Mary Lou Siefker Art

In 'Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, 1974,' Pinajian created a colorful and abstract representation of the Woodstock mountains using oil painting techniques. This work is one of his ear...

Mid-century modern abstract 3-D painting by Denver modernist Angelo Di Benedetto (1913-1992), circa 1950, the shaped 3-dimensional canvas is painted with black on black with acrylic paint. Created to be hung as a mobile, the work is finished on both sides. Measures 22 3⁄4 inches in diameter x 9 inches in depth. About the Artist: Born New Jersey 1913 Died Central City, CO 1992 The son of Italian immigrants from the Salerno province in southern Italy, as a teenager Di Benedetto worked to study at the Cooper Union Art School in New York City (1930-34) from which he graduated with a certificate in freehand drawing. He won a scholarship to the Boston Museum Art School where he studied for three years, beginning in 1934. In 1937, he entered his first juried exhibition at the Montclair Museum in New Jersey, winning first prize and first honorable mention. In December 1938, the Royal Netherlands Steamship Line sent him on a two-month ethnological study trip to Haiti, his first exposure to a different environment outside the United States. In 1940, his Haitian paintings were exhibited at the Montross Gallery in New York – his first solo show. Before World War II, Di Benedetto traveled extensively around the United States doing regional paintings. During the war in 1941, Di Benedetto volunteered for a secret mission based in Eritrea, Africa before the Allied invasion. Following Africa, he served as an orientation officer and aerial photographic officer in the District of Columbia. In 1945 he was assigned to a mapping unit at Buckley Airfield in Denver where he served until his discharge in 1946. Like many other servicemen stationed at the time in Colorado, Di Benedetto chose to remain in Colorado, impressed by the state’s physical grandeur and healthful climate. He settled in the old mining town of Central City in 1947. In 1949 Di Benedetto and his wife, ceramist Lee Porzio, opened the Benpro Art School in his studio where he conducted summer art classes. In 1950, Di Benedetto teamed up with Frank Vavra...

Artist signed lower right Koko.

Signed lower right,

Signed lower left and dated lower right. Acrylic on paper.

AbEx Grid No. 29, from the Bank Street Series. acrylic on paper, signed lower center. This work is published the Bertschmann Immersed in Perpetual States of Discovery book, page 42.

Oil on paper. Signed lower left Bertschmann.

Acrylic and canvas collage on canvas by 20th century artist Margo Hoff (1910-2008). An abstract geometric painting in Margo's signature style of canvas collage, laying bits of canva...

'Duet', acrylic, crayon and paper collage on canvas painting by Margo Hoff (1910-2008) from 1960-70. Painted in colors of pink, blue, purple, and gray. Presented as a wrapped canvas ...

Artist certificate of authenticity available. With each piece of art that Serj creates, he also composes an accompanying piece of music that is as integral to his artistic expression as the paint on the canvas. The embedded music along with additional content is unlocked and accessed via Arloopa, a free mobile application for IOS and Android devices that he envisioned and helped develop. "My music always has been nonconformist and challenging – and revolting at times. I paint the same way. I don't look at what people do, I don't paint within the parameters. I do what my intuition tells me to do. When I’m painting, I am free as an artist. My hands go where they're supposed to go, I don't know what I’m doing. But I never knew what I was doing as a musician either, I just created and was confident in the fact that it is coming from a good place. "I’m still in the phase where I’m surprised by the output. I am lost in this exploratory, beautiful, colorful world and I am grateful.” - Serj Tankian

Koko’s musician series is part of his background as a classically trained musician. His love of classical music inspired a series of original paintings exploring the movement of mus...

Acrylic on canvas. Artist certificate of authenticity comes with the painting. With each piece of art that Serj creates, he also composes an accompanying piece of music that is as i...