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Medium: Watercolor
Vincent Dion, #42, 2016, Acrylic Paint, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper
By Vincent Dion
Located in Darien, CT
Vincent Dion's painterly abstractions mimic various printed techniques which reconcile and affirm the introspective presence of the hand. Dion’s use of luminous color becomes his es...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper
Hwy 101 CA.
Located in Phoenix, AZ
gouache on paper
61.25 x 39 x 1.5 inches framed
In the fields of sculpture and drawing, George Thiewes creates sharp, angular work with a focus on the interaction of light and dar...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vincent Dion, #54, 2016, Acrylic Paint, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper
By Vincent Dion
Located in Darien, CT
Vincent Dion's painterly abstractions mimic various printed techniques which reconcile and affirm the introspective presence of the hand. Dion’s use of luminous color becomes his es...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper
Big Sur Coastal Abstract Landscape
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique abstracted Big Sur landscape by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower left....
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract Bone Fragments
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract featuring graceful, sweeping lines evocative of bone fragments by an unknown artist. Illegibly signed lower left and dated "77". Presented in a metal frame. Image size, 18"H...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Latex, Gouache
Minoan Abstract
By Sasha Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful textural abstract by Sasha Rogers (Canadian, 20th/21st Century). Signed "Sasha S. Rogers '91", titled "Minoan" on verso. Two identifying labels on verso. Displayed in a sla...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Vintage Space Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vintage space abstract by Santa Cruz, California artist Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Presented in a metal frame. Signed "R. Joos...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Goldfish Abstraction
By Norma Auer Adams
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial early work in watercolor, abstract expressionist painting of "Goldfish" By Norma Auer Adams (Norma Jean Anderson) painter and writer. Signed lower right N. Adams and exhi...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Abstract Waves
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract waves watercolor painting by listed artist Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 15"H x 2...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Molecules of Music, 2014, Enamel, Acrylic, Clay Board
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan creates works of art focused on building a visual language. Molecules of Music is a large acrylic painting based on crowd sourced input of viewers pairing sounds from the Do Re Mi musical scale to colors. 260 people submitted their opinions on color to sound matches.
Language is a recurring theme in Fagan's work, ranging from interactive, ColorSoundGrammar works to painting, sculpture, lost languages...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Ancient Future
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Just discovered, a rare, surrealist painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited thro...
Category
1940s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Flutter", watercolor, abstract, green, blue, earth tones, mixed media, painting
Located in Natick, MA
In "Flutter", a 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch mixed media painting on canvas, Sarah Alexander continues to explore the grassy seedpods she has studied in previous work, but has begun to abstra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Abstract Composition AV1, 1980-90 - Oil gouache, 90x56 cm, framed
By André Verdet
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache and technique mixte on paper, signed lower right.
André Verdet, né le 4 août 1913 à Nice et mort à Saint-Paul-de-Vence le 19 décembre 2004, est un...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Morning Dew, " Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Christine Averill-Green is a beautiful combination of layers of green, blue, and purple. The long, organic stripes that make up this contemporary piece are reminiscent of vines, and the metallic paint used in the piece makes the piece reflect differently in changing light. It is wired and ready to hang.
Averill-Green has been exhibiting her artwork in galleries and museums in Upstate New York for over 40 years. She received her B.A. in Art and an M.S. in Art Education. Artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, Euan Eglow, Antonio Lopez Garcia, and her teachers Catherine Kehoe...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
"Credo, " Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
Christine Averill-Green's abstract oil and gouache painting on canvas is her interpretation of human's basic understanding of nature, art, and beauty. She weaves them together in cro...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
Ray Kass, Still Life 1-05-2015, abstract mixed media watercolor painting, 2015
By Ray Kass
Located in New York, NY
Ray Kass uses watercolor and other media to represent the processes of nature at work in his painting, "Still Life 1-05-15," 2015. In his garden and landscape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pigment
Moment
Located in New York, NY
30"x30" ink and watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by artist. This painting is presented floated in finely crafted shadowbox frame.
Washes of colors in deep blues and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Red and Brown Mesh Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Red and brown abstract by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California.
Signed "Les Anderson" lower left.
Unframed,...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
DIVINA NATURA Field Museum Study 7
Located in Chicago, IL
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
20 x 23 inches
50.8 x 58.4 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Architecture. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', American School
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant, cabinet-size, American School abstract comprising fragmented structural areas of goldenrod, coral, and ebony, superimposed on a soft field of jade and sage green.
Signed...
Category
1970s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
Abstract Composition , circa 1960
Located in New York, NY
The Estate of the artist
Category
1950s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Maquette pour l’Hôpital Ste-Justine – Niveau 7
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Judith Berry was born in London, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and spent one year in the Studio ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Maquette pour l’Hôpital Ste-Justine – Niveau 1
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Judith Berry was born in London, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and spent one year in the Studio ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Maquette pour l’Hôpital Ste-Justine – Niveau A
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Judith Berry was born in London, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and spent one year in the Studio ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled 14.35
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled P15.11
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled 14.34
Located in New Orleans, LA
Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Vector Group No. 53
Located in New York, NY
Vector Group No. 53 (2014)
oil enamel, Japanese Sumi ink and gouache on artist's hand-made cotton paper
30 x 23 inches (unframed)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Gilberg" for Robert Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and dated 1954.
A substantial, mid-century gouache abstract comprising pendant geometric forms in pastel tone...
Category
1950s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Compression: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite work from Frohsin's Cautionary Tales, with the appearance of a Navajo Blanket or three dimensional urban street signs that are bold, strong, colorful. The painting is mainl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment
DangeroUS: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its repercussions on society ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
Danger Angel: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its repercussions on society ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil
Deco Cola
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of the few remaining works from Frohsin's "Coke Work" series, where she incorporates found Coke cups into the her paintings that include mixed media and collage.
Frohsin bega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pigment
Love Story, Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
An illustrator for Time, Life, Look, True, True West, Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Readers Digest, and others, he also painted for adverti...
Category
1950s American Realist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Space Bound, Large-Scale Gouache & Mixed Media Abstract
By Nancy Louise Jones
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale mixed media and gouache abstract by Nancy Louise Jones (American, 20th century), 1980. This large-scale abstract piece features a cool color palette with layered geometric shapes and planes, evocative of outer space and the cosmos.
Signed and dated "1980" on the bottom right.
Presented in a metal frame.
Image size, 39"H x 48"L.
About the Artist:
Mentors: William Brice, Ron Pekar, Manfred Mueller, Gere Kavanaugh.
Permanent Museum Collections: Huntington Library Archive, “Intimate View of LA”, San Marino, CA
South Bay Contemporary Museum, Torrance, CA
Published Work:
2012 “Nymphas Dissolutio”, The Bride Revisited Mercedes Gertz/ Nancy Louise Jones
2010 Billy IDOL...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media
Thread 2
Located in New York, NY
15"x15" ink and watercolor on paper
This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree houses or forts. The st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor
Square of Sublimity IV / watercolor & mixed media
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
Intellect and order are at play in shades of yellow in the abstract mixed media painting that visually references landscape and water, yet takes it's inspiration from music. 'Square ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Cut w/ Surgical Scalpel on 2 ply Museum Board: 'Red & White Stripe Circle-In'
Located in New York, NY
“CUT WORK” is an evolving examination of emotion experienced through the inspired meeting of blade and paper. Beginning with the featureless plane of a blank paper canvas and a surge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Gouache, Archival Paper, Adhesive
Scherzo No 1
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
Modern, minimal and intellectual abstract work in purple and denim blue, inspired by music, 'Scherzo No 1'.Deconstructing her watercolors—based largely on landscape, water, and sky—i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
Prepare
Located in New York, NY
ink and watercolor on paper, 42"x 42" available framed
This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree hous...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Freehand Cut with Surgical Scalpel on 2 ply Museum Board: Red & White Strip-Out'
Located in New York, NY
“CUT WORK” is an evolving examination of emotion experienced through the inspired meeting of blade and paper. Beginning with the featureless plane of a blank paper canvas and a surge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Plexiglass, Adhesive, Board
Mein Portrait im Jahre 2070
By Volker Hüller
Located in Palm Desert, CA
etching, watercolor
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
Zed
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist's Statement: "My paintings are an attempt to synthesize and enlighten pursuits of eastern and western art and their traditions. Using the full visual language of abstraction –...
Category
20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Monoprint, Gouache, Graphite
CT: Aerial Map, Zones / Ramps
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
An abstracted collage created in late 2015. The dynamic, mixed-media work is among the last of Frohsin’s critically acclaimed Cautionary Tales series, which considers the true price ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pigment
Fabric Design (Black and White)
By Lizzie Derriey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned as is usual
References:
Located at 136, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the Lizzie Derriey Design Studio was active from 1928-1994. This creative co-operative, which emp...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Spirit of 76
By Martha Hamlin Visser't Hooft
Located in Buffalo, NY
A whimsical gouache painting by American female surrealist Martha Visser't Hooft depicting a butterfly in a patriotic color scheme.
Martha Visser't Hooft was born in Buffalo in 19...
Category
1970s Surrealist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache
Rest
Located in New York, NY
ink and watercolor on paper, 82" x96"
This painting is from a new series of works by Jesse Lambert which ink and depict ad-hoc structures that are constructed out of scraps of woo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Archival Ink
Cautionary Tale: Big Meshscape
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary urbanscape as seen through orange construction mesh, created with acrylic paint and mixed media, including gouache, ink, pencils. Big Meshscape is the largest of Frohsin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media
CT: Mastaba and Sky
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic painting from Kim Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series series of 2015. 'Mastaba and Sky' is a highly contemporary painting created from mixed media: acrylic, dry pigment, ink, pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pigment
Vector Group No. 55
Located in New York, NY
Vector Group No. 55 (2014)
oil enamel and gouache on artist's hand-made cotton paper
30 x 23 inches (unframed)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache, Oil
Mountain Night
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media (Watercolor and india ink) on paper depicting a mountain range at night.
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Ink & Watercolor Abstract - Locks
Located in Houston, TX
Engaging abstract ink and watercolor painting of metal locks against a black background, 1980s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a ...
Category
1970s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
French Abstract - Glass Blowers
Located in Houston, TX
French abstract gouache painting of three figures blowing glass backed by geometric shapes in light pastel hues, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with ...
Category
1960s Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Landscape
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by Westley "Wes" Olmsted. This work is currently featured in the exhibition Man of Extremes at Benjaman Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
Westley G. Olmsted ...
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
One of The Thieves Was Saved
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
"One of The Thieves Was Saved" from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket
An original watercolor painting by Westley "Wes" Olmsted. This work is currently featured in the exhibition ...
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 14.29
Located in New Orleans, LA
Unframed
Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smoot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Dimensional Abstract #3 Digital Age
By Jeffery Abouaf
Located in Soquel, CA
Dimensional Abstract by Jeffery Abouaf (American, b. 1949). Composed of rows of small "scenes," this piece gives the impression of a roll of film, or moments laid out next to one ano...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 15.01
Located in New Orleans, LA
Unframed
Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smoot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
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