Contemporary Paintings

BC artist Pat Service spent twelve summers at Professional Artist’s Workshops in Emma Lake Saskatchewan. A series of paintings were a result of those rich memories including several ...

This elegant and expressive abstract composition by Shireen Kamran is painted in moody, earthy tones of ochre, brown, and charcoal highlighted by white, a touch of turquoise and gray...

0835, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series Ink and acrylic on canvas Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm. Unframed Unique Despite photography remains his main form of expression, the...

This gorgeous bouquet of sunny yellow Calla Lilies is a mixed media piece by James Lahey. Light appears to illuminate this casual arrangement. The clear glass vase sits against a jet...

1612, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the ONE series Ink and acrylic on canvas Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm. Unframed Unique Despite photography remains his main form of expression, the...

A charming old fashioned toy racing horse dominates this classic oil painting by Dmitry Yuzefovich. With every beautifully detailed trompe-l'oeil pie...

A tangle of colour—dazzling, as if lit from within flows across the canvas in this abstract painting by Adam Cohen. The New York based artist creates work alive with the grand gestural influences of the abstract expressionists’ generation. This piece reprises his signature generous brush strokes and bold palette—blues, greens, pinks, red, orange, yellow, purple, white and black jump from the canvas. “You can look at them and keep seeing new things in them. They’re alive and they have this inexhaustible quality.” Adam Cohen He acquired a BFA at Philadelphia’s Tyler School of Art and lived and painted in Rome for a year. After many successful years as an illustrator, he returned to his first love...

Nest: Black Swallowtails, 2021 Oil painting on gold leaf 16 x 16 in. Signed, titled, and dated on back of frame by Pam Burnley-Schol. "My w...

Erotic Dreams by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and glitters on canvas 51 x 40.5 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 16 inches) Signed and titled on the reverse This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Artist biography Born in Paris in 1963, Lélia is the third and youngest child of Hugues-Claude and Katia Pissarro. She was raised, however, in the loving care of her grandparents Paulémile Pissarro, Camille’s youngest son, and his wife Yvonne, in Clécy, Normandy. From a young age, Lélia’s interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather while she sat beside him at his easel, captivated. He taught her the fundamental Impressionist and Post-Impressionist techniques he had learnt from his father and brothers before him and watched as her skills blossomed rapidly. Standing readily on the shoulders of giants, Lélia sold her first painting to New York art dealer Wally Findlay, when she was only four years of age. When Lélia turned 11 she moved to Paris to live with her parents where, with the guiding support of her father’s teachings she began to broaden her skill sets. Under the watchful eye of her father Hughes Claude Pissarro, she became exposed to new environments and learnt to experiment with abstract styles and subjects. At age 14 Lélia submitted some of these works to the exhibition ‘Salon de la Jeune Peinture’ at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Being underage, however, she had to submit these works secretly under the pseudonym Rachel Manzana Pomié. With her parents dividing their time between France and California, Lélia found herself moving between Tours, Paris and San Francisco, all the while studying fine art and psychology at the University des Beaux Arts. She eventually settled in Paris to teach art at the Moria School and study oil painting conservation under the guidance of a teacher from the Louvre museum. During this time she began to present her work in solo exhibitions in Paris, Lyon, Mulhouse and Rennes. In 1988 Lélia married English art dealer David Stern and moved to London. Their three children Kalia, Lyora and Dotahn, all paved their own way in the art world. From 1995 Lélia participated in a series of exhibitions entitled Pissarro – The Four Generations, which were held in galleries in London, Tel Aviv, Boston, Austin, San Francisco, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Los Angeles as well as a number of museums in Japan in 1998 and the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2000. In 1999 Lélia also became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing techniques in etching and printmaking. Their first exhibition took place at the Mall Gallery in London. In 2005 following a long break in painting because of cancer, Lélia started a journey into modern art creating a number of different series: Circles, Shoes, Animals, exploring these until she reached the point of abstraction and minimalism. Developing innovative techniques, she began incorporating in her work new materials such as gold, wax and encaustic paint. To coincide with a major exhibition at Stern Pissarro gallery...

I've been going around, 2022 by On Hansen Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on canvas. Image size: 36 in. H x 48 in. W Mounted on a stretch...

American artist Adam Cohen’s abstract work is colourful and simply luscious. The New York based artist creates work alive with the grand gestural influences of the abstract expressi...

Inspired by the imaginative, colourful art scrawled on walls in city alleyways, ‘Cutter’ is one of a series of graffiti style paintings recently created by Serbian-born Viktor Mitic. Mitic has been working in this playful pop-art style since the 1990’s. “It's a combination of people, forms and urban scenes. I also mark pieces with random wording to produce something that would resemble organic images as they would appear on the street. These are mostly done in Toronto or NYC.” Viktor Mitic He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...

The Light 23, 2021 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From The Light series Oil on canvas Image size: 30 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a stretcher. Signed on verso THE LIGHT (2018 - 2...

Abstract Composition in Blue & Gold 2 by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and gold on canvas 61 x 50 cm (24 x 19 ³/₄ inches) Signed and inscribed on the reverse Executed in 2017 Thi...

Blue Chroma, by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From the Movies series Oil on canvas 30 cm. H x 25 W cm. Unframed José Ricardo Cont...

Calgary artist Aron Hill captures an urban landscape at night in this bold new work. A jet black ‘sky’ provides the backdrop for a deep rose-coloure...

The Light 9, 2021 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From the series The Light Oil on canvas Image size: 30 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a stretcher. Signed on verso THE LIGHT (2018 ...

La Luz 19, 2021 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From the series La Luz Oil on canvas Image size: 30 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a stretcher. Signed on verso ...

La Luz, 2020 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From the series La Luz Oil on canvas Image size: 50 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a stretcher. Signed on verso TH...

BC artist Pat Service spent almost a dozen summers at Professional Artist’s Workshops in Emma Lake Saskatchewan. A series of paintings were inspired by those memories, including seve...

La Luz 10, 2021 by Jose Ricardo Contreras González From the series La Luz Oil on canvas Image size: 30 H cm. x 40 W cm. Mounted on a stretcher. Signed on verso ...

Canadian artist Pat Service grew up surrounded by the rugged beauty of the BC landscape—forests, sea and sky. In this, one of her earlier landscape paintings Service has captured a v...

I Love You by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and glitters on canvas Triptych, each panel 80 x 30 cm (31 ¹/₂ x 11 ³/₄ inches); overall 80 x 90 cm (31 ¹/₂ x 35 ³/₈ inches) Signed an...

A shock of saturated orange dominates the canvas in this dramatic mixed media composition from Ivo Stoyanov. Thickly applied visible brush strokes add texture and the white backgroun...

They reveal themselves over time, 2022 by On Hansen Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on canvas. Image size: 48 in. H x 36 in. W Mounted on a stretcher __________...

Toronto artist David Bolduc was a modernist inspired by Jack Bush and Henri Matisse--his work was described as exotic and eccentric. A prolific traveler...

Transcendal Idealism by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and glitters on canvas 70 x 100 cm (27 ¹/₂ x 39 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro; signed, titled and dated on t...

Mario Reggio is a contemporary Roman painter with an extraordinary ability to interpret his hometown in an innovative and metaphysical way. While Mario Reggio’s favorite subject is h...

Mario Reggio is a contemporary Roman painter with an extraordinary ability to interpret his hometown in an innovative and metaphysical way. While Mario Reggio’s favorite subject is h...

As part of an iconic series inspired by summers at the lake, Pat Service re-imagines the classic form of a rowboat. The boat in golden orange is moo...

Les enfants de la liberté by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic, pigment and gold powder on canvas 100 x 120 cm (39 ³/₈ x 47 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro Signed, titl...

José Bedia (Havana, Cuba, 1959) Lives and works in Miami, FL José Bedia is the most solid representative of post-1959 revolution Cuban art. He was part of the now mythical group s...

This beautiful, moving and realistic portrait by Toronto based artist Nazy Sakhavarz is characteristic of her work. She often paints on a large scale and her preferred colour palette...

This lovely landscape rendered in a tapestry of rich colours was painted by Canada’s Pat Service. The town of Mission sits on the north shore of B.C.’s Fraser River which winds its w...

BC artist Pat Service has always had a special fondness for the allure of the ‘open road.’ Over the years many road trips across the mountains to the prairies in Saskatchewan have pr...

Mother and daughter by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Oil and gold leaf on canvas 100 x 100 cm (39 ³/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower right Lélia Pissarro. Executed in 2020 This work is ...

I'll try anything with you by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic, pigment and gold powder on canvas 81 x 65 cm (31 ⁷/₈ x 25 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed and titled on the reverse This work is a...

Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne, by Manuel Santelices Ink and watercolor on paper Image size: 14 in. H x 11 in. W Unframed 2022 The worlds of fashion, society, and...

In brilliant yellow, Vancouver artist Pat Service has captured the classic image of a rowboat, moored to a dock. The form is near abstraction as only the outline of the boat in brown...

Oil on panel

Calgary’s Aron Hill creates unique, pop art Inspired by the dynamic form and colour of abstract artists like Jack Bush. This piece in acrylic and ink on canvas combines architectural...

Cleopatra, Mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Oil and gold leaf on canvas 100 x 100 cm (39 ³/₈ x 39 ³/₈ inches) Signed...

Avec ou sans coeur? by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic, gold and a heart brooch on canvas ​​​​​​​145.5 x 114 cm (57 ¹/₄ x 44 ⁷/₈ inches) This work is accompanied by a certificate o...

Indecent Exposure by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Acrylic and glitters on canvas 150 x 120 cm (59 x 47 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro; signed, titled and dated on the rev...

Her-Untitled 4, 2018 by Ying Chen From the Her series Archival pigment print Image size: 24 in. H x 20 in. W Edition of 5 + 1AP Unframed This is a photo contemporary collage project based on modern art. Greatly influenced by natural figures and artificial textures. I love to collect black and white photos of female portraits, cutting out the parts and stripping them from the original context, combining them with the abstract design figure, to get a new composition. This project is about 'she', every single piece has a unique female image, and each composition has a different character. Mysterious women are always a very attractive point to me. Ideally, behind every independent female figure, I want the audience to see a gentle but strong female image. Its basic sense is to make her seem to have life, when she smiles or looks up, every move is gentle and beautiful. "Memory" is another word I would like to mention in this project. Behind every one of my works, there is a memory of different-sometimes or that one day. It almost mirrors my time, my thoughts, and my personality. like a quote from Kurt Cobain's journals "I use bits...

Two Nudes, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza One of a kind Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted on board Image size: 40.5 H in. x 55.5 in. W Mounted on acid-free board: 41 H x 56 in. W Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...

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...

Pat Service’s expressive, colourful landscapes are a faithful homage to the land she grew up in. Nicola Lake was formed by ancient glaciers and winds its way through the hilly wilder...

Pat Service has captured the big sky and wide-open spaces of the prairie in this charming colourful landscape. Reminiscent of Van Gogh’s form and palette, the mauve sky, green, orange, and yellow crops...

Oil on Canvas

As William Shakespeare is reputed to have said, ‘The eyes are the windows to your soul.” In this classic portrait, Montreal born artist Mel Davis has captured dark eyes framed by dar...

The airy, ethereal quality of a white cloud rising in a deep blue sky is beautifully rendered in this mixed media composition by James Lahey. Known for his realistic landscapes, Lahe...

Oil on panel

Montreal born artist Mel Davis created this beautifully curated composition of bold colours—a few oranges with green leaves scattered against a background of red and white gingham cl...

Oil on canvas

Sonia "Spider" Quenell by Manuel Santelices Ink pen, watercolor, and gouache Image size: 11" x 14" Unframed 2022 Manuel Santelices explores the world of fashion, society, and pop c...

In this magnificent sensual abstract painting by Andrew Lui, grand gestural brushstrokes create nude human figures who appear to emerge from a riot of colour. In 'The Tall Ladies', t...

Oil on panel