Craig Moran Paintings

A drawing of a pile of crumpled clothing inspired this painting. When it came time to create the painting, I was driven by a desire to conjure a visually challenging image from banal...

There is no space here. Uncertain geometry makes things disappear. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...

It has makings of A jigsaw feel. And the shapes Are anonymous. :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

After the fall of stars there will be thorns, things that bleed, a geometry of flesh, lucid, even. A departure. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an...

Fine Mess 22.0 x 30.0 x 1.25, 5.0 lbs Oil Paint on canvas Hand signed by artist Description: An original oil painting by Craig Moran. This Abstract Expressionist style painting us...

In the red dawn, it Boasts luminous colors and Manifold bodies :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Read...

The center expands, Revealing more terrains of Unknown vibrations :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

You, hypnotized by Unearthly yellows, reds and A concentric eye :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

A song of disappearances skips into infinity that can be measured only once. As the delicate roar of ghosts expands geometrically, there is an invisible hush, like a kiss ...

This piece is a second version of an earlier painting (also available on Zatista). I completed it while doing my artist residency at Palette 22 Restaurant. What is special to me abou...

The sun is a moon, and it's quite clear that everyone is in good company, even though they've been rearranged into unrecognizable fantasies. :: Painting :: Abstract Expression...

It sat alone in the dark, with one grin comprising three rows of teeth. It was resplendent in its garb of red, white, yellow and blue. Its posterior resembled wood grain. :: Painti...

I shredded pieces of colored tissue paper, threw the pieces onto a piece of paper, and photographed the results. I then manipulated the image using an image-editing software, distort...

A collage comprising cut-up pieces of a graphite sketch inspired this painting on masonite. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...

Side hustle of a Wild thing on the run whistling Colors mad as dirt. Note: This painting is not framed. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an officia...

This piece was based on a collage composed of cut-up photographs of graffiti and paintings. Acrylic paint on linen. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official cert...

In the heart of it they push against everything even the blurred dream whispering within. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate o...

Devil's casino. Bright, lusty jackpot colors. Rivulets, circles :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Peculiar tree. Fur, saw blade teeth. Shadows make Creatures in the sky. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the arti...

Twilight of broken Ghosts under pale blue moon. Strange Signs in barren earth. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...

Color enigma. Misplaced teeth. Orange creatures Dance in the cold blue. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...

Standing still, silent. In anonymous desert. Shadows, crawling eye. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

Delicate mystiques. Connected, disconnected. Ghosts float in thin air. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Crying fish, crescent Moon under yellow arc. Strange Toys, jigsaw pieces. Note: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an ...

A sandpaper feel. Empty mouth, squat body of Strange intersections. Note: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ...

A circus of sorts Anonymous performers Reaching for the sky :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready...

Do not disturb the tiny giants trapped inside, forever curious about their nightmares. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity si...

This painting was based on a small graphite sketch. The colors and lines were not present in the drawing. I used lines to convey a sense of motion and life. :: Painting :: Abstract ...

Embarcadero is one of the twenty-odd pieces I did while participating in Palette 22 Restaurant's artist-in-residence program, and borrows elements from my oeuvre, including Painting ...

This painting started out as several abstract figures against a red background. Dissatisfied with the result, I grabbed a tube of Mars black paint and a brush, and wiped out half the...

This painting was based on a series of collages. I started with one piece consisting of several cutouts placed randomly on a single piece of paper. I photographed it, removed one of...

This painting is based on a collage of cut-up photocopies of past works. I had a lot of fun creating this painting, as each time I set out to work on it, I always saw something new i...

This painting is the first of a series of paintings I did over a 90-day artist-in-residence program at the Palette 22 restaurant in Shirlington, Virginia. This piece is based on a co...

I printed copies of some of my old paintings, cut shapes out of the printouts, and spread them out at random across a large piece of paper. I repeated this process several times, pho...

This painting is one of several I completed while participating in Palette 22 restaurant's artist-in-residence program. A collage of three bird-like figures inspired this painting. M...

A number of sources inspired this painting, including scribbles, distortions of images from past paintings, and graffiti from a building in downtown Oslo. What I love about this pain...

This painting was based on one of many graphite sketches I completed over the period of two months. The piece is special to me because it has a sculptural feel to it, much different ...

I don’t know what You are, or where you came from, But I like your style. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...

You are at the end Of it all. Within the void Gold, brown, blue and white. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ar...

Slab with single dark Eye. Red-hearted robot struts Desert of shadows. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ...

The land of nowhere. Waiting, flying, and dancing, They cast no shadows. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Smiling jigsaw man, Flying creatures and severed Heads in endless blue. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...

Orange creature is Ready to eat small creatures Rising toward it. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...

It rests in expanse Of sunflower yellow. Blue Iris, purple arch. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

Lone figure crying In empty gray, with big pink Feet and orange legs. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ...

Ice blue, warm yellow. A stack of irregular Shapes on tiny wheels. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...

Yellow sun shines on Disfigurements that drift or Rest on placid earth. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the arti...

Swivel, turn, unfold. Illuminate the water, and reverberate. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the art...

The faceless drifter With warped surprises treads an Empty paradise. Note: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official...

A dream sliced open. Sunset in brown sky. Slivers, A cool blue nothing. Note: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an offi...

Yellow siren sprouts Rubbery pink leg. Toothless Mouths, metallic sky. The painting's surface is masonite. This painting is not framed. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :...

A solitary Patchwork of blue, brown and pink. Impossibly dreamed. NotE: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ce...

What stories they could tell, to no one, from their graveyard of abandoned dreams. Looking at nothing, where nothing sits still. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This pi...

Ephemeral dreams of stone, a tumult of the heart, sharp-edged, nothing more. Even the lives of shadows have something to say. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece ...

Random cutouts of a printed copy of one of my paintings (Big Bang) inspired the two figures in this composition. What I love most about this piece are the individual figures that mak...

This is one of a series of paintings in which I explored the process of painting in reverse. I painted the image on one side of a sheet of plexiglass. The image that's visible to the...

This painting was based on a small graphite sketch. The colors and lines were not present in the drawing. I used lines to convey a sense of motion and life. :: Painting :: Modern ::...

This is based on a series of black-and-white graphite sketches I did over the course of three months. The colors and lines did not exist in the sketches, and I did not plan ahead whe...

Night washes away Colors. Subterranean Feel, endless wonder. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...