Fred Otnes Wall Decorations

Abstract mixed media painting on panel titled "Pacific #2" by Margaret Ash, circa 1950s. Retains label from Esther Bear Gallery in Santa Barbara, California.

Layers of paper and paint make this artwork stand out on it's own. Unsigned.

Excellent example of a large oil on canvas abstraction by Fred Hocks from 1957. This painting was included in the 1976 retrospective at the Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego which later became the San Diego Museum of Art. No painter embodies San Diego’s early avant-garde more than Fred (Ferdinand) Hocks, a German-born painter who began visiting San Diego in the late 1920s after studies at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco and the Art Students League in New York. Fellow painter Dan Dickey credited Hocks in 1947 with “opening up pathways for future, more enlightened generations (of artists),” and predicted that Fred Hocks would be “esteemed a master.” During the post-war years Hocks was assistant director of the San Diego School of Arts and Crafts, a private art school in La Jolla, and was instrumental in keeping affordable artist’s studios in Spanish Village. Along with modern architect Lloyd Ruocco, Fred Hocks co-founded the dynamic Allied Artists Council with Belle Baranceanu, Everett Gee Jackson, Dan Dickey and John Olsen. The well-travelled Hocks exhibited in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Paris, Mallorca and Guadalajara, had several one-person shows at the Art Center La Jolla/La Jolla Museum of Art and at the Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA). The San Diego Museum of Art held a major retrospective of his painting in 1976, just a few years before his death. He brought a continental element to the local art scene and is described in Bruce Kamerling’s 100 Years of Art in San Diego as “one of the most adventurous local artists…an intelligent and articulate defender of modern tendencies in art.” Local arts and architecture writer James Britton called Fred Hocks “the dean of the San Diego moderns...

Japan Abstract paintings Mixed media by S. Junichi, 2000s Fantastic and real decorative mixed media abstract painting on white canvas. This incredible painting is perfect in a moder...

Robert Natkin acrylic painting on canvas with paper feather's and mixed-media.

Large torn paper painting/collage similar to Arthur Secunda. Each color has been painted and torn then reconstructed to create a beautiful collage. Vibrant color and rich texture.

A very decorative work of art by listed artist, Jo Patch. Jo Patch born in Opprebais on January 13, 1937. He was active in Belgium primarily although many of his works were exhibit...

This 160 cm by 160 cm mixed-media large-scale painting is a piece by Jewish-Mexican painter, Alex Lazard. Lazard plays with the material load that he uses in this piece. Using asp...

This ceiling to floor large-scale painting is an intimate portrait of Lazard's workspace and creativity. "That is how I spend my time all the time," says Lazard. Part of the genius o...

This work is signed, dated and titled "PLUM 2010 Nighttime in Roppongi” verso of the canvas and signed PLUM on recto; canvas size 36" high x 30” wide x .75" profile. Andrew Plum was ...

Contemporary painting made by the artist Bomberbax from 2021. The painting is made with mixed media on canvas and newspaper applications inspired by the vintage circus world. Iconogr...

This Cubist Mixed Media Framed Painting on Board, believed to originate from the 1930s to 1950s, is a captivating enigma of the art world. Although unsigned, its style strongly reson...