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Dreams of 2021, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I created during the epidemic time a lot of paintings that show the hope of the upcoming year, 2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Lots Daughter" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Lots Daughter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an impasto
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Great Day at the Beach, Michael Sanders, Original Painting, Landscape painting
By Michael Sanders
Located in Deddington, GB
make your painting by Michael Sanders very personal. We have successfully completed lots of paintings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in D 1.58 in
Lots of Silver Love, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
By Anyes Galleani
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was created with the intention of manifesting more love in the lives of the viewers
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Parking lot, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Large painting of a parking lot here in Los Angeles, California. Spray paint, acrylic and oil on
Category
2010s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Parking Lot, Painting, Oil on Other
By Richard Szkutnik
Located in Yardley, PA
contemporary impressionistic urban landscape paint on panel :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbara Shipman Watercolor Painting "Lots of Coconuts"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Barbara Shipman watercolor painting "Lots of Coconuts" from a Palm Beach estate.
Note
Category
Late 20th Century American Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glass
Lots of Silver & Gold Love, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
By Anyes Galleani
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was created to help viewers manifest love. My hope is that my art will serve as a
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
British contemporary artist Ken Howard 'St. Anne's church, Soho, London'
By Ken Howard
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
17 lots of paintings by Professor Ken Howard OBE RA. The present owener was given these early works
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 42 in W 24 in D 1 in
Corner Lot, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Richard Szkutnik
Located in Yardley, PA
original en plein air oil on panel :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lot of 17 James Woodruff Landscape, Abstract and Figurative Paintings
By James W. Woodruff
Located in Houston, TX
Lot of seventeen different paintings by artist James Woodruff. Includes four landscape paintings
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite
H 28.5 in W 31 in D 0.004 in
Lots Brown Square, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Ronald Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic Abstract Painting, Original artwork created by Ronald Hunter. A balanced geometric
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Old doors. watercolor on paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
. They have a lot of painting and texture.
Paper 300 gr. Watercolor.
Category
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Beach Parking Lot
By Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe
Located in Greenwich, CT
Eugene Della-Volpe's semi-abstract paintings of often simplified beach scenes and anonymous portraits
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walmart Parking Lot
Located in New Orleans, LA
David Lambert's INTERSECTIONS is a show about the intersections of people, places, and things in the city of New Orleans.
Category
2010s Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic
A Lot of Things - Red Abstract Expressionist Street Art Original Painting
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, Fisch’s textural paintings flood the mind with possibility. His process is instinctive and organic, the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sand Lot Baseball
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
created large, colorful and intricate paintings of working-class culture and American politics from 1945
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Store Lot" by Hiroshi Sato, Original Painting, Figurative Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's "Store Lot" (2024) is an original oil on canvas artwork, measuring 30 x 60 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Willy Lots Cottage Flatford Mill
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Willy Lots Cottage, Flatford Mill
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
acrylic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunset Parking Lot
By Eric Hesse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Lots of Things to See in Hyperspace
Located in Santa Fe, NM
disposal facilities, found wood, and discarded books, he constructs multi-layered, collaged paintings and
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Impressionist Still Life, "Lots of Mayo"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original acrylic and gold leaf still life painting by San Diego artist
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Calvignac et le Lot
By Georges Charles Robin
Located in London, GB
The commune of Calvignac surrounded by the countryside of the Lot region, South-West France
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
You Have Lots of Me In You - Abstract Floral Painting with Gold Leaf, Framed
By Suk Ja Kang
Located in Chicago, IL
frame measuring 61.25h x 61.25w inches.
Suk Ja Kang
You Have Lots of Me In You
metal gold leaf, acrylic
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Feed Lot Balloon Ride" Contemporary Colorful Abstract Farm Animal Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Tod Bailey. Currently featured in the show
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moon Over Back Lot
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a boat yard at nighttime. Boats at rest behind a locked chain-link fence. Street
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Swiss Air Memorial Parking Lot
By Adam Gunn
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This exhibition highlights Adam Gunn’s latest work, consisting of oil paintings on wood panels
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
First Lot on Newmarket Heath
By Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
unframed painting
Height: 75cm (29.53 in)
Width: 122cm (48.03 in)
Depth: 5cm (1.97 in)
Framed Size
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
View from Vataterminalen Parking Lot
By Todd Gordon
Located in Fairfield, CT
focus, subject, or very meaning of the work might shift organically through the openness of the painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Tree in Parking Lot" Original Suburban Landscape Oil Painting by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tree in a Parking Lot" is an original oil painting by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter, signed on
Category
2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Lot and his daughters - Alessandro Turchi (1578 - 1649)
Located in Gent, BE
easily say that his style is quite Caravagesque.
This painting unravels the biblical tale of Lot and
Category
17th Century Italian School Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
contemporary realist watercolor painting car closeup parking lot signed
By Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
available in England. This prompted me to propose a sabbatical leave exploring watercolor painting. My love
Category
1990s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Early Evening Light
By George Gardner Symons
Located in Milford, NH
primary studio in Brooklyn, New York, and also did a lot of painting in Colrain, Massachusetts. He painted
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Biblical Painting Lot and his Daughters, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-17th century. High quality oil on canvas depicting a well-known
Category
Antique 1650s Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Free Shipping
H 41.74 in W 53.94 in D 2.37 in
Giani D'Oro (Italian) Lot of Two, Scenes of Naples with Vesuvius Erupting
Located in Dallas, TX
Framed Sizes 13" x 15" and 10" x 12" Giani D'Oro (Italian) Lot of Two, Scenes of Naples with
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Lot Of 3 Hand Painted Portrait Miniatures Continental, 1st half of 20th century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A LOT OF THREE HAND PAINTED
PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Continental, 1st half of 20th century
Finely
Category
Early 20th Century French International Style Paintings
Materials
Glass
H 5.75 in W 4.75 in D 0.38 in
Autumn, The Creek, Shelter Island Lot 9 09.08.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A Nelson White plein air painting.
Frame Dimensions: 24.5 x 38.5in
Artist Bio:
Nelson H. White
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Located in London, GB
similarity to a painting of the same name in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Painted by El
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Euklid Philosopher, Portrait of a Man, Old Master Painting, Baroque Art
Located in Greven, DE
Impressive Painting of the philosophy Euclid, painted in the Manner of Luca Giordano.
Provenance
Category
17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 50.79 in W 40.16 in
Circus - Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1999
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
. This artist indeed realized a lot of painting with the circus representations, with its games and its
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Parking Lot, Morgan Beach
By Brian Cobble
Located in Dallas, TX
"He [Cobble] has come to accept the fact that low production can lead to under appreciation in the short run, but he also knows that his gifts of perception and discrimination are ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Pastel
Palma Giovane Atelier Religious Christ Mannerism Painting 17th century oil wood
Located in Florence, IT
important subject of devotion.
This painting was suppose to stay on an altar, highlighting the double
Category
Early 17th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Michael Sanders, A Walk in Felbrigg, Original Landscape Painting Traditional Art
By Michael Sanders
Located in Deddington, GB
completed lots of paintings like this for clients. Michael Sanders after leaving Art School with a Fine Art
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in D 1.5 in
Original oil painting of purple flowers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Christine Jacquel
Located in Yardley, PA
had a lot of fun that day. The edges of the canvas are painted. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16.1 in W 13 in D 0.8 in
Original oil painting of purple flowers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Christine Jacquel
Located in Yardley, PA
had a lot of fun that day. The edges of the canvas are painted. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 16.1 in W 13 in D 0.8 in
Angels of May, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Gill Bustamante
Located in Yardley, PA
style is semi abstract and is made up of lots of layers and some impasto brushwork. It has a lovely
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Walk on Sheringham Beach, Michael Sanders, Original Modern Seascape Painting
By Michael Sanders
Located in Deddington, GB
painting by Michael Sanders very personal. We have successfully completed lots of paintings like this for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 29.93 in W 47.64 in D 1.5 in
In the Lot Valley - Impressionist Oil, Figure in Landscape by Henri Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Dimensions:
6.25”x9.25”
This painting is not framed
Provenance:
From the artist’s estate
Descendant of an
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Original oil painting of purple and pink flowers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Christine Jacquel
Located in Yardley, PA
painting. On a hot summer afternoon I had a lot of fun painting these pink and purple dalias. Oil painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 28.7 in W 23.6 in D 0.8 in
Original oil painting of purple and pink flowers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Christine Jacquel
Located in Yardley, PA
painting. On a hot summer afternoon I had a lot of fun painting these pink and purple dalias. Oil painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 28.7 in W 23.6 in D 0.8 in
Fear Of Flying, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
This is part of a series of painting I am doing in collaboration with my children. I spend a lot of
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Alignment of the Circles of Life, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
By Anyes Galleani
Located in Yardley, PA
birth to death. As we live our life, our "circle" overlaps with other people's circles, sometime a lot
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 32 in W 32 in D 1.5 in
Period of Adjustment, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
By Bob Hunt
Located in Yardley, PA
As in the majority of my work, this painting began without any preconceived idea of what the final
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Old Tradition of Amsterdam, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Was nice to see an old boats in Amsterdam. A lot of people use to live here or rent it, quite
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Touch Of Sunlight. Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
of painting is plein-air painting. There are a lot of beautiful states of nature that are very
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Sophie Harden, Next Lot, Horse Art for Sale, Animal Art for Sale, Original Oil
By Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
Original oil painting by Sophie Harden. Next Lot is an atmospheric filled piece of a horse being
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
lot of four surrealist inks - ink on paper, 10.5x30.5 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Lot of four ink drawings by the german surrealist painter Sven Hauptmann. all signed. framed
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Memories of the island, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Danko Merin
Located in Yardley, PA
and acrylics. This painting is 50 W x 70 H x1cm with lots of nice texture and soft colors. The
Category
2010s Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
Materials
Oil
The small ones, the green ones, the decent ones..a lot. The tower is ours
Located in Riga, LV
War. The small ones, the green ones, the decent ones..a lot. The tower is ours
2014, canvas, mixed
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
H 80.71 in W 63 in D 1.19 in
A Wealth of Thoughts, Painting, Acrylic on Wood Panel
By Anyes Galleani
Located in Yardley, PA
birth to death. As we live our life, our "circle" overlaps with other people's circles, sometime a lot
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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