Abstract Impressionist Art

Oil on Panel WEIR FARM Series: “[This] series runs the full range from natural to post-impressionism, yet always having the themes of the American pictorial sense of place with an ...

Barbara Hocker sees her life’s vocation as being an ambassador for the natural world through her art. Nature is facing many challenges right now. Hock...

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Artist Mary Pratt paints a surreal expressionist habitat surrounding a brightly colored bird perched on a branch. She believes birds are earthly showstoppers and captures them as such. These animals enhance our lives by encouraging us to pause and observe. "Oh look, there goes a beautiful bird—I always stop to look," says Mary.

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Mary Pratt, a Georgia...

Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas Vibrant abstracted landscape of colorful boats in a Monterey harbor by California artist Virginia Sevier Rogers (Americ...

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"In this painting, I wanted to further my explorations of interiors in dramatic lighting and the look of folds on unmade beds," explains artist Onelio Marrero...

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Artist Onelio Marrero depicts a mother and her child dropping coins into a fountain for good luck. The quiet moment is painted in brilliant morning light with dappled shadows in the foreground. Behind them lies a verdant backdrop of foliage around a stone church and a view of the distant city beyond. Onelio's rich textures and detailed brushwork greatly enhances the piece. "The separating line between the church and the fountain reminds us of the demarcation between faith and luck," says Onelio.

About the Artist
Onelio Marrero paints city scenes of everyday life. In an impressionistic style he captures the romanticism of New York City, the picturesque fountains in Central Park and the wet city streets after a rainy afternoon. His use of warm tones creates a sense of nostalgia and the feeling that you have visited or seen this particular scene before. Onelio will often paint from direct observation, or he will work from a combination of photographs and combine numerous sources into one piece. In this way his work combines reality with fantasy, creating a new story with each painting. His work captures an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.

Words that describe this painting: fountain, church, plaza, spring, stonework, architecture...

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"I love waterfalls, and this painting was inspired by a similar waterfall, although this exact scene doesn’t exist," shares artist Joanie Ford...

By the Well, a stunning watercolor by Aiden Lassell Ripley. Painted in 1925, 15.75" x 19.5", Vose Gallery label on verso. Signed and dated lower left. Aiden Lassell Ripley (1896–1...

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A dramatic winter scene of an aspen forest in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, outside of Santa Fe. "There is an amazing point during a snowstorm as clouds are...

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A glowing still life of sunflowers and wildflowers arranged on a rich blue backdrop. Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he generously applied oil paint using his fingers. Jeff says he created this scene purely from imagination.

About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.

Words that describe this painting: impressionism, flowers, vase, spring, blooms, Iris Scott...

Colorful figurative landscape of a woman walking through a San Francisco park with two children, while another woman sits on a nearby bench with a b...

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Artist Warren Keating displays an image of a man riding a bicycle from an aerial view. "This painting was inspired by an early morning cyclist traveling on a ...

“Blushing Lilies” — Original Contemporary Floral Oil Painting “Blushing Lilies” is an original contemporary floral oil painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, depicting vibrant ...

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Artist Melissa Gannon depicts aspen trees of various sizes and shapes flourishing during the height of fall. She imagines the timber engaging in dance, reachi...

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Artist Lisa Nielsen captures a cool and soft atmosphere in this still-life piece. She expresses freedom to experiment with the arrangement of elements by adding glasses, teacups, and ribbons. Lisa infuses shades of blue throughout the entire composition. She adds subtle contrasts of color for easiness to the eyes.

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There;s a certain innocent joy that comes through in Lisa Nielsen;s artwork. She finds beauty in the everyday and often ordinary, whether it;s painting a pretty girl in the garden or spending time with her daughter at Chipotle - and let;s face it, what isn;t beautiful about a burrito bowl? Lisa likes to say she captures moments in the journey of life. What we see in her art is all part of her life philosophy: to be still, to breathe, to exhaust the small moment.

Words that describe this painting: still life, cool, soft, glass, flowers, ribbon, teacup, small, rose, impressionism, impressionism, still life, oil painting

Composition in Blue...

Anna Richards Brewster is the daughter of the great marine painter William Trost Richards. Her father's reputation always precedes her own; however, Anna was an accomplished artist i...

Title: Where the Light Touch my Soul Original Landscape Painting, Floral, Unique, Large Painting, Abundance, Freedom, Floral, Original, Modern, Rich cotton canvas. "WHERE THE LIGHT...

On the South Downs by Georgie Dowling [2021] original oil paint on board Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:2cm Sold Unframed Please...

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Artist Lisa Elley created this glowing impressionist scene after a fall trip to the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite National Park. "The quaking a...

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Artist Nicole Lamothe creates a simple yet striking composition of velvety red roses in a clear glass vase. A single petal falls to the table, directing the e...

Artist: Stanley Sobossek, American (1918 - 1996) Title: City Street Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed Size: 43 x 34 inches [109 x 86 cm]

Multi-layered collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Pearce work. No frame. Patricia Pearce (Americ...

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Sunrise. Colored clouds recede into space, dominating this painting looking upriver. This painting is done in oil on stretched canvas. It is sealed with wax...

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In her signature deep impasto style, artist Lisa Elley paints an emerald birch forest emerging in the sunshine. With marked palette knife work, she imparts ge...

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"Whether it's fall, winter, spring, or summer it's always time for some colorful birch!" exclaims artist Lisa Elley. Golden yellow leaves leap off the canvas ...

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Artist Judy Mackey displays a sensual and mystical portrait of an angel. She shows the subject evoking a sense of mystery with her face obscured. The dreamy f...

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Inspired by the lush vineyards of France in the fall, artist Lisa Elley paints an impression of the scene. Light caresses the quaint village during the breathtaking summer. The vineyard flourishes in the foreground, creating a dramatic and colorful effect. She achieves a rich, buttery texture through thick impasto application.

About the Artist
Working almost exclusively with a palette knife, Lisa Elley maneuvers her artistic blade with an uncanny fluidity. Why paint only with the knife? She says, "when I paint with a brush, which I do occasionally, I tend to focus on the detail. With a palette knife I can't focus on the detail too much, so my paintings are looser, and more gestural, with bigger sweeps and strokes." This technique is called wet-on-wet. And it seems to be quite popular, as she has been bestowed the title "Knife Queen" by her facebook fans. Fun fact: Lisa's high school art teacher told her to study harder at math, as a career in art was "impossible."

Words that describe this painting: fall, autumn, season, France, Provence, village, vineyard, grapevines, winery, Europe, travel, buildings, architecture, farm, oilpaint, texture, palette knife, impressionism, landscape, impressionism, landscape, travel, oil painting, green

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A fervent hiker and camper, artist Crystal DiPietro invites the viewer on an adventure of the majestic wilderness of the southwest. "This piece is about stand...

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In Sunrise at Malibu, I wanted to capture the rich plum silhouettes of the Santa Monica mountains just after dawn. On clear days after the sun rises, the cap...

Portrait of a Magellan in Profile in Acrylic on Paper Stylized modern portrait of Ferdinand Magellan by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Looking ...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Oak Trees #1 Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on paper Paper: Thick wove Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches Size, p...

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This imagined landscape captures the drama of crashing waves, or a desert rock face against a cloudy sky. I worked with a seascape ...

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"This is a calf from a herd I met in Pagosa Springs, Colorado," shares artist Heather Foster. "I wanted the bold underpainting to show through and give a dist...

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Artist Janet Dyer depicts a lush green garden accented with a lazy brook reflecting the trees and clear sky above. "The grounds of French chateaux are usually extremely manicured," says Janet. "With geometrically designed features like straight-edged canals, the manor residence shows its preference of the time for order and symmetry."

About the Artist
Janet Dyer doesn’t like to spend too much time talking about her art, as she’d rather be creating it. She doesn’t have an artist statement, the traditional statement of purpose crafted by visual artists to explain their method. On becoming an artist, Janet simply states, “I picked up some crayons and pencils and brushes and kept using them.” She believes the process of creating art is equal in importance to the final product. The artist enjoys relinquishing control of her paintings to find delightful surprises in her so-called “mistakes.” Janet's expressively gestural yet bucolic landscapes are a testament to the success of her method.

Words that describe this painting: France, water, sunny, summer, brook, river, stream, garden, Europe, trees, hedge, landscape, impressionism, acrylicpaint, reflection, impressionism, landscape, acrylic painting, green

French Canal...

"Woman with a Red Flower" presents a striking female figure in a bold, expressive red garment, where posture, gesture, and color create an editorial, couture-like presence. Part of ...

Three Trees by Clive Patterson. Original Acrylic on board painting of a very green abstracted landscape scene. The picturesque town of Picton is truly a maritime centre for the Sout...

Portrait of Andy Warhol with Purple Hair in Pastel and Gouache on Paper Whimsical portrait by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Andy Warhol is l...

Oil on canvas Compline: Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trekking thr...

The painting was painted Plein Air, in Artist's own garden of the memorial roses she planted. This is Rosa Albertine, the first Old English variety Artist Shizico Yi planted in her garden in 2016, before her late dog died. Old English Roses...

Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931) Title: Landscape II Year: Circa 1925 Medium: Gouache Paper: Watercolor Size image: 17.35 x 22.65 inches Size paper: 17.35 x 22.65 inches Signature: Signed lower left by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Unframed About the artist. Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock. He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations. Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him. Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes. He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...

Park Blossom I and Park Blossom II diptych by Natalie Bird. Park Blossom I by Natalie Bird [2021] original Mixed media Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: ...

Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper Lively abstracted portrait by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A face is divided in two parts, righ...

Denna Erickson’s original artworks move through layers of oil, where personal symbols and organic forms emerge through luminous color. Guided by intuition, her paintings unfold throu...

"Bright Bouquet" is an original Contemporary Expressionist floral painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, created in 2026 as part of her ongoing series dedicated to flowers. Executed with watercolors and acrylic paint pens on heavyweight professional acid-free paper, this A4 artwork (21 × 29.7 cm 8.27 × 11.69 inches) celebrates the emotional power of color through an expressive visual language inspired by nature. A vibrant bouquet of golden blossoms rises from a luminous pink pitcher...

Oil on Canvas Provencal Philosophy To be an Artist is to be in search of what is good, beautiful and true in life, while consenting to one’s natural ability with joy and gratitude ...

"Sunny Refuge” is an original painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, created with watercolors and acrylic pens on heavyweight professional acid-free paper in A4 format, 29.7 x 2...

Gorgeous autumnal watercolor of a landscape overlooking the Santa Cruz mountaintops by noted Santa Clara artist Louise Nygard (American, 20th cent...

Striking and atmospheric painting of North Yorkshire’s Whitby Abbey ruins by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Whitby Abbe...

Exquisite and brilliantly colored oil painting on board by Richard Horace Bassett (1900-1995). This impressionist rendition of landscape was probably executed circa 1930, or earlier,...

Oil on Canvas WAVENY MEADOW Series: “[These pieces] are a variant on American Impressionism where the pictorial narrative and sense of place was fully established. However, my sensa...

Title: Offering in Bloom "Offering in Bloom" is a painting that portrays a deep connection to beauty and a soft sense of calmness. An offering can be seen as a tangible gift... In t...

Danny McCaw's (US based) "Warm Thoughts" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior with a green chair. Bio/artist statement: D...

Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011) Oil on thick card, unframed, 7 x 9.5 inches Signed Initials ...

Night Pond, Original Contemporary Textured Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020 48" x 36" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas This high texture impressionist landscape by artist Marsha Heller features a nearly abstract landscape consisting of blues, greens, and purples. The landscape blends together like a gradient of paint and is primarily defined by the inclusion of a subtle tree line in the distance. Artist Commentary: Looking at a pond at night is such a special experience - what you see and what your imagination brings makes viewing very rich indeed! About the Artist: Marsha Heller was born in Cleveland in 1939 into a family of artists - mother, aunts, uncles, sister, and brother Yaacov Heller. Studied art history and music at Oberlin College, the Salzburg Mozarteum, the Juilliard School of Music, and graphic design at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Later she worked with Irving Marantz...

Oil on Canvas Provencal Philosophy To be an Artist is to be in search of what is good, beautiful and true in life, while consenting to one’s natural ability with joy and gratitude ...

WEIR FARM Series: “[This] series runs the full range from natural to post-impressionism, yet always having the themes of the American pictorial sense of place with an accurate drawin...

Aquaessence on Panel CANTICLES Series: “[These] are my Chants, my sacred songs of contemplation about my experience in painting the mystery within the Tidepools. These works have be...

"Flowerball Sexual Violet No.1 (3D)," created by Takashi Murakami in 2013, is an offset print with cold stamp and high gloss varnish, measuring 71 cm (28 inches) in diameter. This v...

Exhibiting the bold colors and textures that her work is known for, "Moment of Warmth" is a beautiful abstract painting by Nancy Eckelson on a box canvas. Using sculptural texture ...

Oil on canvas Weir Farm Series: Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trek...