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The philosopher's study II

The philosopher's study II

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

To the Flow 1

To the Flow 1

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream, or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I was honored to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old Course proud. As a Scot, this is an important and special picture for me and I know Gary shares my pride.”

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I was honoured to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old Course proud. As a Scot, this is an important and special picture for me and I know Gary shares my pride.”

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary
Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary

Beneath the Surface - Ceramic Sculpture, Contemporary

By Paula Murray

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Before Paula Murray creates a new piece she thinks about how the emotion she is trying to express can appear as a form in porcelain.

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The time has come

The time has come

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

It's always the same

It's always the same

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The "Mile High" Club
The "Mile High" Club

The "Mile High" Club

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

"This is a club that now has too many members, but if there was an annual meeting, I doubt that many attendees would create as much interest as these two. I think the image has a Hit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Voice From Without
The Voice From Without

The Voice From Without

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

Ballard says, “I always have this inner voice that dictates what I do and how I think.” The concept of the human body as a “container,” a vessel of thoughts, hopes and dreams, began ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wax, Pigment

The Walk of Life
The Walk of Life

The Walk of Life

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

I want my work to be full of emotion - without this, there needs be a great number of compensating factors for a photograph to be transcendental. I think The Walk of Life will connec...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Legends of the Fall
Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This is the strongest image I have taken at Skogafoss over the last 10 years. I think we were all done by 7 am. It is always rewarding when the end result is far better than the prec...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

Consisting of the creative and sales department, warehouse and logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am Rhei...

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Traces of Time (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

The Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden

The Garden of Eden

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

We will never know, but the formation of the herd has a nice diagonal shape and it tells a story of a journey unaffected by my presence. I think the anonymity of the individual eleph...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

By the Sea (Zuma Beach)

By the Sea (Zuma Beach)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

The Farmer's Wife (American Depression)

The Farmer's Wife (American Depression)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art
The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

The Arborist - Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative Art

By P. Roch Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

“Over the years it feels as though the figures I create have their own distinct personalities - I often think about the idea of identity and how we construct our identities and eithe...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century

Her last Call (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Writer and the Red Blanket
Writer and the Red Blanket

Writer and the Red Blanket

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup
Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup

Me soaking up the light and The weight of your head. Diptych Porcelain cup

By Alex Hodge 1

Located in Miami Beach, FL

I imagine you so close to me we blur into each other’s atoms creating our own rhythms, a whole world of us in a daydream. Every time you think of me, I think of you. “The weight of...

Category

2010s Modern Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Traces of Time II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Fang Fang -- The Artist's Daughter Portrait
Fang Fang -- The Artist's Daughter Portrait

Fang Fang -- The Artist's Daughter Portrait

By Zhang Biao

Located in Soquel, CA

There are also Western qualities to be found in the pictures: most apparent is the expressive light-shadow model and the accurate depiction of crinkles in the clothing. For compariso...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Archival Paper

House of the Poet 4

House of the Poet 4

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 5

House of the Poet 5

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 1
House of the Poet 1

House of the Poet 1

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 2

House of the Poet 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 3

House of the Poet 3

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

Radical Architecture of the Future
Radical Architecture of the Future

Radical Architecture of the Future

By Phaidon

Located in New York, NY

An important and fascinating collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of architecture and spatial design Architectural practice today goes far beyond the de...

Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Running the Light (Abstract painting)

Running the Light (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

In his 2010-2014 paintings, the line has become the edge of shapes, providing distinct areas for full expression of color. Gordon also thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes,...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Running the Light (Abstract painting)

Running the Light (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

In his 2010-2014 paintings, the line has become the edge of shapes, providing distinct areas for full expression of color. Gordon also thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes,...

Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

The Argument - The Princess and her Lover (29 Palms, CA) - End of Summer Sale

The Argument - The Princess and her Lover (29 Palms, CA) - End of Summer Sale

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

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

Glare on the waves. Original painting
Glare on the waves. Original painting

Glare on the waves. Original painting

By Lusie Schellenberg

Located in Zofingen, AG

It is designed to encourage the viewer to think about the vastness and secrets of the sea.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"In the Urals" Oil Painting

"In the Urals" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles and beautiful things may have happened there.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often those are the best shots.”

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

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

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

In every blurred silhouette and chemical wash of color, she captures what it means to hold onto time even as it slips through our fingers, to relive and reinterpret, over and over ag...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

This extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The White Lady (Colour) by David Yarrow
The White Lady (Colour) by David Yarrow

The White Lady (Colour) by David Yarrow

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

It was luck really, but I think we leveraged what we were given and that ultimately is the acid test.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

One Way (The Last Picture Show)

One Way (The Last Picture Show)

By Stefanie Schneider

Located in Morongo Valley, CA

Perhaps, at this moment we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

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

William B. Sharp, The Wedding, 1946, lithograph
William B. Sharp, The Wedding, 1946, lithograph

William B. Sharp, The Wedding, 1946, lithograph

Located in New York, NY

The lithograph showing here, The Wedding, dated 1946, would have been made shortly after his discharge from the service. It's tempting to think it had personal significance. It is ce...

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Corrie Waiting [setting the dining table]

Corrie Waiting [setting the dining table]

By Benjamin Frederick

Located in Atlanta, GA

I like to use familial subjects...There is an aspect of a personal chronicle to my work in that it contains my family and the places in which we find ourselves; but in regard to the ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Fall (Color) by David Yarrow - train

The Fall (Color) by David Yarrow - train

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

The wide range of colors in the frame elevates the photograph and I think it’s as powerful as we could ever have hoped for.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Love from the distance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Love from the distance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Diana Rosa

Located in Yardley, PA

I appreciate the human form and the emotions within, so I explore acrylic mediums to convey the limitless individuality the human form embodies. I think of my drawings as portraits o...

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)
Aria in the area (Abstract painting)

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

Gordon is interested in the visual conversation between colours, shapes and lines, looking for the tension between the shape and the grid. He thinks of the shapes, adjoining shapes...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beau Simmons - The Cowboy, Photography 2025, Printed After
Beau Simmons - The Cowboy, Photography 2025, Printed After

Beau Simmons - The Cowboy, Photography 2025, Printed After

By Beau Simmons

Located in Greenwich, CT

Let's be real, riding horses, roping cattle, and living off the land is one of the coolest things I can think of. It's a selfless lifestyle that not many of us are cut out for.

Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Entrance to The Holy Sepulchre – Title Vignette

Entrance to The Holy Sepulchre – Title Vignette

By David Roberts

Located in London, GB

Roberts's visit, this court was used as a bazaar, and was crowded with pilgrims and merchants. He thinks that the building must have been extremely beautiful previous to the fire of ...

Category

1840s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Lithograph

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)
Aria in the area (Abstract painting)

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)

By Dana Gordon

Located in London, GB

Gordon is interested in the visual conversation between colours, shapes and lines, looking for the tension between the shape and the grid. He thinks of the shapes, adjoining shapes...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Aquatint of The Distribution of Wine on the Morning of St.Louis, c.1822
Antique Aquatint of The Distribution of Wine on the Morning of St.Louis, c.1822

Antique Aquatint of The Distribution of Wine on the Morning of St.Louis, c.1822

Located in Langweer, NL

The author rejects this practice: "The French prefects seem to think, that because the Roman Ediles distributed bread, it is their duty to continue this traditional beneficence of th...

Category

Antique 1820s Prints

Materials

Paper

First, the fish must be caught

First, the fish must be caught

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

“To me, the images work on two levels: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that the objects are obviously symbolic, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"In the Andalusian Desert" Oil Painting

"In the Andalusian Desert" Oil Painting

By Ulrich Gleiter

Located in Denver, CO

Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles and beautiful things may have happened there.

Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Reflecting, reflecting on the lake, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Reflecting, reflecting on the lake, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Reflecting, reflecting on the lake, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Gary Westall

Located in Yardley, PA

When I took the photo, I had the opportunity to think about the years ahead. How long I wanted to work in my main job and when I would be able to fully pursue my passion for painting.

Category

2010s Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Tipping the Scales, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Tipping the Scales, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Amy Bernays

Located in Yardley, PA

a little tipping the scales I think. The instincts of little boys and politicians alike :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The White Lady (B&W) by David Yarrow
The White Lady (B&W) by David Yarrow

The White Lady (B&W) by David Yarrow

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

It was luck really, but I think we leveraged what we were given and that ultimately is the acid test.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

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