Delna Dastur

Rising Against All Odds

2021

Artist Commentary: Yupo is a non absorbent surface to work on. Acrylics and inks puddle and spread when applied. It was great to tip the surface to create the drips before applying m...

Just Carefree, Original Framed Signed Contemporary Abstract Floral Painting, 2022 36" x 36" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas 38" x 38" x 2.5" (HxWxD) Framed Hand-signed by the artist...

Artist Commentary: The plants are having a field day scrambling all over the city, displaying Nature's power over man made buildings. Keywords: plants, nature, cityscape, joyous Ar...

Paradise Bird, Original Floral Still Life Painting 11" x 14" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas An abstracted floral still life pops off of the canvas with a vibrant red juxtaposed against a deep blue background. Artist Commentary: This piece is the result of taking a picture of a Bird of Paradise plant, photoshopping it into an abstract image, and then painting that image on canvas. Keywords: flower, abstract, bird of paradise, red, blue, vibrant, bright, colorful Artist Biography: Robert Crooker...

Artist Commentary: Robert Schoenfeld is a master Color-Field Artist from Seattle and a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute. Robert’s large Color-Field paintings can be viewed ...

Artist Commentary: Very large floral abstract expression with deep bold colors Keywords: abstract contemporary, modern, bold colors Artist Biography: Wyanne (pronounced Y-anne) ha...

"Strengths and Weaknesses" is a portrait exploring several elements and strategies that fascinate the artist – notably the performance anxiety induced by simply being an artist, staring down the freight train of art history as it hurtles toward you every time you pick up a brush. Luck? Talent? Maybe. There are signposts and guides in this painting, of course (Cubism! Surrealism! Brancusi! Guston!), but they can clobber you too if you're not careful. Even the phrase "strengths and weaknesses" smacks of compromises and rationalization – deadly to an artist looking to construct their own integral world. "Strengths and Weaknesses" is an acrylic and charcoal on canvas measuring 54" tall by 54" wide. It was included in the artist's solo show "Comedy Cellar" at Freight + Volume Gallery, New York City in July 2018. (See last photograph for an installation view.) From Daniel Gerwin – "Schenck’s color is vibrant, wild, saturated to the point of overheating, and altogether brilliant in the balancing of hues, temperatures, shapes, and color quantities. The paintings have a remarkable coherence for their dizzying juxtaposition of so many small chromatic passages." (Essay: The Anxiety and the Ecstasy) Peter Schenck...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDibs and other online platforms I am now (thankfully) able to reach a worldwide audience and am selling paintings...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

Madhu Basu - Magma Series - 25.75 x 21.25 inches (unframed size) Acrylic & Pigment on canvas ( Set of 2 works ) ( UNFRAMED ALL IN DOOR DELIVERED ) Vessels and pots being of ...