Found Objects Abstract Paintings

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 ...

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...

"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...

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...

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 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, ...

"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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

"Well Wisher Palm Pilot (Linea Pictura)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic, ink, string drawing, and pins on drop cloth. It measures 41”h x 41”w framed and is s...

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 ...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land into mixed-media paintings with rich texture and reverberating, monochrome color. Using pres...

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...

"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 ...

Beautiful contemporary abstract expressionist collage/oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Antique stamps, currency, and letters from different places a...

"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...

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 ...

"Heavy Weight 78 / Felt Tip Pen (Linea Pictura)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of acrylic, oil stick, ink, string drawing, and pins on reused canvas. It measures 60"h ...

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (horizontal) is a luminous, mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (...

"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land into mixed-media paintings with rich texture and reverberating, monochrome color. Using pres...

“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is an evocative mixed-media composition that captures the raw essence of nature through its textured, multilayered surface. The earthy palette—browns, ochres,...

“Rift Valley, Sonde 8” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...

Original Alexander McVickar Mixed media, acrylic, and found object multi-panel painting.

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...

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...

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...

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...

“Rift Valley, Sonde 7” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...

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...

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...

"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...

"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...

"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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

Cross-Roads has a highly textured surface on canvas with rusted metal and handmade paper. It echoes the adage that one should not confuse the world with our perception of it, or the ...

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...

"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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Abstract expressionist found object assemblage on wood with highly expressive silver and gold paint by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against the raw woodgrain, the artist has attached several objects, including paper fragments of ornithological illustrations of birds...

This sculpture titled "You Are Here: Red" 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 a...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief Sculpture Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features The central fig...