Ant Pearce Paintings

Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper Watercolor and charcoal painting of a nude reclining woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician and San Francisco artist Katherin...

Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine Abstract expressionist watercolor and charcoal painting depicting a nude woman lounging by acclaimed bluegra...

Jack Hooper "Green Nude 2" c. 1980s Acrylic paint on magazine page 9"x11.5", black wood gallery frame float mount 11"x14" Signed in pencil lower right Hooper's distinctive approach to artistry is exemplified by his ingenious use of acrylic paint on a magazine page, where elements of the original page subtly peek through the layers of vibrant color. This technique adds an intriguing depth to the composition, blurring the boundaries between reality and abstraction. Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1928 - January 24, 2014) was an American painter, muralist, sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Hooper was a major figure on the Southern California art scene, belonging to that generation of Los Angeles painters...

Danny Avidan’s paintings explore the tension between form and formlessness, using it as a way to reflect on the body and the creative process. His expressive gestures continuously at...

This piece titled "In the Air" is an original artwork by Keith Warren Greiman is made of flashe, acrylic paint, gouache, and graphite on paper. This piece measures 19”h x 26.5”w, i...

'The Power of Words', oil on board, Berlin School, (circa 1950s-1970s). A thoroughly modern depiction clearly in the style of Italian Futurist, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960). Futurism...

This contemporary abstract expressionist painting depicting four women in dance was created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot and this piece makes part of her ongoing series dedi...

Violin Serenade - Blue Grass in the Nude Acrylic Abstract Expressionist on Paper A nude reclining in an emerald green chair gives an interesting o...

G. Debotoiyche, Nude Study, 1923 This masterful carbon pencil drawing by Russian artist G. Debotoiyche exemplifies the stripped-down elegance of early 20th-century modernist draftsm...

This abstract expressionist painting, "Silhouette of Light" by the French artist Natalya Mougenot, captures the ethereal essence of the human form through bold color and movement. Th...

As is generally the case with my paintings, this work proceeded from a place of unknowing. The specificity of imagery and technique belie the non-specific character of the ideas and narratives presented. The imagery is not tied to any pre-existent source (textual or other). It is not preconceived by the artist, rather it is produced spontaneously in the process of painting. That said, it seems both easy and sensible to connect the imagery in this painting to common cultural material, especially that from very ancient sources. The central figure is very much like a totemic Neolithic goddess- the sort of which seem to be among the most ancient artistic works, examples are extant from eras stretching back tens of thousands of years. A lot has been written about figures of that kind but of course no one can reasonably claim to truly understand them. Here the great goddess appears with wings and entwined serpents. Crowned also with a glowing orb she has become an emblem of a matristic hermetica. The smaller figure may be less evidently archetypical. She is a younger goddess, a daughter like Persephone to Demeter. She lifts the breasts of her mother signifying perhaps how the presence of the child evokes the nurturing qualities of the mother or how Persephone’s seasonal ascent from the underworld awakens in her mother the impulse to again give life to the world. The cluster of gynomorphic figures contained by the crescent moon at the center of the painting refer to the balanced transformations of the lunar cycle and their mysteriously harmonic physical manifestation in the vital cycles of a woman’s body. At their axis is the cycloptical abdomen of the figure enthroned on the moon. The entire totem rises from a terrestrial gateway into an open landscape. In the background megaliths obscure the horizon. They represent a first boundary in time- the beginning of history. Below is the gateway, the opening to an inner earth...

Neo-Expressionist painting depicts a young woman in luminous light. Encaustic on canvas, 13 x 15 inches. Unsigned. Minor paint loss along right edge.