Salman Toor

Three Men with Trays

2018

A painting by Peter Gerakaris. "Daphne II (Slap That Bass)" is an oil on canvas painting, executed in a vibrant palette primarily of deep blues, yellow, oran...

A painting by Peter Gerakaris. "Daphne III (Slap That Bass)" is an oil on canvas painting, executed in a vibrant palette primarily of deep blues, blues, black and gray with pops of r...

A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Nude Stepping from the Carpet" is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas in a palette of reds, greens, and beiges by Bay Area figurative artist Nathan Oliveira. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "N Oliveira 62". During the early years, Oliveira’s lone figures often suggest an existential angst similar to that of Giacometti, but there is also a weightlessness and a transcendent aura that envelopes these figures; they appear as elemental, universal and eternal projections of selfless consciousness better understood within the bodiless realm of metaphysics. These qualities would remain in his work throughout his long career, yet he would find other themes to explore — the natural world where the essential nature of birds and animals exist in equal profundity with their human counterparts, the transient world of evanescent perception when memory must reconstruct momentary experience, and later, the ‘site’ paintings and monoprints that suggest the abandoned remnants of a long-lost civilization or tribe uncovered at an archeological dig. Nathan Oliveira has left us with a legacy of art that will surely remain untarnished by time or changing trends. His work exists within a realm rarely achieved by artists striving in a similar mode of expression. Unclouded by ego or wayward sentiment, it is also in the warmth and humble nature...

A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Figure with Blue Eyes" is a figurative painting, oil on canvas in a palette of browns and creams with a pop of blue by Bay Area Figurative artist Nath...

This piece titled "Home Plate 6" is an original artwork made from oil paint and acrylic on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is freestanding and measures ...

This piece titled "Home Plate 1" is an original artwork made from oil paint and acrylic on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is freestanding and measures ...

This piece titled "Home Plate 7" is an original artwork made from oil paint and acrylic on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is freestanding and measures ...

This piece titled "Home Plate 12" is an original artwork made from oil paint and acrylic on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is freestanding and measures...