Mexico City
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
A June Evening
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
$14,500
Mazatlan
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
The Tropicana
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Little Havana
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
LA Nocturne
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Evening Symphony #2
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Traveling Star
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Sonata #47
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Deep Forest Green
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Teach Me Tonight
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Morning Light
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Silver Springs
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Sonata #46
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
LA Nocturne #12
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
November Blues
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
Universal Night
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley’s practice occupies a space between the gestural immediacy of Abstract Expressionism and the immersive chromatic sensibility of Color Field painting. Ripley’s work synt...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
$389
H 22 in W 22 in
Mid Century American Southwestern Tiki Abstract Oil Painting Original Frame 1960
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare and funky 1960's oil painting of abstract forms that are reminiscent of southwestern rock formations.
Canvas, Oil
Figural Abstraction
Located in Astoria, NY
Ellen Hoffman (American, XX-XI), Untitled (Figural Abstraction), Oil on Canvas, 1978, partial signature "FMAN" and dated lower left, silvered wood frame. Image: 37.75" H x 23.5" W; ...
Canvas, Oil
"June". Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Phillip Alder
Located in Brecon, Powys
'June, Cartrefle'. oil on canvas 24" x 30". Inspired by an informal country garden that became neglected for a year and subsequently burst into an exuberant and uncontrolled celebra...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 40 in W 40 in
"Raven Haired Beauty" abstract depiction of a woman half underwater turned away
By Elizabeth Lennie
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 20 in W 16 in D 1 in
"Vogue, Vespa, Flowers" Figure with Chanel NYC Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$30,000
H 30 in W 27.25 in
"Red and Black" Nell Blaine, Modernist Female Artist, Red, Grey, Black, Abstract
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
Nell Blaine Red and Black, 1945 Signed and dated on canvas on reverse, signed on reverse of frame Oil on canvas 23 x 20 inches Provenance Estate of the Artist Tibor de Nagy Gallery...
Canvas, Oil
$46,000
H 72 in W 120 in
"Malibu" the layers of the sea, abstract painting inspired by California blues
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Chase Langford has created a distinctive visual language that is grounded in the natural and built environment while embarking into uncharted territory. His impactful depictions reca...
Canvas, Oil
$8,870
H 42.13 in W 42.13 in D 0.79 in
Mémoire en Équilibre, Large Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 107 cm
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French contemporary painter whose work explores abstraction through memory, architecture, and the silent presence of objects. Working primarily with oil on canvas,...
Canvas, Oil
$1,108
H 30.32 in W 26.58 in D 1.97 in
French Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Les Alliance au Crepuscule
Located in Cotignac, FR
French late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas by Abstrus. The painting is signed bottom right and signed titled and dated to the rear stretcher. Presented in a fine b...
Canvas, Oil
$13,200
H 64 in W 108 in
The Wooden Moat, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 2010s, Unframed
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Oil, Canvas
$27,900
H 55.25 in W 55.25 in
Solar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - Abstract Oil on Canvas, 2000s
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colorful abstract painting was created by the Canadian artist David Sorensen. One of Canada’s finest contemporary artists, David Sorensen actually began his art career as a sc...
Canvas, Oil
Charivari-chouette
Located in PARIS, FR
This powerful abstract composition by Micheke Destarac explores tension, movement, and balance through bold gestures and layered textures. Thick impasto strokes dominate the surface,...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
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...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 33 in W 45 in
Vintage Large Oil Painting Study for Diptych Abstract Modernist Vessel and Tree
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Paper, Oil
Sonata in Grey
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley's artistic approach embodies the essence of the American Abstract Expressionist movement, particularly in its rejection of figurative representation and emphasis on spo...
Canvas, Oil
April
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...
Canvas, Oil
Rio Blanco
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...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 33 in W 45 in
Vintage Large Oil Painting Study for Diptych Abstract Modernist Vessel and Tree
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Paper, Oil
July Morning
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...
Canvas, Oil
Flamenco
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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...
Canvas, Oil
At Last
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
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...
Canvas, Oil