Crayon Abstract Paintings

Artist's statement: "Separate from the tar paintings I have been doing, I am creating a series of work in which I am channeling some of the things I have always loved about Cy Twombly along with qualities of a painting I saw in a local collection by a Cuban painter that I really admired and have thought about a lot since. Of course both share a graffiti quality; Twombly was the first to work with a sort of automatic drawing, beginning in the 1950s, and what he did opened up this new language for countless painters. You still see traces of it in so much contemporary art. Antoni Tapies has been a big influence on me as well, and you can see some of him in this work as well. I limited the color palette in this one as a sort of exercise in discipline, since it is easy to let color get away from you in a painting like this one. There are areas of three-dimensional paint that help flatten the picture plane and restrict the eye from reading depth into the painting; they function in the same way as Barnett Newman's 'zips' and Susan Rothenberg's lines across some of her horse images...

Untitled (260.11) (Abstract photography) Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The ...

Untitled #528 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed on the back A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...

Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...

Barnstable by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, Mixed Media on Canvas, REP by Tuleste Factory Abstract painting by Joseph Conrad-Ferm. The dynamic composition includes muted strokes of gray and p...

We are pleased to offer another impressive abstract expression painting by French artist Christophe. There is an excitement in the ar...

Based in Cornwall, UK Brad creates expressive and abstract paintings with a graffiti influence that scale smaller mounted works to larger street art murals...

Through The Spring Window and Carmargue diptych Overall image size cm : H102 x W142 Through The Spring Window – 2 by Jon Rowland [2020] original Acrylic on paper Image size: H:51 c...

"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...

We are pleased to be the gallery that represents the paintings of French abstract artist Christophe in the United States. Another impressive painting from 2019 by abstract expressi...

This painting is inspired by the beauty of the seascape.

The work is created by emphasizing the seascape.

Orange and blue toned abstract impressionist landscape painting by Houston, Texas artist Sha Mo depicting mountains and lake with flowing lava-like form. Signed...

Pastel on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. He...

"Blue Fall 2" is a Still Life of falling impasto flowers painted on a canvas of blue and yellow. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. H...

Eliz Gündüz, a visionary artist born in Antalya in 2001, is a rising star in the world of abstract expressionism. Her artistic journey is an enchanting exp...

This vibrant piece is a celebration of bold movement, layered textures, and playful hues. Created with dynamic brushstrokes and an intuitive process, it invites the viewer to explore...

Dark toned impressionist painting by Houston, Texas artist Sha Mo. Abstract painting with blue, green, red, and orange accents depicting landscape with flowing ...

"Untitled, portrait of artist in studio" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1971. The artwork is 25 x 19 1/2 inches and, with the frame,...

Exhibited: 2003 Oakland Museum of California "Fred Martin Retrospective" A native Californian, Fred Martin was born in San Francisco in 1927, and received both his BA (1949) and MA (1954) from University of California, Berkley. At the San Francisco Art Institute Martin studied with Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko and David Park...

Eliz Gündüz, a visionary artist born in Antalya in 2001, is a rising star in the world of abstract expressionism. Her artistic journey is an enchanting exp...

This pastel piece bursts with vibrant colors, showcasing varying shades of blues, greens, reds, and so many more. It captures the lively energy and dazzling signs of the city, evokin...

This large original painting by Ceravolo measures 66x80". it is painted with oil and acrylic on canvas with spray painted lettering and a rusted metal grid installed approx 1 inch i...

Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in 1977, who likes to use our consciousness in the world as a prevalent theme in his work. From early childhood, he has always en...

This bold reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa comes from Diego Tirigall, an artist whose rise in the contemporary art world is garnering significant attention. Drawing ...

Untitled #407 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Moises Zabludovsky (Mexican, 1959-) Bull Fight Mixed Media Work on paper, watercolor; ink and pastel on paper 1979 Hand signed and dated. Dimensions: Frame: 28.5 X 36.5. Image: 22....

Lacy handmade and decorative striped paper summoned pastels to bring out an aspect of intimacy that only innocence can grant. Childhood intimacy is boundaryless, if volatile. This di...

Vista No 2 by Murray Duncan is a striking abstract composition that merges bold gestural lines with an earthy, textured surface. Rendered in a muted, organic palette, the piece evoke...

Untitled #206 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

Untitled #502 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Picnic. 1999, paper, pastel, 28.5x33 cm Colorful abstract composition in fauvist style with figures

Matthew Marcot is an American, self-taught artist specializing in Abstract and Neo-Expressionism, and primary mediums are semiotics and collage. An unde...

Poor Gabriel, 2024 by Murray Duncan Mix media on canvas Size 48" h x 60" w x 1.5" d Signed This artwork will ship as a rolled canvas. Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visiona...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

A wonderful, museum caliber painting by Craig Kauffman. Initialed "CK" and dated "82" in the lower right corner. PROVENANCE: Asher Faure Gallery Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Estate Private Collection, New York Private Collection, San Diego, CA EXHIBITED: Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, CRAIG KAUFFMAN: NEW PAINTINGS April 23 through May 21,1983 CATALOGUE: Craig Kauffman Estate Archive Number CR No: P.1982.2 The following is from The New York Times, May 15, 2010, By Douglas Martin Craig Kauffman, who in the 1960s helped put Los Angeles on the art map with audacious experiments in molding industrial plastic to create ethereal wall-mounted sculptures — some resembling giant pieces of jelly candy — died Sunday in Angeles City in the Philippines. He was 78. The cause was complications of pneumonia following a recent stroke, said Frank Lloyd, his friend and dealer. Mr. Kauffman was eminent in an eclectic group of artists who reveled in the light, space and energy of postwar Southern California to forge new Minimalist, often glossy artistic approaches. Richard Armstrong, director of the Guggenheim Museum said that these Californians, sometimes called the Cool School — along with Chicago Imagists and Washington, D.C., painters called the Color School — were counterpoints to the Abstract Expressionists who ruled New York. "California was never ashamed of being a new society," Mr. Armstrong said in an interview on Thursday, "it all fit together nicely." Los Angeles was then ascending to the status of a metropolis, with a growing number of major-league sports teams, fresh industries and a surging population. There were new quarters for public galleries and the burgeoning of commercial ones. At the center of the action was the Ferus Gallery, which staged the first solo exhibition of Andy's Warhol's pop art and the first American retrospective of Marcel Duchamp. Mr. Kauffman was a featured artist at the gallery's inaugural exhibition in 1957, "Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye." Peter Plagens, in his book Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945-1970, (1974, 1999), wrote, "'Culture' meant 'art' and 'art' implied 'new,' and 'new,' as everybody was informed, meant California — particularly Los Angeles." The artists who seized this historic opportunity included Billy Al Bengston, Ken Price and Robert Irwin, among others. In an interview on Wednesday, Arne Glimcher, founder and chairman of Pace Gallery, which had Mr. Kauffman's first New York show in 1967, called the California scene in the late '50s and early '60s "a pressure cooker of ideas." Referring to artistic styles, he said, "It was California perfection against New York messiness." Mr. Kauffman's early paintings were critical in defining this new style. Mr. Plagens called them "the first evidence of a Los Angeles sensibility." Mr. Kauffman's later work blazed splashier trails, as he experimented with the effects of light on works that were painterly yet three-dimensional. "The true power of what he did was his incorporation and then redirection of light inside sculpture," said Mr. Armstrong, who was the curator of a show of Mr. Kauffman's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1987. "Many of them glowed," he said. "Others were translucent. Even the supposedly opaque had a noteworthy shimmering quality to them." What Mr. Kauffman made reflected a wide range of inspirations. In a 2008 video interview in conjunction with a show at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena California, he said that the famed lingerie store Frederick's of Hollywood provided artistic nurture. With a smile, he confessed to a "shoe fetish" that had influenced some of his art. Robert Craig Kauffman was born on March 31, 1932, in Los Angeles. He started painting regularly at age 7 and went to theUniversity of Southern California to study architecture in 1950. But art soon won out over architecture, and he transferred to the University of California Los Angeles, to study painting. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees there. A breakthrough came in the early 1960s when he experimented with painting on glass, but found it too fragile. He then painted on flat acrylic plastic. His next inspiration came from the plastic packaging increasingly used to wrap merchandise. He sought out craftsmen at commercial factories to learn the technique, Time magazine reported in 1968. The results were several series of three-dimensional wall hangings. Some were inspired by large plastic fruit clusters on the wall of a doughnut shop he frequented in Los Angeles. These lozenge-shaped reliefs were sometimes called "bubbles." Barbara Rose, in a catalog essay for an exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in 1967, wrote, "Shaping the brittle sheet plastic into a series of voluptuous curves, Kauffman achieves a kind of abstract eroticism that is purely visual." Mr. Kauffman's work was shown in countless exhibitions and many one-man shows. It has been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. In 2006, one of Mr. Kauffman's reliefs fell from a wall of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, where it was part of an exhibition titled "Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital, 1955-1985." It shattered. After storms of publicity, the Pompidou provided technical help and money to make a new version. Mr. Kauffman was married several times. He is survived by his daughters from his marriage to Dana Kauffman, from whom he was separated: Wilhelmina, Vida Rose and Georgia Kauffman. When they started in the 1960s, Mr. Kauffman and his artistic compatriots did not foresee a legacy, much less earning an income, Larry Bell, a prominent artist in the group, said in an interview on Wednesday. "The troops sort of banded together to be our own audience," he said. "Every once in a while, we'd sell...

Stephen Whittaker (b.1991) is a New Zealand artist, currently residing in Paris. Most recently Whittaker’s work has focused on the weight of tradition and generational ties. The juxt...

Gouache, watercolor and crayon on paper. Signed in white gouache, lower right recto by Dobashi.

framed in white wooden frame Andrew studied Fine Art at University of Wales, graduating with a first class Honours degree in 2007. He then obtained further training through St Marti...

Sweet Emotions Mixed media acrylic, watercolor, ink marker, pastel on archival. Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Art...

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"Heat Lighting", an abstract painting by Rebecca Sobin executed in oil, cold wax medium, and pastel powder on a cradled wood panel; measuring 12 x 12 inches. A warm, harmonious comp...

This 28x20 pastel invites you to the serene meeting point of land and water, where soft textures and flowing lines evoke the calm beauty of a tranquil shoreline. Gentle hues blend to...

Untitled #530 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed on the back A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...

Changing Colors, Original Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting, 2020 10.125" x 8.125" (HxW) Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Deckled-Edge Paper Hand-signed and dated by the artist. A gestural and energetic work by Sunny Ray Hipple...

Title: Interconnected Dance Abstract Masculine Contemporary Grey Red Yellow Blue Detail Texture Bold Colors This series expresses our unity and our interconnectedness. We are dancin...

The paintings of Christophe have everything they need, the balance, the color, the values, the emotion, the composition and just the right amount of feeling. What makes his art spe...

Crystal Latimer employs the method to create depth. Inspired by 16th centenary tapestry, she combines western iconography with the symmetrical design elements of medieval artisans. T...

This mixed media painting on canvas measures 36x54" framed size 38x56". Titled "Brando and G", it is in Ceravolo's classic urban Pop style. In this mixed media painting on canvas ...

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...

STILL LIFE CORAL OCHRE Graphite and oil pastel on paper Size: 39 x 46.5 cm (including frame) An engaging and powerful abstract composition by British contemporary artist Lloyd Durli...

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorfu...

"Faulkner in Fresno" is a striking, original 1986 abstract oil and pastel painting by renowned artist Sidney Guberman (b. 1936). Featuring a dynamic composition in shades of red, pal...

Diego Tirigall’s "Matisse Blue Nude—Give Me a Match" is a bold, expressive reimagining of a classical masterpiece, infused with the raw energy of street art and the hyper-connectivit...

We are pleased to announce that we are now representing the large scale paintings of David Austin. In order to make space for new works coming for the Summer Season here in the Hampt...

“Traces” is a one-of-a-kind abstract informal painting by Italian contemporary artist Marilina Marchica. This large-scale artwork (100 x 120 x 3.5 cm) is created using a rich, layere...

This 21x20 pastel captures the wild beauty of nature overtaking a forgotten fence, with vibrant purple flowers intertwined among deep green leaves. The rich textures and organic flow...

Karen Blair lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where the surrounding mountains provide daily inspiration for her work. Her own garden and those of friends...

This opera was painted on a found empty canvas cover belonging to Gherardo delle Notti, a painter of the 17th century. Technique: pastel on lining In Anto...

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...