Graphite Abstract Paintings

Skateboard Portal I, paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, textured collage depicts an entryway to a world of adventure and accomplishment, edged by disaster.

This original 1960 abstract gouache and graphite on paper painting by Hilaire Hiler (1898–1966) exemplifies his distinctive structuralist style and modernist vision. Created during his influential period in New Mexico, the artwork features soothing, harmonious tones of pink and blue, expertly layered to evoke a sense of calm and balance. Signed in the lower right corner, this mid-century modern piece measures 15 ½ x 18 ¾ inches framed, with an image size of 14 x 17 ½ inches. Hilaire Hiler’s work stands out for its intellectual rigor and visual harmony, blending abstraction with a structuralist approach that explores color, form, and rhythm. About the Artist: Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Hiler received extensive art training at the Rhode Island School of Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the University of Paris. Between 1919 and 1934, he lived in Paris, working as a jazz pianist while engaging deeply with the European avant-garde. After returning to the U.S., Hiler painted WPA murals for San Francisco’s Aquatic Park...

This mixed-media skateboard series, On the Pinnacle, combines acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and textured collage on paper. It suggests that anyone with enough guts, skill, and luck ca...

Geometric Landscape mixed media on canvas 40x60 cm Original Art In Marilina Marchica's work, architecture takes on a symbolic value in relation to collapses and demolitions and i...

Generous by Rose Umerlik is an abstract painting, Oil and Graphite on wood panel, 48 x 36. This is part of a new 2022 series. According to Umerlik, " I became a mother this past ye...

The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...

The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...

The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...

Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...

Completing by Rose Umerlik is an abstract painting, Oil and Graphite on wood panel, 49 x 36. This is part of a new 2022 series. According to Umerlik, " I became a mother this past ...

Alyse Rosner 2021

Abstract II Absence of Impetus, Acrylic paint on canvas. Impetus denotes the transmission of power from mover to moved. Want of impetus is not necessarily a lack of impetus. L...

Convergence in Blue by Rose Umerlik is an abstract painting, Oil and Graphite on wood panel, 24 x 38. Rose Umerlik extracts the intangible emotional moments that live in our collect...

traces, minimalist painting on canvas medium size original art 80x60 cm the painting is sold stretched out on a wood frame ready to hang...

60"x48" oil and graphite on canvas (signed on reverse). This large scale oil painting by Mark Masyga created with a stunning linear abstract composition. Masyga employs drawing tech...

“Faulkner in Fresno” is a striking original abstract painting by acclaimed American artist Sidney Guberman (b. 1936), created in 1986. Executed in oil and pastel on paper, this large...

36"x72" oil and graphite on canvas (signed on reverse). This large scale oil painting by Mark Masyga employs a linear abstract composition. Masyga's masterful knowledge and backgrou...

Louis Eisner Box 36, 2013 signed and dated 'Louis E 2013' on the reverse Oil, graphite and ink on linen 55.0 x 44.7 cm Louis Eisner’s paintings vary in imagery and subject—and somet...

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

Genichiro Inokuma, Japanese (1902 - 1993) - Subterranean III, Year: 1970, Medium: Graphite, gouache and collage on board, signed and dated lower le...

John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...

Rooted in observation and fueled by a curiosity about the behavior of objects and handicraft processes, Carly Glovinski makes paintings, sculpture and works on paper that often teeter between representation and abstraction. Letting craft techniques like weaving inform her mark making, her work mimics everyday objects and highlights geometric pattern and structure found in textiles, while exploring the resourceful attitudes associated with domestic craft and rural communities that prioritize placemaking in concert with nature. She received her BFA from Boston University in 2003 and is represented by Morgan Lehman Gallery...

Graphite, Watercolor, and Dry Pigment on Canvas.

Sentinel at the Border Graphite and monoprints on canvas. Vast frontiers require a watchful eye, whether in the terrain of the physical world or the world of ideas. This image calls ...

These works reflect the animism of Japanese culture and Zen training. Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply in...

Nauset by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, 2021 Acrylic paint, spray paint, marker, oil pastels, color pencil, and graphite on canvas. W 48" x H 60" x D 1.5" "Nauset beach is one of the most m...

Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...

A work by Jane Highstein. This Untitled drawing is an abstract pigment on graphite on paper by contemporary artist Jane Highstein. Signed lower right, "Highstein '92" Jene Highstein...

Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...

Amulet, metal object with rust paint mixed media on wood panel, 2020. Amulet, on a wood panel, applied rust and acrylic paint and mixed media, suggests how an object is precious as i...

Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...

Acrylic, oil, graphite, transfer on linen

Acrylic, graphite, transfer, spray paint on linen

Acrylic, graphite, transfer on linen

Nuanced grays intersected by bright lines and dashes result in this emotive, nearly explosive, spatial investigation. Gravity Composition 07 (2022) by Kyle Butler. Acrylic, graphite,...

Nuanced grays intersected by bright lines and dashes result in this emotive, nearly explosive, spatial investigation. Gravity Composition 02 (2022) by Kyle Butler. Acrylic, graphite,...

Gouache and graphite on handmade paper. 18 x 12 inches unframed, 23.25 x 17.25 inches framed. Artist Statement: “As an artist, I find endless possibilities overwhelming and use self-imposed boundaries to focus my work. This often includes some combination of: a literal grid or graphite border, employment of barbecue skewers or wooden chopsticks in lieu of paintbrushes for mark making, use of a monochromatic or limited color palette, and a reliance on shape and pattern to tell a story. Limiting the elements at play adds a measure of gravity to each decision, and every detail about the paper, the viscosity of the paint, micro variations in hues, and even the sharpness of the point on a skewer matters. I’ve found that the more restrictions I put in place when I paint, the freer my work has become, allowing a tension to form between the organic and prescribed. Rather than sketch before starting a new piece, I spend time with the paper and begin to visualize possibilities. From there, I can expand the work incrementally. Whether I’m working in an adapted form of pointillism, playing with opacity and hue, or building patterns through repeating shape, the work evolves in its own time. It is an intentionally open process of discovery that seeks to uncover the greatest potential of the basest elements we have at our disposal”. - Kate Snow

Gouache and graphite on handmade paper. 24 x 18 inches unframed. 28 x 22.25 inches framed. Artist Statement: “As an artist, I find endless possibilities overwhelming and use self-imposed boundaries to focus my work. This often includes some combination of: a literal grid or graphite border, employment of barbecue skewers or wooden chopsticks in lieu of paintbrushes for mark making, use of a monochromatic or limited color palette, and a reliance on shape and pattern to tell a story. Limiting the elements at play adds a measure of gravity to each decision, and every detail about the paper, the viscosity of the paint, micro variations in hues, and even the sharpness of the point on a skewer matters. I’ve found that the more restrictions I put in place when I paint, the freer my work has become, allowing a tension to form between the organic and prescribed. Rather than sketch before starting a new piece, I spend time with the paper and begin to visualize possibilities. From there, I can expand the work incrementally. Whether I’m working in an adapted form of pointillism, playing with opacity and hue, or building patterns through repeating shape, the work evolves in its own time. It is an intentionally open process of discovery that seeks to uncover the greatest potential of the basest elements we have at our disposal”. - Kate Snow

After living and working in the various disciplines of Japanese culture from long-bow archery to tea ceremony Majio began to cultivate a different relationship to things. No longer p...

Alyse Rosner 2021

The Fan-Shape Series represents how an iconic image manifests with many connotations. Like oracular coins, these fan shapes look like sonograms foretelling the immediate future of a ...

This work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald continues his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born as the imagined racetracks navigated by his miniature soap-box...

Charbonnet received an MFA from the University of New Orleans. He has work in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Speed M...

Luke Jackson "Tradescantia Zebrina I" 2023 51” x 51” (framed) Graphite, Water, Eraser, on Paper About the Artist: Luke Jackson is a visual artist who has been based in Brooklyn, ...

Diptych Moloka’i Spirit Dances, Art Graf, monoprint, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021. The island natives appear to be part of the earth. With a swinging gait, their body language is ...

Krieger’s recent work is a reflection of the forces of nature that connect and impact us, and shape our world. While Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases—spheri...

Krieger’s recent work is a reflection of the forces of nature that connect and impact us, and shape our world. While Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases—spheri...

Diptych San Miguel Comida, Art Graf, graphite, monoprints, tissue paper on watercolor paper, a two-tabled neighborhood eatery wraps tacos in checkered paper. San Miguel de Allende h...

Moloka’i Beach, Art Graf, impasto textures, tissue paper on Rives BFK, 2021. On this island, to prevent us from flying away, there is a sense that our great central sun fastens each ...

Oil and graphite on board

Oil and graphite on board

Luke Jackson "“Lightship” 2023 Graphite, Acrylic Ink, Oil on Canvas 48” x 36” inches About the Artist: Luke Jackson is a visual artist who has been based in Brooklyn, NY for the ...

Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...

Waterlilies 3 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, oil bar, oil pastel and graphite on canvas - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resi...

Artist Commentary: This piece is about how humans affect our waterways and where our water comes from. Keywords: waves, light, bright, mountain, day, abstract, water, sea, ocean, co...

Mixed media and graffiti on an original lined antique canvas by Antonio Polinori that had undergone restoration in the early 19th century. The work comes with a data sheet dated 1820. In Antonio Buonfiglio...

Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings ...

24"x30" oil, graphite on canvas, signed on reverse by the artist. This contemporary abstract painting by New York artist, Mark Masyga is visually laid out with painted lines of color intertwined and layered on top of each other. The neutral warm grey ground is activated by the multiple layers of paths of blues, beige, cream white, dark greys and near blacks, interspersed with fine curved and bent lines of light green, orange, lavender and rose pink. This is an engaging linear abstract painting with an immense visual depth of field. This painting is featured in a solo show released by the Front Room Gallery in New York, entitled, "Charitable Deceptions". In this new body of work, the title “Charitable Deceptions,” refers to a passage written by Gabriel García Márquez in which, “…memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.” Mark Masyga ruminates on this concept through his process of addition and subtraction in his compositional constructions. The linear abstract paintings in this exhibition chronicle a passage of time as explored through the artist’s application...

Summer Sorbet (Abstract painting) Acrylic, oil pastel and graphite on canvas — Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube...

Mirror to the Sun III Oil, graphite, litho ink, spray paint, dry pigment on paper 40" x 26" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primaril...