Modern Art Abstract Paintings

“Hush” is part of my Tapestry series of semi abstract paintings that explore the simplification of shape, space, colour and texture in places I have visited. Some of these are specific to landscapes around my studio in Surrey, the South Downs and Devon but mostly they are a visual amalgamation of experiences, like a patchwork of memories and feelings from one or many places. Tapestry-like landscapes with bold mono-tone blocks which reflect the shadowy-shape of evergreen trees against more open hills and meadows. I see more when I’m not focused on the detail, painting intuitively with a mix of acrylics, inks, chalk and oil pastels to capture an emotive response to a place rather than the reality of a specific landscape. Brush strokes and marks are layered and carved with fluid lines that create imagined dream-like patterns. “Hush” is painted on a wood panel with muted shades of slate, moss, pebble and shell, contrasted with a bold graphic swathe of charcoal. Tamara Williams...

This is a moody, tonalist water landscape painted in acid-washed tin (lightweight metal surface) to achieve a smooth surface to complement the peaceful evening lake scene. It works particularly well with its companion piece, "Wrapped in Stillness I," also listed on 1stDibs. Each painting is sold separately although I can combine for shipping for your savings. Framing is not necessary as it reveal the unique metal edges. it is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. Signed on the back. Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...

Golden city - a phantom city that exists in human fantasies as a city made of pure gold, and the people in it are also covered in gold.

Rich, opulent purple seeps onto yellow -tinged, plant-like forms in Angel Ricardo Ricardo Rio's "berenjenas en el acuario / eggplants in the aquarium." Though its name relays a touch...

Abstract Additional information: Acrylic, Colour Pencil on Paper 24 H x 24 W x 1 D cm (9.45 x 9.45 x 0.39 in) Sold unframed Image size: Height: 19cm (7.48 in) Width: 19cm (7.48 in)...

A painting created with acrylic paints in an abstract style, showing a floral garden after the rain. It was inspired by Hampstead Heath in London, a green and beautiful area full of ...

Originally an abstract floral tribute to autumn’s quiet beauty, this painting took on a new layer of meaning when a friend spotted a hidden image of a kissing couple within it. The s...

This acrylic on canvas piece by Laurie Barmore introduces a serene and contemplative palette of blues and whites, accented by bold touches of red. The soothing blue tones evoke a sen...

"Roots that Were", an acrylic on canvas piece by Laurie Barmore is characterized by an earthy blend of pinks, yellows, and greens. This piece captures the essence of vitality and gro...

Bringing Love Home by Sena Shah is a new design created in October 2024. It is made with felt fabric and reflective paper that enables a lenticular effect causing the art to change a...

Rimbaud is a contemporary homage to the 19th-century poet, capturing his enigmatic presence through an imagined portrait. Surrounding the figure are a constellation of small sketches...

Vibrant Lakeside Village French, inscribed, dated 2005 signed oil on board, unframed board: 24 x 29 inches Provenance: Private collection, France Condition: Good condition Descript...

This is a diptych of Coast and Dilly Dallying original paintings. This diptych is unframed. COAST is an original abstract painting by Janet Keith. Coast is an expressive, gestural pa...

Wioletta Gancarz's original paintings are available to buy online and in our art gallery in Oxfordshire. Born in Poland, living and working in Switzerland, the visual artist Wioletta...

Abstraction offers a unique opportunity to delve into the space between the visible and the invisible. Acting as a conduit connecting the tangible and the intangible, it encourages us to explore various interpretations in a dreamlike state. In this abstract oil painting by California resident artist Erik Fiazi, the canvas is full of dynamic, nervous brush gestures, evoking images that might recall a continent or torn fabric. Whether it is the phalanges of a fist ready to burst and rip the canvas or a nation symbolized by colors that could be similar to those of a flag. There are so many possible interpretations. In any case, the work releases a raw and unbridled energy, Charged with a force worthy of a revolution like a raised fist, with its red which invades our entire field of vision, a rebellion underlined by the nervousness of the gestures of application of colors next to each other and also on top of each other, probably applied both with a knife and with a large brush. There is thickness and a lot of density. Abstraction is a challenging genre because, beyond the technique, the magic lies in the ability to penetrate the viewer's heart. By contemplating this work through the prism of allegorical reading, we can discern the echoes of a nation in turmoil: a landscape emptied of its green splendor; in fact, green appears in the minority, invaded by the burning red of destruction and flames. The central block resembles an island adrift in a navy blue sea, evoking isolation and vulnerability after a tumultuous storm. The foam of the waves reminds us of the instability inherent in life. Yet within this chaos lies a profound lesson: while the surface may churn under the unleashing of the elements, the bottom of the ocean remains still, offering a symbolic parallel to the importance of maintaining solid foundations amidst the turbulence of life. Eric Fiazi...

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Bold Landscape Painting Medium: oil on artist paper, unframed Painting : 16.5 x 11.5 inches Provenance: all the pain...

This piece titled "Loupe De Loupe" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner made of acrylic and enamel on MDF. This piece measures approximately 60"h x 48"w. Jason Andrew Turne...

Abstract painting inspired by twilight colours across the Sussex coastline, joyful moments of serene beauty after a sublime sunset and the flicker of a light a beacon of nurture and ...

.This contemporary abstract expressionist landscape painting was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot as part of her ongoing series inspired by the untamed beauty and emotional ...

Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary) Title: Cityscape Reflection Medium: gouache on artist paper, unframed Painting : 18 x 12 inches Provenance: all the painting...

"Sample of Paper" is part of my series "Pathos of the Bureaucracy," a humorous and satirical exploration of bureaucratic inefficiency. Inspired by personal frustrations with social s...

This 24x36 painting bursts with a wide variety of vibrant colors, beautifully highlighting the delicate hydrangea blooms. “Reflections of the Hydrangea” is a colorful and lively piec...

Contemporary dark toned expressive abstract painting by French artist Pierre Olié. The work features a faceless figure reaching out in a dynamic pose set against an explosive backgro...

Flowers of life. Bilateral. Oil on cardboard, 73x65 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad Sch...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Steve Balkin (1938-2023) This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in upstate NY. It is titled "Rain Forest", dated 8/2007 a...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection...

Oil on canvas.

Original artwork, acrylic paints on cotton patchwork canvas, unframed. With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is created using a blend of acr...

Original landscape orientated painting with abstract qualities on a deep canvas. Strong warm colours with high contrast, making it a very dramatic piece. Painted in a loose style whi...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...

Acrylic and Spray Paint on Cotton Canvas Unstretched canvas 51.18 x 40.55 inches (130 x 103cm) Signed by the Artist Year 2023 COA included

Pink Coastal Reflections is an original abstracted landscape painting by artist Fleur Park. Featuring her signature gestural and wide mark making. Fusing geometric abstraction with l...

If you look at painting in a dim light you can find different creatures/animals there.

Painting made in Vienna after visiting symphonic Mozart concert. Dark Paradise series.

This series of hand painted acrylic paintings by Natalia Roman are inspired by the colors and textures of Italian terrazzo tiling. The patterns created combine a variety of vivid col...

Rooted in the tradition of improvisation and abstraction, Lee Seung Chul’s paintings serve as windows into the philosophical depths of human emotion, approaching mental and emotional...

Serenade By Gerard Tunney [2021] Gerard Tunney Serenade Original Surrealist Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 40cm x D 2cm Serenade is an original animal painting by Gerard Tunney. A dog busks on the street, 'singing for its supper'. The painting uses allegory to describe the problems that a stray experiences in its struggle to survive. in front is the collection plate and a small...

Beach Palms La Cala By Eleanor Woolley [April 2023] Palm Trees La Cala is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. The striking Palm Trees on La Cala beach in La Cala de Mijas were ...

Roman Dub "Melody of spring"

Mary Chaplin, Through the mist of my memory. The garden where I lived as a child is still very alive in my memory. When winter is too dreary, I like thinking of this place I loved so...

Roman Dub "Summer"

A fine mid century abstract expressionist painting in gouache of flowers through a paned window by Argentinian artist Leopoldo Presas (1915-2009). Presas was born in Buenos Aires, Ar...

Ideologist 1968, gouache on paper, 86x61 cm Gunars Klava (1933 – 1989) Gunars Klava was born in 1933 in Priekule. 1953 - graduated from J. Rosenthal Art School 1964 - began to pa...

Long Day On The Tarrens is a contemporary piece using acrylic paints and charcoal on board by Mary Scott. "It is inspired by a time, many years ago, when I was working as a geologist...

Gold and black circles are layered against a blue and dark background, creating a dynamic and intriguing pattern. The composition uses sweeping curves and varying stroke widths to ad...

Born in 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, Ira Barkoff’s paintings feature empty, Zen-like landscapes whose stillness reflects a location’s essence. Barkoff seeks to “portray a sense of vas...

Crépuscule dans l'Atelier (Twilight in the Studio) Acrylic on canvas 55 x 46 cm A dynamic Diachronic Cubist work, Crépuscule dans l'Atelier layers geometry, color, and moments in ti...

Still life Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of...

This vibrant and dynamic artwork by Koko Hovagumin is a celebration of jazz through color and form. Measuring 20x24 inches, the painting features a lively composition that captures t...

The painting includes a certificate of authenticity by artist. The artwork size is 16"x20", oil on canvas and framed champagne color moulding. Musical Essence:. Koko Hovagumina's...

An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with a post-impressionist paint application for the tree and the house. In the foreground, we see an African mother with two children standing outside her "Home." The work is created by African American artist Vincent D. Smith. It is signed lower right, Vincent, showing homage to Vincent Van Gogh, from whom the art word borrows some influence. Clearly, Smith has developed his own personal style, combining an African American persona with an African subject matter. Original metal frame under glass. The uploaded video is coming up light. Use the still image as a reference for color. Vincent DaCosta Smith (December 12, 1929 – December 27, 2003) was an American artist, painter, printmaker and teacher. He was known for his depictions of black life. Early life Vincent DaCosta Smith was born on December 12, 1929, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant[1] neighborhood of Brooklyn, to Beresford Leopole Smith and Louise Etheline Todd. Both were immigrants from Barbados.[2] He was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn and Smith drew what he saw around him.[citation needed] He attended an integrated school where he studied piano and the alto sax. worked a range of jobs before he became a full-time artist. At 16, he worked for the Lackawanna Railroad repairing tracks. At 17, Smith enlisted in the army and traveled with his brigade for a year.[3] It wasn't until after his time in the army that Smith began to paint and printmaking.[4] At the age of 22, Smith was working in a post office where he grew to be friends with fellow artist Tom Boutis.[1] Art education Tom Boutis took Smith to a Paul Cézanne show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. After seeing the Cézanne show, Smith resigned from his position at the post office and began reading extensively about art. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Reginald Marsh.[citation needed] Later, he began to sit in on classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, where the instructors would let him join in on the lessons and the criticisms.[3] After attending classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the Art Students League of New York, he was accepted and received a scholarship to the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine,[4] where he studied from 1953 to 1956. Beginning in 1954,[5] he started taking official classes at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, and studied painting, etching, and woodblock printmaking.[4] Career Smith was a figurative painter who used abstractions and materiality to make something new.[6] Smith's work depicts the rhythms and intricacies of black life through his prints and paintings.[7] Many of his paintings and prints rely heavily on patterns.[6] According to Ronald Smothers, Vincent D. Smith's work "stood as an expressionistic bridge between the stark figures of Jacob Lawrence and the Cubist and Abstract strains represented by black artists like Romare Bearden and Norman Lewis."[7] Smith has described his own work as "a marriage between Africa and the West."[3] Over his life, he worked in both painting and printmaking. In 1959, Smith won the John Hay Whitney Fellowship which allowed him to travel to the Caribbean for a year.[8] During this year he was deeply inspired by the customs and lifestyle of the native people.[8] Throughout his life, Smith attended various art schools but it was not until turning 50 he returned to college to earn an official degree.[7] From 1967 until 1976 he taught at the Whitney Museum’s Art Resource Center.[2] Later in 1985, he taught printmaking at the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant. Death and legacy Smith died in Manhattan on the December 27, 2003 from lymphoma and related complications.[7] Smith was aged 74.[7] His work is included in many public museum collections including Art Institute of Chicago,[9] Newark Museum of Art,[1] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[1] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[1] Yale University Art Gallery,[10] Davidson Art Center,[11] Fitzwilliam Museum,[12] Brooklyn Museum,[13] Albright-Knox Art Gallery,[14] Rhode Island School of Design Museum,[15] among others. Exhibitions Over the course of his career, he had over 25 one-man shows and had his work shown in over 30 group shows.[7] Vincent D. Smith had shown in a range of galleries and museums over his life-span. In 1970, he had his first individual exhibition at the Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. His first retrospective was in 1989 at the Schenectady Museum in Schenectady, New York.[2] Solo shows: 1974 - The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine[2] 1974 - Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York[2] 1989 - Schenectady Museum (Retrospective 1964-1989), Schenectady, New York Awards and honors This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 1959 – John Hay Whitney Fellowship, John Hay Whitney Foundation, New York City, New York[8] 1967 – Artist in Residence, Smithsonian Conference Center 1968 – Grant, The American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York 1971 – Creative Public Service Award for the Cultural Council Foundation, New York 1973 – National Endowment of the Arts and Humanities Travel Grant, New York 1973-1974 – Childe Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York 1974 – Thomas P. Clarke Prize, National Academy of Design, New York 1981 – Windsor and Newton Award, National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic , New York. 1985-1986 – Artist-in-Residence, Kenkeleba House Gallery, New York. Works Below are some selected works: Study for Mural at Boys and Girls High School, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York A Moment Supreme, 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York The Triumph of B.L.S., 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Jonkonnu Festival, 1996, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Murals Mural for Crotona/Tremont Social Service Center, The Human Resource Administration, New York, New York 1980[1] Mural for Oberia D. Dempsey Multi-Service Center of Central Harlem, New York, New York 1989[1] Publications Print portfolios Impressions: Our World, Volume I (a portfolio of seven etchings - five with aquatint, two with embossing). Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Vivian Browne, Eldzier Cortor...

Introducing "Floral Symphony" by renowned artist Koko Hovaguimian, an exquisite oil painting that captures the essence of nature in a truly unique and captivating manner. Part of the...

Geisha. 2008. Cardboard, author technique, 50x40 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Unio...

Helen Steele (German, 1961-2022) 'Sundown' 2010 Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Sundown", a 36" x 36" mixed media canvas by Helen St...

Oil, spraypaint, acrylic on canvas. Storybook bridge.

Moshekwa Langa Sweetness Flying, 2000 Original Acrylic, enamel, and India ink painting on paper Signed and dated 2000 in marker on the back Unique Frame included Provenance: The Good...

Ceravolo's "Can We Keep Him" oil and acrylic original painting on canvas measures a large 44:x64" There are no silkscreens or stencils used in creating this painting, it is all hand painted in oil and acrylic. One of The Hampton's most popular urban Pop artists whose work is collected by Elton John, Rod Stewart, Pete Davidson...

Kristy Chettle (American, born 1968) "Her Universe" 2018 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. Kristy Chettle's "Her Universe" is a 72" x 48"...