Gian Berto Vanni

Before the Storm - Abstract Painting with Gold Leaf

2011

Untitled geometric abstract oil painting by Martin Canin, measuring 60x50-inch. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field and Op Art. Like many artists of...

Andrei Petrov's "Heart of the Sunrise" is a large 72 x 60 inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas. The main colors are a deep blue and purp...

Andrei Petrov's "Anatomy of a Sunset" is a large 72 x 60 inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas. The main colors are a deep blue and a cerulean blue with an accent of red. Th...

Parris Jaru's The Great Emancipation is a 48 x 36 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only, extracted from plants. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. New York–born artist Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced during his childhood years spent in the coastal town of Saint Ann...

Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. His paintings are the expression of his lifelong struggle to retain memories of his childhood and life. He writes: "As a chi...

Martin Canin's Dichotos is a large 60 x 50 geometric abstract oil painting, dating 1967. Martin Canin’s work can be linked to two 1960s movements: Color field and Op Art. Like many a...

EMANATION 60" x 102", $39,000 About the Series: For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose. Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time. About the Artist: Benjamin Dray is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. He completed his formal art education in Australia and has painted continuously for the last 30 years living and working in his studio home on Scotland Island...

SOLARIS 40" x 60", $13,000 About the Series: For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose. Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time. About the Artist: Benjamin Dray is an artist based in Sydney, Australia. He completed his formal art education in Australia and has painted continuously for the last 30 years living and working in his studio home on Scotland Island...

There is a passage from the book The Four Agreements in which author Don Miguel Ruiz relays a story of creation from the Toltec tradition. In this story a young man was studying to ...

The space between... I’ve heard this described as our truest selves. That our true self, our soul, our essence exists in the space between every cell, atom, and molecule of our bodi...

The Unity series is best described by a short story found in the introduction to author Don Miguel Ruiz’s book The Four Agreements. Three thousand years ago there was a [man] just...

"As above, so below." These words and all they represent have inspired a great deal of these works. Exploring what it means to live our soul purpose has led me to taking a closer ...