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Medium: Found Objects
Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution, Wall Sculpture by R. Melee
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Melee Title: Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution Year: 2006 Medium: Beer bottle caps, Plaster and Enamel on Wood, signed verso Size: 40 inch Diameter
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Enamel

What's It For, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: A piece about the "stuff" we buy. What's it for? Is it worth it? How do we affect nature with these decisions? Shape shifts between resembling an old ship and a mo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphite

Sylvia Schwartz, 5, 2018, wood, fabric, paint, 7" x 10" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

Sylvia Schwartz 7, 2018, wood, fabric, plastic, paint, 9" x 7.5" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Plastic

Sylvia Schwartz 3, 2018, fabric, 16" x 15"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Silicone, Found Objects

“Water Melon” unique surrealist painting of fruit on real food tray, pop art
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Ackrill presents to us his humor in "Water Melon." A juicy slice floats gently upon a surreal body of water, beneath a blue sky. The scene rests within a food tray, which makes us wo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil, Plastic

Jane Sangerman, Remnant 14, 2015, Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had on...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Seeking Funn SEXY friends - mw4mw - 30 (NO ky SO oh)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Seeking Funn SEXY friends - mw4mw - 30 (NO ky SO oh)" by Carlton Scott Sturgill. Born in 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, CARLTON SCOTT STURGILL received his Masters of Arts (Fine Art) fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil, Panel

Hello, My Name Is: Cherry Bomb - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

"Olive" surrealist oil painting on silver tray of cocktail olive floating in sky
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Olive" is a surrealist oil painting on a silver tray of a cocktail olive floating in the sky. The antique serving platter serves as both the c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Silver

Small Wooden Pieces I: Medial Woman in a Moment
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
With a folk-art flavor, this piece combines burlap and plaster, encaustic on wood and beads to capture Medial Woman in a difficult moment. Although she is an archetype of the interme...
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2010s Folk Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Encaustic

Small Wooden Pieces I: Diptych: Dolly with Film and Dolly with Fan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
On raw wood panels gold paint introduces this series of vintage paper dolls in a particular way. They are honored as they conceal parts of the narrative. Paper dolls appear throughou...
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2010s Other Art Style Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal

One Two Step
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: paint on vintage bank bag found in New Orleans Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paint, Found Objects

"Rolling Pin" contemporary realist oil painting on wood panel
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Rolling Pin" contemporary realist oil painting on wood panel. The wood plank on which "Rolling Pin" is painted, is left untouched around the edges; The natural wood grain visible. A rectangle of crisp white paint is applied to the wooden plank. Then, a wooden rolling pin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Metal Landscape Composition "Fences Study D16"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. For the past 12 years he has been looking intently at something that mo...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Oil Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media collage on canvas by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for ar...
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2010s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Drained, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This piece is about how humans affect our waterways and where our water comes from. Keywords: waves, light, bright, mountain, day, abstract, water, sea, ocean, co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Canvas, Pastel, Graphite

All For You, Original Abstract Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Found material, pastel, paper, ink on a cardboard box. A piece about hurting yourself for the love of another. Will professionally frame in float frame if purchase...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Ink, Pastel, Found Objects

Vanity (sin 7), Original Abstract Painting, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: A piece playing with the ideas surrounding vanity and youth, and the influence of it at a young age. The makeup carries a toy quality and the baby rattles blend in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Pastel, Found Objects

Knocking Knees
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled drop cloth Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-scale p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, House Paint

Hello, My Name Is: Crab Apple - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Hello, My Name Is: Nike - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Drawing from the 1990's #337
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #337 acrylic paint on paper 9.75 x 10 in
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1990s Outsider Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Grapes
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An antique serving platter with a miniature realist painting by American surrealist artist, Anthony Ackrill. Tiny trompe l'oeil, still-life of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Hinge, uncomplicated
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: found and painted paper, acrylic paint Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Hector Frank's Cuban Figurative Portrait on Wood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank never received a professional artistic education yet specialized in electronics. Now, in...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Drawing from the 1990's #469
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #469 ink on paper 10.50 x 8 in
Category

1990s Outsider Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Ink

Lapin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Harrison paints urban scenes of Los Angeles, working strictly on location. Over the course of the year and half on average he spend...
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2010s American Realist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil, Panel

Wyatt Earp
Located in Greenwich, CT
mixed media on vintage enamel sign KADIR LÓPEZ (b. 1972, Las Tunas, Cuba) came to artistic maturity at a time when the image and illusion of the Cuban Revolution were greatly dimini...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Small Wooden Pieces I: Tango Paper Doll Series: Diptych Polka Dots and Fish
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Gold as a background in the Diptych Polka Dots and Fish suggests an icon while undermining the tango dancing couple as they are morphed into paper doll images. This alludes to an in...
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2010s Other Art Style Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic

Abstract I: Cross-Roads
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Living in temples and the countryside with craftsman communities in Japan for over a decade, Majio was deeply influenced aesthetically and by the content of Japanese culture. Her cra...
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2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal

"Double Tone Accent, " Acrylic on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Double Tone Accent" is an original acrylic painting by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted face. 14" x 12" art Reginald K. Gee was b...
Category

1990s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

So it Goes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: house-paint on upcycled drop cloth Becca Fuhrman (b. 1988, Boise, ID) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in multimedia large-scale p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, House Paint

Hello, My Name Is: Rose - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and cheek...
Category

2010s Photorealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Hello, My Name Is: Shrimp - miniature pictograph painting on paper
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Mastromatteo re-introduced himself to the Grenning Gallery with his 2023 exhibition "Hello, My Name Is: Anthony Mastromatteo." The works included in the show were incredibly intricate trompe l'oeil oil paintings ranging in size from 7 x 5 inches to 48 x 36 inches. In supplement to the exhibition, Mastromatteo painted 10 pictographs on the recognizable "Hello My Name Is" nametags and put them in plastic sleeves one would clip on their person for any kind of large function. There is always a bit of tongue and...
Category

2010s Photorealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Paint Roller Series
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jerry Cabrera’s Light Painting series captures the preciousness and sacredness of light through his glowing and vibrant rectangular canvasses. Although abstract, Cabrera’s stacked ca...
Category

2010s Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Whitey Bulger
Located in Greenwich, CT
mixed media on vintage enamel sign KADIR LÓPEZ (b. 1972, Las Tunas, Cuba) came to artistic maturity at a time when the image and illusion of the Cuban Revolution were greatly dimini...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Santo, 2021, graffiti urban mixed media wheatpaste long board skateboard, bear
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Santo (2021) by east coast street artist Sean 9 Lugo Ink, acrylic and marker on paper and mixed media on reclaimed long board skateboard depicting a portrait with a classic Sean 9 L...
Category

2010s Street Art Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Acrylic

"Look Mommy" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Functional Motorcycle Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pastel abstract painted motorcycle kiddie ride by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features Russ' signature muted desert inspired ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

House Paint, Acrylic, Found Objects

Small Green Field with Landscape - The Mulgrave Tensile Wire Works
Located in London, GB
William Tillyer’s Recent Paintings by John Yau Time has proven William Tillyer to be the most adventuresome painter of his generation. This is no small achievement. In a country kno...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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