David Sorensen sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction — wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour.
Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson, Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt. Shadbolt, who in turn had studied Hans Hoffman, invited American art critic Clement Greenberg to the school to discuss abstraction, including the work of Rothko, Pollock and Kline. These influences helped shape Sorensen’s painterly approach to non-figurative art. In 1964, the artist moved to Montreal, where he held teaching positions at the Montreal Museum School of Art, the Saidye Bronfman Centre and later, Bishop’s University. Over his long career, Sorensen exhibited in Switzerland, France, Italy, Japan, China, the U.S. and across Canada.
In 2005, the Musée du Bas Saint-Laurent in Riviere-du-Loup, QC curated a 45-year retrospective of the artist’s work. In 1996, Sorensen was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. His work is held in private, corporate and public collections, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton and more.
(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
Solar Series: Yellow - contemporary, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting was created by a prominent Canadian artist. Inspired by colors warmed by the intense sunlight of Cuba, David Sorensen, considered to be one of Ca...
Canvas, Oil
$27,900
Pre-Columbian Series: Tut (Yellow) - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a bright yellow palette. David Sorensen was drawn to the rich and vibrant colours of Mexico. Celebrated as an importa...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Over Yellow #2 - bold, colourful, modern, abstract, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
David Sorensen’s brightly coloured abstract work is visually arresting, fresh and modern. The venerated Canadian artist was initially inspired by the vivid palette of Mexico where he...
Canvas, Oil
Quetzal Earth - Abstract Painting, Textured Oil on Canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting is by David Sorensen. A Canadian treasure, David Sorensen pursued his own vision of abstract expressionism for decades. He was known for his lyri...
Canvas, Oil
$38,000
Triptych - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, tryptic oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly bands of bright lemon, aqua, white and verdant green point to beach, sand and sky in this modernist triptych by David Sorensen. Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour. Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson...
Canvas, Oil
$42,000
Gaze Big Green - large, colorful, geometric abstract, contemporary oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Geometric passages in painterly red-orange frame a central green field in this bold abstract painting by David Sorensen. Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour. Born in Vancouver, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur...
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
Havana No 4, Yellow - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A vibrant culture is captured in colour and dynamic form in this lively abstract painting by David Sorensen. After visiting Cuba in 1999, the Canadian artist created a series of paintings. The light, the bright colours and the rich atmosphere of life in Havana inspired Sorensen’s colour palette—a brilliant square of yellow in the center, surrounded by graphic shapes in red, orange, lime green, blue and black. Lines of blue and black create a grid-like pattern that runs both horizontally and vertically across the canvas. “Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
Havana No 6, Red - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this colourful abstract painting by David Sorensen, bright red draws the viewer’s eye. The Canadian artist completed a series of oils after visiting Havana, Cuba in 1999. The Havana series was created using a spatula and paintbrush. The result is highly textured pieces rendered in vivid colours—graphic shapes of lime green, orange, indigo and brown. A grid-like pattern of thick vertical and horizontal lines adds visual drama and contrast. “To me, there is still this celebration worth the paint. And it’s about an open door that the artist used to call muse.” David Sorensen Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur...
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
Havana No 5, Blue - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
When David Sorensen visited Havana, Cuba in 1999 he was captivated by the rich textural atmosphere of the city. Using a spatula and paintbrush he created a series of abstract paintings in bright colours and graphic form. No 5 features a sky-blue square in the center, laid over a field of similar shapes in various sizes. Thick lines that run both vertically and horizontally across the canvas add drama. The colour palette—orange, yellow, red, and indigo is both joyful and intense. “Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Canvas, Oil
$27,900
Solar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - blue, red, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
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 sculptor, a natural path from his education as an architect. When he began painting, Sorensen was fascinated by the interaction of light with its environment and was drawn to the work of color field painters as early as the 1950s. In his own work, he embraced abstraction as a form and in this series the concept of a central square from which lines of varying widths—both vertical and horizontal emanate. The color palette is bold and rich—cranberry red, deep blue, sienna, brown, and white. The brushstrokes are expressive and lend a natural movement to the painting. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. Auver is in France; famous as a place where Vincent Van Gogh...
Canvas, Oil
Quetzal Air - Abstract Painting, Textured Blue and Yellow
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting is by David Sorensen. A Canadian treasure, David Sorensen pursued his own vision of abstract expressionism for decades. He was known for his lyri...
Canvas, Oil
Mondrian and Beyond - No.2 Blue: Abstract Oil Painting, 2000s
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract oil painting in blue is one of David Sorensen's Mondrian series. Canadian artist David Sorensen is celebrated for the distinctive visual language he creat...
Canvas, Oil
Mondrian and Beyond No.1, Yellow - Abstract Oil Painting
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract oil painting in yellow is one of David Sorensen's Mondrian series. The title of this work is an homage to one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, ...
Canvas, Oil
$27,900
Blue Green (Center Lines) - abstract, contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This is a gorgeous David Sorensen painting; one of the desirable ‘Horizon’ series painted in the early 2000s. The palette is rich and warm. The gestural brushstrokes reveal subtle la...
Canvas, Oil
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
Horizon Series: Mauve Brown Sky - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract oil painting by David Sorensen is one of his Horizon series. An important contemporary Canadian artist, David Sorensen’s impressive body of work spanned decades. Influ...
Canvas, Oil
$375,000
H 97 in W 12.375 in D 12.375 in
Untitled: (Totem Pole) - Abstract Sculpture, c. 1960
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A major figure in both the Abstract Expressionist and American Figurative Expressionist movements of the 1940s and 1950s, Elaine de Kooning's prolific output defied singular categorization. Her versatile styles explored the spectrum of realism to abstraction, resulting in a career characterized by intense expression and artistic boundary-pushing. A striking example of de Kooning's explosive creativity is Untitled (Totem Pole...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Two , 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Two , 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$15,000
H 72 in W 60 in D 2 in
Forth One - Contemporary Pink Yellow Green Geometric Abstract Painting, 2022
By Rebekah Andrade
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on canvas, Rebekah Andrade explores the intricate language of abstract painting, navigating through the diverse realms of expr...
Canvas, Oil
$525
H 5 in W 7 in D 0.75 in
Wallflower - 5"x7", Green, Pink, Black, White, Floral Abstract Painting
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
In this small and delicate painting, the combination of paint, pastel and paper collage, create a strong, abstracted composition. Pink and black pop from a vibrant background of inte...
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Oil Pastel, Oil, Magazine Paper
$1,650Sale Price|25% Off
H 43.31 in W 31.5 in
Upward movement, 110x80cm, acrylic on canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Upward movement, 110x80cm
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,125Sale Price|25% Off
H 39.38 in W 59.06 in
Protoform, 100x150 cm, oil, acrylic, canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
100x150см
Canvas, Oil
$1,678Sale Price|20% Off
H 37.41 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
Composition 7777, 2018., 95x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Composition 7777, 2018., 95x100 cm Abstract composition. Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani...
Canvas, Oil
$3,753
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.75 in
Red, Purple & Yellow Abstract Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon in Arizona USA
By Katarzyna Szulc
Located in Preston, GB
Red, Purple & Yellow Abstract Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon in Arizona USA by Polish Artist Katarzyna Szulc. This original oil painting is part of an inspired body of work b...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$5,093
H 47.2 in W 47.2 in D 1.75 in
Very Large Square Red & Black Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon Arizona USA
By Katarzyna Szulc
Located in Preston, GB
Very Large Red & Black Modern Abstract Painting of Inside Antelope Canyon Arizona USA by Polish Artist, Katarzyna Szulc. This original oil painting is part of an inspired body of...
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,212Sale Price|25% Off
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in
Look back , 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
By Tatiana Levchenko
Located in Yerevan, AM
Look back , 100x100cm, acrylic, oil, canvas
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$2,850Sale Price|25% Off
H 31.5 in W 53.15 in
Bouquet of Flowers, 80x135 cm, oil on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Bouquet of Flowers, 80x135 cm, oil on canvas
Canvas, Oil
$120,000
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
'Masri' by Masri - Large Colorful Contemporary Abstract Self Portrait Painting
By Masri Hayssam
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri (Lebanese, born 1965) "Masri" 2023 Oil paint, Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting. Masri’s "Masri" is a striking ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Submersion, Dark Brown - Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting is by the iconic David Sorensen. Hailed as one of Canada's finest contemporary artists, David Sorensen pursued his singular vision for several de...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 32 in
Horizon Series: Hokasi Di-Stilled - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract oil painting by David Sorensen is one of his Horizon series. An important contemporary Canadian artist, David Sorensen’s impressive body of work spanned decades. Influ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 55.25 in W 53.5 in
Pre-Columbian Series: Uxmal (Verde) - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a green palette. An important Canadian artist David Sorensen first discovered colour field painting in the 1950’s. He...
Canvas, Oil
Fluctuating Screen - painting, abstract, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The ethereal abstract paintings of David Sorensen have been admired and collected the world over. The Canadian artist first discovered colour field painting in the 1950’s but over de...
Canvas, Oil
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H 70 in W 68 in
Amida - large, bright, colorful, yellow, abstract grid, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This gorgeous luminous abstract painting drenched in bright yellow is enhanced by a subtle melange of greens, orange, blue and rich brown. This is direct from the estate collection o...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 24 in
Kite - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, grid, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A celebration of bright, joyful colours, ‘Kite’ is an abstract painting by David Sorensen. The Canadian artist painted several pieces using the classic grid pattern. This oil on canvas is rendered in a fresh, vivid modern palette—a yellow grid with violet, orange, indigo, golden brown, forest and lime green. The colours are layered—not pure which adds both depth and dimension to each ‘frame’. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. “To me, there is still this celebration worth the paint. And it’s about an open door that the artist used to call muse.” David Sorensen Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Canvas, Oil
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H 39.5 in W 39.5 in
Blue Return - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A masterful colourist, this engaging abstract is by David Sorensen. The Canadian artist was known for his bright colour palette and dynamic form. This piece—rows of colour—orange, yellow, blue, golden brown, pale green and black overlap and play against a deep blue grid-like background. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of Quebec’s Jean-Paul Riopelle and American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. “To me there is still this celebration worth the paint. And it’s about an open door that the artist used to call muse.” David Sorensen Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
Canvas, Oil
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H 55.75 in W 39.5 in
Entry 3: Orange, Yellow, Green, Violet - bold, colourful, abstract oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A scaffold of dark violet gives structure to painterly hot orange and teal bands in this confident abstract canvas by David Sorensen. The curated strata of fresh colors points to an ocean horizon at sunrise. Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour. Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur...
Canvas, Oil
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H 54.5 in W 54.5 in
Entry 1: Green/Violet/Orange - large, bold, colourful, abstract oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” Textured bands of teal, burnt orange and dark violet hint at a framed horizon in this bold canvas. Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson...
Canvas, Oil
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H 60 in W 48 in
Gestural Field - large, bright, warm, lyrical, abstract oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly bands of light brown and gold, like a field of wheat, are interrupted by two thin lines of deep yellow and umber in this lyrical canvas by David Sorensen. Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour. Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson...
Canvas, Oil