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Medium: Wood Panel
Nessun Dorma (No one sleeps) colorful abstract painting, birds, blue, grey tones
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Multi-layered oil paint, inked paper on repurposed wood panel. Title is from the final act of Puccini's "Turandot."
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Mary Didoardo "River" - Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo
River, 2022
oil on wood panel
40 x 30 in.
(dido099)
This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her signature layering technique and looping lin...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mary Didoardo "Deep Dive" - Small Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo
Deep Dive, 2022
oil on wood panel
8 x 8 in.
(dido093)
This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features he...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Noble Queen" (2024) By Reen Axtell, Original Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Noble Queen" (2024) by Reen Axtell is an original handmade mixed media painting that depicts a woman churning butter on a very colorful and abstract background.
About the artist:
L...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fire and Ice (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Fire and Ice (Abstract painting)
Oil on wood panel - Unframed.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the horizont...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bird Song
Located in Bozeman, MT
Suzanne Kiggins is a self-taught artist who works primarily with acrylic and gouache on paper, wood panel, and canvas. She takes inspiration from every...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
'Water to Sand' by Katheryn Holt - Blue and Gold Contemporary Abstract Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Water to Sand" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
Mid Century Yellow and Blue Large Scale Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning and expressive large scale oil painting by mid-century San Francisco artist Louis Earnest Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed "Nadalini" lower right. Unframed. Image size...
Category
1950s American Modern Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Tiputa Pass Snorkel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Painting a coral reef, especially one as phenomenally healthy as the one at Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, has unique challenges. The spawning of triggerfish there attracts swarms of trigge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A kiss, a Kiss, atill Another Kiss 1 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2002/3
Located in Roma, IT
A kiss, a kiss, still another kiss 1 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in 2000-2003.
This is a modular piece, made up of 9 oil paintings on ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Cardboard
"Spectrum" by Holt - Orange, Yellow, and White Contemporary Color-Field Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Spectrum" 2022
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wire
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Spectrum" by Katheryn Holt is a mesmerizing 40" x 40" ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wire
Over & About: Abstract Geometric Wood Wall Sculpture in Grey, Light Blue, Beige
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric three-dimensional wood wall sculpture in pale grey, light blue, light taupe, and beige, with accents of stormy blue
"In, Out, Over, and About", hand-carved woode...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Dye, Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Aqua' by Katheryn Holt - Blue and Green Contemporary Abstract Seascape Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Aqua" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints memory. H...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
"Graffias, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre is made with acrylic paint over mica powder and metal leaf on cradled birch panel. It features a large circle shape at the center of the composi...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Emily Berger, Catch Sight, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Battle (of Grunwald) -- geometric abstract mixed media collage painting
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...
Primal
By Daniel Kanow
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
Daniel Kanow is a multidisciplinary visual and kinetic artist based in the scenic mountain town of Telluride, Colorado. Renowned for his expansive and thought-provoking landscapes, a...
Category
2010s Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Screen 2024.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
"Crimson Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Screen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cosmas and Damian - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Cosmas and Damian is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in 2012.
This beautiful artwork is a diptych in oil pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Blue Super Moon Over Havana, imaginative large scale abstract cityscape
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and mixed media on repurposed bulletin board.
Note, the wood border is part of the artwork, not to be mistaken for an actual "frame."
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Helichrysum, " Abstract Geometric Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features a light, silvery palette. Loose, transparent circular shapes are layered and patterned overtop of one another in different shades of gr...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Dewey Weber Revisited" by Katheryn Holt - Color-Field Abstract Sunset Seascape
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Dewey Weber Revisited" 2023
Oil paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Artist Statement:
We ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
51906- blue circle abstract geometric holographic light drawing on wood panel
Located in New York, NY
James Minden
51906
Holographic style painting- incised plastic and acrylic on wood panel
18 x 18 inches
2019
To get a sense of the holographic effect look at the video on that vime...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic, Wood Panel
HRCB (vibrant grid painting abstract wood contemporary shapes pink magenta)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Tombe Du Ciel II / Oil on Linen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tombe du Ciel, (Night Fall), is an abstract impasto painting. An elegantly layered view of twilight, rich in shades of deep night indigo blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Allowing 2
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: acrylic painted paper on Birch panel
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Japanese Contemporary Art by Fusako Ekuni - Into the Light
By Fusako Ekuni
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with pigment (Iwaenogu), glue & water on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel
Fusako Ekuni is a Japanese artist born in 1947 and who lives & works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glue, Panel, Wood Panel, Pigment
Screen 2023.10 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
"Totem Naples" Black Outline Bunny on Multicolor Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Multicolor and silver background with thick use o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Screen 2023.6 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
"Moonday through Sunday" - Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold figurative abstract composition by Brigitte McReynolds (German, 20th Century). Titled, signed, and dated on verso ("Moonday through Sunday" © Brigitte McReynolds 1999 Acrylic on...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cascadia 9 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd4 (abstract grid painting contemporary blue white atmospheric art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Rising Stars II - Original Boho Minimalist Calm Floral Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and original uses of media. Through a combination of paint ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Tissue Paper
Illusion, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 48 x 32 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Hide & Seek" Painting 53" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hide & Seek" Painting 53" x 39" inch by Tasneem El-Meshad
Medium: acrylic on wood
Academy of Fine Arts Cairo graduate Tasneem El Meshad describes her art, as “a reflection of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
You Have Lots of Me In You - Abstract Floral Painting with Gold Leaf, Framed
By Suk Ja Kang
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract art experiments with the use of texture, tone, and light perception. Through abstract works, the artist expresses her feelings rather than particular objects or scenes. Wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Abstract Mixed Media Artwork, "Geo #162"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a mixed-media artwork by Monty Montgomery. Its dimensions are 12 x 12 x 1.5 and it is Aerosol and Molding Paste on Birch Panel with UV Gloss Varnish. A certificate of authent...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paste, Varnish, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Once in a Vermillion
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, ink, mixed media on panel
In his current body of work, Tim uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Desert Fire
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Stephen identifies the delicate texture and beauty of the natural oxidation process. Oftentimes a found object initiates his work: By incorporating an object directly, imprinting, or...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood, Wood Panel
Contemporary Original Mixed Media Painting - Geometric Abstract Collage in Pink
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT COLLAGE IN PINK
Mixed media on wooden panel
Size: 35 x 27 cm (including frame)
A very unique original artwork constructed from discarded books (repurposed cloth c...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting in yellow & red w/ cubes & triangles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This geometric abstract acrylic on canvas painting mounted on wood panel is part of Weaver's "Cubes Divided into Three" series. Squares, rectangles, triangles, and polygons appear in shades of red, purple, pink and gray on a pale yellow field. It is signed and dated on the back. It includes all hanging hardware and is ready to install; no additional framing is necessary.
Benjamin Weaver...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel
“Thunderhead”, contemporary, pink, green, blue, yellow, red, acrylic painting
By Sandra Cohen
Located in Natick, MA
Sandra Cohen’s “Thunderhead” is a 24 x 24 x 1 inch acrylic painting on cradled wood, loosely painted in colors of pink, brown, blue, and green. At the top, a dense and chaotic storm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Tayo Heuser, Precession, 2016, ink on wood panel, Meditative, Geometric Abstract
By Tayo Heuser
Located in Darien, CT
By developing a geometry between line and the spaces in between in their work, the abstract paintings of Tayo Heuser create a point of departure for the mind into a spiritual consci...
Category
2010s Suprematist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Wood Panel
Furiosa II - textured contemporary painting, colorful, magenta strokes, abstract
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to life.
Tim Nikiforuk...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Fatima Wafa, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 72 x 48 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Lost River' by Katheryn Holt - Bright Green Contemporary Abstract Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Lost River" 2022
Oil paint, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
The upper half of the composition unveils a mesmerizing...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
Schooling Palometa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
I am always fascinated with human perception - you could say that it is why I became an artist. One of the most elusive qualities of perception, and therefore one of the greatest ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Guzzolene I - textured contemporary painting, magenta strokes, abstract
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to life.
Tim Nikiforuk...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Dream of Spain_oil on wood_40 x 30 x 2in_2018._Color Field Painting
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Evening Falls" by Katheryn Holt - Green, Ochre, and Earth Tone Abstract Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Evening Falls" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
"Held" abstract encaustic painting of curved shapes in navy, blue and white
Located in Edgartown, MA
“As an encaustic painter, I have come to appreciate and enjoy the way the hot wax pushes me beyond precision. I am a very orderly person and I think in grids. Much of my work is cent...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Face to Face 1 - Painting by Salvatore Travascio - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Face to Face 1 is an original painting realized by the Italian artist Salvatore Travascio in 2009.
This is a modular piece, made up of 10 oil paintings and collages on panels. Perfe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cubes Divided Equally into Three #6: abstract geometric painting w/ pink & blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel
Prana
Located in Austin, TX
"Prana" is an abstract expressionist painting by Rebecca Sobin executed in oil, cold wax medium, and graphite on a cradled wood panel; measuring 36 x 36 inches.
Titled "Prana" the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Wood Panel Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
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Find a wide variety of authentic Wood Panel abstract paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add Abstract paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Melisa Taylor Metzger, Ricky Hunt, Hunt Slonem, and Denise Driscoll. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Wood Panel abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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