Concrete Figurative Paintings

acrylic on birch panel

acrylic on birch panel

Title: Guardians of Grace Painting Abstract Contemporary Unique Bold Small-scale Warm Small-scale This work is part of a series. It is part of my story... It portrays my truth, abu...

Title: The Guardians of Humanity and Joy Colorful Blue Centre Piece Abstract Invest Painting Striking Joy This work is part of a series. It is part of her story... It portrays tru...

Title: Wild Abundance Wild Abundance - Abstract Maximalism Painting Show-stopper Unique Bold Symbolism One-of-a-kind This painting is a vibrant and colorful celebration in mixed me...

Title: Guardians of Movement Maximalism Abstract Bold Contemporary Figurative Unique Small-scale This work is part of a series. It is part of my story... It portrays my truth, ab...

Paula Cahill's linear abstract compositions are often comprised of a single, luminous line that meanders, changes color, and seamlessly connects back to itself. This piece combines C...

This is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects. It is framed in a wide, dark wooden frame with gold accents. It includes several manipulated historic photograph of figures in many guises, arranged as if on stage. It is signed and dated by the artist lower left. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...

"GHST" is an original acrylic work on panel by Jim Houser measuring 10in x 10in. ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently res...

"In The Nick Of Time" is an abstract collage / painting created from acrylic and found objects on leather mounted on round MDF panel. The work itself is 20" diameter, framed to 23" diameter in a wide, dark brown round wooden frame with two bronze painted rings. It includes several photograph of figures. It is signed and dated along the lower edge. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...

Circles and lines have the power to suggest perpetual motion, energy, and stasis. Cahill explores circles in relation to line as a means way to express their complex physical propert...

"SPOTS" is an original acrylic painting collage on panel work by Jim Houser measuring 8in x 8in. ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where ...