Frealon Norden Bibbins

'Organic Abstract', Large oil by San Francisco artist, Bay Area Abstraction

1976

Signed lower right, 'Aziza' with monogram and dated 1990. A fresh and vibrant oil abstract juxtaposing adjacent and overlaid organic forms in cerulean, crimson and yellow applied wi...

Painted by Frealon Bibbins (American, 1926-2013) circa 1976. Certification of authenticity, verso, with stamped wax seal. A substantial 1970's abstract evoking graceful, oceanic forms and comprising fluidly superimposed and adjacent, diaphanous layers of scarlet, rose, lilac, and grass-green against a variegated sunshine-yellow field. This listed California artist, author and musician lived and painted in Alameda and also had a distinguished career with the San Francisco Symphony...

Signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Renee Harwin' (Austrian-American, born 1924) and painted circa 1975. A dramatically balanced abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping geometric forms in muted shades of saffron, brick red and ultramarine. Renee Harwin's figures are gestural, reflective of human design and set within an environment of patterns suggestive of clouds and sky. She comes to the figure through years of hard-edge painting. Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and her San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson...

Signed lower right, 'Betsy Dillard Stroud' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2000. Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS, NWS, grew up in Rocky Mount, Virginia with a family straight f...

Signed lower right, "Stonely" for Dorothy Stonely (American, 20th century), titled verso "Redolent" and painted circa 2005. Abstract painting comprising interspersed with spiral cloud forms in aqua, purple, and goldenrod contrasted against a vivid scarlet field . Stonely is a Signature Member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She has exhibited widely and with success, including at the Pacific Grove Art...

Signed lower right, 'Charmaine Girelli' (American, 20th/21st century) and painted circa 2015. A very large, American School proto-organic abstract comprising dynamic and fluid trailing forms in primary and secondary colors, contrasted against a speckled and scumbled, aqua and sky-blue background. A substantial and lyrical work by this largely self-taught, Palm Springs woman...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...

Ali Enache is an American abstract painter based in Los Angeles, California. A Washington D.C. native and a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ali Enache worked as a design...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensively worldwide she now resides as a full-time artist and ceramist in Los Angeles. With a degree in psychology and training in ceramics, painting was a natural transition and expansion to her repertoire from an early age. With color and form as her guide, her artwork flows from spontaneous and spiritual inspiration. Influenced by her travels with the play of color and light, her paintings reflect nature, spirit and a place of tranquility. There’s a touch of magic, secrets and a touch of the unknown in every painting, when painting ”time stops and almost an altered state of consciousness overtakes as the painting evolves”. Nina’s artwork has been shown in California, New York, Berlin, Montreal, Texas and Tokyo Japan. Santa Ana...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensively worldwide she now resides as a full-time artist and ceramist in Los Angeles. With a degree in psychology and training in ceramics, painting was a natural transition and expansion to her repertoire from an early age. With color and form as her guide, her artwork flows from spontaneous and spiritual inspiration. Influenced by her travels with the play of color and light, her paintings reflect nature, spirit and a place of tranquility. There’s a touch of magic, secrets and a touch of the unknown in every painting, when painting ”time stops and almost an altered state of consciousness overtakes as the painting evolves”. Nina’s artwork has been shown in California, New York, Berlin, Montreal, Texas and Tokyo Japan. Flying Dragons...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensive...