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Canopy Vase, 2024 - Abstract Oil Painting on Found Book Cover, White + Red
By Daisy Cook
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Canopy Vase, 2024
oil on found book cover
20 x 15 cm
7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in
signed, titled and dated verso
Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life.
Cook creates abs...
Category
2010s Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects, Mixed Media
"Saved from the Cannibals" Contemporary Abstract Painting w Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique contemporary abstract expressionist painting with collaged found object elements, including a torn page from Robinson Crusoe, vintage stamps, and old letters by Bay Area art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Magazine Paper, Found Objects
"Keeping Time" Contemporary Pastel Pink & Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Textile, Oil Crayon, Found Objects, Acrylic
"Some Spain" (Abstract, Neutral, Graphic, Bold, Black & White painting on Wood)
Located in Paris, IDF
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Pipe Dreams: African American collage painting w/ photographs figures, objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Mixed Media
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
3-part painting construction by Black African American artist, w/ found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glass, Wood
Saturación, Luminosidad & Destornillador. From The Composition with Tools series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The “Composition with Tools” series engages observers with quirky and playful truisms, gently leading them toward deeper reflections. Jose Ricardo Contreras...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Found Objects
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
"Dripping Dots - Rainbow Surf" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting on a Surf Board
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between organic and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature. The earthy pa...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations.
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic
Abstract Tree Rusted Metal Composition "Trees Series: 1A"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Momoiro I, 2024 - Minimalist Abstract Oil + Ink on Vintage Book Pages on Canvas
Located in Kingsclere, GB
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Ink, Oil
HUBLOT NACRE (thick paint round off-white biophilic textured painting sand shell
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT NACRE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the Caribbean, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering a...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
"Commentariorem", Contemporary Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
Large Red and Yellow Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Red Abstract 2"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE (thick paint round biophilic textured painting sand shell)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...
Sunrise Over Money: framed painting / collage by Black African American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects
At Sea Between Fossils & Satellites (large-scale textured painting sand organic)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“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...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“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,...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
In the Nick of Time: African American collage painting w/ found objects & figure
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In The Nick Of Time" is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects on leather mounted on round MDF panel. The work itself is 20" diameter, framed to 23" diameter in a wide, dark brown round wooden frame with two bronze painted rings. It includes several photograph of figures. 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 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Leather, Fiberboard
Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
"The Analysand" Large-Scale Contemporary Abstract Found Object Assemblage
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary large-scale abstract assemblage oil painting with various paint brushes, paint tube, and other found objects affixed to the surface of the canvas with a brown and black ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Oil
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Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“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...
Category
2010s Color-Field Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Assemblage #5 (Ornithology Illustrations & Glass Slide with Silver, Gold Paint)
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil, Found Objects, Acrylic
Loosing Fear of the Consequences Series, Mixed Media by Contemporary Artist
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Textile, Yarn, Wood, Adhesive, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objec...
"Crimson Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
"Son Temps", Contemporary Abstract Found Object Collage with Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
Tree with Circles I - Abstract Tree Oil Painting on Book Cover, Green + White
By Daisy Cook
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Daisy Cook b. 1965
Tree with Circles I, 2024
oil on found book cover
22 x 17 cm
8 5/8 x 6 3/4 in
unsigned
Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life.
Cook creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Oil
World Of Chaos, Original Painting in Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
World Of Chaos, Original Painting in Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Artist Commentary:
This piece highlights the relationship between nature and humans.
Keywords: light, day, abstract, wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Pastel, Found Objects
Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
"Marginal Madonna" Abstract Relief with Rorschach Patterns Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"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...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper
Rift Valley, sonde 2 (texture copper bronze gold emerald green abstract wine red
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"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...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (celestial blue, texture, organic, sea)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (horizontal) is a richly textured, mixed-media painting from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil
"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Splashes of gold paint are applied to a wood panel, with a few bits of burnt umber. Several objects - including a paint tube, cotton balls, and a miniature painting - are attached to the panel.
Signed "Michael Pauker", titled "His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint", and dated "2017" on verso.
There is a note from the artist that this is the top of a two-part piece, but the whereabouts of the bottom half are unknown.
Unframed.
Image size: 20"H x 24"W
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Cotton, Wood Panel
"Blind Spot" Abstract Relief with Numismatic Patterns Sculpture
Located in Soquel, CA
"Blind Spot" Abstract Relief Sculpture
Carved sculpture and painting by Mickey "Kano" Kane (American, 20th century). This large-scale relief sculpture features a central circular sh...
Category
1990s Modern Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Handmade Paper, Resin
All For You, Original Abstract Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Found material, pastel, paper, ink on a cardboard box. A piece about hurting yourself for the love of another. Will professionally frame in float frame if purchase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pastel, Found Objects
Nautilus Retro, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An earthy piece about the relationship between humans and nature. This piece comes framed when purchased. The frame is painted the same color as the canvas. Origin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic, Ink
Grey plays fairly
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: acrylic painted and found paper
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her works in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 13 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 13 (horizontal) is a vivid mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her long-term series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (2015–2...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Day To Night, Abstract Acrylic Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Cycles of the day, light to dark, day to night. Will professionally frame the original if purchased.
Keywords: eco, color, shape, shapes, waves, light, day, abstr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Hokusai Indigo IV - Abstract Mixed Media Calligraphy Painting on Vintage Pages
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Jane Skingley b. 1963
Hokusai Indigo IV, 2025
mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas
100 x 100 cm
39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in
signed, titled and dated on reverse
Jane Skingley pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Metal Composition "Colour Study B5"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
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 pe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 14 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 14 is a vertical mixed-media work from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (2015–2025). This piece ...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Havabanana / Sleep (diptych)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Havabanana / Sleep (diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, abandoned papers, laser engraving, string, nails, wood box frame measur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Engraving
Sylvia Schwartz_1, 2018, wood, fabric, paint, 15" x 11" x 1"
Located in Darien, CT
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic
Girl / Boy (diptych)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Girl / Boy (diptych)" is an original artwork by Hyland Mather made of lost objects, acrylic, aerosol, abandoned papers, laser engraving, string, nails, wood box frame measuring appr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Engraving
Andra Samelson, Pemarom, 2013-2022, 1300 + cds, Edition of 5, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Darien, CT
The word in Tibetan for lotus is “Pema.” In Buddhism the lotus is a symbol of purity. The lotus is planted and rooted in the mud, but grows up through the water and into the vast sky...
Category
2010s Conceptual Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Plastic, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Other Medium
Abstract Figurative Rusted Metal Composition "Dancing Barbed Wire Study 1"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Catching Blessings: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Glass
“Pen Decline 1 - 2 - 3 in Black” (Archeology series) Computer Keyboard Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Jane Sangerman, Digit 14, 2015, Found Objects, Wax, Oil Paint, Spray Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had one ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Found Objects Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Wax, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
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Find a wide variety of authentic Found Objects abstract paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add Abstract paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Melisa Taylor Metzger, Sylvia Schwartz, Michael Pauker , and Dyanna Dimick. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Found Objects abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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