rain, Pale Peach Leaf Violet, Light Grass Green, Gold Abstract Pattern
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in pale peach, light blue, and pale violet on a light green background with hints of golden orange and greenish yellow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Posters By Cy Twombly
By Cy Twombly
Located in London, GB
Posters
After Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly's posters often reflect his expressive and gestural style, showcasing abstract marks, scribbles, and poetic text. These posters capture the ess...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Beauty of Love - Impasto Pop Art Purple and Colorful Romantic Heart Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tjintjintjin
Located in Miami, FL
As one of the last generation to remember a childhood lived in the desert hunting and gathering with her family, Walangkura Napanangka's paintings recall the stories of country and the location of specific sites in her traditional homeland west of the salt lake of Karrkurutinjinya (Lake Macdonald).
Born around 1946, at Tjitururrnga west of Kintore, in the remote and arid country between the Northern Territory and Western Australia, she lived with her father Rantji Tjapangati and mother Inyuwa Nampitjinpa and later, while still a teenager, travelled by foot with her family over the hundreds of kilometres from their remote desert home eventually joining Uta Uta Tjangala's group as they walked in to the settlements of Haasts Bluff and then Papunya.
The lure of settlement life with its promise of plentiful food and water belied the harsh conversion they would make to an alien lifestyle with its many problems and unfamiliar demands. The upheaval however, was ameliorated to some degree by the proximity of her immediate family including her mother Inyuwa, adoptive father Tutuma Tjapangati, and sister Pirrmangka Napanangka (now deceased) all of whom became artists.
Relocated to the community of Kintore in 1981 when the outstation movement began, Walangkura participated in the historic women's collaborative painting project (1994) that was initiated by the older women as a means of re-affirming their own spiritual and ancestral roots. It was a time of specifically female singing, ceremony and painting, away from the gaze of outsiders and men folk. The huge and colourful canvases that emerged from the women's camp were 'alive with the ritual excitement and narrative intensity of the occasion' (Johnson 2000: 197).
Within a year, Papunya Tula Artists, now established at Kintore, had taken on many of these women as full-time artists, revitalising the company after the deaths of many of the original 'painting men'. While individual women forged their own stylistic trajectory, these paintings were immediately distinguishable from the men's more cerebral and symmetrical style. They radiated an exuberant and vibrant energy, the felt heart-beat of women's affinity to country and spirit.
Walangkura's early works, created from 1996 onward, are characterized by masses of small markings and motifs covering large areas of canvas. Her favorite colour, a deep sandy orange predominates, accentuated against more somber blacks and reds and dusky greens or yellows. More recent works show a gestural quality though still tightly packed with an intensity of geometric line work representing sandhills. In a sense this provides a strong visual and contextual link to the men's linear style as exemplified by the works of George Tjungurrayi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.