Found Objects Abstract Paintings

The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep cobalt blues, off-whites, and s...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: S Thing" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma ...

This mixed-media painting by contemporary artist Patrick Burns is a departure from his "Concrete Gardens" flower paintings, yet continues his use of heavy texture and reverberating, ...

Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Orange" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma i...

This mixed-media painting by contemporary artist Patrick Burns is a departure from his "Concrete Gardens" flower paintings, yet continues his use of heavy texture and reverberating, ...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Ecto" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma is ...

The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep reds, off-whites, and subtle ac...

Linda Stein, Textural Letter in Earth Tones 23 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Textural Letter in Earth Tones 23 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a b...

"QUEEN VICTORIA" is created and from acrylic and found objects on thick, round panel by renowned Black African American artist Richard J. Watson. It includes a photograph of a figure...

SOME SPAIN 2021 Paris, France Graphically bold, yet cerebral, this textured, abstract piece offers a rich color palette. Painted using oil, acrylic and plaster, and executed on an ...

Daniel Fiorda in this new series of sculptures, continues in many ways the themes that have infused his previous work. For the last several years, Fiorda has dealt with technology, obsolescence, with the trail of discarded tech that humanity leaves behind and what it says about us. The new work takes this thematic one step further. These new wall pieces feature barely concealed found objects, almost fully engulfed by concrete, and yet still eerily discernible: industrial gears, computer keyboards, objects that evoke industrial post-digital eras. This piece is a set of 3 artworks that showcases a black computer keyboard on a white background and they can be arranged for display in a variety of layouts. They come ready to hang with hanging hardware and they are signed by the artist on verso. Art measures 8.75 x 8.75 x 1.25 in (each) The overall sense is dystopian rather than apocalyptic. In Fiorda’s previous work, found objects were displayed as if unearthed from a bed of clay by a tacit anthropologist, perhaps decades into the future. A typewriter would be partially buried by dry soil and weathered by the passing of time. The underlying narrative was that of a future civilization unearthing the objects left by ours. Destruction or extinction was implied. In the new work, the obsolete technology is not found but rather engulfed by a new technology. Concrete, as a material and as a technology, has the capabilities to fully encase and envelope. In Fiorda’s new work, uniformity and the appropriation of old/new technology into new structures suggests a historical and technological challenge right around the corner, mirroring the ones in our recent past: the digital age fully replacing the analog world. These astounding sculptures, with embedded objects, are here to examine closely, and make connections between theme, material, and shape. Daniel Fiorda was born in 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Of Italian ancestry, his lineage includes a grandfather highly respected as a wood craftsman, also his father was a craftsman in addition to being a musician and poet. Because a privileged life was not his, there was no university for Fiorda. In the Old World tradition of passing on knowledge from parent to child, he learned about machinery form his father, who recognized his son's talent and encouraged it. With some private tutoring, he began sculpting in high school using found objects. The press reviews of his first exhibit, at age 20, stated that Fiorda had a definite “poetic feeling”. With this encouragement, he continued to pursue his art. After leaving Argentina, he arrived in Miami Beach via a circuitous route and set up his studio in the South Florida Art Center. He has exhibited widely throughout the US including the OK Harris Gallery, Allan Stone Gallery in New York as well as the Heriard Cimino Gallery in New Orleans, Lélia Mordoch Gallery in Paris France and Lilac Gallery in New York City. Daniel was one of the winners in the 7th Annual Sculptures Competition (2003) held at Washburn University in Topeka , Kansas. Selected on the inaugural 2006 Palm Beach International Sculpture Biennale, and exhibited for the 3rd time in Sculpture Key West. He is an alumni Artist of ArtCenter/South Florida. Two Pieces from his “Convertible Couch projects...

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

Daniel Fiorda in this new series of sculptures, continues in many ways the themes that have infused his previous work. For the last several years, Fiorda has dealt with technology, obsolescence, with the trail of discarded tech that humanity leaves behind and what it says about us. The new work takes this thematic one step further. These new wall pieces feature barely concealed found objects, almost fully engulfed by concrete, and yet still eerily discernible: industrial gears, computer keyboards, objects that evoke industrial post-digital eras. This piece is a set of 3 artworks...

Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

A textural oil painting by Darius Yektai (b. 1973 / Southampton, NY) made up of a motley of flowers, from Roses, to Hydrangeas, to Babys Breath and more. Affixed to an oil painting w...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...

This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...

This is an 3-part painting / construction (assemblage) created from acrylic paint, wood, glass, and found objects. It includes several historic photograph of figures as well as many scenes from Black African American cultural history. Each piece measures 23" x 7.75" x 2.5", and they can be hung close together or far apart, depending on the buyer's preference. All pieces are wired with the appropriate hanging hardware and are ready to install, no additional framing needed. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...

Beautiful abstract expressionist collage/ painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Beige and black are layered with found objects like vintage stamps and paper ...

This is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects. It is framed in a wide, dark wooden frame with gold accents. It includes several manipulated historic photograph of figures in many guises, arranged as if on stage. It is signed and dated by the artist lower left. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...

Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...

This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials including historic photographs of Black figures and other found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated along the lower edge. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...

"Sunrise Over Money" is an acrylic painting of an abstracted, dream-like landscape with collaged found objects and photographs. It is an homage to Emmitt Till, who is pictured at ce...

Linda Stein, Clothespin Coil and Friends 27– Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Clothespin Coil and Friends 27 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of w...

The painting is an expressive, abstract work by Purvis Young with a strong emphasis on dynamic brushwork and a limited color palette dominated by deep reds, off-whites, and subtle ac...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites" is a large-scaled textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, late...

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 15 is a richly textured, mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (2015–2...

Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design. In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...

Vestiges spectrales I is a large-scale mixed-media painting on canvas that conjures a ghostly seascape where traces of time and matter converge. Using collage, impasto, and embedded ...

Linda Stein, Linear Thoughts Sewn 24 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Linear Thoughts Sewn 24 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from...

With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils and hand embellished piece...

A. K. Douglas - Loosing Fear of the Consequences Series Mixed Media, 15 x 11 inches, 2020 Born in India1979, 2015: MFA from Prachin Kala Kendra, Chandigarh, India. Show / workshops/ symposium /biennale • 2020: Solo Show at SPC kunstrum gallery, Copenhagen Denmark. • 2020: Group show CALTART Caltabellotta Contemporary Art Project,Sicily. • 2020: Open Studio with marc Rayner, Sweden. • 2020: Group show, Galerie 6, Mairie de Montreuil, France. • 2020: Open 7,International art exhibition, at magazzini Dell Art contemporanea, Trapani Italy. • 2019: Group show-University Art museum Chungcheongbuk-do South Korea. • 2019: De Colore. Leonardo e l”interpretazionecontemporane, Milano Italy. • 2019: Kaleidoscope, international art exhibition, at magazzini Dell Art contemporanea, Trapani Italy. • 2019: 9th Biennale de SarriaSalon International d'Art,Spain • 2019: International artist residency for River Democracy, MahakumbhMela, PrayagrajIndia. • 2019: Group Show of Vasudhaivakutumbakam at Allahabad Museum India. • 2019: International coordinator for Dhanbad Art Fair, Dhanbad India. • 2018: 2nd Bodhgaya Biennale, Bodhgaya India. • 2018: Group show, Governor House Patna, in association with Govt. of Bihar (workshop)& Bihar Museum,India. • 2018: Group show,Gallerie Sonia Monti, Paris, France. • 2018: Arthshila International Artist Symposium Group Show, Bihar Museum Patna, India. • 2017: AMP TWOFOUR54, group show, October & November edition, Abu Dhabi,UAE. • 2017: 9th Biennale de SarriaSalon International d'Art,Spain. • 2017: ZeeArts, M gallery, The Retreat Hotel Palm Jumeirah. Dubai, UAE. • 2017: Group show, Magnetikzone International Art Project, Polo Museale “A.Cordici” Italy. • 2017: New media group show, Korean culture centre New Delhi, India. • 2017: Collective exhibition in Erice, Italy. • 2017: New media group show, Schema Art Museum Cheongju, South Korea. • 2017: Konst pa vag group show, Sweden. • 2017: Dual show,lugar 34 & Circa, TromsoNorway. • 2017: Dual show,Magazzinidell'ArteContemporanea,TrapaniSicily. • 2017: Group show, Anima Mundi at OrtoBotanico di Napoli, NaplesItaly. • 2016: Open studio with Marc Rayner, Sweden. • 2016: Magnetic zone, International Art Project, at MuseoCivico di Torre di Ligny, Trapani Italy. • 2016: Art Dubai, Mojo art gallery Dubai. • 2016: Landscape at SpazioPorta Mazzini Viale G, Mazzini 1, Rome, Italy. • 2015: International art camp, exhibition- The Al Asmakh Art Symposium, Qatar. • 2015: Biennale D’ArteContemporanea di Trapani secondaedizione, Italy. • 2015: Salon Generations, Hanger Art Center- Opera House Cairo- Egypt. • 2015: UpCycled Art Festival, Aviation Industry, Art Takes Wing, Art Hub Liwa, UAE. • 2015, 14, 13: Project Director for VashudhaivaKutumbakam artist residency. •2011, 17: Project manager for Buddha Enlightenment art...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...

"Rift Valley, Sonde 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with textural topography. Various techniq...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...

"Rift Valley, Sonde 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with textural topography. Various techniq...

Linda Stein, Puddle 47 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Puddle 47 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from her earlier explorations of...

Linda Stein, Utile Writing 49 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Utile Writing 49 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from her earlier e...

Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Covers VI, 2025 mixed media on old book cover 26 x 17 cm 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in signed Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhi...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...

"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...

The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...

Jane Skingley b. 1963 Hokusai Covers III, 2025 oil and collage on book cover 27 x 18 cm 11 x 7 1/8 in signed, titled and inscribed on a label attached verso Jane Skingley paints sea...

Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...

Green and Blue Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Composition on Canvas Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece f...

It's 1945. What artists were making totally abstract, non-objective paintings like this? Work characterized by organic forms and flattened picture planes, with solid bold colors dr...

In Broken Vessels, Yektai continues to blur the edges of painting and sculpture. Recently he discovered that his father’s, Manoucher Yektai’s now empty studio was broken into, and th...

Jane Skingley paints seascapes and landscapes in oils. Her first exhibition was a huge success and since then she has gone from strength to strength exhibiting in galleries and art s...

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. For the past 12 years he has been looking intently at something that mo...

Artist Commentary: A piece about the "stuff" we buy. What's it for? Is it worth it? How do we affect nature with these decisions? Shape shifts between resembling an old ship and a mo...

Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now carved out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered over the ...

Marc Heine (German/American, 1919-2007), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media on Canvas, signed lower right, wood frame. Image: 66.25" H x 35.25" W; frame: 67" H x 36" W x 1" D. Provena...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Blue" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of thread scraps & acrylic on panel. The piece measures 4"h x 4"w x 1.75"d. Kelly Kozma is ...

Linda Stein, Subdued Intalgio 12 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Colorful Painting Subdued Intalgio 12 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from he...

Linda Stein, Champagne Talk 21 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Champagne Talk 21 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from her earlier...

Linda Stein, Titanium White and Beyond 22 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Titanium White and Beyond 22 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work...

Linda Stein, Letter with Buckle 25 – Signed Feminist Acrylic and Collage Colorful Painting Letter with Buckle 25 is from Linda Stein's Missives series--a body of work born from her...