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Frosty the Snow Man
Frosty the Snow Man

Paul Blaine HenrieFrosty the Snow Man, c.1960

$1,750

H 32.35 in W 44.35 in D 1.65 in

Frosty the Snow Man

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Frosty the Snow Man" c.1960 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by noted artist Paul Blaine Henrie, 1932-1999.

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Walk in the Park
Walk in the Park

Paul Blaine HenrieWalk in the Park, 1965

$1,750

H 31.75 in W 43.75 in D 1.75 in

Walk in the Park

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Walk in the Park" 1965 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by noted artist Paul Blaine Henrie, 1932-1999.

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Fishermen
Landscape with Fishermen

Landscape with Fishermen

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork "Landscape with Fishermen" c.1970 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by noted artist Paul Blaine Henrie, 1932-1999.

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Morris Katz Set of Three of Original Seascape Oil Paintings C.2001
Morris Katz Set of Three of Original Seascape Oil Paintings C.2001

Morris Katz Set of Three of Original Seascape Oil Paintings C.2001

By Morris Katz

Located in San Francisco, CA

He has also been called the "King of Schlock Art" and the "King of Toilet Paper Art" because of a novel means of painting he developed using a palette knife and toilet tissue instead...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Opium Poppy Field Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Impressionist, Signed
Opium Poppy Field Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Impressionist, Signed

Opium Poppy Field Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Impressionist, Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

Roxana Soos is creating this colorful, contrasted and spontaneous blooming paintings by ovelapping layers of acrylics and spray, palette knife textures, brush traces, splashes and dr...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Varnish

Flying High, Tower Bridge
Flying High, Tower Bridge

Flying High, Tower Bridge

By Ellie Hesse

Located in London, GB

Ellie uses a variety of different media and techniques, depending on the subject matter. The palette knife is her tool of preference. and she uses it to build up layers of texture a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gaudi and Green-Parrots, Barcelona
Gaudi and Green-Parrots, Barcelona

Gaudi and Green-Parrots, Barcelona

By Ellie Hesse

Located in London, GB

Ellie uses a variety of different media and techniques, depending on the subject matter. The palette knife is her tool of preference. and she uses it to build up layers of texture a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Renaissance Florence
Renaissance Florence

Ellie HesseRenaissance Florence, 2025

$4,075

H 31.5 in W 39.38 in

Renaissance Florence

By Ellie Hesse

Located in London, GB

Ellie uses a variety of different media and techniques, depending on the subject matter. The palette knife is her tool of preference. and she uses it to build up layers of texture a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Swiss Guards, St Peterś Basilica, Rome
Swiss Guards, St Peterś Basilica, Rome

Swiss Guards, St Peterś Basilica, Rome

By Ellie Hesse

Located in London, GB

Ellie uses a variety of different media and techniques, depending on the subject matter. The palette knife is her tool of preference. and she uses it to build up layers of texture a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flying Gondoliers
Flying Gondoliers

Ellie HesseFlying Gondoliers, 2025

$4,075

H 31.5 in W 39.38 in

Flying Gondoliers

By Ellie Hesse

Located in London, GB

Ellie uses a variety of different media and techniques, depending on the subject matter. The palette knife is her tool of preference. and she uses it to build up layers of texture a...

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Triptych - Three Grey Graces, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Triptych - Three Grey Graces, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Triptych - Three Grey Graces, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Tribute to the women beauty and their well being.Made using the palette knife to create texture and black, white and grey acrylics.

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Young Woman oil
Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Young Woman oil

Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Young Woman oil, 1950's

$707Sale Price|20% Off

H 24.41 in W 20.08 in D 2.37 in

Mid 20th Century Portrait of a Young Woman oil

Located in Frome, Somerset

The face is painted in an appealing style reminiscent of Roman frescoes. Wonderful palette knife impastoe to the folds in the dress.

Category

Mid-20th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Field of Dreams", Contemporary Landscape, Blue, Green, Yellow, Oil Painting
"Field of Dreams", Contemporary Landscape, Blue, Green, Yellow, Oil Painting

"Field of Dreams", Contemporary Landscape, Blue, Green, Yellow, Oil Painting

By Marcia Wise

Located in Franklin, MA

Marcia Wise’s “Field of Dreams” is a 10 x 14 inch contemporary palette knife oil painting on archival art-board from her barn series which is highly textured, and in pinks, blues, gr...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Barn On River Rd Deerfield", Contemporary Landscape, Red, Yellow, Oil Painting
"Barn On River Rd Deerfield", Contemporary Landscape, Red, Yellow, Oil Painting

"Barn On River Rd Deerfield", Contemporary Landscape, Red, Yellow, Oil Painting

By Marcia Wise

Located in Franklin, MA

“Barn On River Rd Deerfield” by Marcia Wise is a 12 X 16 inch contemporary oil painting from the artist’s collection of palette knife paintings in which complementary colors of reds ...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A few words about the meaning of life., Painting, Oil on Canvas
A few words about the meaning of life., Painting, Oil on Canvas

A few words about the meaning of life., Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Igor Shulman

Located in Yardley, PA

Painted in a traditional way-brushes and palette knife. The size (70?100cm) allows you to organize with this picture a small enough wall in the interior of the apartment or house.

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

A hard way home, Painting, Oil on Canvas
A hard way home, Painting, Oil on Canvas

A hard way home, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Igor Shulman

Located in Yardley, PA

Painted in a traditional way-brushes and palette knife. The size (70x100cm) allows you to organize with this picture a large enough wall in the interior of the apartment or house.Res...

Category

2010s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Transition 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Abstract Transition 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Abstract Transition 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Nestor Toro

Located in Yardley, PA

This piece was made using palette knifes and rubber spatulas then drizzled endless amounts of clear string gel swirling layers after layers creating the finishing texture, which is v...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre
Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre

Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre

By Robert Giovani

Located in San Francisco, CA

He used bright colors that he applied with a palette knife on the canvas or board, he also used paint brushes to paint.

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Light of the Hills– Original Textured Abstract landscape , Oil, Contemporary
Light of the Hills– Original Textured Abstract landscape , Oil, Contemporary

Light of the Hills– Original Textured Abstract landscape , Oil, Contemporary

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Soft greens, ochres, and muted blues blend into one another, evoking the memory of wind and light over cultivated land. Painted with a palette knife, the surface bears traces of ges...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

At home in the headlands, Cornwall, Original painting, Contemporary, Seascape
At home in the headlands, Cornwall, Original painting, Contemporary, Seascape

At home in the headlands, Cornwall, Original painting, Contemporary, Seascape

Located in Deddington, GB

“I work with thick strokes of paint applied with a palette knife creating simple shapes in attempt to highlight the flashes of colour and other defining details that stood out to me.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dreamy Flashbacks - Floating, Large Abstract Painting, Blue, Signed
Dreamy Flashbacks - Floating, Large Abstract Painting, Blue, Signed

Dreamy Flashbacks - Floating, Large Abstract Painting, Blue, Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

An abstract painting, intensely vibrant, with variously treated surfaces, bold strokes, splashes and palette knife reliefs that convey a dreamy, floating, very dynamic atmosphere ins...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Juan de Fuca, Original Painting
Juan de Fuca, Original Painting

Juan de Fuca, Original Painting

By Nancy Merkle

Located in San Francisco, CA

The painting was created using a palette knife and acrylic paints on a stretched canvas.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Mid Century Mt. Rose Landscape
Mid Century Mt. Rose Landscape

Nancy CoeMid Century Mt. Rose Landscape, c.1968

$3,250

H 27.25 in W 33.75 in D 1.75 in

Mid Century Mt. Rose Landscape

By Nancy Coe

Located in Soquel, CA

This piece has evocative, heavy textures from the artist's use of a palette knife. Signed in pen in the lower right corner.

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tarracotta wall, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Tarracotta wall, Painting, Acrylic on Other

Tarracotta wall, Painting, Acrylic on Other

By Ivana Olbricht

Located in Yardley, PA

An abstract painting created with a palette knife. The textured application of the paint adds depth and dimension to the painting, making it a focal point in the room.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Midnight sunset, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Midnight sunset, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Midnight sunset, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Ivana Olbricht

Located in Yardley, PA

An original abstract painting captures the tranquil beauty of an imaginary midnight sunset over the ocean surface. The palette knife technique creates a textured and dynamic composi...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Blooming garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art
Blooming garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art

Blooming garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art

Located in Zofingen, AG

This vibrant oil painting is an evocative landscape painting titled Blooming garden created by the internationally registered artist Elena Lukina in 2013.Notably, this original artwo...

Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blooming balcony – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art
Blooming balcony – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art

Blooming balcony – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting Wall Art

Located in Zofingen, AG

The composition captures the rich energy of a balcony overflowing with colorful flowers and blooming flora. Executed with rich palette knife strokes on high-quality canvas, the origi...

Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Brave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Brave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Ivana Olbricht

Located in Yardley, PA

An original bold and colorful palette knife abstract painting with thick layers of colors from the collection – Balance.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Grace" by Kristy Chettle - White, Red, and Blue Contemporary Textured Abstract
"Grace" by Kristy Chettle - White, Red, and Blue Contemporary Textured Abstract

"Grace" by Kristy Chettle - White, Red, and Blue Contemporary Textured Abstract

By Kristy Chettle

Located in Carmel, CA

Using only her hands and an occasional palette knife, she paints in multiple layers, sometimes scraping off the paint with her fingers only to reapply a new color later, resulting in...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Hold the Rope, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Hold the Rope, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Hold the Rope, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Filomena Booth

Located in Yardley, PA

This original, abstract impressionistic acrylic palette knife painting is stretched on a 1.5" deep gallery wrap canvas.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Beautiful Garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting
Beautiful Garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting

Beautiful Garden – Impressionist Landscape Garden Oil Painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

The solitary figure in the white dress represents a peaceful journey through a field of blooming lavender and turquoise wildflowers, moving toward a welcoming house. Executed with ri...

Category

2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bales on the Cotswolds & Polzeath summer Cornwall, diptych, Original painting
Bales on the Cotswolds & Polzeath summer Cornwall, diptych, Original painting

Bales on the Cotswolds & Polzeath summer Cornwall, diptych, Original painting

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Golden Nude"
"Golden Nude"

Roman Dub"Golden Nude", 2026

$2,300

H 43.31 in W 27.56 in D 1.19 in

"Golden Nude"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The process moved swiftly, in time with a pulse, where every stroke of the palette knife became a breath. When the paint had dried, what remained on the canvas was not merely a paint...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Laurie Lee’s Cottage, Original painting, landscape
Laurie Lee’s Cottage, Original painting, landscape

Laurie Lee’s Cottage, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bales on the Cotswolds, Original painting, landscape
Bales on the Cotswolds, Original painting, landscape

Bales on the Cotswolds, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Poetic Landscape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Poetic Landscape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Poetic Landscape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Daniela Pasqualini

Located in Yardley, PA

Painted with brushes and palette knife Silver & Gold Leaves Champagne floating frame included Mixed Media on canvas A final varnish coat preserves the colors for extended t...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Narrative, Mixed Media on Canvas
Narrative, Mixed Media on Canvas

Narrative, Mixed Media on Canvas

By Daniela Pasqualini

Located in Yardley, PA

“Narrative" is built through a repetitive, almost meditative process using a palette knife and heavy-bodied acrylics. The rhythmic vertical strokes recall rain falling at sunset or...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Louis BONAMICI (1878-1966) French Provence School Post Impressionist
Louis BONAMICI (1878-1966) French Provence School Post Impressionist

Louis BONAMICI (1878-1966) French Provence School Post Impressionist

Located in Holywell, GB

His technique was impressionistic using heavy impasto applied with a palette knife. He exhibited extensively between 1907 and 1935 in Paris and the southern cities of France.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cotswold Bales II, Original painting, landscape
Cotswold Bales II, Original painting, landscape

Cotswold Bales II, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cotswold Bales I & II, Set of 2, Original painting, landscape
Cotswold Bales I & II, Set of 2, Original painting, landscape

Cotswold Bales I & II, Set of 2, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cotswold Bales I, Original painting, landscape
Cotswold Bales I, Original painting, landscape

Cotswold Bales I, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Buongiorno Vernazza, Original 24x24 Impressionist Landscape Painting
Buongiorno Vernazza, Original 24x24 Impressionist Landscape Painting

Buongiorno Vernazza, Original 24x24 Impressionist Landscape Painting

By Jodi Ferrier

Located in Washington, DC

Executed with a masterful blend of Impressionist flair and modern expressive mark-making, the artist utilizes gestural brushstrokes—and a bit of palette knife work—to create a rich, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Barley bales, Original painting, landscape, contemporary
Barley bales, Original painting, landscape, contemporary

Barley bales, Original painting, landscape, contemporary

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Polzeath, surf, Original painting, landscape
Polzeath, surf, Original painting, landscape

Polzeath, surf, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Montbretia, seascape, landscape, nature, impressionist
Montbretia, seascape, landscape, nature, impressionist

Montbretia, seascape, landscape, nature, impressionist

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Port Quin, Original painting, landscape
Port Quin, Original painting, landscape

Port Quin, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Daymer Bay, Original painting, landscape
Daymer Bay, Original painting, landscape

Daymer Bay, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Swift’s Hill, sunset, Original painting, landscape
Swift’s Hill, sunset, Original painting, landscape

Swift’s Hill, sunset, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Constantine Bay, Original painting, landscape
Constantine Bay, Original painting, landscape

Constantine Bay, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Constantine Bay & Daymer Bay, diptych, Original painting, landscape
Constantine Bay & Daymer Bay, diptych, Original painting, landscape

Constantine Bay & Daymer Bay, diptych, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Stinchcombe Hill, Original painting, landscape
Stinchcombe Hill, Original painting, landscape

Stinchcombe Hill, Original painting, landscape

By Rupert Aker

Located in Deddington, GB

My aim is to capture the effects of the light on the land through the medium of oil paint with a palette knife." "I am a self-taught artist with my love and understanding of the cou...

Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fantasia, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Fantasia, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Fantasia, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Behshad Arjomandi

Located in Yardley, PA

It was painted in multiple layers with palette knife and brushes. The artwork is signed on the back and includes a Certificate of Authenticity.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Medieval Toledo, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Medieval Toledo, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Medieval Toledo, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Behshad Arjomandi

Located in Yardley, PA

It was painted in multiple layers with palette knife and brushes. * The artwork is signed on the back and includes a Certificate of Authenticity

Category

2010s Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

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