Maurice Sullins

Great Dark Cloud Over Tahiti Nui

June 8, 1970

This exquisite painting was presented at Hana Pietri's May 2022 Chicago exhibition titled: Maurice Sullins: Force of Nature (May 20 - June 30, 2022). T...

Sullins largely worked with 1½ inch and 2 ½ inch brushes and only used acrylic on canvas or canvas board. He never sketched before painting and he employed many original techniques. ...

This exquisite painting titled Reclining Etienne de Silhouette with Mona Lisa Eyes is a perfect example of Sullins’ ability to construct an original painting while manipulating ideas...

This painting is from the Matisse series created by Maurice Sullins in the 1970s. Sullins' works, set in brilliantly imagined scenes in Tahiti, France...

This painting is from the Matisse series created by Maurice Sullins in the late 1970s. Sullins' works, set in brilliantly imagined scenes in Tahiti, F...

This painting is from the Matisse series created by Maurice Sullins in the late 1970s. Sullins' works, set in brilliantly imagined scenes in Tahiti, F...

Large Naïve acrylic on board attributed to a French artist named Le Bris as the work was bought with another painting signed by the artist. The painting is presented in a gilt wooden baton frame. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. The characteristics of naïve art have a challenging relationship to the formal qualities of painting, especially as they tend not to respect the three rules of the perspective (such as defined by the Progressive Painters of the Renaissance): 1. Decrease of the size of objects proportionally with distance, 2. Muting of colours with distance, 3. Decrease of the precision of details with distance. The results are: Effects of perspective are geometrically erroneous (distinctive aspect of the works, like the drawing of a child...

In this Bert Long work, a stimulating and vibrant background is contrasted by an expressive charcoal rendering of a twisting tree. The tree’s lack of leaves ...

This intimate, yet highly energetic, artwork is a timeless example of Long’s exceptional style. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Bert Long...

The multimedia work, "Holy Rain" includes a 1 1/2 minute Video of self-taught P-Nut talking about the inspiration for his folk painting of African ...

Traditions are important in Wales. This painting from Therese takes a peek at the Sunday morning outing to chapel. Wearing their Sunday best the villagers head out and catch up on al...

Acrylic paint on box canvas. Ready too hang Signed