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Medium: Gesso
Recollection 7 (Stony Creek), pastel, abstract, texture
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Black & White Americana Painting of Ranchito Motel on Route 66 New Mexico USA
Located in Preston, GB
Panoramic Black & White Painting of the legendary Ranchito Motel on Route 66, New Mexico, USA.
A unique original from leading British Cityscape Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 24 x 12 inches
Frame measures 28.8 x 16.8 inches
Angela Wakefield has twice been on the front cover of ‘Art of England’ and featured in ARTnews, attracting international attention and critical acclaim with her urban landscape paintings of New York, London & the North of England. The style of painting has been described as ‘contemporary realism’, and is often favourably compared with Edward Hopper by collectors and art critics. Angela’s work is held in private collections in Europe and the USA, including the British Royal Family. Her admirers include leading figures in international business...
Category
2010s Modern Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Board
Panoramic Black & White Painting of Westminster Victoria Embankment London City
Located in Preston, GB
Panoramic Black & White Painting of Westminster from Victoria Embankment, City of London.
A unique original from leading British Cityscape Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 2...
Category
2010s Modern Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Figures at Manhattan Henge Sunset New York City by Leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Figurative Painting of People admiring Manhattan Henge Sunset New York City NYC with dramatic light and colours by Leading British Urban Artist, Angela ...
Category
2010s Realist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Paint, Board, Gesso, Mixed Media
Miniature Painting of Shard & Tower Bridge London by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Painting of the Shard & Tower Bridge in the City of London by British Contemporary Artist. This is a unique original from leading British Cityscape Artist, Angela Wakefield...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Acid Blue, Abstract contemporary painting on canvas, bright color nature texture
Located in Dallas, TX
Emma Godebska's artwork is inspired by the Parisian luxury world of fashion, textures and pure color. "Acid Blue" is a bright and colorful contemporary abstract painting. Her sensual...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
Desert Gossip #9
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Desert Gossip is a series of four paintings that echo the
colors of the desert at dusk. The use of the threaded grid is set up to
anchor and re-inforce the circular movement of the l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Thread, Paper, Vinyl, Pigment
Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Birds on repurposed galvanized steel.
Predominately monochromatic repeated, patterned, abstracted bird images
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Metal
Modernist Impasto Goldfish
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning modernist impasto painting of a goldfish with coral reminiscent of California Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Brown's early work. Circa 2000. W...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
"LAKE SUPERIOR", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue Silver Violet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "LAKE SUPERIOR" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 72" tall by 96" wide, is new work from the long su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
Jungle Nights Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Color, texture, light and shadow interplay in this dark jewel tone abstract by an unknown Bay Area abstract expressionist artist (American, 20th Century). Signed indistinctly ("Cydo"...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
Desert Gossip #1
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Desert Gossip is a series of four paintings that echo the
colors of the desert at dusk. The use of the threaded grid is set up to
anchor and reinforce the circular movement of the lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Thread, Paper, Vinyl, Pigment
The Rubble #7
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“The Rubble” series consists of seven tapestry-like
paintings hanging from hand-wrapped dowels. The color choice and materials
identify what can be destroyed, re-formed, and at some ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Textile, Canvas, Thread, Resin, Paper, Pigment, Pins
Portrait Thom Yorke French School Radiohead READY TO HANG Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Thom Yorke
Portrait of the famous singer Thom Yorke - Radiohead
Technique: oil, acrylics and ink on canvas 73x60cm ■■ 28,7x23,6inch
⏩》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《⏪
🟢 → Original...
Category
2010s Tonalist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Recollection 44 (Mt. San Angelo), pink and brown abstract landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Lavanda e Miele, Motherlode Collection
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Clay pigment, gesso, needlepoint, and oil on canvas
Andrée B. Carter was born and raised in New Orleans. She has lived in Seattle and Los Angeles, and now resides in Palm Desert. An...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Yarn, Mixed Media, Oil
'Grecian Urn', Prix de Rome, École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
By Jacques Lamy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jacques Lamy' (French-American, 1946-2016); additionally stamped verso with artist copyright signature, Dallas location and dated 1997.
Born in Paris, Jacques Lamy studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, where he was the recipient of the Prix de Rome...
Category
1990s Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
The Rubble #4
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“The Rubble” series consists of seven tapestry-like
paintings hanging from hand-wrapped dowels. The color choice and materials
identify what can be destroyed, re-formed, and at some ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Thread, Paper, Pigment, Pins, Drypoint
Recollection 52 (Mt.San Angelo), landscape, abstract, neutral, mixed media
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Promenades
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Promenades is part of my latest series: Roots of a City.
Each painting in this series is based on the urban environments of places
that I have visited or lived in. There is an emotio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Marble
The Rubble #6
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“The Rubble” series consists of seven tapestry-like
paintings hanging from hand-wrapped dowels. The color choice and materials
identify what can be destroyed, re-formed, and at some ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Thread, Resin, Paper, Pins, Drypoint
Recollection 68 (Stony Creek), pastel, abstract, mixed media, geometric
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
White on Black
Located in Miami, FL
"White on Black" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2010. This piece can be hung by itself, or be considered as part of a diptych with "Black on White". The painting comes unframed, with a total dimension of 28" x 59" x 5".
This piece was made with acrylic paint, gesso, and corten steel - the signature materials that Benetta has become known for. Thanks to his excellent skills, the artist uses unconventional media to create truly unique artworks, that take the viewer to an aerial, restless dimension - despite the opposite nature of those materials.
Benetta's work takes the heritage of Italian industrial design and fuses it with contemporary art, giving life to unique abstract pieces that spark the attention of art lovers worldwide. He studied Fine Arts in Venice, and his work has been featured in more than 25 exhibitions in the recent years, in addition to his collaboration with brands like Hermes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Criss Cross, Original painting, Red Abstract art, Acrylic, Mixed media on board
By Jo Jenkins
Located in Deddington, GB
A painting with a presence......strong warm colours in high contrast with dramatic movement through the middle section. Some qualities of landscape but a painting for the viewer to i...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Gesso, Acrylic
Las Palmas Sunset Aerial
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Tayo Heuser, Arrival, 2016, ink on wood panel, Meditative, Abstract Geometric
By Tayo Heuser
Located in Darien, CT
By developing a geometry between line and the spaces in between in their work, the abstract paintings of Tayo Heuser create a point of departure for the mind into a spiritual consci...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Wood Panel
Dusky Shore and Peach Panorama Diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
Dusky Shore and Peach Panorama Diptych [2021]
original
Acrylic on unstretched canvas and mixed media on gessoed cardboard
Image size: H:23.5 cm x W:47.5 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Dusky Shore and Peach Panorama Diptych is a collection of work by Luisa Holden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
1950s "Traffic" Oil and Sand Abstract Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
"Traffic"
c.1950s
Oil, sand, grout, gesso on masonite
48"x36" wood period frame
Signed on reverse in pencil
Collection acquired from family estate
Sylvia ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
Recollection 108 (Auvillar), landscape, texture, bright, purple, pink, trees
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Recollection 146 (Montauk), bright colors, abstract, landscape, geometric
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Tayo Heuser, Accretion Disk, 2016, ink on wood, Geometric Abstraction, Meditate
By Tayo Heuser
Located in Darien, CT
By developing a geometry between line and the spaces in between in their work, the abstract paintings of Tayo Heuser create a point of departure for the mind into a spiritual consci...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Wood Panel
Tayo Heuser, Touch, 2016, ink on wood panel, Geometric Abstraction, Meditative
By Tayo Heuser
Located in Darien, CT
By developing a geometry between line and the spaces in between in their work, the abstract paintings of Tayo Heuser create a point of departure for the mind into a spiritual consci...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Wood Panel
Recollection 142 (Montauk), dark colors, bright, landscape, abstract, texture
Located in New York, NY
Based in the New Haven, CT area, Barbara Marks creates sumptuous, multicolored paintings. Her canvases are small in scale, compared to the mid-century abstractionist traditions they ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
Foggy Winter Forest abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Print on reclaimed wood, hand-augmented with gesso. Signed in the lower right corner, but due to damage, the signature is illegible. The gesso has intentional craquelure. This piece ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Color
Blue Girl
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of a series of masked women. Oil and spray paint on canvas, with artist's frame.
Category
2010s Pop Art Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pear Shape - 30"x30", Original Painting, Still Life, Fruit, Yellow, Black, Red
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this still life painting, emphasis is placed on detail and strong composition. Multiple layers of paint build up a gently textured surface. The combination of geometric detail, bo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
'It Takes A Village' by Gail Lehman - Muted and Earth Tone Abstract on White
By Gail Lehman
Located in Carmel, CA
Gail Lehman (American, born 1950)
"It Takes a Village" 2022
Acrylic paint, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
At the heart of "It Take...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gesso, Stretcher Bars
The Evangelist Matthew, after a Russian icon, school of Moscow, 15th century
Located in Segovia, ES
The Evangelist Mathew after a Russian Icon. School of Moscow, 15th century.
Egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso, over a wooden board.
Dimensions: (H) 52 x (W) 36 x (D) 3 cm.
Saint Matthew, the Evangelist, is represented at his own desk, a true artisan laboratory.
THE THECHNIQUE
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24 carat gold .
Now does the actual process of painting begin. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Suzanne Benton, Hope, 2023, oil on linen, Spiritualism
Located in Darien, CT
In this ninth decade of life, and as a working artist for nearly70 years, Suzanne Benton has become interested in the concept of Late Style as described by the literary theorist Edward Said. “Each of us can supply evidence of late works, which crown a lifetime of aesthetic endeavor,” Matisse had it with his renowned paper cuts. While nearly blind, Monet created the water lily paintings as his final legacy to the history of art.
Benton's Late Style arrived as a surprise during the Covid pandemic. The resultant aloneness from sheltering in place brought her to an uncanny level of solitude that only painting could voice. She reached for the purest of colors, and entered a celebratory world to create the Neo-Transcendental paintings titled All About Color.
The disappeared narrative came as a surprise. It had been the mainstay of the masks and mask tale performances, monoprints and paintings. This time though, the artist needed to bring a vibrancy to canvas, and to make tangible this sense of sheer essence that had pressed into her inner self in that time of stillness.
Well educated in color by John Ferren, the abstract expressionist painter who’d taught the year’s color study at Queen College. The sensitivity developed further through
four lengthy art-working journeys to India, starting in 1976-77, continuing with a 1992-1993 Fulbright, and additional South Asia residencies in 1995, and 2011. Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th and 20th century women writers, educators, suffragists, and feminists.
These Late Style artworks explore the cosmic realm. Its deceptive simplicity reminds Benton of Buffie Johnson’s late work. She, an early celebrator of Great Goddess imagery turned to circles in her latter years. similarly, Benton had drawn on rich Goddess imagery since the 1970’s...
Category
2010s Orphist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board
Hold On
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Rising Collection, combines two key elements of my process --- my signature use of needlepoint, plus, mixing powdered pigments, gesso, and marble dust to create my own colors. These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Marble
Pear Shape - 30"x30", Still Life Painting, Fruit, Yellow, Brown, Red, White
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
PEAR SHAPE - In this still-life painting, emphasis is placed on detail and strong composition. Multiple layers of paint build up a gently textured surface. The combination of bold sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
Red Flow II- Abstract contemporary painting on canvas, modern red flowing shape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Red Flow II" is a dramatic and contemporary abstract painting by French artist Emma Godebska. It is created using Acrylic and pigments on lacquered Capoverde canvas.
Discover the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment
Bleeding Icon III
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dirk De Bruycker (Dutch/American 1955-2015) abstract painting Bleeding Icon III 1996. One of this artists most dramatic paintings using asphalt, gesso, a...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Asphaltum
Forces of Nature 7 - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Len Klikunas creates sculptural minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His original artwork is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Happy is on the way
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Matheus is greatly influenced by the city he now calls home -- New York has long been the epicenter of fashion, hip hop, and street art, where he feels his interest in contemporary a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Watercolor
Across the Universe - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Beth Shields is a distinguished abstract artist whose work has captivated collectors and audiences worldwide. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Beth has de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Dreamtime - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Beth Shields is a distinguished abstract artist whose work has captivated collectors and audiences worldwide. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Beth has de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
A New Day - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Beth Shields is a distinguished abstract artist whose work has captivated collectors and audiences worldwide. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Beth has dedicated her life to artistic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gesso, Acrylic, Graphite
Don’t Go Breakin My Heart - Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Beth Shields is a distinguished abstract artist whose work has captivated collectors and audiences worldwide. Based in Santa Cruz, California, Beth has dedicated her life to artistic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Forces of Nature 20 - Rich Textured Abstract Minimalist Beige Canvas Painting
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Len Klikunas paints minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. The Blocks series is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and scu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media
Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
"Yellow" is a painting created by Enrico Benetta in 2014. The artwork is part of a series of monochromatic square canvasses created each in one of the primary colors. The painting co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Busy Signal
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Rising Collection, combines two key elements of my process --- my signature use of needlepoint, plus, mixing powdered pigments, gesso, and marble dust to create my own colors. These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Marble
White and Grey
By Jo Haran
Located in Deddington, GB
White and Grey By Jo Haran [2020]
original
Watercolour, gouache and gesso
Image size: H:63.5 cm x W:51 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:66 cm x W:64 cm x D:0.001cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Monotone and moody in atmosphere painted with spontaneity in tones of grey, hints of lilac and green...
Category
2010s Impressionist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Jo Haran, Rose Bush on Silver, Original Floral Painting, Rose Art
By Jo Haran
Located in Deddington, GB
Rose Bush on Silver [2021]
Original
Flowers
Watercolour, gouache and gesso
Image size: H:52.7 cm x W:39 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56 cm x W:42 cm x D:0.001cm
Sold Unframed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
'Untitled' by Steven H. Rehfeld - Orange and Black Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, 1954)
'Untitled' 2022
Oil paint, ink, gesso, glue, canvas, stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Introducing Stev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Gesso Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gesso, Glue, Ink
'Blue' by Gail Lehman - Blue, Red, and White Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Gail Lehman
Located in Carmel, CA
Gail Lehman (American, born 1950)
"Blue" 2022
Acrylic painting, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
Within the heart of this artwork li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gesso, Stretcher Bars
Unintended Gratitude
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful.
This started with the joy of blue like water and sky. More layers later, green more like water, ponds, lakes and rivers showed up. Next came blob...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Gesso Paintings
Materials
Paste, Gesso, Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache
Saint John The Forerunner after a Russian Icon from the 16th Century
Located in Segovia, ES
Saint John, The Forerunner, after a Russian Icon from the 16th Century.
Tempera and gold leave on gesso over a wooden board.
Dimensions: (H) 33 x (W) 25,5 x (D) 4 cm.
John, The Forerunner, is depicted as an ascetic desert saint with a tousled beard and a coat made from camel hair. The expression that transmits his beautiful face is very intense.
This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon:
“The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal.
The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability.
Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well.
Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterward, the gold leaf is
"shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold .
Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments.
Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light.
When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Oliver Samsinger...
Category
1990s Byzantine Gesso Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Find a wide variety of authentic Gesso paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Angela Wakefield, Len Klikunas, Pete Kasprzak, and Peter Kuttner. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Gesso paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available
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Ludwig Bemelmans Captures the Thrilling Sight of Coney Island at Night
The ‘Madeline’ creator and Carlyle Hotel legend was in a New York state of mind in the 1940s when he produced this exuberant and rare oil painting.