Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts.
After high school Breuer attended what is now San Francisco Art Institute, where she studied under many notable artists, including Richard Diebenkorn, Clyfford Still, David Park, and Mark Rothko.
Breuer matured as an artist in, and was profoundly affected by, the era of Abstract Expressionism, focusing more on material and application than representation. By the late 1960s, she was pouring water-thinned washes of acrylic paint onto large, wet, stretched, vertical canvases. During an exhibition of those works, a San Francisco gallerist suggested that she head to New York, where abstraction, Minimalism, and Conceptual art were continuing to gain traction. Breuer listened to this advice and set out for New York with intentions of staying only one year — she stayed for eight.
In New York, Breuer began working with a palette knife, making direct, abstract marks with dark colors and with great density. She gained recognition as a significant painter during her time there. In 1984 Breuer moved to northern New Mexico, a landscape that influenced her use of color, light, and more minimal compositions.
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Line Up (7.23.83)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$4,942
H 10.24 in W 10.83 in D 10.04 in
Kora by Richard Perry - Geometric abstract sculpture, Carrara marble
By Richard Perry 1
Located in Paris, FR
Kora is a unique oil, acrylic and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 26 × 27.5 × 25.5 cm (10.2 × 10.8 × 10 in). The sculpture is si...
Marble
$2,600
H 24 in W 24 in D 1 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Blue Copper
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Blue Copper – 24" x 24” x 1” Wood, paint, lacquer on MDF- Wood, paint, wax on MDF Blue Copper is a discreet and elegant minimalist contemporary wall sculp...
Wax, Birch, Acrylic
$2,000
H 13.5 in W 13.5 in D 3 in
Puddle - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Beeswax Geode Sculpture, 2025
By Laura Moriarty
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary encaustic sculpture, colorful layers of pigmented beeswax suggest geological formations. Laura Moriarty is engaged in a visual dialogue that finds equilibrium b...
Wax, Encaustic
$850
H 3 in W 8 in D 9 in
Thufa Four - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Beeswax Sculpture, 2025
By Laura Moriarty
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary encaustic sculpture, colorful layers of pigmented beeswax suggest geological formations. Laura Moriarty is engaged in a visual dialogue that finds equilibrium b...
Wax, Encaustic
$1,000
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.75 in
Small Abstracted Color Field Painting -- Matchsticks
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted color field painting of matchsticks by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), circa 2000. Unsigned, but was acqui...
Glass, Plastic, Wood, Paper, Oil
Aperture 27
By Kevin Kegler
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind wooden board painting by wood artist Kevin Kegler.
Wax, Oil, Board
Homage to Kenneth Noland
Located in Washington, DC
Exceptional wood sculpture by Andrea De Zerega (1916-1990). Titled "Homage to Noland." Signed and dated 1968. Base is weighted for stability. Exhibit...
Wood, Acrylic
$105,000
H 168 in W 36 in D 36 in
Heartland V2 - tall, black, abstract patinated stainless steel outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
An imposing fourteen-foot tower of curved abstract shapes is fabricated from stainless steel in this new sculpture from Viktor Mitic. He is known for his colourful abstract paintings and sculptures that were inspired by paint drippings on his studio floor. This intriguing patinated piece in rich dark tones signals a departure for Mitic. “My goal with these is to showcase the universal human connection we are all a part of, and if I can make a statement while doing so, even better.” Viktor Mitic Serbian-born Viktor Mitic earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired...
Stainless Steel
$780Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 12 in
Carmen (Quadryptich Wood Panel Framed Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By Armand Delatour
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$3,400
H 28 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - King
By Scott Troxel
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with Suede Venetian paint, latex, birch, MDF & wax Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other A...
Wood, Paint, Latex, Birch, Wax
$3,500
H 33.25 in W 10 in D 14 in
"An Exact Record Of How It Happened", Green, Red, and White Sculpture
By Jedediah Morfit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This free-standing sculpture titled "An Exact Record Of How It Happened" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of plaster, paint, wax, thermoplastic, epoxy, wood, rope. This piece measures 33.25"h x 10"w x 14"d. BIO Jedediah Morfit received his MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2005, where he was awarded the Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship and the Award Of Excellence. He was a Fellow at the Center For Emerging Visual Artists from 2007-2009, and received a New Jersey Council On the Arts Fellowship for sculpture in 2009. He received the Louise Kahn Award for Sculpture from the Woodmere Art Museum in 2006, and was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for Bas Relief from the National Sculpture Society in 2011 and 2012. In 2013, he was commissioned to create a series of new work for Artlantic:Wonder, which was named one of the 50 best...
Wood, Plaster, Paint, Wax, Epoxy Glue, Found Objects
Wall Sculpture: 'Swoosh'
By Eileen Braun
Located in New York, NY
My art mirrors natural forms with biomorphic dystopian edges. In the viewer’s mind the shapes are familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cy...
Fabric, Paint, Mixed Media, Wax