Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Christopher Rainham has always been inspired by the natural world and more specifically an experience of the natural world. He is inspired by the way flora and fauna are woven into language, the explanations of things, stories and beliefs. Animals and flowers and birds have their own symbolism. They are the characters in myths, some of the players in religious writings, metaphors for things that we can’t explain. The birds in his paintings are the motif of his design, the objects of his composition and an element of his pattern. Christopher is interested in the way that society interacts with the wild and not so wild things around it, the effect that we have on the environment and the living things that rely on it to survive. His responses may represent an image conjured by a text or a feeling found between the lines of the story or even disparate pieces of the story, his own knowledge and other beliefs all rolled into one. Christopher loves to work with paint, what it does, how it feels, smells, how in painting and drawing materials change and adapt, try and become something else in becoming a painting. All his work starts out with drawing, usually directly onto a primed canvas or board. He makes stencils of elements to be repeated or uses a digital projector to play with scale.Then he covers the whole surface with a range of earth colours, brown, ochre, blue or grey. At this point, Christopher starts to develop each element trying to create the colours that he wants. Often he needs to ‘knock back’ a painting by applying a wash of colour over the existing image. He then begins to develop his picture again. This gives him the freedom to play with the depth in an image. It also brings flexibility to the edges of objects in the picture plane, light, shade and modelling. Christopher finds starting a painting or drawing to be exhilarating, full of promise and possibilities. He is never daunted by the fear of the white sheet of paper or blank canvas. He has sometimes thought about offering his services to other artists as ‘Picture Starter’. Christopher enjoyed his work in education because it gave him the opportunity to generate new ideas in the minds of others. Many more ideas for paintings come and go. They are left somewhere between the supermarket car park and the studio door. The exchange of thought through his painting is what inspires Christopher to communicate. Defining the point when this should end and a picture becomes ‘finished’, that is the bit that he finds more difficult. I wonder if anyone offers that as a service to creatives? ‘Picture Finisher’!

Artist: Christopher Rainham

Christopher RainhamSheerness Beach - contemporary illustrative abstract nature pebbles painting, 2020

$2,564

Sheerness Beach - contemporary illustrative abstract nature pebbles painting

By Christopher Rainham

Located in London, GB

Christopher loves to work with paint, what it does, how it feels, smells, how in painting and drawing materials change and adapt, try and become something else in becoming a painting...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiTrees 4 June 11:38 - Modern Nature Painting, Landscape, Forest, Contemplativ, 2015

$3,043

H 28.75 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Trees 4 June 11:38 - Modern Nature Painting, Landscape, Forest, Contemplativ

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiTrees 18 January 11:26, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Forest, 2016

$3,034

H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Trees 18 January 11:26, Contemporary Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Forest

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Marilina Marchica"White Landscape" l Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art by Marilina Marchica, 2019

$1,744

H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in

"White Landscape" l Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art by Marilina Marchica

By Marilina Marchica

Located in Agrigento, AG

White Landscape mixed media on canvas 50x50 cm 2019 original Artwork Ready to Hang My painting tells of the relationship between man, nature and time, the landscape, the sign a...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

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Enamel

Robert MotelskiLight 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View, 2016

$3,043

H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Light 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiLight 09 March 14:51 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Sea, Water, 2019

$995

H 11.82 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in

Light 09 March 14:51 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Sea, Water

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Aron HillShaded Archway with Earth and Red - bold, colorful, abstract, acrylic on canvas, 2022

$5,800

H 60 in W 60 in

Shaded Archway with Earth and Red - bold, colorful, abstract, acrylic on canvas

By Aron Hill

Located in Bloomfield, ON

Calgary’s Aron Hill creates unique, pop art Inspired by the dynamic form and colour of abstract artists like Jack Bush. This piece in acrylic and ink on canvas combines architectural...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Tomasz PrymonUntitled 12 - Contemporary Abstract and Colorful Painting, Conceptual Art, 2019

$1,638

H 25.6 in W 19.69 in D 0.79 in

Untitled 12 - Contemporary Abstract and Colorful Painting, Conceptual Art

By Tomasz Prymon

Located in Salzburg, AT

About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings: ”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Anna ŁadeckaRoad - Modern Landscape and Mountains Painting, Abstract, Joyful, Colorful, 2014

$1,990

H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in

Road - Modern Landscape and Mountains Painting, Abstract, Joyful, Colorful

By Anna Ładecka

Located in Salzburg, AT

Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithogr...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiLight 18 December 15:44 - Contemporary Expressive Forest Landscape Painting, 2022

$3,043

H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Light 18 December 15:44 - Contemporary Expressive Forest Landscape Painting

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiLight 21 September 16:21 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Water, 2023

$1,756

H 23.63 in W 31.89 in D 0.79 in

Light 21 September 16:21 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Water

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Robert MotelskiJetty 16 February 09:43, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, 2017

$2,926

H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in

Jetty 16 February 09:43, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract

By Robert Motelski

Located in Salzburg, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Bogumił KsiążekReconstruction of the Wanda Mound - Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nature, 2020

$2,859

H 21.66 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in

Reconstruction of the Wanda Mound - Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nature

By Bogumił Książek

Located in Salzburg, AT

Series: Departure of Mounds Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worked in Florence...

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2010s Contemporary Christopher Rainham Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

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