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Lost Languages
By Janine Etherington
Located in San Francisco, CA
local Zimbabwean marimba ensemble when she’s not painting.Lost LanguagesJanine Etherington
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lost Languages II
By Janine Etherington
Located in San Francisco, CA
expected to be extinct. I painted this piece with lost languages and lost cultures in mind.About
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Lost Languages #2" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist’s Statement: “After working on my 'Gridish' series for awhile, I went back to revisit a series of work I did in 2020, where I was putting down successive layers of paint in a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Charcoal, Acrylic
"Lost Languages #5" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Note: sorry about the large pic of the full painting; could not get the light right, without reflections from the varnish; in person the negative space is less brownish, lighter. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Charcoal, Acrylic
DIVINE PAGE Lost Language of Rapa Nui
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 76 inches
147 x 86 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Architecture. For years Rotelli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lost
By Zack Whitford
Located in Chicago, IL
to the viewer is the simple humanity found in one's eyes, body language or facial expression. That
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lost Lotus
Located in Santa Fe, NM
own unique visual language.
Lynn resides in Lafayette, Louisiana with her husband and son, as well
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
Phnom Penh Institute of Foreign Language
By Brian Pearson
Located in Hudson, NY
glisten brightly from the summer sun. Lost in his world within the tub, Roman’s portrait captures
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lost Worlds Triptych
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
solidity of objects depicted. These are works that use the language of abstract painting to question the
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Molecules of Music, 2014, Enamel, Acrylic, Clay Board
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
, lost languages, and invented ones.
Interdisciplinary abstract painter, Ellen Hackl Fagan uses
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Primer, 2001, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic Paint, Graphite
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Fagan's work, ranging from interactive, ColorSoundGrammar works to painting, sculpture, lost languages
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Stick It - Lost in My MInd
By Janet Lage
Located in Westport, CT
expressionistic brushstrokes.
For Lage, the painting process is an alliance of language and image. The narrative
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Oil, Graphite
Lost in Wonder, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Manny Martins Karman
Located in Yardley, PA
road, join nature, or just get lost – all in the simple pursuit of amusement, fun or pleasure? That's
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
David Arky - Lost in Cassis, Photography 2019, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
the language of my interest in how one sees sciences and art merge while keeping some mystery about
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, C Print, Digital
Surrealist Painting on Paper, 'Godot', Artefacts of Civilisations Lost
Located in Cotignac, FR
rubs up against cultural assumptions. Not surprisingly, Carruthers explored, over the years, a language
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Watercolor, Paper
No Reserve
H 19.69 in W 27.56 in D 0.08 in
Magic Realism Figurative Artwork, "Lost in Woods" by Evgeniya Golik
Located in San Diego, CA
human faces and fantastical creatures, that seek to express their secret through esoteric language
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 20 in W 16 in D 1.25 in
David Arky - Lost in New York, Photography 2017, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
the language of my interest in how one sees sciences and art merge while keeping some mystery about
Category
2010s Color Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, C Print, Digital
The Salton Sea, Blue Sea Photography, Landscape Prints-Lost Sea Swing 021
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
The Salton Sea, Blue Sea Photography, Landscape Prints-Lost Sea Swing 021
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
"Lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
The Salton Sea, Blue Sea Photography, Landscape Print-Lost Sea Swing 022
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
The Salton Sea, Blue Sea Photography, Landscape Print-Lost Sea Swing 022
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
"Lost
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Rag Paper, Color
The Lost Still Life Dutch Masters inspired oil painting by Will Ayres
By Will Ayres
Located in London, GB
image, but it never produces a predetermined one. What matters is the experience of the language of
Category
2010s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 59.06 in W 47.25 in D 1.58 in
About Lost Soul - Conceptual Encautic Oil Painting, Marble Dust Ash On Canvas XL
By Krzysztof Gliszczyński
Located in Salzburg, AT
which has been lost.
This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
H 59.06 in W 78.75 in D 1.19 in
Mel Bochner 'Blah, Blah, Blah' Limited Edition Color-Shifting Screen Print, 2022
By Mel Bochner
Located in New York, NY
lost its preeminent position in modern art, language moved from talking about art to becoming part of
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Free Shipping
H 74 in Dm 54 in
Bum Glasses by Laure Prouvost, Murano Glass, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
and ideas becoming lost in translation, playing with language as a tool for the imagination. The Bum
Category
2010s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Glass
Andrea Bonfils - Triple Moon, Painting 2019
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what Van Gogh called a
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Deep Woods, Painting 2018
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what Van Gogh called a
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Mara & Ara
Located in PARIS, FR
reinvented and explored the possibilities of the by then almost lost art of the "lost wax" method. In
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nymphe des bois
Located in PARIS, FR
reinvented and explored the possibilities of the by then almost lost art of the "lost wax" method. In
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harriet
Located in PARIS, FR
reinvented and explored the possibilities of the by then almost lost art of the "lost wax" method. In
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Urban Figures I" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Untitled 1, Painting 2017
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what Van Gogh called
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Santa Fe Day, Painting 2016
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what Van Gogh called a “language of nature
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Woven Woods, Painting 2018
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
, manipulating lenticular 3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Plunge Triptych, Painting 2019
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
, manipulating lenticular 3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Untitled 2, Painting 2017
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
, manipulating lenticular 3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Layered Desert, Painting 2018
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
, manipulating lenticular 3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Andrea Bonfils - Beehives, Painting 2017
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
, manipulating lenticular 3D images or rendering subjects lost within a waxy fog.
She uses all mediums in what
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
"Vortex" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light, sometimes stronger, and constitute a real
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Black Contemporary Spanish Artist Beñat Olaberria 2023
By Beñat Olaberria
Located in BARCELONA, ES
language.
Beñat has taken part in numerous group exhibitions around the UK and his work can be found in
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 30.32 in W 24.41 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Painting Black Contemporary Spanish Artist Beñat Olaberria 2023
By Beñat Olaberria
Located in BARCELONA, ES
language.
Beñat has taken part in numerous group exhibitions around the UK and his work can be found in
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 47.64 in W 43.71 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Painting Black Color Contemporary Spanish Artist Beñat Olaberria 2023
By Beñat Olaberria
Located in BARCELONA, ES
language.
Beñat has taken part in numerous group exhibitions around the UK and his work can be found in
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 47.64 in W 43.31 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Painting Black Color Contemporary Spanish Artist Beñat Olaberria 2023
By Beñat Olaberria
Located in BARCELONA, ES
language.
Beñat has taken part in numerous group exhibitions around the UK and his work can be
found in
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 59.06 in W 43.31 in D 1.58 in
Framed Hmong Appliqué Textile Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
, Hmong women began preserving their language through imagery, stitching secret messages onto their
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Textile
Amedeo Gennarelli Bronze Bust Art Deco Woman
By Amadeo Gennarelli
Located in Oakland, CA
that case is also the words "cire perdue," which indicates it is the "lost wax" process, unquestionably
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Flood in a Music School", landscape, blue, yellow, piano, boat, oil painting
By Alexandra Rozenman
Located in Natick, MA
2022 when war with Ukraine started. The building has a sign in Russian language on it which means
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Aquascape" Abstract Painting 20" x 27.5" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light, sometimes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Glimmer" Abstract Painting 59" x 79" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Big Fish - Original Gary John Street Art Animal Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
significant increase in value.
John applied acrylic paint and mixed media onto Korean language newspaper to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Chicken Soup - Original Gary John Street Art Food Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
significant increase in value.
John applied acrylic paint and mixed media onto Korean language newspaper to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
X-Ray Robot - Original Gary John Street Art Pop Art Sci Fi Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
significant increase in value.
John applied acrylic paint and mixed media onto Korean language newspaper to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Banana With A Message - Original Gary John Street Art Food Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
significant increase in value.
John applied acrylic paint and mixed media onto Korean language newspaper to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Volcano" Abstract Mixed Media Painting 59' x 39' in by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light, sometimes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Board, Oil, Acrylic
"Lava" Abstract Mixed Media Painting 47" x 79" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Emergence" Abstract Painting 59" x 79" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Iridescent" Abstract Mixed Media Painting 47" x 47" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
images of distant shadows and shy characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Passage I" Abstract Painting 51" x 39" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light, sometimes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Exhale I" Abstract Painting 59" x 98" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
"Bloom" Abstract Painting 79" x 47" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light, sometimes stronger, and constitute a real
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
” La Maschera ” 19th Century Antique Realistic Oil Painting On Canvas
Located in Jacksonville, FL
portrayed through the body language, facial expressions, and gazes of the subjects is a testament to
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Orange Sky" Abstract Painting 39" x 39" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
characters, that barely emerge from the chromatic texture, get lost in the color waves, sometimes light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Undergarment Model (1970s Gay Bathhouse Jockstrap Ad)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
audience are gay men who can easily interpret the perhaps not so subtle messaging. Still, the language and
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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