Found Objects Abstract Paintings

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...

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

This artwork "A FLATNESS IN THE EYES" is an original assemblage artwork by Jim Houser. Incorporating various dimensional elements and techniques, such as painting and found objects, ...

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...

Abstract expressionist assemblage with found objects typical of an artist's studio floor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Applied paint brushes, caps and tubes of paint, a few letters, putty knife, with splashes of color on wood. Unsigned. From the collection of the artist's work. Unframed. Image size: 11.25"H x 25.75"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...

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...

"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...

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...

Roni Nicholson (American, XX), "Francisco G.", Mixed Media on Linen with Assemblage Elements, 1990, signed, titled, and dated verso, unframed. 51.25" H x 54" W x 1.5" D. Provenance...

Lu D Huang (Chinese/American, XX-XXI), "Mirage", Mixed Media on Canvas, titled verso, unframed. 77.75" H x 48.5" W x 1.5" D. Provenance: A New York City Collection.

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...

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...

A 2010 documentary on Harald focused on his impressive exhibition in the Chelsea art district of New York City. In this heavily textured abstract painting, Harald M. Olson uses oil...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of paintings and sculptures that have been created since the spring of 2014. Using domestic construction materials from her garage, extras from home improvement projects or the garden, have been captured, much like a photogram, but with paint, not silver. By blending photography and painting, Fagan finds that the patterns created with industrial, mass-produced objects around the house and garage, speak to her interest in producing paintings that link to sound. These works are portraits of the artist’s home, its history, and the materials used to build that maintain her home. Ellen Hackl Fagan builds connections between color and sound using installations, interactive games, and collaborative projects that combine color-and-texture saturated paintings with music...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Against a yellow and black background, the artist has attached several objects, including plastic letters, cigar boxes, and glass slides. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. 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...

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...

Jane Skingley British, b. 1963 Hokusai VII, 2025 mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in signed and titled verso Jane Skingley is recognised...

Vestiges spectrales II is a large-scale mixed-media painting on canvas that transforms the surface into a textured terrain where the visible and invisible intermingle. Built from lay...

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 ...

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...

Jane Skingley British, b. 1963 Hokusai Red VI, 2025 mixed media on vintage book pages laid onto canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in signed and titled verso Jane Skingley is recogni...

"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...

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...

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...

Agudelo (XX), Abstract Composition Assemblage, Oil on Board with Collage Elements, 1966, strings mounted to left side and abstract painted canvas mounted to lower half of board, 1966...

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 16 (vertical) is a richly textured mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger, part of her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Sate...

This piece titled "KINDS OF LUCK" is an original artwork made from assemblage by Jim Houser. This piece is shipped in the pictured black frame and measures 20"h x 16"w. It’s called ...

Vestiges spectrales II is a large-scale mixed-media painting on canvas that transforms the surface into a textured terrain where the visible and invisible intermingle. Built from lay...

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...

"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...

Vestiges spectrales IV continues Melisa Taylor Metzger’s exploration of oceanic memory and material transformation through mixed media and impasto. This smaller-scale work, rich in t...

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...

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...

"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...

Artist: Robert Melee Title: Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution Year: 2006 Medium: Beer bottle caps, Plaster and Enamel on Wood, signed verso Size: 40 inch Diameter

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 ...

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 11 (horizontal) is a richly textured, mixed-media painting from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites...

"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...

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 ...

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...

Artist: William Copley Title: Firecracker Year: 1975 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Match and Firecracker, signed and dated Size: 12 in. x 12 in. (30.48 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 13 x 1...

"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 ...

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...

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...

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 m...

“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...

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...