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Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for form', C. 2007 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary American Impressionist in Brittany France River Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted impressionist river landscape painting. Signed. Framed.
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 1 - Expressive Charcoal On Paper Painting, Black White Drawing
Located in Salzburg, AT
The paper of the work is not yellowed, there is a applied yellowed primer under the drawing
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting o...
Category
Conceptual Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nudes on the Beach, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract with Self-Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape depicting a male nude laying on the beach next to his art pallet, a self portrait of the artist at work, with four more female and male nude...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harmonics. Large Contemporary Abstract Tryptich
Located in Brecon, Powys
A very large triptych each panel 48” x 36”
This artwork arose from improvised music, expressing the nuances of harmony, rhythm and melody in visual form.
Mixed media on marine ply.
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Plywood
Sola Puig 14 Coast original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sunset original impressionist acrylic painting. virtual frame
SOLÁ PUIG paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent ...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Colourful Abstract Flowers on White Background by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Painting of Abstract Flowers on a White Background by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series.
Art m...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Strawberries - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Strawberries is an original oil on canvas realized by the chinese painter Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2008.
Excellent conditions.
Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was born in H...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Passage" - Desert Path Landscape
By Scott Allen
Located in Soquel, CA
Landscape scene of a road through desert cliffs titled "Passage" by Scott Allen (American, 20th Century). Signed in the lower right corner by the artist. There is a tag on verso inte...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
$568 Sale Price
35% Off
If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
If Wes Anderson Met Marc Foster Grant - Abstract Portraits on Paper
Two -Man Portrait by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947), in bright colors and abstract paint strokes. Wearing ...
Category
Pop Art Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colourful Abstract Painting "New Shimmer 8"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, unique and vivid painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Homage to Monet’s Water Lilies by KENZO
Located in New York, NY
Kenzō Takada (Japanese, 1939 - 2020)
Homage to Monet’s Water Lilies
Signed low right
Acrylic on canvas
197 cm × 295 cm
Provenance: gift from the artist to the previous owner.
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Thoughts About The World Underwater'
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Landscape Composition" Greek Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a bold display of Eozen Agopian's structurally strong pieces, with an intense color of Blue and green and pops of blue, red and white, mimi...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Lyric Abstract Watercolor
By June Felter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract watercolor is by June Felter (1919-2019), noted San Francisco Bay Area artist. It measures 18.5 x 22 inches (28.5 x 31 inches framed). It is ...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Rider and his Orange Juice", Surreal Landscape, White, Blue, Oil Painting, 2005
Located in Franklin, MA
Alexandra Rozenman's "Rider and his Orange Juice" is a humorous yet somber square 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch surreal landscape oil painting in soft whites and blues with touches of black and orange. Rozenman puts on stage a vast snowy landscape. You cannot see the seats, but a beautiful theater curtain...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting of Rural Winter Scene with Oak Trees in England by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Oil painting of Rural Winter Scene with Oak Trees in England by Contemporary British Artist, Peter Symonds
Art measures 24 x 16 inches
Frame measures 30 x 22 inches
Peter Symonds ...
Category
Land Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
THE WATERFALL - American School -Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
THE WATERFALL - Oil on canvas cm. 55x70 by Paolo De Robertis, Italy 2002.
The painting is inspired by the paintings of Thomas Hill, an American landscape painter belonging to the H...
Category
Hudson River School Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstract Morning Light" Geometric Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Abstract Morning Light" Geometric Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bright abstract painting by Rod Norman (American, b. 1947). Colorful shapes are layered...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Seascape 5. Contemporary Expressionist Seascape Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist seascape on paper. Boats gently rocking in the sunshine give a real feel good element to this piece. This work was created under the guidance of the great Engl...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Still Life with Pear
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON, Geoffrey (b.1945)
Still Life with Pear
2000
28.0 x 38.0 cm
Unstretched and Unframed canvas
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemouth Col...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$525 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled. Contemporary Splatter Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A large piece that uses colour in a particularly expressive way. This painting is warm and fluid contrasting monotones with splatters of yellow pigment.
Splatter painting on canvas....
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Forgotten Idols III' by Katarina Dordevic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 33.46" x 47.24" acrylic on canvas painting by Katarina Dordevic features abstracted depictions of prehistoric archaeological findings. Relying on the original museums’ ensemble,...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vibrant New York City Times Square, Figural Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Simon Gaon
Located in Surfside, FL
Simon Gaon (born 1943) is an American painter, Expressionist, and action painter.
This is a thick impasto oil painting. with a lot of texture and color. Times Square with 42nd st in...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine British Original Impressionist Watercolor Figures Walking The Country Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below
original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inches
double sided
condition: very good and ready to...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine British Original Impressionist Watercolor Summer Bridge River Reflection
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Summers Landscape
by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below
original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
paper dimensions: 11 x 15 inches
condition: very good and read...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
XI:MMIX - Large Abstract Painting with Blue, Ochre, and Red Pastel Colors
Located in New York, NY
XI:MMIX is a large 81.75 x 72-inch abstract painting on canvas, painted with pastel colors that the artist creates himself. The primary colors are cerulean blue, black, and ochre. Th...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Pigment
Rush Hour - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Although paintings can be about any personal experience, I believe that important paintings should be about something significant, about life, the human condition, the world we live ...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fine British Original Impressionist Watercolor Flower Sellers At The Town Steps
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
British Landscape
signed by Anthony Avery (British 1946-2023) * see notes below
original watercolor on artists paper, unframed
paper dimensions: 15.5 x 11 inches
condition: very good...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"By Itself, " an Oil on Canvas signed by Deidre Schanen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Deirdre Schanen's "By Itself" abstract oil on canvas features a meditative blue, yellow, and orange composition reminiscent of the color field paintings of artists like Mark Rothko, ...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Haitian School, Caribbean Marketplace Signed H. Malcolm Jawi
Located in New York, NY
Unknown Haitian School Artist
Untitled (Marketplace), 2002
Acrylic on canvas
29 x 19 1/4 in.
Signed and dated lower right: H. Malcolm Jawi 2002
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In a corner of the soul. Colorful expressionist garden with fuchsia flowers
Located in Segovia, ES
Colorful expressionist corner of a garden with fuchsia flowers.
In a corner of the soul (En un rincón del alma), Oil on linen by Chico Montilla.
Original perspective of a garden, w...
Category
Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space', 2003 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"autumn birches" Oil cm. 99 x 87 free shipping
Located in Torino, IT
Yellow,Blue ,russian,autumn, birches
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic ...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Birds - Contemporary, Blue, 21st Century, Figurative Painting
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Birds, 2007
Acrylic on canvas (signed on reverse)
39.37 H x 6.69 W in.
100 H x 17 W cm
Category
Photorealist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
''Annunciation'' Contemporary Painting of the Annunciation
Located in Utrecht, NL
Peter van Poppel (1945-2023) is one of the most important new realists in the Netherlands. His paintings are often populated by lovely, sometimes fair...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Man with Turban - 21st Century Contemporary Acrylic Portrait by Poen de Wijs
By Poen de Wijs
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Poen de Wijs died a few years ago after a sickbed. His oeuvre lives on. He achieved international fame
in the second half of the last century in which abstract, experimental painting...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Equanimity - contemporary, impasto, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This large colourful abstract painting is by Joseph Drapell.
Joseph Drapell is considered as one of the most important painters of his generation, an artist who continues to explore new frontiers in painting techniques. In the 1990’s he was a founding member of a group of artists called the New New Painters who exhibited their avant garde work on the international stage. In this intense and provocative painting, a rainbow of bright colours swirls around the canvas. Gradations of orange, purple, pink, lime green, sky blue and white draw the viewer into the center of this abstract piece. The Czech-born artist creates remarkably vibrant compositions using trowels...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Overlook Hill -- Autumnal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful autumnal landscape of figure on overlook hill by Pascua (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. Signed lower right. Unframed. Image size: 22"H x 20"W.
Category
Modern Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Profile, woman in profile, earrings, cut paper collage w hand drawn elements
By Willie Torbert
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Blue and black toned collage. Pricing is based on value of the artwork. There is no charge for the frame
Willie Torbert is a Brooklyn NY based artist. His primary medium is collage...
Category
Assemblage Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture, C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Harvest on the Kitchen Counter - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Harvest on the Kitchen Counter - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Vibrant still life of vegetable by Lynne Patton (American, b. 1955). Several garden vegetable are laid out ...
Category
American Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,072 Sale Price
35% Off
Abstract composition of Canyon Road.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Dorothy Marootian's Canyon Composition captures the rugged beauty and warmth of canyon landscapes through an abstract composition in rich, earthy tones. Layers of deep reds, burnt or...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2000's by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Reverte in car original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
ANTONIO REVERTE OLIVA (Monteagua, Murcia, 1943 – Gavà, Barcelona, 2014).
A self-taught artist, Antonio Reverte settled in Catalonia in 1961, in the Barcelona town of Viladecans. In ...
Category
Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Witch. 2009, oil on canvas, 130x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Witch
2009, oil on canvas, 130x130 cm
Kristīne Luīze Avotiņa is a young and bright personality whose talent is appreciated not only in Latvia, but also in other parts of the world. Her deep inner experiences and feelings of the soul are not hidden from the eyes of the audience, but are openly and engagingly narrated: about relationships, man and woman, passion, emotions, about experience and connection with nature.
Characters live in Kristine's compositional solutions, where figurative painting and ornament appear. When painting large-format works, she masters the entire format, composition and color of the work, as well as linear drawing.
Kristīne herself emphasizes: "Relationships between nature and people - it has always been a relevant topic in my painting. The more I work on it, the more interesting it seems to me. It is infinite and unending. With paint I refresh the beauty of nature and love on the canvas and I want to show that nature and love are equal in their beauty.
In my works, I always want to show that nature is beautiful and worthy of admiration - a newly blooming water lily, falling leaves from golden trees, a pink sunset sky... This could go on forever..."
Education:
2009 – 2010 Studies in „Escola Massana”, Painting Department, Barcelona, Spain
2003 - 2009 Studies in Painting Department, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2003 – „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, graduation work in photo design.
1999 - 2003 „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, Riga, Latvia
1990 - 1999 „Riga French Lycee”, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibitions:
2010 – „1000 and 1 night” Barcelona painting...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,730 Sale Price
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Un Amour Rouge et Bleu
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sylvain a well regarded and established artist was born in 1953 in France. He has a representational style tinged with realism combining sensualism, mysticism and a natural harmony of colours.
He established an art school in the South of France which was unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1983.
In 1984 Sylvain won the Grand Prix of Societé des Bains de Mer (SBM) Art
Gouache paint on Canson paper
painted 26 April 1999
Size of Picture 70 cm x 42 cm
Size of Frame (Intl decorated pallet wood...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Untitled Blue (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled Blue (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositi...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wonder Valley (Sidewinder) - Polaroid, 21st Century, Contemporary
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wonder Valley (Sidewinder) - 2005
Edition of 5,
156x125cm.
Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist Inventory No. 3094.
Not mounted.
"...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
$2,940 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Bicicletas"
Located in Segovia, ES
"Bicicletas" (Bicycles). Oil on panel, by contemporary artist Ana Perpinyá (Barcelona 1965).
Dimensions: 195 x 122 x 0.5 cm. Framed: 220 x 148 x 6.5 cm
In inches: 76.77" x 48.03" x 0...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$14,923
Fedoskino. Winter day. Original oil painting by Simon Kozhin
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
On a frosty winter sunny day in Fedoskino, I noticed a simple motif with a forest. A couple of fir trees and tree branches without foliage looked very beautiful in the warm sunlight....
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
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