Abstract painter Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic, a technique that incorporates heated beeswax and pigment. Considered an inheritor of Abstract Expressionism, David’s abstract work primarily centers on the use of a densely layered surface to facilitate a direct and immediate spiritual experience.
David often incorporates religious iconography and symbolism, art historical themes such as the nude, and contemporary politics into his paintings resulting in a critical dialogue between the layered abstraction of the surface and the integrated representational imagery. Alongside his work on canvas, David has developed a body of studio photography that recreates paintings by Caravaggio, Manet, and Mantegna, among others, in works that confront racism, homophobia, and sexism.
David also works in mixed media and environmental sculpture, still within the horizon of his abiding concerns for sociopolitical questioning through art-making. His work is included in the public collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Jewish Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Edward Albee Foundation and others.
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All Good Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes - Giant Tondo
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel
Sand & Sea
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Wood, Wax, Encaustic, Oil
All Good Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Oil
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H 48 in W 32 in D 1.75 in
Speedy Snoopy (Original Artwork On Wood Panel)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** ***EVERYTHING MUST GO BY DECEMBER 31ST!*** >>The artist is moving to a new full time venture in 2026<< _________...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$3,800
H 14 in W 15.5 in
Modernist Gestural Abstract Color Field Painting Woman Artist Francine Tint
By Francine Tint
Located in Surfside, FL
Francine Tint (b. 1943) Another Time Thick acrylic impasto on board, 1999, Hand signed 'Francine Tint' titled, dated Inscribed 'To Piri, Enjoy Much Love' on the reverse. 14 x 15 1/...
Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer, Wood Panel
$555
H 12 in Dm 12 in
Love in Motion XX - Impasto Original Thick Paint Textured Heart Art work on Wood
By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin creates dynamic, highly textured paintings that explore identity, emotion, and the human experience. Contrasting colors, spontaneous gestures, and layered materials br...
Acrylic, Resin, Wood Panel
Andrea Bonfils - Beehive Black, Painting 2021
By Andrea Bonfils
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Beehives Beeswax and fabric over beehive and honeycomb panels Size: 36” x 26” x 1.5” This Painting will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled
By David Michael Slonim
Located in Indianapolis, IN
David Michael Slonim Untitled (2017) Oil on linen Size: 30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm) Hand-signed by artist === Born in Miami in the mid-1960s, David Michael Slonim received his bache...
Linen, Oil
$9,000
H 40 in W 40 in D 0.25 in
"Lost River" - Muted Contemporary Color Field Abstract Painting in Green Palette
By Katheryn Holt
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951) "Lost River" 2022 Oil paint, Wood Panel, Wood The artist signed the back of the painting. Framed: 41" x 41" x 1.25" The upper half of the compos...
Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
$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
Player
By Paula Cahill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cahill strives to extend the historical conversation with line and elevate the integral role it has played in art, design, and the sciences since its early appearance in rock and cav...
Canvas, Oil
$2,655Sale Price|55% Off
H 13.75 in W 10.75 in D 2 in
Votive, color field, oil on panel, 2020
By Tom Irizarry Studio
Located in Booklyn, NY
“… look into the stains of walls, or the ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud … you may find really marvelous ideas. The mind of the painter is stimulated to new discoveries … various ...
Underglaze, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,101
H 15.75 in W 10.63 in D 1.58 in
Archiver, Jeremy Morgan, Original Abstract Geometric Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Archiver [2020] original Acrylic and emulsion on cradled plywood panel Image size: H:40 cm x W:27 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:27 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed Plea...
Plywood, Emulsion, Acrylic, Panel
$9,375
H 36 in W 60 in D 2 in
"Neverending Painting No. 8" by Edwin Carter Weitz; Oil on Canvas, 2021
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 36" x 60" x 2" oil painting on canvas by Nebraska-based multidisciplinary artist Edwin Carter Weitz is one work within a larger series exploring the line. Since 2021, Weitz has...
Canvas, Oil
$11,440
H 36 in W 36 in D 2 in
Blue Yonder-Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Bold, Modern, Red, Blue, Oil
By Monroe Hodder
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Blue Yonder is an original oil over acrylic on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder. Hodder’s abstract paintings are gloriously bold. Inspired by the urban backdrops of h...
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic