Oil Pastel Abstract 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...

We are pleased to announce that we are now representing the large scale paintings of David K. Austin. David Austin's art is the modern expression of today's themes: power, movement, enlightenment, excitement, love, and the interaction of humanity with nature. Spanning abstract expressionism and maximalism. The paintings of David K Austin...

‘Cordelia’ is an original abstract painting on canvas by contemporary artist Wendi Weller. Acrylic and oil pastel on framed canvas Image size: H:100 cm x ...

HATCHING XVI 2017 "Hatching XVI" (Abstract, Bold, Graphic, Black and White, Framed Painting) Contrasting tones of black and white, with hints of creme form this abstract, bold and ...

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...

Monochromatic Series – Nr 2 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, charcoal, graphite and oil pastel on (off-white) canvas - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Approximate size when t...

STILL LIFE ANTIQUE WHITE 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 Dur...

Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell, born in 1971, paints with the uninhibited spirit of a child—intentionally and joyfully. He titles all of his works “Untitled,” inviting each viewer to ...

THREE PAINTED FORMS II Graphite and oil pastel on paper Size: 32 x 39 cm (including frame) An engaging and powerful abstract composition by British contemporary artist Lloyd Durling...

Balance (Abstract painting) Ink, oil pastel and charcoal on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama and emoti...

Ink, oil pastel and charcoal on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama and emotional weight. Krahl works in a...

This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing work which is visually textured and rich with layers and is a part of the artist's "Elements" series which creates intricate geometric minimalistic compositions. This work has a rustic and heavily textured quality, but the final result is intended to appear quiet to reflect a more minimal outlook on life and art. Creating pieces that allow us to escape the technological realm, contemplate modern living and nature and then communicate how each domain influences another. Her pieces aim to engage the viewer with an emotional and environmental disposition that evokes a sense of balance and tranquility in the modern world. This is a unique work is on baltic birch panel, and signed and titled by the artist on verso. Art measures 8 × 8 inches A native New Yorker, Christie Owen...

Linear Moss (Abstract Painting) Cold wax and oil stick on canvas paper - Unframed The work is matted, image size is 40 x 32 cm / 15.7 x 12.2 in Within the minimalist construct, th...

Monochromatic Series – Nr 1 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, charcoal, graphite and oil pastel on (white) canvas - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Approximate size when the a...

Richard Marshall Merkin (American, 1938-2009) Gladys and Half-Pint Hand signed 'Merkin' (center right), Titled, inscribed, dated, and initialed 'GLADYS BENTLEY AND FRANKIE 'HALF-PINT' JAXON 1997/R.M.' verso. Oil on canvas 37 1/2 x 72 in. (95.3 x 182.9 cm) framed 39 1/4 x 74 x 2 in. Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer. She headlined in the early 1930s at Harlem's Ubangi Club, where she was backed up by a chorus line of drag queens. She dressed in men's clothes (including a signature tailcoat and top hat), played piano, and sang her own raunchy lyrics to popular tunes of the day in a deep, growling voice while flirting with women in the audience. On the decline of the Harlem speakeasies with the repeal of Prohibition, she relocated to southern California, where she was billed as "America's Greatest Sepia Piano Player" and the "Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs". She was frequently harassed for wearing men's clothing. She tried to continue her musical career but did not achieve as much success as she had had in the past. Bentley was openly lesbian early in her career, but during the McCarthy Era she started wearing dresses and married, claiming to have been "cured" by taking female hormones. Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, born Frank Devera Jackson was an African American vaudeville singer, stage designer and comedian, popular in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama, orphaned, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. His nickname of "Half Pint" referred to his 5'2" height. He started in show business around 1910 as a singer in Kansas City, before travelling extensively with medicine shows in Texas, and then touring the eastern seaboard. His feminine voice and outrageous manner, often as a female impersonator, established him as a crowd favorite. By 1917 he had begun working regularly in Atlantic City, New Jersey and in Chicago, often with such performers as Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, whose staging he helped design. He served slightly less than a year in the United States Army in 1918–1919 and rose to the rank of sergeant. In the late 1920s he sang with top jazz bands when they passed through Chicago, working with Bennie Moten, King Oliver, Freddie Keppard and others. He performed and recorded with the pianists Cow Cow Davenport, Tampa Red and "Georgia Tom" Dorsey, recording with the latter pair under the name of The Black Hillbillies. He also recorded with the Harlem Hamfats. In the 1930s, he was often on radio in the Chicago area, and led his own band, titled Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon and His Quarts of Joy. Jaxon appeared with Duke Ellington in a film short titled Black and Tan (1929), and with Bessie Smith in "St. Louis Blues" (1929). Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" (1931) is based both musically and lyrically on Jaxon's "Willie the Weeper" (1927). Richard Merkin, Sometimes described as Rhode Island’s most famous New York artist, Richard Merkin has led a dual life for nearly 40 years - teaching at RISD while enjoying a celebrated painting career based in New York City. He has exhibited in countless gallery and museum shows in the US and abroad and is represented in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the RISD museum and many others. In addition to contributing drawings and paintings to The New Yorker (along with, Art Spiegelman, Saul Steinberg, Harper’s, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and several books on Erotica and Baseball, he is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a former style columnist for GQ. Merkin’s honors include a Tiffany Foundation Fellowship and the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Museums and Selected Collections : The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA First city Bank, Chicago, Ill Fisk University Art Gallery, Nashville, TN Hallmark Collections, Kansas City, MO Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Maimi-Dade Junior College, Miami, FL Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Minnesota Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Pennsylvania Acadamy of the Arts, Philadelphia PA Prudential Insurance Company, Boston, Ma Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Sara Robey Foundation, New York, NY Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC State University of Brockport, Brockport, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Selected Publications : 1986-Present Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair ..1988-Present, New Yorker... 1988-Present, style column, GQ...1997, Text and Illustration for The Tijuana Bibles, published by Simon & Shuster, 1995, Illustrated book, Leagues Apart: the Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues published by Morrow. 1967 Cover of the Beatles “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” Album (Mr. Merkin appears in the back row, right of center) RISD: MFA in Painting, 1963; Professor, Department of Painting special skill: Merging his role as flaneur (connoisseur of city life) with his role as painter and social historian, Merkin retrieves lost cultural artifacts – a Turkish cigarette, a gangster, a bowler and generally “things most people don’t know about” – and reconstitutes their Jazz Age virtues on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes of tropical color. (ala Robert Crumb and Ben Katchor) breaking in: Perpetually on the fly from his middle-class Brooklyn background, Merkin found the perfect escape in the mid ‘60s in George Frazier, a dapper Boston columnist who inspired the emerging New York painter’s overnight reinvention of himself. The elements of structure, stability and surprise he admired in this well-dressed dandy – a cool linen suit, a splash of suspender, a polka dot scarf and pearl-handled walking stick – soon surfaced in paintings peopled by impeccable underdogs of café society along with his personal pop heroes: William Burroughs, Bobby Short and Krazy Kat...

Street Art, graffiti, bright colors, Gestural Abstraction

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...

Based in Cornwall, UK Brad creates expressive and abstract paintings with a graffiti influence that scale smaller mounted works to larger street art murals...

Venture Out [2022] original Acrylic Paint and Oil Pastel on Canvas Image size: H:70 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:70 cm x W:50 cm x D:5cm Sold Unframed Please n...

Spring Awakening [2022] original Oil and oil stick on deep edge canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:4 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 ...

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...

"Bodacious" 2022, 21.5" x 21.5" square. A small but mighty abstract painting consisting of acrylic, pencils, and oil pastels on flat board canvas by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Elle Decor, the New York Times, Traditional Home, Veranda Magazine, Luxe Interiors, and most recently in Introspective Magazine...

Rue Bootay’s "Long Game" is a 30 x 30-inch mixed-media painting that skillfully merges abstract and figurative elements into a visually engaging composition. The artwork features a d...

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...

Rue Bootay’s "Rough Waters" is a 30 x 30-inch mixed-media painting that blends Cubist abstraction with figurative storytelling. The artwork features an earthy palette of muted beige,...

Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...

Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...

This 21x20 pastel captures the wild beauty of nature overtaking a forgotten fence, with vibrant purple flowers intertwined among deep green leaves. The rich textures and organic flow...

The paintings of Christophe have everything they need, the balance, the color, the values, the emotion, the composition and just the right amount of feeling. What makes his art spe...

Califonia artist, Brandon Neher captivates with his abstract artworks that seamlessly blend German Expressionism and Abstraction. His original paintings on canvas embody a profound exploration of space, structure, and balance, infused with a touch of modern minimalism. Drawing inspiration from his coastal upbringing in California, Neher's art reveals layered references to his surroundings, merging physical and subconscious energies to create captivating shapes and patterns. This abstract artwork measures 60 inches square, showcasing Neher's fascination with artificial naturalism. Using acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, the artist meticulously crafted a uniform grid of 900 squares, overlaid with 900 circles...

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...

This stunning abstract artwork was made in 1962, by the well known Italian artist Ermete Lancini. The artwork is an oil pastel painting and a collage w...

Street Art, graffiti, bright colors, Gestural Abstraction

Street Art, graffiti, bright colors, Gestural Abstraction

This abstract spiritual painting, titled "How Can I Help?", created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, is a powerful expression of the artist's personal journey and her deep belief i...

Bright with pastel colors Live Composition I, 2024 by African American artist Bai is a 30” x 22” abstract acrylic and oil pastel work on paper. Rendered in a primitive art style that...

Oil, enamel, oil pastel on wood

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...

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...

This vibrant piece is a celebration of bold movement, layered textures, and playful hues. Created with dynamic brushstrokes and an intuitive process, it invites the viewer to explore...

Eliz Gündüz, a visionary artist born in Antalya in 2001, is a rising star in the world of abstract expressionism. Her artistic journey is an enchanting exp...

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...

Takuma Tanaka is a Japanese contemporary artist born in 1977, who likes to use our consciousness in the world as a prevalent theme in his work. From early childhood, he has always en...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In "The Treasures of Unfinished Symphonies" by Annie King, the...

Abstract expressionist figurative portrait by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). From a collection of his works. Signed...

David Austin's art is the modern expression of today's themes: power, movement, enlightenment, excitement, love, and the interaction of humanity with nature. Spanning abstract expressionism and maximalism. The paintings of David K Austin...

Based in Cornwall, UK Brad creates expressive and abstract paintings with a graffiti influence that scale smaller mounted works to larger street art murals...

Dialogue, 2018, 70x100 cm

Generalization, 2018, 70x100 cm

Immersion , 2018, 70x100 cm

Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...

Jason Craighead (b.1971) is an abstract artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his mixed-media works, drawing, painting, and writing fuse seamlessly together His surprising com...

Ceri Richards Lyre Bird (Design for the cover of Poetry London), 1943 Ink, gouache and pastel on paper Bears original Jonathan Clark & Co. label on the back of the frame Unique Frame...

Brandon Gastinell, a Sacramento-born artist now based in Los Angeles, is celebrated for his captivating oil pastel creations that explore the human form with vibrant colors and bold ...

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...

Linear Moss (Abstract Painting) Cold wax and oil stick on canvas paper - Unframed The work is matted, image size is 40 x 32 cm / 15.7 x 12.2 in Within the minimalist construct, th...