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Curtis Ripley Art

American, b. 1949
Curtis Ripley is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1949. A graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Curtis Ripley, a Mar Vista artist, moved to the west coast in 1985.
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Artist: Curtis Ripley
Ipanema
Ipanema

Ipanema

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Evening Symphony

Evening Symphony

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

This April
This April

This April

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Gloaming
The Gloaming

The Gloaming

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Summer Evening
A Summer Evening

A Summer Evening

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dreaming in Color

Dreaming in Color

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. His work synthesizes thes...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. His work synthesizes thes...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mexican Night
Mexican Night

Mexican Night

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

In Ripley’s paintings, glimmers of paint flicker and flare across darkened grounds, activating the surface with a sense of movement and light. Gestural curls and swirls interact with...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blues of Evening
Blues of Evening

Blues of Evening

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alfonso

Alfonso

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Chromesthesia is a neurological phenomenon experienced in the synthesis of binary sensorial modalities (synesthesia) where sound and color converge into a joint perception. In his pa...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

Here and Gone
Here and Gone

Here and Gone

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

Free Verse

Free Verse

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

Zola

Zola

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Chromesthesia is a neurological phenomenon experienced in the synthesis of binary sensorial modalities (synesthesia) where sound and color converge into a joint perception. In his pa...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lorenzo

Lorenzo

By Curtis Ripley

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Chromesthesia is a neurological phenomenon experienced in the synthesis of binary sensorial modalities (synesthesia) where sound and color converge into a joint perception. In his pa...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Curtis Ripley Art

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Canvas, Oil

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Vintage Large Oil Painting Study for Diptych Abstract Modernist Vessel and Tree

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Curtis Ripley (American, born 1949). Expressionist figurative abstract oil painting on paper. Titled "Study For A Diptych". Artist signature upper right and lower left. Good overall condition with normal storage wear to frame. Provenance: Joy Moos Gallery. Bears their label verso. Measures approximately 30 in. x 42 in. (image), 33 in. x 45 in framed. Born: Lubbock, Texas, 1949. Lives and works in Los Angeles Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison, MFA 1975, Texas Tech University, BFA 1971, University of the Americas, Mexico D.F. 1969 Teaching: Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (w/tenure) 1977-85 Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1975-77 Awards: Juror's Award, Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg, 1983 National Endowment for the Arts, Artists Fellowship, 1979 His new works are musically inspired, atmospheric paintings that are influenced by poetry and jazz music. and bears the influence of both abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock as well as Wassily Kandinsky and the light and movement art. He has shown with Peter Lodato. Curtis Ripley was born in Lubbock, Texas. He attented the University of the Americas, México D.F. in 1969; Texas Tech University, earing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1971; and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975. Ripley served as a lecturer in 1975 at the Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison; an Assistant Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana from 1975 to 1977; an Associate Professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia from 1977 to 1985; an Associate Professor at California State University, San Bernardino from 1985 to 1986; and a lecturer at California State University, Long Beach from 1986 to 1987. His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship, 1979, and Juror’s Award, Zeichnung Heute, Kunsthalle, Nurnberg in 1983. He has had numerous one-person shows throughout the United States, has participated in a wide-variety of group exhibitions, and has works in several collections such as those of the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, California; Chemical Bank, New York City; Yokohama Royal Park Hotel, Japan; MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada; and The Ambassador Hotel, Taipei. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Selected One Person Exhibitions: William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, A Poem About Breathing--Recent Paintings Susan Street Fine Arts, Solana Beach, CA, Invocation--/Recent Paintings William Turner Gallery, Santa Monica, Here and Now--Recent Paintings Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, Changing Light--Paintings and Works on Paper Melissa Morgan...

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Curtis RipleyNightfall #9, 2017

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Curtis RipleyA Poem About Light, 2017

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

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June Morning
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June Morning

By Curtis Ripley

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Curtis Ripley’s newest abstractions are sublime musings on expression itself. Concerned with capturing those phenomena which are most difficult to describe with words, Ripley’s paint...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

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Light of Day
Light of Day

Curtis RipleyLight of Day, 2016

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By Curtis Ripley

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Curtis Ripley’s newest abstractions are sublime musings on expression itself. Concerned with capturing those phenomena which are most difficult to describe with words, Ripley’s paint...

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2010s Abstract Curtis Ripley Art

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Find a wide variety of authentic Curtis Ripley art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, orange, green and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Curtis Ripley in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Curtis Ripley art, so small editions measuring 15 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Bernd Haussmann, Charles Eckart, and Dmitri Wright. Curtis Ripley art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $900 and tops out at $15,500, while the average work can sell for $12,500.