Joseph Stefanelli

Idolaters

1995

The composition of this painting may suggest the artist’s own lifelong journey. The white area becomes a focal point of the image with a broken mode of transportation painted over it...

"The Offering Table" projects power and solid presence. The central shape is reminiscent of a monumental ancient sculpture. On top of its head Stefanell...

In "The Winner" Stefanelli successfully conveys a dynamic figure with batches of paint. The fluidity of his brushstrokes accentuates the movement and strugg...

Stefanelli’s "Barnum’s Joy" is reminiscent of the joy, laughter, and peculiarity that the world famous showman and businessman P.T. Barnum brought to the world. The artist captures t...

Stefanelli’s "Seti’s Banquet" is a lush celebration, a decadent feast of a pharaoh. In this period of time many of Stefanelli’s works are focused on interpreting historical narrative...

Abstract expressionist work of art by Joseph Hicks. Joseph Hicks’s works are bright and colorful, full of life and creativity. His canvases are full of energy and dynamism due to t...

The present work of art titled "Urban Abstraction (ripped off posters)" is part of a series of paintings that the artist composed in the 1980s and 1990s inspired by the observation of the urban reality of those years. The artist take the cue from his walks in Florence, both in the center and in the suburbs, and by the observation of billboards and posters scattered throughout the city. The mass of information, colors, messages and words were carried on the canvas with acrylic colors, ideally reconstructing the tears and overlaps of all the information and advertising contained on these huge sheets of paper that invade our cities. The geometric lines are overlaid with jagged lines, overlaps and color dripping and also the choice in the color palette, with different shades of white, gray, rose, orange red and blue helps in rendering the result of the tears and ripped paper. The result is a beautiful multicolored modern abstract canvas, both aesthetically and ethically, with many rich layers of color, texture and expression in which the artist leaves his own message. The painting is housed in a simple modern white lacquer wood frame. Andrea Spinelli...

Title - Day For Night. Acrylic Painting by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the artist's name. Comes wit...

Hidden words and symbols hide beneath the bold red exterior of the painting. Solid watercolours were used to sketch shapes below the surface. The red surface treatment reacted with t...

Blue Gaze, 1977, by Robert Natkin (1930-2010) Acrylic on canvas 66 x 66 inches framed 25.98 x 25.98 cm) Signed on bottom right Exhibitions: In 1957, Momentum, Chicago, IL In 1968, Pointdexter Gallery, New York, NY (solo) In 1969, San Francisco Museum of Art (retrospective 1952-1969), San Francisco, CA (solo) In 1974, Within the Decade: Selections from the Guggenheim Museum Permanent Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY In 1980, Masters of American Watercolor, The Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK In 1992, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK (solo) In 2007, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe...

“Legendary 5” 36 x 36 inches is a one-of-a-kind original non-objective abstract painting by Juanita Bellavance. In this spontaneous Lu expressive abstract piece, Juanita created an ...

"Limitations 1" is a masterful painting that challenges the boundaries of artistic expression through a restricted palette of red, black, and neutral white. Despite its seemingly co...