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Three Gifts - Mixed Media on Canvas by Marco Amici - 2002
By Marco Amici
Located in Roma, IT
Three Gifts is a beautiful oil and mixed media painting on canvas, realized by the Italian artist Marco Amici in 2002.
Original Title: Tre Doni
Title and monograms are written by t...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Sequoia Emmanuelle Original Earth Child Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sequoia Emmanuelle (American)
Untitled, 2005
Mixed media on canvas
71 x 21 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right
LA based artist, Sequoia Emmanuelle, has a unique voice as a ...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Kid - 21st Century, Kid, Red, Blue, Contemporary, Figurative
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Kid, 2007
Acrylic on canvas (signed on reverse)
39 3/8 H x 6 11/16 W in.
100 H x 17 W cm
Category
Photorealist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$903 Sale Price
49% Off
Nude Woman, Watercolor Painting, Green & Blue by Master Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 24 x 18 inches (unframed size)
Watercolor on thick imported paper
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Style : After graduating from the Government ...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
September. Forest. Surroundings of Ilyinki
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
I painted this sketch on an autumn day, when the sun is still warm, but on the slope of the day the cold creeps up unnoticed. The smell of fallen leaves, similar to the smell of wate...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'The Yawning Butcher'
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Inland Crossing 35
By Hyunmee Lee
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
The gestural paintings of Hyunmee Lee are sumptuously minimal. Rich forms advance from buttery canvases like an abstract garden. Gauzy veils of paint hover like soft air against the ebony weight of matter. Light peeks through translucent shapes like sunlight illuminating soft mist. Texture swirls and echoes across the canvas as if carved by waves or eroded by the wind. The viewer, invited into a realm of contemplation and meditation, is surprised to look away and see the physical world existing in only three dimensions. But perhaps that is precisely the experience the artist would like the viewer to have.
In her current exhibition, Touch, on display at the Phillips Gallery...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Oil pastel on rag paper, 2007
Signed by the artist lower left: "Sedrick Huckaby III" (see photo)
Sheet size: 16 x 12 1/8 inches
Frame: 28 x 24 inches
Exhibi...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Black Hamlet (Momento Mori) Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting depicts a young black man holding skull and flip phone. Gouache on illustration board, image measuring 8 x 10 inches; 16 x 20 inches framed. Signed lower left.
Category
Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Lake-Junket - warm, expressive, colorful, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The colours of summer—pastel yellows, blues, and green are re-imagined in this charming view of Emma Lake, Saskatchewan rendered by BC artist Pat Ser...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A walk with the cat. Oil figurative painting, Pastel colors, Polish artist
By Martta Węg
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Martta Węg. Painting depicts woman and a girl standing next to tree. There is a cat next to them. Colors are pastel. T...
Category
Other Art Style Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Legion of Honour Moreno Pincas Contemporary art Human comedy painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil painting on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey/blue shade by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 21x29 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas in a little white c-us box
Size with frame: 23,5x32x5 cm
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pourquoi partir puisque je t'aime" by Angelo - Oil on canvas 83x96cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Acrylic painting with frame. Total size with the c-us wooden frame is 88x102 cm
Work signed " Angelo" artist unknown from the gallery. Dated 2001
Category
Neo-Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
Suzhou channel.
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture "Suzhou Canal" transports us to the ancient Chinese city of Suzhou, where for centuries history and culture are intertwined in the harmony of nature and architecture. Thi...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VENICE - In the Manner of Canaletto - Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
VENICE - Italian landscape oil on canvas painting cm.38x61 by Giancarlo Gorini, Italy 2006.
Giancarlo Gorini's canvas is an extraordinary work of Italian landscape painting. It is in...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Un Valzer Lento - Original Oil on Wooden Panel by C. Benghi - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Un valzer lento (A Slow Waltz) is a beautiful original oil painting on panel realized by the contemporary Italian artist Claudio Benghi.
Title, tecnique, dimensions and signature ar...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
ITALIAN GARDEN - Gianluca D'este- School Italian Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Landscape - Gianluca D'Este Italia - Oil on canvas cm.70x100.
This painting by G. D’Este is painted of architectural ruins, of feasts and ceremonies. In fact, this painting represent...
Category
Italian School Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Fiancès - Acrylic on Canvas by Gabriele Turola - 2005
Located in Roma, IT
Parisian Fiancès is an original acrylic painting on canvas realized by Gabriele Turola in 2005.
Hand-signed on the lower right. The certificate of authenticity is provided on photog...
Category
Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Celebration with colour - Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in London, GB
What sets Nadira apart from her artistic peers, however, is the femininity of touch in her work. The Iraqi novelist, critic and artist, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, wrote in 1983, ‘There is ...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Stones by the sea
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
For the first time I was in Crimea a student in 2000 near Alushta. I worked in the camp as a cult trade. And in his free time he painted sketches. This mother-of-pearl color of stone...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Iridescent Metallic Purple Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Iridescent Metallic Purple Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Multicolored, iridescent abstract composition by Judith W Winslow (JW) (American, B1943-2023). This piece is tex...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$2,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting.
MIQUEL was an artist focused on the art of realism. His structured works on his great mastery of drawing, are romantic and translates...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
M6 Motorway in England - a rare early critically acclaimed expressive painting
Located in Preston, GB
M6 Motorway in England - an rare early critically acclaimed expressive painting by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 30 x 30 inches (box canvas, unframed)
Angela...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Angela WakefieldM6 Motorway in England - a rare early critically acclaimed expressive painting, 2005
$24,182 Sale Price
30% Off
Minimalist Red & Black Abstract Geometric, "John Favors Red"
Located in Soquel, CA
Minimalist Red & Black Abstract Geometric, "John Favors Red"
Bold organic geometric abstract with black and light yellow form titled "John Favors Red", by Oregon artist Cassandra Linnea Auker (American, b. 1971), 2005. Interesting grainy texture varying among colors adds interest and depth.
Titled and signed on verso "John Favors Red", "Auker 2005".
Presented in slat frame painted to match the piece.
Frame size: 24.50"H x 24.50"W.
Image size: 24"H x 24"W.
Cassandra Auker...
Category
Post-War Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Silicone, Acrylic, Board
$1,397 Sale Price
35% Off
Bird with moon - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Animal, Grotesque
Located in Warsaw, PL
Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Contemporary Atmospheric Black & White Monochrome Landscape Wilderness Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Contemporary Atmospheric Black & White Monochrome Landscape Wilderness Painting by 20th Century Artist. Mark Thompson is a seasoned professional pa...
Category
Outsider Art Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Colorful Contemporary Moroccan Abstract Painting - Untitled II
Located in East Quogue, NY
Colorful contemporary Abstract Painting by Moroccan artist Abderrahman Banana. Mixed media on canvas. Offered framed.
Size: 25 x 20.5 inches (framed)
Signed front, lower right.
Abd...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Sunny's Harbor
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Our next plein air trip was to the ancient city of Phaselis in Turkey. Beautiful coastline with blue and lilac hills. A huge number of yachts stood in the bay. And the unusual variet...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naughty
Located in Pine Plains, NY
Trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Cockrill's approach addresses imagery from Golden children's books with a sense of contemporary irony and humor. Published in "The A...
Category
American Modern Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paint
$28,000
Vintage New York School Abstract Expressionist Original Painting Street Pop Art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Framed. Image size, 11L x 14H.
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
"Valley View" (2009) by Jann T. Bass, Original Oil Painting of Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Valley View" (2009) by Jann T. Bass is an original handmade oil painting that depicts a lush green valley with a small lake in the middle. This painting measures 9 x 12 inches and i...
Category
Expressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Untitled 03 - Contemporary Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you.
Untitled 03, From the Series "Iron Stove"
Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poz...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
This is dynamic figurative abstract painting by Marc Foster Grant...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Foil
"No. 1741" Miniature Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled/numbered, initialed, and dated on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Presented in a new mat with foa...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Paper
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Lux - Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Pastel, Animal, Enigmatic, Yellow, Myth
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Lux, 2005
Acrylic on canvas (Signed)
78.74 H x 35.43 W in.
200 H × 90 W cm
The painting "Lux" is part of a larger series of works entitled " Minotaur" and inspired by the mythical l...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ruz Square Interior Landscapes Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Interior Landscapes - Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting. FRAMED
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sense that J...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Palermo Sicily Italy oil painting mediterranean landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Palermo - Oil on canvas panel
Oil measurements 33x41 cm.
Frame size 42x50 cm.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan pai...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$437 Sale Price
47% Off
Terminator - interior art, made in grey, sepia, white, black, red, pink color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Photographically accurate realism and conceptualism, peacefully coexisting on the canvases of Pavel Polanski.
His canvases are gray with different depths of tone, almost monochrome a...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary British Oil Painting Roaring Tiger in Landscape Leaping at Viewer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Indian tiger, 2002
Martin Jarvis, British contemporary
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 2002
canvas: 36 x 29 inches
p...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
By the river. Kuzminki Park
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
In summer, the river, surrounded by trees along the banks, flows calmly, and occasionally you can see fish swimming in clear water. Summer heat plunges into an atmosphere of laziness...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Still Life, Original signed Oil painting, Flowers in Vase, Interior decor
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Subject : Small oil painting of a still life, in excellent condition.
This painting elegantly depicts a bouquet of colorful flowers in a white ceramic pitcher adorned with delicate...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Traditional Garb, Oil Painting on Canvas by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - )
Title: Girl with Fan by the River
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 40 x 31 in. (101.6 x 78.74 cm)
Frame Size: 51 x 42 i...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roma Num from La Música Ausente Series. Mixed media on Canvas abstract painting
By Sergio Bazan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Roma Num, by Sergio Bazan
Mixed media on canvas
Size: 20.5 H x 28.5 W x 1 D in.
Mounted on a stretcher
Signed back by the artist
_______
The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong ...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Ruz Square Green Interior Landscapes - Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Interior Landscapes - Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting.framed
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sense that Ju...
Category
Abstract Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Girl with Fan by the River, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - )
Title: Girl with Fan by the River
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 51 x 38 in. (129.54 x 96.52 cm)
Frame Size: 62.5 x 4...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Attic - Modern Surrealistic Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pawel Sepielak is a Polish painter, book illustrator and printmaker.
Category
Surrealist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Jonathan Pylypchuk Mixed Media, 48.75"H
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Jonathan (Jon) Pylypchuk (b. 1972)
Marking(s); notes: 2002 (per gallery label)
Country of origin; materials: Canadian; mixed media on panel
Dimensions ...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
English Snow covered Winter Landscape with people by a house, rising Sun
Located in Woodbury, CT
Peter has an absolute love of oil painting and especially admires the masters of Dutch Painting of the 17th Century, which is reflected in his own work. Since 1995, after seeing the work of Estonian artist Olav Maran, Peter decided to review his paintings and started researching ‘Still Life’ painters such as Willem Kalf and De Heem. After experimenting with priming his own panels and canvases with different colours, then painting with thick and thin paint and glazing on top, in the way of the old masters, he has developed a style with detail and atmosphere that is essential in his portrayal of fine wine, fruit and cheeses etc.
In a quirky and sometimes conceptual world, Peter makes no apologies for producing traditional subjects where the craftsmanship is evident in every brushstroke. His paintings bring much joy and pleasure to those who understand he has an obvious and underlying love of handling paint and observing his subject using techniques that take many years to acquire. Recently he has changed the view point for some of his paintings, to give them a bold contemporary look.
Peter Kotka...
Category
Modern Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Out of the West, abstract painting on paper, mixed media, handmade paper, blue
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Out of the West, abstract painting on paper, mixed media, handmade paper, blue
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
U.S. Embassy, Tokyo,Japan
Mountain Bell Corporate O...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
'Jimstox'
Located in Paris, FR
Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings. The artist employs icons of working-class London, including bull terriers, soccer pitches, and grit...
Category
Realist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,021
Untitled (Olancha) - Stranger than Paradise - analog C-Print based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Olancha) - 2006
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Artist I...
Category
Contemporary Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Untitled - Girl With Blue Hair - Surrealistic Oil Painting - Nude
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pawel Sepielak is a Polish painter, book illustrator and printmaker.
Category
Surrealist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Eslabón L: Papa Noel-labon". Iconic figure of Santa Claus as a fantastic anima
Located in Segovia, ES
"Papá Noel-labón L". Oil on canvas by Spanish artist Alexis. 2007
Dimensions: 100 x 100 x 2 cm. Framed dimensions: 130 x 130 x 4 cm.
In inches: 39.37" x 39.37" x 0.79". Framed: 51.18...
Category
Symbolist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Church of Trinity in Serebryaniki
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This view of the square in the Tagansky district from the monument to Dmitry Donskoy in the sketch shows only the cross on the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Serebryaniki on a ...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Abstract Red Blue Yellow Flower Design on White by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Blue & Yellow Wild Flowers on a White Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, B...
REGATTA IN THE GULF -English School Italian Sealing boat Oil on canvas Painting
By John Stevens
Located in Napoli, IT
Regatta in the gulf - John Stevens Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.40x80.
Using thin washes of oil paint, John Stevens slowly builds up his highly detailed paintings of scenes of nava...
Category
Old Masters Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Impressionist scene of Beziers, South of France landscape town
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very interesting painting of the French Village of Beziers by this rare American city and town painter.
Little is known about Smallwood other than they painted at the beginning of ...
Category
Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Winter Folly" - 2003 Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Winter Folly" - Original 2003 Oil on Masonite
2003 oil on masonite still life painting titled "Winter Folly" by American artist Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). Colorful...
Category
American Impressionist Early 2000s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
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