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Bark Painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
Bark Painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia

Bark Painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Bark painting of One Fish, Northern Territory, Australia A wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of one fish, probably Barrumundi.

Category

Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Paintings

Materials

Wood

Bark Painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia
Bark Painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia

Bark Painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Bark painting of Two Fish, Northern Territory, Australia A wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of two fish, probably Barrumundi.

Category

Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits
Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits

Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits

Located in Soquel, CA

Amate Bark Painting - Harvest Dance with Giant Rabbits In this scene, people are carrying baskets to the village, through dense foliage.

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Max Kulich

Located in Yardley, PA

Title: Iron Bark Artwork ID: MK201804 Created: 2018, signed and dated Size: 30x70cm 11,8x27,6in Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Original abstract painting by Max Kulich.

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Iron Bark, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Max Kulich

Located in Yardley, PA

Title: Iron Bark Artwork ID: MK201804 Created: 2018, signed and dated Size: 30x70cm 11,8x27,6in Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Free Frame: the painting includes a free whi...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dark Bark, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Dark Bark, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel

Dark Bark, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel

By Geoff Howard

Located in Yardley, PA

Paint on artist canvas board, "superior quality board produced by Winsor and Newton. Board features canvas laminated on to high quality boards of excellent quality." Triple coated a...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Wandjina Spirit Figure Bark Painting
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Wandjina Spirit Figure Bark Painting

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Wandjina Spirit Figure Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring a Wandjina figure. The painting is made with natural earth pigments which are han...

Category

20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

David Malangi Daymirringu Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Bark Painting
David Malangi Daymirringu Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Bark Painting

David Malangi Daymirringu Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, relatively large, very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting by Northern Territory Yolngu artist David Malangi (1927-1999.

Category

20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Robin Nganjmirra Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting
Robin Nganjmirra Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting

Robin Nganjmirra Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting by Northern Territory artist Robin Marrwurduwurdu (Lamilami) Nganjmirra (1951-1991 or 1...

Category

20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Bardayal Nadjamerrek Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting
Bardayal Nadjamerrek Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting

Bardayal Nadjamerrek Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Original Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting by famed Oenpelli Western Arnhem Land artist Bardayal "Lofty" Nadjamerrek AO (c. 1926–2...

Category

20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Mimi Spirit Figure Original Bark Painting
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Mimi Spirit Figure Original Bark Painting

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Mimi Spirit Figure Original Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous Australian Aboriginal painting featuring two Mimi spirit figures. The painting is made with natural earth pigments which ar...

Category

Vintage 1980s Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Dreaming Bark Painting with Rainbow Serpent
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Dreaming Bark Painting with Rainbow Serpent

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Dreaming Bark Painting with Rainbow Serpent

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original antique/vintage indigenous Australian Aboriginal dreaming painting featuring a rainbow serpent- a prominent figure in Aboriginal mytho...

Category

Mid-20th Century Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Barking Betula: Abstract Encaustic Painting of Golden Tree Bark Tones on Purple
Barking Betula: Abstract Encaustic Painting of Golden Tree Bark Tones on Purple

Barking Betula: Abstract Encaustic Painting of Golden Tree Bark Tones on Purple

By Allyson Levy

Located in Hudson, NY

Abstract painting with assorted neutral toned golden tree bark and purple violet encaustic "Barking Betula", by Hudson Valley artist, Allyson Levy, made in 2011 Allegheny birch bark...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel

Bark Canoe TLC
Bark Canoe TLC

Bark Canoe TLC

By John Buxton

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed J. Buxton @ 2018" on lower left Artist Statement “This tender loving care is a necessary maintenance chore for th...

Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ancestral Figure, " Ink Painting on tree bark from native Taiwan
"Ancestral Figure, " Ink Painting on tree bark from native Taiwan

"Ancestral Figure, " Ink Painting on tree bark from native Taiwan

Located in Milwaukee, WI

This artwork is most likely from the Paiwan (Formosa) people, which were the native population of the island of Taiwan. It shows an ancestral figure painted onto tree bark. The figur...

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink

BARK
BARK

BARK

By David Hutchinson

Located in Houston, TX

David Hutchinson BARK, 2021 Unique archival inkjet print 24 x 18 inches (16 x 45.7 cm)

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Inkjet

Bark ST. GEORGE off South Stack
Bark ST. GEORGE off South Stack

Bark ST. GEORGE off South Stack

By William G. Yorke

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

This fine portrait is of the merchant bark ST. GEORGE sailing past the South Stack Lighthouse, the last signaling station in a chain of twelve leading ships along the Welsh coast and...

Category

1870s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board
South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board

South Pacific Bark Cloth on Board

Located in Denton, TX

Bark cloth or tapa cloth mounted on plywood and trimmed in mahogany. Bark cloth, or tapa, is not a woven material, but made from bark that has been softened through a process of s...

Category

20th Century American Samoan Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Harriet "Bing" Thayer, Mexican Bark Series, Framed Mixed Media Art
Harriet "Bing" Thayer, Mexican Bark Series, Framed Mixed Media Art

Harriet "Bing" Thayer, Mexican Bark Series, Framed Mixed Media Art

Located in Clifton Springs, NY

Harriet "Bing" Thayer mixed media artwork with watercolor and collage elements is a part of her Mexican Bark series. Delicate beige, brown, and aqua or celadon blue colors of the ce...

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper, Paint

Tribal Style 12 Ft Polynesian Tapa Bark Cloth from Tonga
Tribal Style 12 Ft Polynesian Tapa Bark Cloth from Tonga

Tribal Style 12 Ft Polynesian Tapa Bark Cloth from Tonga

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Large tribal style Polynesian tapa or barkcloth from the South Pacific Island nation of Tonga. The cloth measures over 12 feet wide and over 8 feet high. Handcrafted from the bark of...

Category

20th Century Tongan Tribal Paintings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Stormy Seascape of the Bark "Caroline" in a White Squall
19th Century Stormy Seascape of the Bark "Caroline" in a White Squall

19th Century Stormy Seascape of the Bark "Caroline" in a White Squall

Located in Nantucket, MA

Lane, unsigned. The painting is in very good condition with the canvas laid down on board.

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Seascape with a Five Masted Bark, by Julius Gregersen, circa 1920s
Seascape with a Five Masted Bark, by Julius Gregersen, circa 1920s

Seascape with a Five Masted Bark, by Julius Gregersen, circa 1920s

Located in Nantucket, MA

Antique Seascape with a Five Masted Bark, by Julius Gregersen (German: 1860 - 1953), circa 1921 - 1928, an oil on canvas seascape with view of the five masted bark KOBENHAVN sailing ...

Category

Vintage 1920s Danish Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI, " Mixed Media signed by David Barnett

By David Barnett

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Outdoor, WI" is a mixed media piece signed and dated lower right by David Barnett. It depicts multiple perspectives on a scene in Wisconsin. 31 1/2" x ...

Category

Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Bald Eagle River Spirit, " an Oil and Pencil on Birch Bark signed by Barnett
"Bald Eagle River Spirit, " an Oil and Pencil on Birch Bark signed by Barnett

"Bald Eagle River Spirit, " an Oil and Pencil on Birch Bark signed by Barnett

By David Barnett

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Bald Eagle River Spirit" is an original piece in oil and pencil on birch bark. It is signed in the center right by the artist David Barnett. 9" x 2 1/4" art 14 3/4" x 10 3/4" fram...

Category

Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Birch, Oil, Pencil, Color Pencil

"Morph Dog Series: A Walk in the Woods With Dog Named Shag Bark, " Mixed Media
"Morph Dog Series: A Walk in the Woods With Dog Named Shag Bark, " Mixed Media

"Morph Dog Series: A Walk in the Woods With Dog Named Shag Bark, " Mixed Media

By David Barnett

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Morph Dog Series: A Walk in the Woods With Dog Named Shag Bark" is a mixed media piece by David Barnett. It is signed lower right and depicts a multi-colored composition of human fo...

Category

Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Contemporary Aboriginal Art on Bark by Gunybi Ganambarr Provenance
Contemporary Aboriginal Art on Bark by Gunybi Ganambarr Provenance

Contemporary Aboriginal Art on Bark by Gunybi Ganambarr Provenance

Located in Atlanta, GA

At this time The Australian wrote, "When Ganambarr was a young man, senior Yolngu artists recognized his ability and ensured he had the skills and knowledge to create the extraordina...

Category

Early 2000s Australian Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett

By David Barnett

Located in Milwaukee, WI

"Up North Birchbark Series: Tree Spirit Chief" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Birch, Ink, Watercolor

Original Aboriginal Bark Cloth (Tapa) Painting, Papua New Guinea
Original Aboriginal Bark Cloth (Tapa) Painting, Papua New Guinea

Original Aboriginal Bark Cloth (Tapa) Painting, Papua New Guinea

Located in Markington, GB

Original Aboriginal Bark Cloth (Tapa) Painting, Papua New Guinea A striking original bark cloth (tapa) painting, most likely originating from Papua New Guinea, possibly from the Oro...

Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth Ituri Forest, DR Congo 20th century 0.54 x 0.75m (1’9″ x 2’6″) The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women, ar...

Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Paintings

Materials

Natural Fiber

20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti People, D.R. Congo
20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti People, D.R. Congo

20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti People, D.R. Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti people, Ituri Forest, D.

Category

Vintage 1970s Congolese Tribal Drawings

Materials

Natural Fiber

3D Tree, Original Painting
3D Tree, Original Painting

3D Tree, Original Painting

By Vic Roschkov

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: tree, branches, bark, mist, sky, spring, nature, realism, watercolor painting, blue3D TreeVic RoschkovWatercolor painting on paperReady to frameOne...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti 'Efe' People, D.R. Congo
20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti 'Efe' People, D.R. Congo

20th Century Bark Cloth Painting, Mbuti 'Efe' People, D.R. Congo

Located in Point Richmond, CA

20th Century bark cloth painting, Mbuti (Efe) people, Ituri Forest, D.

Category

Vintage 1970s Congolese Tribal Drawings

Materials

Natural Fiber

Frozen in Time, Original Painting
Frozen in Time, Original Painting

Frozen in Time, Original Painting

By Vic Roschkov

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: tree, bark, branch, winter, lake, cloud, snow, nature, realism, watercolor painting, brownFrozen in TimeVic RoschkovWatercolor painting on paperRea...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Nine Constant Windows Limited Edition Rug by James Siena, Hand-Knotted Wool
Nine Constant Windows Limited Edition Rug by James Siena, Hand-Knotted Wool

Nine Constant Windows Limited Edition Rug by James Siena, Hand-Knotted Wool

Located in Jersey City, NJ

They elude Western art to  evoke Andean textiles, Chinese bronzes, African  bark paintings, Persian screens, jewelry and  glass-making and calligraphy.

Category

2010s Nepalese North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

"Birch, " Oil Paint on Olive Board
"Birch, " Oil Paint on Olive Board

"Birch, " Oil Paint on Olive Board

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

Restricting the composition to only a portion of the trunk, Surdo focuses on qualities that make the tree memorable - its narrow trunk, thin, twig-like branches, and feathery, textur...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

'Arbre-Homme' (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century European Surrealism
'Arbre-Homme' (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century European Surrealism

'Arbre-Homme' (Tree-Man) —Mid-Century European Surrealism

By Ferdinand Springer

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

I wanted to establish a relationship between the forms of my engravings and symbolic objects such as Cycladic idols, masks, totems, paintings on the bark of the Aborigines of Austral...

Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving

Moss-Topped Stump

Moss-Topped Stump

By Kristin Musgnug

Located in Houston, TX

Instead, stumps and embankments jut high into our field of vision, obstructing the space beyond with otherwise inconspicuous grace notes: a backlit spray of maple leaves; a cascade o...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Omie Bark Painting
Omie Bark Painting

Omie Bark Painting

Unavailable

H 45 in W 34.5 in

Omie Bark Painting

By Elesabath Agevones

Located in New York, NY

Omie, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea-

As in Aboriginal art, the iconography and the stories on which the art of the Omie women is based comes from a long history of an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Papua New Guinean Paintings

'Rulyapa' by Dhurrumuwuy Marika 'Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting'
'Rulyapa' by Dhurrumuwuy Marika 'Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting'

'Rulyapa' by Dhurrumuwuy Marika 'Australian Aboriginal Bark Painting'

By Dhurrumuwuy Marika

Located in London, GB

Representative of the bark painting tradition from Australia's Arnhem land - a tradition that stretches back many thousands of years.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Art

Materials

Wood

Untitled (Fresh Water theme)

Untitled (Fresh Water theme)

By Rerrkirrwanga Munungurr

Located in New York, NY

Rerrkirrwanga commenced painting alongside her mother, Nongirrnga Marawili and sister, Marrnyula Munugurr by filling-in sections of her father’s expansive bark paintings.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pigment

Yukuwa (bush yam)
Yukuwa (bush yam)

Djirrirra WunungmurraYukuwa (bush yam), 2014

Unavailable

H 17.3 in W 12.5 in D 2 in

Yukuwa (bush yam)

By Djirrirra Wunungmurra

Located in New York, NY

This marks a dramatic shift in her practice and more widely, in bark painting traditions. This contemporary bark painting depicts the annual reappearance of bush yam - also a met...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Pigment, Wood Panel

David Malangi Aborigine Painting on Bark, circa 1980

David Malangi Aborigine Painting on Bark, circa 1980

Unavailable

H 12.21 in W 18.51 in D 0.2 in

David Malangi Aborigine Painting on Bark, circa 1980

By David Malangi

Located in Paris, ile de france

A circa 1980 David Malangi Aborigine painting on bark size of the painting unframed 47 cm by 31 cm provenance: Bonhams David Malangi (1927 – 19 June 1999) was an Indigenous Austra...

Category

Vintage 1980s Australian Tribal Paintings

Materials

Paint

Bark James L. Davis
Bark James L. Davis

Joseph B. SmithBark James L. Davis, c.1857

Unavailable

H 26 in W 36 in D 2 in

Bark James L. Davis

By Joseph B. Smith

Located in Stonington, CT

This painting depicts the Bark James L. Davis which was built in 1857 by Jeremiah Darling in Port Jefferson, New York for Jonas Smith and Company.

Category

Mid-19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Australian Aboriginal Painting on Eucalyptus Bark by Lena Yarinkura
Australian Aboriginal Painting on Eucalyptus Bark by Lena Yarinkura

Australian Aboriginal Painting on Eucalyptus Bark by Lena Yarinkura

By Lena Yarinkura

Located in Bantam, CT

By Lena Yarinkura (born 1961).Woman Artist. Title: "Gulwirri-Cabbage Palm Tree" associated with her clan lands are Borlkjam. Painted with natural earth pigments on Eucalyptus bark. C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Australian Organic Modern Paintings

Bark Cape Drawing

Anne SiemsBark Cape Drawing, 2013

Unavailable

H 50 in W 38 in

Bark Cape Drawing

By Anne Siems

Located in US

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

Bark Trousers Drawing

Anne SiemsBark Trousers Drawing, 2013

Unavailable

H 50 in W 38 in

Bark Trousers Drawing

By Anne Siems

Located in US

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper

“Barking Church”
“Barking Church”

Sir Kyffin Williams“Barking Church”, Circa 1960

Unavailable

H 9.5 in W 12 in D 1 in

“Barking Church”

By Sir Kyffin Williams

Located in Knutsford, GB

A street scene, painted an impressionist style by an artist who was famous for his powerful Welsh landscapes, but here slightly off his normal beaten track, with study of Barking in ...

Category

20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen, Watercolor

Fallen Bark #3
Fallen Bark #3

David MorrisonFallen Bark #3, 2011

Unavailable

H 36 in W 17.5 in

Fallen Bark #3

By David Morrison

Located in New York, NY

David Morrison’s drawings of tree branches and trunks embrace nature. He loves the springtime when there are eruptive explosions of buds with new leaves and berries. He is also fasci...

Category

Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

TV Man with Barking Dog

TV Man with Barking Dog

By Keith Haring

Located in New York, NY

Chalk on MTA craft paper Provenance: Private Collection, NY NY Before he was propelled into international art stardom—through a playful pop sensibility, signature thick blac...

Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

JOHN STOBART - The Bark "Morning Star" and the Brig "Alexander" Cutting In...
JOHN STOBART - The Bark "Morning Star" and the Brig "Alexander" Cutting In...

JOHN STOBART - The Bark "Morning Star" and the Brig "Alexander" Cutting In...

By John Stobart

Located in New York, NY

JOHN STOBART (BORN 1929) The Bark "Morning Star" and the Brig "Alexander" Cutting In, North of the Bering Strait Oil on canvas 26 x 46 inches Signed & dated 1972 PROVENANCE John St...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paper artwork, abstract nature-inspired, tree bark, Autumnal Palette, 2024
Paper artwork, abstract nature-inspired, tree bark, Autumnal Palette, 2024

Paper artwork, abstract nature-inspired, tree bark, Autumnal Palette, 2024

Located in San Francisco, CA

"Tree Bark" is a nature inspired abstract circular 3-D paper work by Bianca Severijns. Severijns paints and hand-tears paper to create her unique and one of a kind works. This work c...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Aboriginal Stream Painting by Bulambi, Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark
Aboriginal Stream Painting by Bulambi, Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark

Aboriginal Stream Painting by Bulambi, Natural Earth Pigments on Eucalyptus Bark

Located in Ettalong Beach, NSW

Natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark. This painting is by traditional artist, Bulambi of Galiwin'ku, Arnhem Land.

Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material

'Leaves of the Bamboo' by Brenda Kesi, Papua New Guinea Bark Cloth Painting
'Leaves of the Bamboo' by Brenda Kesi, Papua New Guinea Bark Cloth Painting

'Leaves of the Bamboo' by Brenda Kesi, Papua New Guinea Bark Cloth Painting

By Brenda Kesi

Located in London, GB

Painting on a cloth made from tree bark fibres is a tradition that goes back many thousands of years among the Omie people of Papua New Guinea.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Papua New Guinean Tribal Tapestries

Materials

Fabric

Garrapara
Garrapara

Manini GumanaGarrapara, 2009

Unavailable

H 44.89 in W 25.6 in

Garrapara

Located in London, GB

Gumana’s portrayal of Garrapara conversely draws on traditional Yolngu aesthetics, techniques and culturally significant motifs. Painting on bark, Gumana uses a marwat (hair of the h...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pigment

Milngurr

Dhuwarrwarr MarikaMilngurr, 2011

Unavailable

H 17.3 in W 12.6 in D 2 in

Milngurr

By Dhuwarrwarr Marika

Located in New York, NY

This bark mesmerizing, earth toned painting is a representation of the sacred waterhole that the Sisters found one morning and later gave birth in.

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pigment, Wood

Aboriginal Bark Painting
Aboriginal Bark Painting

Aboriginal Bark Painting

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H 16 in W 18 in D 2 in

Aboriginal Bark Painting

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Primitive bark painting by Ingura people of Arnhem Land in Northern Australia.

Category

Vintage 1950s Australian Tribal Art

Old "Double Fish" Painting Big Catch Australian Aboriginal, signed, framed
Old "Double Fish" Painting Big Catch Australian Aboriginal, signed, framed

Old "Double Fish" Painting Big Catch Australian Aboriginal, signed, framed

Located in South Burlington, VT

A monumental Australian aboriginal double fish bark painting of Barramundi (sea bass) by artist Campyon, Northern Territories dating some 35 years ago.

Category

Mid-20th Century Australian Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Large Graphic Fijian Bark Cloth Painting
Large Graphic Fijian Bark Cloth Painting

Large Graphic Fijian Bark Cloth Painting

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H 50 in W 37 in D 1.25 in

Large Graphic Fijian Bark Cloth Painting

Located in Hopewell, NJ

Incredible painting on tree bark from Fiji where the bark cloth is historically beaten from fibrous vines and then painted.

Category

Vintage 1950s Fijian Paintings

Materials

Textile

Birch Bark

Birch Bark

By Rocky Hawkins

Located in Bozeman, MT

This is an unframed original painting on paper. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the myst...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

“From Timber to Lumber” Contemporary Neutral Toned Wood Bark Abstract Painting
“From Timber to Lumber” Contemporary Neutral Toned Wood Bark Abstract Painting

“From Timber to Lumber” Contemporary Neutral Toned Wood Bark Abstract Painting

By Tra' Slaughter

Located in Houston, TX

Contemporary abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features brown and black toned logs stacked on each other to create a wood bark pattern.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cecropia Moth on Tree Bark - Life-Like Original Acrylic Painting, Framed
Cecropia Moth on Tree Bark - Life-Like Original Acrylic Painting, Framed

Cecropia Moth on Tree Bark - Life-Like Original Acrylic Painting, Framed

By Rick Pas

Located in Chicago, IL

From her perch she will release pheromones to attract a mate from up to a mile away. This painting is framed as shown in detail shots. Rick Pas Cecropia on Tree Bark acrylic on pan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Bark HESPER Unloading Lumber at San Diego
Bark HESPER Unloading Lumber at San Diego

Bark HESPER Unloading Lumber at San Diego

Located in Costa Mesa, CA

The wooden bark of 603 tons was built by the Halls Brothers Shipyard of Port Blakeley, Washington and she was unusually fast and beautiful for ships of her type with a finely carved ...

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Barking Up the Wrong Tree 1 (Abstract Encaustic Painting in Neutral Palette)
Barking Up the Wrong Tree 1 (Abstract Encaustic Painting in Neutral Palette)

Barking Up the Wrong Tree 1 (Abstract Encaustic Painting in Neutral Palette)

By Allyson Levy

Located in Hudson, NY

Abstract encaustic painting with assorted neutral toned birch bark on wood panel 12 x 12 inches This modern abstract encaustic painting by Allyson Levy is made with assorted beige, ...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Alone, a Bark", White Blue and Red Figurative Abstract Squared Acrylic Painting
"Alone, a Bark", White Blue and Red Figurative Abstract Squared Acrylic Painting

"Alone, a Bark", White Blue and Red Figurative Abstract Squared Acrylic Painting

By Françoise Duprat

Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This artwork depicts a marine landscape : a small bark, alone in the water. This is an abstract painting, the (figurative) boat only occupying a small portion of the canvas.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert Loughlin "Ken Kasey, I Mean Ken Kesey!" Original Painting on Bark 21st c.
Robert Loughlin "Ken Kasey, I Mean Ken Kesey!" Original Painting on Bark 21st c.

Robert Loughlin "Ken Kasey, I Mean Ken Kesey!" Original Painting on Bark 21st c.

By Robert Loughlin

Located in San Francisco, CA

Robert Loughlin (1949-2011) "Ken Kesey" original painting on bark, circa 2007 An original portrait painting on bark covered over a hollow particle core.

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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame
Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame

Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame

Located in London, GB

Late C19th Italian oil on board cat painting. Wonderful and rustic scene depicting four cats chasing a frog with folk art style bark frame.

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Keith Haring Radiant Baby Barking Dog drawing 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi)
Keith Haring Radiant Baby Barking Dog drawing 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi)

Keith Haring Radiant Baby Barking Dog drawing 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi)

By Keith Haring

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Keith Haring Radiant Baby, Barking Dog drawing 1982 (Keith Haring Tony Shafrazi Gallery): Unique 1982 Keith Haring drawing featuring two of Haring’s most recognizable & highly colle...

Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

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H 34.5 in W 13 in D 0.13 in

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth Ituri Forest, DR Congo 20th century 34.75 x 12 ins. 87 x 30.5 cm The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women,...

Category

Vintage 1960s Congolese Tribal Paintings

Materials

Natural Fiber

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

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H 29.5 in W 18 in D 0.13 in

Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Mbuti Painting on Bark Cloth Mbuti People, Ituri Forest D.R.Congo 20th century Pounded inner bark fiber ( Ficus) organic colorants 29.5 x 18 inches 75 x 46 cm Published; Emmanuel P...

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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Paintings

Materials

Natural Fiber

High Places - Trail Ridge Road, Estes Park (Colorado), Sun Painting, Mixed Media
High Places - Trail Ridge Road, Estes Park (Colorado), Sun Painting, Mixed Media

High Places - Trail Ridge Road, Estes Park (Colorado), Sun Painting, Mixed Media

By Pansy Stockton

Located in Denver, CO

As her work became better known people from all over the world sent her things to use in her sun paintings – birch bark from New England, shrubs from the Holy Land and kelp and sea g...

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1930s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Organic Material

Irma Baker Mixed-Media Earthen Painting with Burlap and Bark
Irma Baker Mixed-Media Earthen Painting with Burlap and Bark

Irma Baker Mixed-Media Earthen Painting with Burlap and Bark

Located in Chattanooga, TN

Her composition is comprised of impasto painting intermixed with birch bark, burlap, soil and seeds.

Category

Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

18th Century Pair of Paintings with Animals Oil on Canvas by Crivellone
18th Century Pair of Paintings with Animals Oil on Canvas by Crivellone

18th Century Pair of Paintings with Animals Oil on Canvas by Crivellone

By Angelo Maria Crivelli

Located in Milan, IT

The expressive crudeness of the dogs that grab the lion, overturning and barking, returns, exemplary, in the paintings with Ambush to the deer and Assault to the bear (Milan, Cova Mi...

Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Nuthatch - large, rustic, blue, lilac, bird, resin and mixed media on panel
Nuthatch - large, rustic, blue, lilac, bird, resin and mixed media on panel

Nuthatch - large, rustic, blue, lilac, bird, resin and mixed media on panel

By Peter Hoffer

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Known for its distinctive loud call, the Nuthatch gets its name from its habit of dislodging the seeds from large nuts and acorns by whacking them against tree bark. This dynamic acr...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

Hillside, New Mexico, Landscape with Adobe, Botanical Mixed Media Assemblage
Hillside, New Mexico, Landscape with Adobe, Botanical Mixed Media Assemblage

Hillside, New Mexico, Landscape with Adobe, Botanical Mixed Media Assemblage

By Pansy Stockton

Located in Denver, CO

As her work became better known people from all over the world sent her things to use in her sun paintings – birch bark from New England, shrubs from the Holy Land and kelp and sea g...

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

John Mawurndjul 'Mardayin at Mukkamukka', Aboriginal Contemporary Etching
John Mawurndjul 'Mardayin at Mukkamukka', Aboriginal Contemporary Etching

John Mawurndjul 'Mardayin at Mukkamukka', Aboriginal Contemporary Etching

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Mawurndjul has travelled the world with his art, and studied collections of early bark painting in cities as far afield as Paris. Through his art, Mawurndjul draws upon and extends K...

Category

1990s Australian Other Drawings

Materials

Paper

Early 20th Century Guerrero Paint Clay Water Vessel
Early 20th Century Guerrero Paint Clay Water Vessel

Early 20th Century Guerrero Paint Clay Water Vessel

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H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 17.72 in

Early 20th Century Guerrero Paint Clay Water Vessel

Located in Guadalajra, Jal

The pot is painted in the typical style now found on bark (amate) paintings all over Mexico. The bowl may have been made in Oapan or Ameyaltepec.  

Category

Early 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Jars

Materials

Clay

Bark Painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia
Bark Painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia

Bark Painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Bark painting of Namarrkon, Northern Territory, Australia A bark painting of Namarrkon, the lightning spirit.

Category

Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Aboriginal Bark Painting with Birds, turtles and goanas Motifs
Large Aboriginal Bark Painting with Birds, turtles and goanas Motifs

Large Aboriginal Bark Painting with Birds, turtles and goanas Motifs

Located in NICE, FR

This beautiful Bark painting comes from Northern Territory in Australia.

Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Tribal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

Bark Painting of Three Fish by Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, Australia
Bark Painting of Three Fish by Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, Australia

Bark Painting of Three Fish by Bobby Bardjaray Ngainjmirra, Australia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

This is a wonderful "x-ray" bark painting of three fish, probably Barrumundi, and is painted in the traditional style with the use of cross-hatching or rarrk.

Category

Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Bark Painting by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia
Bark Painting by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia

Bark Painting by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Bark painting of Two Figures by Jimmy Mijau Mijau, Northern Territory, Australia Jimmy Mijau Mijau (Jimmy Midjawmidjaw) was a Crocker Island artist known for painting Mimih figures.

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Late 20th Century Australian Tribal Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Figural Bark Painting
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Figural Bark Painting

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Figural Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

The painting is made with natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark and affixed to a Hessian board backing for display.

Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Wood, Paint

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Emu Bird Bark Painting
Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Emu Bird Bark Painting

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Emu Bird Bark Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

The painting is made with natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark and mounted to a backing for display.

Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Aboriginal Bark Painting by Emmanuel Wurrkidj, Australia
Aboriginal Bark Painting by Emmanuel Wurrkidj, Australia

Aboriginal Bark Painting by Emmanuel Wurrkidj, Australia

Located in NICE, FR

This impressive large aboriginal painting was crafted on eucalyptus bark from the Arnhem Land region in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Category

20th Century Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Aboriginal Bark Painting by Betty Guymatala, Australia
Aboriginal Bark Painting by Betty Guymatala, Australia

Aboriginal Bark Painting by Betty Guymatala, Australia

Located in NICE, FR

This aboriginal painting crafted on a piece of bark uses predominantly earthly colours, which are said to be the most often featured colour schemes in traditional aboriginal painting...

Category

20th Century Australian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Curly Bardkadubbu Large Australian Aboriginal Art Original Bark Snake Painting
Curly Bardkadubbu Large Australian Aboriginal Art Original Bark Snake Painting

Curly Bardkadubbu Large Australian Aboriginal Art Original Bark Snake Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

He was known for his colorful paintings on eucalyptus bark. This work is an ocher painting on bark (likely eucalyptus).

Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Paint

White Bark

Thomas SlateWhite Bark, 2018

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H 24 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

White Bark

By Thomas Slate

Located in Santa Fe, NM

acrylic, oil paintstik on canvas red pink orange white magenta Thomas has taken the influences of the flora of Chinese ink drawings. He translates those ideas into spontaneous moder...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

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1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

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By Jean Baptiste Édouard Detaille

Located in Paris, FR

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Materials

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