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Balancing Act, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
throughout, which unify the random patterning. A result is a balancing act of linear patterns, textures, and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Balancing Act
Located in Los Angeles, CA
eloquence of sparseness and everything to do with the act of painting: the smell, the lushness of oil paint
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Balancing Act
Located in New Orleans, LA
Martryce Roach is a self-taught visual artist from New Brunswick, NJ, who introduced her work in 2014. Martryce incorporates elements of music, education, geometric shapes, and envir...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

BALANCING ACT
Located in London, GB
What makes Sally Burch's work exceptional is her use of the acrylic polymers and her creation of her own colours directly onto wood leaving some of the wood and texture within the wo...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic Polymer

BALANCING ACT
BALANCING ACT
H 32.29 in W 48.04 in D 0.79 in
Balancing Act
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #20/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen. Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Balancing Act
H 9 in W 26 in D 7 in
“Balancing Act”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel with underlying graphite drawing lines by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated by the artist lower right, 1971. Condition i...
Category

1970s Post-Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Graphite, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

“Balancing Act”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Original acrylic on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Unsigned. Circa 1982. Artist inventory label verso top right. Estate stamp verso. ...
Category

1980s Post-Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper. Unframed. Balancing
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Graphite

Balancing act 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Balancing act 2 (Abstract Painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper. Unframed. Balancing
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache, Graphite

Balancing Act (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act (Abstract painting) Oil on canvas - Unframed Note that this artwork will be sent
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Balancing Act (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act (Abstract painting) Oil on canvas - Unframed Note that this artwork will be sent
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Balancing Act 1 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act 1 (Abstract painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper - Unframed This work
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Gouache, Graphite

The Balancing Act, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Derek Olson
Located in Yardley, PA
Life is a balancing act. :: Painting :: Illustration :: This piece comes with an official
Category

2010s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Balancing Act 2
Located in Park City, UT
simplified order. The practice of photography, seeing the balance and composition through my lens, is like a
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Balancing Act, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"Balancing Act" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, calligraphic style -- which so often
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Balancing Act, Surrealist Screenprint by Clarence Holbrook Carter
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Clarence Holbrook Carter, American (1904 - 2000) Title: Balancing Act Year: 1976 Medium
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Balancing Act 1 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution. Balancing Act 1 is
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Gouache, Graphite

Balancing Act (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube. This method is especially safe for large works. Rolled works can be easily stretched (for canvas works...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Balancing Act, " Abstract Oil Painting
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a blue and white palette. Paint appears to drip over a textured under layer of the painting. It is created with oil paint on...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Balancing Act, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Irit Epstein
Located in Yardley, PA
state aiming to balance, as the fall is always concealed and lying in wait. :: Painting :: Modern
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

“On the Wheel of Fortunes” A Woman's Balancing Act
By Françoise Gilot
Located in San Francisco, CA
A superb expression of a triumphant free spirit, and the balancing act required to maintain it
Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Balancing Act" Abstraction in oranges, red, blue, cream and brown
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Balancing Act" 2018, Acrylic and Gouache on 2 Panels, 24 1/2 x 36 inches (Diptych) Abstraction
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Balancing act in black and white - Contemporary, Polaroid, Nude, 21st Century
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Balancing act in black and white' 2019, 20x20 cm, Edition 1/7 plus 2 Artist Proofs, digital C
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, C Print, Polaroid

Balancing Act, bright blue abstract painting on canvas, square
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
like lines. The fluid drips embrace the canvas. Eventually, a balance of the roughness and the softer
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Balancing act in Blue (The crazy Adventures of David C.) Contemporary, Nude
By Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Balancing act in Blue part of the series 'The crazy Adventures of David C.', 2019, 45x45cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Balance Factory (Factory 48, From FundaMENTAL Factory Series)
By Kathy Kissik
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Factory* visually and conceptually probes the balancing act of modern existence, where stability is often
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Varnish, Found Objects, Acrylic

CORRIDOR - Contemporary Hyper Realism / Animal Allegory / Cityscape / Landscape
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
wire balancing act we have with our environment.
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Performance
Located in Atlanta, GA
who hasn't said, "Life is a balancing act"? "The Performance" is a theme dear to the heart of Southern
Category

2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Large Modernist Figurative Abstract Oil Painting BASKET
By Marlene Bauer
Located in Surfside, FL
approach to her artwork, and her paintings become a sort of balancing act in reconciling her subjects and
Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glow (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Iconic, Warm, Sun, Gold)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Sky is the Limit (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Cool)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Eclipse (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant, Dark, Glossy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Dance with the Wind (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Sunflower Garden (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Warm, Yellow)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Winter Wonders (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Cool, Cardinal, Snow)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Love Bubbles (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pink, Grey, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

You are my Light (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mystique (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Glow, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Perfect Match (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant, Lemon)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Meadow (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant, Iconic, Glossy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Color Splash (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Vibrant, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

By the Mountains (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Iconic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Blues of You (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Dramatic)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Blue Jeans (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Earthy)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Beauty in Red (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Bouquet (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
the surface through layered simplicity. Genevieve’s work is a balancing act—deciding how much to
Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Night With You (Oil Painting, Impasto, Impressionism, Colorful, Pastel, Warm)
Located in Kansas City, MO
balancing act—deciding how much to reveal and how much to conceal, achieving what she calls “perfectly
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Reggia by Gina Soden, Photography, Interiors, Documentary Photography
Located in Deddington, GB
series in which Gina Soden explores the delicate balancing act in her artistic process. Her photographs
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Digital

Reggia
By Gina Soden
Located in Deddington, GB
the delicate balancing act in her artistic process. Her photographs are at once documents of time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Digital Pigment

Reggia
Reggia
H 29.22 in W 42.92 in D 0.6 in
The Wings of Time
By Diana Tremaine
Located in Burlingame, CA
of us every day. Life is a balancing act – at times breezy and light, at others cacophonous and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

One Sunday Afternoon
By Diana Tremaine
Located in Burlingame, CA
- that act around and within each of us every day. Life is a balancing act – at times breezy and light
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Garden Chair: Modern Still Life Photograph of Domestic Objects by David Halliday
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
, however, is intentional in its balancing act. About the work: David Halliday reaches into his archives
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Song for Summer (Wilson’s Warbler) - oil on canvas
By Diana Tremaine
Located in Burlingame, CA
day. Life is a balancing act – at times breezy and light, at others cacophonous and overwhelming
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boardwalk II / abstract blue and white nature - oil on canvas
By Diana Tremaine
Located in Burlingame, CA
day. Life is a balancing act – at times breezy and light, at others cacophonous and overwhelming
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lilacs, Coffee, Wine" Neo-Impressionist rustic still life in Florence, Italy
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
cutting board performs the same balancing act. Fenske’s foregrounded objects are moving closer to the
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Searching for Fireflies, " Oil on Canvas - Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
composition represent the relevance of those conditions by depicting them conjoined in a balancing act
Category

2010s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Friendship Garden" by L. A. Spowart - Vibrant and Pastel Tone Large Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
, almost fragmented feeling of the background, suggesting the balancing act inherent in close relationships
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Ocean's Apart
Located in Los Angeles, CA
understand the precarious balance of integration and alienation, neither here nor there and then sometimes
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Ocean's Apart
H 10 in W 10 in D 0.01 in
Chai Tea and Me
Located in Los Angeles, CA
understand the precarious balance of integration and alienation, neither here nor there and then sometimes
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Chai Tea and Me
H 10 in W 10 in D 0.01 in
Loose Threads
Located in Los Angeles, CA
understand the precarious balance of integration and alienation, neither here nor there and then sometimes
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Loose Threads
H 10 in W 10 in D 0.01 in
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You are likely to find exactly the balancing act you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Abstract, Contemporary and Surrealist versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a balancing act may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right balancing act is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, blue and beige. There have been many interesting balancing act examples over the years, but those made by Tracey Adams, Kirsten Thys van den Audenaerde, Clarence Holbrook Carter, Amy Van Winkle and Kevin Box are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, paper and canvas. If space is limited, you can find a small balancing act measuring 7.25 high and 7.88 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 60.01 across to better suit those in the market for a large balancing act.

How Much is a Balancing Act?

The price for a balancing act in our collection starts at $392 and tops out at $22,450 with the average selling for $1,840.