Oil Crayon Abstract Paintings

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...

A cloud of silvery white floats across shimmering layers of turquoise and cerise in this abstract painting by Alice Teichert. The cloud appears above a flurry of calligraphic marks t...

This triptych is a series of three panels which may be arranged together, in contact, slightly apart or even on separate walls. Each panel is 100 x 100cm. The two end (right and left...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

Untitled #528 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Size: 32" x 40" Unframed, signed on the back A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...

acrylic, sumi ink on canvas black white red blue Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his p...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

Action painting in mainly black and white with cream, brown and ivory, 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' by Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb, who creates autobiographical paintings that are comprised of both abstract and representational elements that consider the natural world as it intersects with utilitarian and architectural design. 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' is 72 x 60 inches, and is from a series of paintings that characterize sacred spaces such as Mexican chapels...

Coral Pieces is a bold and immersive abstract painting that draws inspiration from organic marine forms, interpreted through vibrant color fields and dynamic gestures. Vivid blues an...

We are pleased to be the gallery that represents the paintings of French abstract artist Christophe in the United States. Another impressive painting from 2019 by abstract expressi...

In this piece, the use of negative space highlights each individual marks character, weight and texture. The painting explores various types of mark making and application inspired b...

In "Matisse Blue Nude—Drop a Like," Tirigall masterfully bridges classical art and contemporary urban expression. This striking interpretation transforms Matisse's serene figure into...

Untitled #122 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

A wonderful, museum caliber painting by Craig Kauffman. Initialed "CK" and dated "82" in the lower right corner. PROVENANCE: Asher Faure Gallery Luther Vandross Luther Vandross Estate Private Collection, New York Private Collection, San Diego, CA EXHIBITED: Asher Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, CRAIG KAUFFMAN: NEW PAINTINGS April 23 through May 21,1983 CATALOGUE: Craig Kauffman Estate Archive Number CR No: P.1982.2 The following is from The New York Times, May 15, 2010, By Douglas Martin Craig Kauffman, who in the 1960s helped put Los Angeles on the art map with audacious experiments in molding industrial plastic to create ethereal wall-mounted sculptures — some resembling giant pieces of jelly candy — died Sunday in Angeles City in the Philippines. He was 78. The cause was complications of pneumonia following a recent stroke, said Frank Lloyd, his friend and dealer. Mr. Kauffman was eminent in an eclectic group of artists who reveled in the light, space and energy of postwar Southern California to forge new Minimalist, often glossy artistic approaches. Richard Armstrong, director of the Guggenheim Museum said that these Californians, sometimes called the Cool School — along with Chicago Imagists and Washington, D.C., painters called the Color School — were counterpoints to the Abstract Expressionists who ruled New York. "California was never ashamed of being a new society," Mr. Armstrong said in an interview on Thursday, "it all fit together nicely." Los Angeles was then ascending to the status of a metropolis, with a growing number of major-league sports teams, fresh industries and a surging population. There were new quarters for public galleries and the burgeoning of commercial ones. At the center of the action was the Ferus Gallery, which staged the first solo exhibition of Andy's Warhol's pop art and the first American retrospective of Marcel Duchamp. Mr. Kauffman was a featured artist at the gallery's inaugural exhibition in 1957, "Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye." Peter Plagens, in his book Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945-1970, (1974, 1999), wrote, "'Culture' meant 'art' and 'art' implied 'new,' and 'new,' as everybody was informed, meant California — particularly Los Angeles." The artists who seized this historic opportunity included Billy Al Bengston, Ken Price and Robert Irwin, among others. In an interview on Wednesday, Arne Glimcher, founder and chairman of Pace Gallery, which had Mr. Kauffman's first New York show in 1967, called the California scene in the late '50s and early '60s "a pressure cooker of ideas." Referring to artistic styles, he said, "It was California perfection against New York messiness." Mr. Kauffman's early paintings were critical in defining this new style. Mr. Plagens called them "the first evidence of a Los Angeles sensibility." Mr. Kauffman's later work blazed splashier trails, as he experimented with the effects of light on works that were painterly yet three-dimensional. "The true power of what he did was his incorporation and then redirection of light inside sculpture," said Mr. Armstrong, who was the curator of a show of Mr. Kauffman's work at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1987. "Many of them glowed," he said. "Others were translucent. Even the supposedly opaque had a noteworthy shimmering quality to them." What Mr. Kauffman made reflected a wide range of inspirations. In a 2008 video interview in conjunction with a show at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena California, he said that the famed lingerie store Frederick's of Hollywood provided artistic nurture. With a smile, he confessed to a "shoe fetish" that had influenced some of his art. Robert Craig Kauffman was born on March 31, 1932, in Los Angeles. He started painting regularly at age 7 and went to theUniversity of Southern California to study architecture in 1950. But art soon won out over architecture, and he transferred to the University of California Los Angeles, to study painting. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees there. A breakthrough came in the early 1960s when he experimented with painting on glass, but found it too fragile. He then painted on flat acrylic plastic. His next inspiration came from the plastic packaging increasingly used to wrap merchandise. He sought out craftsmen at commercial factories to learn the technique, Time magazine reported in 1968. The results were several series of three-dimensional wall hangings. Some were inspired by large plastic fruit clusters on the wall of a doughnut shop he frequented in Los Angeles. These lozenge-shaped reliefs were sometimes called "bubbles." Barbara Rose, in a catalog essay for an exhibition at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in 1967, wrote, "Shaping the brittle sheet plastic into a series of voluptuous curves, Kauffman achieves a kind of abstract eroticism that is purely visual." Mr. Kauffman's work was shown in countless exhibitions and many one-man shows. It has been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others. In 2006, one of Mr. Kauffman's reliefs fell from a wall of the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, where it was part of an exhibition titled "Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital, 1955-1985." It shattered. After storms of publicity, the Pompidou provided technical help and money to make a new version. Mr. Kauffman was married several times. He is survived by his daughters from his marriage to Dana Kauffman, from whom he was separated: Wilhelmina, Vida Rose and Georgia Kauffman. When they started in the 1960s, Mr. Kauffman and his artistic compatriots did not foresee a legacy, much less earning an income, Larry Bell, a prominent artist in the group, said in an interview on Wednesday. "The troops sort of banded together to be our own audience," he said. "Every once in a while, we'd sell...

Untitled #526 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

Untitled #546 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

Vista No 1 by Murray Duncan is a striking abstract composition that merges bold gestural lines with an earthy, textured surface. Rendered in a muted, organic palette, the piece evoke...

Fellside Rise by Jacqui Bassett [2021] original Oil and Cold Wax on Arches Archival Oil Paper Image size: H:37 cm x W:37 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:37 cm x W:37 cm x D:0...

“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself...

acrylic, mixed media on canvas In his current body of work, Tim uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textu...

WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, acrylic...

Large bright vivid drawing done in oil crayon or oil pastel. Abstract floral drawing. David Kimball Anderson’s work is bold and graceful, respectful and spiritual. A practicing Bud...

The Conviction of Things Not Seen #5 by Judith North [2022] original Oil, oil bar and chinagraph pencil on canvas Image size: H:90 cm x W:90 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:90 ...

Easy Over by Murray Duncan is a striking abstract composition that merges bold gestural lines with an earthy, textured surface. Rendered in a muted, organic palette, the piece evokes...

An impressive abstract expressionist painting by Christophe measuring 54"x38" framed.. There is an excitement in the art world when you find the artist that is going to be the next ...

acrylic, sumi ink on canvas, framed in maple Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textured su...

acrylic, sumi ink on canvas black white red yellow Thomas Slate uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textu...

Vista No 2 by Murray Duncan is a striking abstract composition that merges bold gestural lines with an earthy, textured surface. Rendered in a muted, organic palette, the piece evoke...

"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...

This mixed media painting on canvas measures 36x54" framed size 38x56". Titled "Brando and G", it is in Ceravolo's classic urban Pop style. In this mixed media painting on canvas ...

Ceravolo's oil and acrylic "Racing Queen" original painting on canvas measures a large 48"x62". There are no silkscreens or stencils used in creating this painting, it is all hand painted in oil and acrylic in Ceravolo's instantly recognizable style. Ceravolo's Urban Pop paintings are in the collections of Elton John, Rod Stewart, Pete Davidson...

Breakthrough by Helen Howells [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Canvas Image size: H:76 cm x W:122 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:122 cm x D:3.5cm...

Untitled #206 by Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" x 40” Unframed, signed A bold mixed-media work with dynamic lines and textures. This captivating piece by Murray Dunc...

“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...

During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of working predominantly in the studio. It has been heal...

Acrylic, spray paint, oil bar and oil on linen During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of worki...

This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...

Untitled #507 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Diego Tirigall’s "Matisse Blue Nude—Give Me a Match" is a bold, expressive reimagining of a classical masterpiece, infused with the raw energy of street art and the hyper-connectivit...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

framed in white wooden floater frame Andrew studied Fine Art at University of Wales, graduating with a first class Honours degree in 2007. He then obtained further training through ...

medium: oil stick on arches paper Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native a...

Untitled #510 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Poor Gabriel, 2024 by Murray Duncan Mix media on canvas Size 48" h x 60" w x 1.5" d Signed This artwork will ship as a rolled canvas. Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visiona...

framed in white wooden frame Andrew studied Fine Art at University of Wales, graduating with a first class Honours degree in 2007. He then obtained further training through St Marti...

Untitled #502 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

"ANTI GUN VIOLENCE" (FRAMED) Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: Oil, oil stick, acrylic, aerosol on wood Size: 24" x 18" inch Size framed: 30" x 24" inch ABOUT THE AR...

This painting is from my series titled "Essence Revealed." In this series I explore the interplay between presence and absence, employing negative space as a vital component within a...

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“My work can be understood through the mind, but it is best felt with the heart, experienced through the emotions, recognized as a manifestation of the spiritual that is born on the ...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

Dusk, 2024 by Murray Duncan Mix media on canvas Size - 48" w x 60" h x 1.5" d Signed Will be shipped as a rolled canvas. Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visio...

Untitled #139 by Murray Duncan, 2024 Mix media on paper Unframed Size: 32" x 40" Murray Duncan Studio: Murray Duncan, born in 1966, is a self-taught creative visionary celebrated f...

We are pleased to announce that we are now representing the large scale paintings of David Austin. In order to make space for new works coming for the Summer Season here in the Hampt...

We are pleased to announce that we are now representing the large scale paintings of David Austin. The paintings of David Austin are a wonderful balance of emotion and design. When v...

This painting is from my series titled "The Untethered Soul." This series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees. In...

A beautifully framed contemporary abstract oil painting on heavy paper, this work has deckled edges and a large white mat and wood frame. This work would be a sophisticated addition...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...