David Hardaker

"Jazz Study Volume Four" Colorful Abstract Mixed Media Painting

2022

Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...

Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...

Colorful abstract contemporary mixed media painting by Houston, Texas artist David Hardaker. This painting features bright colorful abstracted shapes and various expressionist brushs...

Large white, pink, and green abstract mixed media painting by Memphis artist, Hank Gray. Unframed but framing options are available. Signed by artist at the bottom of the canvas. Titled and dated at the back. Artist Biography: Painting oils on canvas and working with brushes, rags, knives, and rulers, Gray says his abstract works reflect what he calls "perfectly balanced chaos." He's motivated by such conflicts as sex versus hypocrisy, nature versus industry. "It's all very visceral," says Gray, "and even if people don't like my style, I want them to find the balance in the work and feel the emotion." As he paints, Gray locks out the logical part of his brain and lets the creative side "go full speed ahead, guns blazing." Sometimes, though, what he later takes off the canvas is as important as what he applies. That's where the knives and rulers come in. "I put all that frenetic energy, or chaos, on the canvas and slowly scrape it off, pick it apart." You might say he also took that same approach to his life. A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gray, earned a business degree and went to work for his father as an options trader. "My dad was verbose, outgoing, with a fiery temper. I would call him an angry, highly intelligent Peter Pan figure. He wanted to stay young forever. He worked hard and played hard, and I tried to protect him from himself. Many nights I'd be putting this 6-4, 200-pound man to bed," says Gray. Shortly before the fatal plane crash, father and son had an argument and the son left the company. After his father's death, Gray was devastated: "We hadn't spoken in a month. I had lots of anger, lots of guilt. At the end I felt like my will killed him, that I wanted him to be gone." With his father's estate in disarray, Gray found himself handling numerous lawsuits. Once the estate was settled, he took up commodities trading. He also started painting in earnest, but lacked the confidence to give up his job. Then, earlier this year, he experienced what he calls an epiphany. While playing with Vivian, one of his two young daughters by his first marriage, he painted a circus big top...

Abstract Color Collage, Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Painting, 2021 21" x 15.5" (HxW) mixed media in a white wooden frame This colorful mixed media work is a contemporary coll...

"TimerSign" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Alayna Rose, signed in the lower right hand corner. Multiple hues of green lay a base for even brighter colors to play on it's surface. 24" x 24" Alayna Rose is a painter, jewelry designer and former illustrator. Her fashion jewelry has been featured in exclusive boutiques from Hawaii to the East Coast. In 1987 she was featured as an outstanding new designer in Accessories Magazine. Her copper enameled designs have been exhibited in shows in New York City, Chicago and other major venues in the United States. From 1990-2007 she was Vice President of a design company that specialized in illustrations for patent applications, trademarks and technical art. She studied with Gary Rosine, former department chair of Cardinal Stritch University’s Visual Studies Program, Kenn Kwint, nationally recognized Wisconsin painter and was mentored by one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated sculptors, Mary Nohl...

"Walking Song" is an original mixed media piece on watercolor paper. Alayna Rose, the artist, signed the piece in the lower right. This piece features a variety of abstract marks in ...

"Heart Stop Happy II" is an original mixed media piece on watercolor paper. Alayna Rose, the artist, signed the piece in the lower right. This piece features abstract marks in white ...