Abstract Animal Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
American School New York City Abstract Expressionist Original MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.
Category
1980s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
Alligator, Celluloid, Rattles, Trumpet - Surrealist Painting by Anton Solomoukha
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anton Solomoukha, Russian (1945 - )
Title: Alligator, Celluloid, Rattles, Trumpet
Year: 1991
Medium: Oil and Collage on Canvas, signed and dated l.r.
Size: 63.5 x 51 inches [...
Category
1990s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Chicken, lyrical wild bright humorous colorful abstract gesture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bold combination of abstract and gestural styles by NYC based designer/artist Fredda Tone
Reminiscent of Clifford Stills, Robert Motherwell style
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Petals on the Water, Oil , American Impressionism, Koi Fish, Outdoors. Nature
Located in Houston, TX
Petals on the Water by Jeff Slemons shows the beauty of nature with Koi and Waterlilies .There is the use of the palette knife which builds up a texture o...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Seagulls have Yellow Eyes by Maggie LaPorte Banks, abstract expressionist
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie LaPorte Banks. Seagulls have yellow eyes [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas, gold leaf, and raw pigment from Kerala
Image size: H:76 cm x W:76 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AS ALONE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contour ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting by Henriette Stolz, Earth Tones
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating untitled abstract oil on canvas by renowned mid-century artist Henriette “Yetti” Stolz features a dynamic depiction of an abstract bird rendered in rich, earthy tone...
Category
20th Century Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Liqiang Lu Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Little Bird"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Little Bird
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 23.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
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Moonlight birds. 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 12. 6 x 17. 7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moonlight birds
2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 12.6x17.7cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he wo...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
Crumbs of Shadow
Located in London, GB
Christopher is interested in the way that society interacts with the wild and not so wild things around it, the effect that we have on the environment and the living things that rely...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler) by Justin Kellner
By Justin Kellner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Introducing "An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler)," an enchanting abstract landscape painting by the talented artist Justin Kellner. This captivating piece fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Abstract Bunny Series" 3T5TS, Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Art measures 11.81 x 11.81 inches
Frame measures 19.68 x 19.68 x 2.76 inches
Framed in a high-quality contemporary wooden moulding.
Color: antique black
Artist: Roger König b. D...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
One-Of-A-Kind Large Painting on board by Serg Graff "Caricature". COA attached
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a rare unique original large acrylic painting on board in a naive primitivism style depicting two famous movie characters combined into one hero.
Signed by Serg Graff.
Fra...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,600 Sale Price
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Counterpart
By Matt Flint
Located in Bozeman, MT
My paintings are of animals, plants, and landscapes seen through a moment of shifting focus. I paint the way I explore the rugged mountains by my house, always pushing to see what is over the next hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the canvas. Artifacts of the creative process can be seen in the rich textures, worked surfaces, and veiled light qualities created by working and reworking the piece. As one image comes into focus another is fading away, retaining a piece of the previous while hinting at what might come next.
The result of my search...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
South II, Abstract Fish Painting by Antonio Ole
By Antonio Ole
Located in Long Island City, NY
South II by Antonio Ole, Angolan (1951)
Date: 1993
Acrylic, Impasto and Collage on Paper, signed l.l.
Size: 26 x 39.5 in. (66.04 x 100.33 cm)
Category
1990s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flock 5, Black and White Abstract Drawing, Starling Art, Nature Art, Monochrome
By Nigel Bird
Located in Deddington, GB
Original work on paper work by Nigel bird. It is part of a collection of work inspired by sound. “During the time I lived in Southern France, I once had the good fortune to be walkin...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
Cosmotropics
Located in Deddington, GB
Cosmotropics by Adam Bartlett [2021]
original
Acrylic on Panel
Image size: H:112 cm x W:117 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:99 cm x W:115 cm x D:0.5cm
Frame Size: H:112 cm x W:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in Latvian Nat...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$420 Sale Price
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Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$334 Sale Price
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Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$363 Sale Price
20% Off
Morris Katz painting 2002
By Morris Katz
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Morris Katz Painting 2002:
Oil paint on wood board. Unique.
8x10 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition.
Polish born Morris Katz (1932 – 2010) survived World War II in a Disp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006
The harshness of this competitive world where to be the first is the priority goal.
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$2,391 Sale Price
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Yellow Serval, Wild Cat Painting, Contemporary Animal Art, Bright Art, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow Serval by Lucie Sheridan [2022]
Bright coloured painting of a Serval Cat
Additional information:
Original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:76.2 cm x W:50.8 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50.8 x 76.2 cm x W:76.2 cm x D:50.8 cm
Frame Size: H:79.2 cm x W:53.8 cm x D:3.5 cm
Sold Framed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Lucie Sheridan is an illustrator and print maker with Wychwood Art. She creates her work within her studio at Centrespace located in central Bristol, England, which is a long standing co...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74x47,5 cm
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$860 Sale Price
20% Off
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$717 Sale Price
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Antique American School New York Minimalist Abstract Splatter Oil Painting MCM
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist action painting. Oil on paper, circa 1960.
Unsigned. Image size, 15"L x 11"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Riverbed in Morocco
By Trevor Waugh
Located in Deddington, GB
Trevor Waugh Oil on boxed canvas
50cm x 50cm
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird. 2019, hardboard, oil, 41x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bird. 2019, hardboard, oil, 41x28 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Sunset Park Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960.
Unsigned. Image size, 12"L x 9"H.
Category
1960s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache
"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin"
Signed and titled on verso. ...
Category
1950s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity
By Diana Torje
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed
Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm
Composition with red creatures on the blue
Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017)
Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. Du...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
$573 Sale Price
51% Off
High Atlas Mountain, Morocco
By Trevor Waugh
Located in Deddington, GB
High Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Trevor Waugh
Oil on canvas
Unframed
Landscape painting
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Songs in the Sky 2
Located in Bozeman, MT
John Hitchcock uses the print medium with its long history of social and political commentary to explore relationships of community, land, and cu...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Screen
III. 2011-2013. Paper, plastic glass, oil, 90x68 cm
Located in Riga, LV
III. 2011-2013. Paper, plastic glass, oil, 90x68cm
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Oil
$1,530 Sale Price
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Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
Dark composition with butterflies
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$2,314 Sale Price
20% Off
Digger, oil painting, Texas Animals, Armadillo. 12 x 12 Women in the Arts
Located in Houston, TX
Digger is a framed oil painting on panel. 12" x 12". It portrays an Armadillo digging around for his food which is a common scene around Texas
Artist Statement:
" I am inspired...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Cubist Artwork, "Freedom Fighter"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original abstract painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x24"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follo...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A group of large sea lions emerges above calm sea waters just south of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. “The great thing about marine mammals swimming aro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Calling from the Mountain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A strong gazelle turns to regard the viewer, with a brilliant landscape drawing the eye into the distance. "There will always be favor when walking on the pat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A New Kingdom, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A New Kingdom was created through the idea of coming and going, moving through new thresholds, from one paradise to the next," exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Matterhorn- contemporary expressionistic black/white mountain range with red
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Without Title (Matterhorn)" is a large, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts with powerful strokes the facade of the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bull - contemporary expressionistic painting of charging bull, abstract backdrop
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Bull" is a large, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts with powerful strokes a charging bull coming out of an ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox), colorful reds pattern
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and Ink on Panel
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Ink
Without Title - white minimalist painting with pins abstract expressionist
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Without Title" is a small, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts with powerful strokes a minimalist white abstract landscape with pins. an alpine ...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pins
She Could Barely See
Located in Bozeman, MT
John Hitchcock uses the print medium with its long history of social and political commentary to explore relationships of community, land, and cu...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Screen
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Burst of Energy
By Diana Torje
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed
Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide....
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox) abstract pattern red
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimitri incorporates and captures free form expression using urban iconography, text, collage and traditions methods.
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice.
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Short Stirrup
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Méduses Tropiques
Located in PARIS, FR
Anna Peter-Breton
Méduses Tropiques
Huile sur toile Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2023
Anna Peter-Breton was born in 1985.
Originally from Hungary and Kyrgyzs...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting with Bird Motif, Black Pink Red Blue
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant abstract oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) features a dynamic bird motif, painted in rich tones of red, blue, purple, orange, and black. Completed circa 1980, the artwork captures Chavez's signature modernist style. The painting is framed in a vintage frame with overall dimensions measuring 30 ½ x 28 ½ inches, while the image size itself is 29 ¼ x 27 inches.
About the Artist:
Eduardo Chavez...
Category
1980s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By John Barney
Located in Yardley, PA
As the title suggests, this is a subtle statement about the beauty of our planet and the need to take care of it. These gentle giants have been around for awhile and often have great...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"White Pidgeon - La Paloma Blanca" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a large scale Modernist Abstract painting. The 40" x 54" oil on canvas is sign...
Category
1960s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Until You Come Back by Amy Sullivan Contemporary Dog Painting with Green, Blue
By Amy Sullivan
Located in Atlanta, GA
It only took us a second to fall in love with Amy Sullivan's abstracted barns and structures. Oozing with texture and media, her large-scale and slightly off-kilter renditions of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Fur and Love by Amy Sullivan Contemporary Dog Painting with Blue
By Amy Sullivan
Located in Atlanta, GA
It only took us a second to fall in love with Amy Sullivan's abstracted barns and structures. Oozing with texture and media, her large-scale and slightly off-kilter renditions of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3
Located in Austin, TX
David Ackerson (b. 1950, American)
Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 3
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 40 x 30 in.
Markings: Signed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Horse
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an unframed original painting on paper. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the myst...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
'Layers of Existence' Abstract Mustard & Deep Red Textural Painting
Located in Lahti, FI
“Layers of Existence” is a meditation on reality, perception, and the unseen dimensions beyond what we consider tangible. This abstract composition plays with depth and texture, invi...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Holographic Butterflies
Located in Paris, IDF
Found objects pasted on wooden panel with a acrylic painted background. Artworks comes box framed in a white wooden frame with acrylic glass, ready to hang and display. Can be commis...
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Abstract animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Rocky Hawkins, C. Dimitri, Julie Sneed, and Karnish Art. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract animal paintings, so small editions measuring 4.88 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $1,964.