Darrell Forney

Mid Century Abstract Oil on Canvas - Bridgeport Valley, CA

1960

Artist: Stephanie Peek – American (1940- ) Title: Dark Blue Shadow Garden Year: 1996 Medium: Oil on Panel Size: 10 x 10 inches Signature: Signed, dated, titled on reverse by the art...

Artist: Stephanie Peek – American (1940- ) Title: Opening Year: 1996 Medium: Oil on Linen Size: 10 x 10 inches Signature: Signed, dated, titled on reverse by the artist Condition: V...

Artist: Stephanie Peek – American (1940- ) Title: Umber Garden Year: 1996 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 10 x 10 inches Signature: Signed, dated, titled on reverse by the artist Condit...

This painting with added elements is an excellent example of Joe Doyle’s abstract illusionist art. It is composed of acrylic on shaped canvas with fabric elements added. It measures 36 x 43 inches. Each edge has been painted except for the left edge which has a frame. The right edge has been shaped. The black elements of the tent-like structure are added fabric. The work is signed, titled "564" and dated on the reverse. As well it bears a label from Harcourts Gallery, a gallery in San Francisco during the 1980s and 1990s. The work is in very good condition. Joe Doyle established himself as a painter during the movement toward new abstraction in San Francisco in the mid-seventies. Stylistically his work evolved from photo-realist renderings of aircraft which exaggerated differences in focus of background and foreground" By 1975 his imagery shifted to arrangements of flat, geometric forms and tubular squiggles in a trompe l'oeil manner that created the illusion of a multi-layered, three dimensional space. By the late 1970s Doyle, along with James Havard, Jack Reilly, George D. Green, and others, had attained national prominence working this style now referred to as Abstract Illusionism. Doyle and others were included in 'Reality of Illusion' a large touring exhibition of primarily American illusionist artists organized by the University of Southern California and The Denver Art Museum. Doyle enrolled at San Francisco State College receiving his M.A. in 1971. From 1971 to 1975 he was a photo-realist transferring images from photographs using airbrush techniques on canvas, occasionally adding political satire into the subject matter, as in "Ice House...

Artist: Betsy Kaufman – American (1953- ) Title: Landscape of Reflection Study Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on paper mounted to canvas Sight size: 13.5 x 1...

This artwork titled "Low Fog" 1939 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted California artist Ruth Armer, 1896-1977. It is signed at the lower right corn...

Binyamin Basteker Urban Landscape, 2022 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm 24 x 31 in Binyamin Basteker was born in Mumbai in 1953. Growing up in a family of artists, his unique talent was ...

Landscape with multiple readings, where the viewer's gaze can form its own imaginary universe

Antonio Gritón (Mexico City, 1953) Lives and works in Mexico City. Antonio Griton is a visual artist and tireless promoter of Mexican culture. He captures a visual discourse that r...

In Arthur Pinajian's mesmerizing 1986 oil painting, a lush symphony of nature unfolds on the canvas. The artist's distinctive brushstroke techniques breathe life into the scenery of ...

"One of Pinajian's early works, 'Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, 1974' is a vibrant depiction of the Woodstock mountains. The abstract composition was create...

The epitome of low country living are the memories made while boating, swimming and fishing and stomping though the weeds along your favorite waterways. The friends and family stop b...