Michael Pauker Art
American, b. 1957
Inspired by Abstract Expressionism and driven by deep curiosity, artist Michael Pauker has created an expansive oeuvre that is inclusive of abstract and figurative paintings, landscapes, sculptures, prints and collages constructed with scraps of aging historical documents, watercolor paints and found objects.
“As an artist, I am not a one-trick pony,” he has said. “Some artists find success doing one thing and stick just with it. But my curiosity is omnivorous. I’m driven by images I’ve never seen before, both abstract and figurative.”
Born in 1957 in New York, Pauker knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned his BFA from the State University of New York (SUNY), then in 1989, completed his MFA at Mills College (now Mills College at Northeastern University) in Oakland where he was awarded the City of Oakland Fellowship in Painting.
Since 1988, Pauker has lived and worked in the Bay Area, teaching art in various venues such as schools, colleges and institutions including the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, the state’s prison hospital, for several years. When he isn’t teaching, Pauker focuses on creating art — the mediums of which can change by the moment.
While he works in oil on canvas for most of his paintings, Pauker is also known for his “Miniature Collage” series. He has worked on this series for more than a decade. Other works include abstract drawings and figurative watercolors blended with collages of vintage paper, stamps and found objects — his Oesterreich II is an example of the latter.
Pauker has exhibited widely across the United States, Japan and Costa Rica, and his works are held in the public collections of many institutions including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Artist: Michael Pauker
"Artist's Dream III", Surreal Figurative w Self-Portrait & Classical Sculpture
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist at work with his palette, beside a classical sculpture bust with column by Bay Area artist Michael P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Au Debut dele Printemps" - "Early Spring" Surreal Figurative Tree Man
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal figurative abstract depicting a half man, half tree figure on a pedestal in a dream-like, abstracted white and blue space by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brainiac VI, Contemporary Large-Scale Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary abstract with multi-colored brains layered on a black background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a coll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$4,800 Sale Price
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Artist's Dream II - Figure Painting on Beach, Surreal Self-Portrait
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale surreal figurative landscape featuring a self-portrait of the artist at work with his palette, painting a sculpture of a nude figure on a beach by Bay Area artist Michael...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,920 Sale Price
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"What's Black and Blue and Red All Over?", Contemporary Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Clashing patterns and colors create compelling contrast in this large-scale abstract, with red and black scribbled forms on a linear background of bright orange and sky blue by Bay A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Assemblage #1 (Porcelain, Glass Slide, and Tape)
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Porcelain, Glass, Wood, Tape
"He Walks Away" - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of paper and stamps affixed to canvas. Titled on stretcher bar. Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled #56, Large Scale Contemporary Cubist Interior Abstract with Pink
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary cubist abstract interior scene, composed of pink and multicolor geometric shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). The geometries are fr...
Category
2010s Cubist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Knossos" Contemporary Abstract Rectilinear Abstract with Blue, Black & Magenta
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary abstract of bold rectilinear shapes in black on a sky blue background with fun magenta accents by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large-Scale Contemporary Cubist Interior Abstract in Gray, Teal, & Yellow
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold, large-scale contemporary cubist abstract with teal, gray, and yellow by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). The scene evokes a highly abstracted cubist interior...
Category
2010s Cubist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Winters Chill Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Winter abstract expressionist oil painting illustrating small paint strokes of light blue over strokes of white and dark blue, with thin lines of red, orange, and yellow by...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Disturbance in the Force" Contemporary Large-Scale Surreal Figural Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking, large-scale contemporary surreal figurative abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled "A Disturbance in the Force" on verso. Signed "Michael ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nudes on the Beach, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract with Self-Portrait
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figurative landscape depicting a male nude laying on the beach next to his art pallet, a self portrait of the artist at work, with four more female and male nude...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Europa - The Abduction, Contemporary Figurative Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary abstract impressionist symbolic painting representing the abduction of europa by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). This myt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,080 Sale Price
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"Moulin Rouge", Contemporary Aquamarine & Grey Two-Toned Colorfield Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract colorfield oil painting on wood panel by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This uniquely textured two-toned abstract is divided into color-fields of super vivid a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Cosmic
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful teal and lavender toned abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Hues of blue and green take up most of the canvas, with light ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Sea Beach at Ebb Tide", Contemporary Surreal Nude Figural Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary surreal figural abstract painting of three nude figures in various poses in an abstracted beach landscape with three faces in the foreground, one of which is red, by Bay...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,680 Sale Price
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"Linen Starch" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Linen Starch" - Chine Colle Monoprint with Collage
Abstract monoprint by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This piece is made from several layers of collage, including stamps and pages from old books and manuscripts. Atop the collage is a chine colle monoprint, adding a laver of depth.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Titled and dated on verso.
Presented in a new cream mat with foam core backing.
Paper size: 14.44"H x 10.32"
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
$700 Sale Price
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Cabin in the Woods, India Ink Forest Landscape with Redwood Trees
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
India ink and watercolor landscape in black done with expressive, linear brushstrokes featuring tall redwood trees with cabin windows peaking through the ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
$460 Sale Price
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Army Green, Black, & Blue Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections; army green with orange and warm neutral found obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Watercolor
"Herculaneum" - Contemporary Figurative Abstract Assemblage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A seated redheaded figure is the focal point of "Herculaneum", a unique assemblage painting composed of three canvases with abstract and figurative paintings, attached to a wood panel painted with black text by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Plywood
$1,320 Sale Price
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Caricature Portrait of a Man
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary caricature-style portrait of a man by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 1976 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Image ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Figurative Abstract with Red & Green Faces
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"My Sick Conscience vs. Yours", a large-scale contemporary figurative abstract featuring several figures and faces in the foreground against a backdrop patterned with linear green faces on red by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), c. 2000s. Signed "Michael Paulker...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,720 Sale Price
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Calligraphy Web Abstract on Reclaimed Copper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract on reclaimed copper by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2010. Signed on verso. Condition: Good; copper is reclaimed so has some minor disto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Copper
$2,000 Sale Price
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"Biomorph" Large Scale Orange Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract in orange of bold shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Image size: 60...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600 Sale Price
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"No. 3993" Miniature Painting with Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature abstract contemporary painting with paper collage in blue and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2012.
Titled/numbered, signed, and dated 2012 o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Curves and Angles - Large Scale Bay Area - Abstract Expressionist
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold patterned abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Several pieces of paper and stamps affixed to canvas. Titled on stretcher bar. Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,080 Sale Price
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Large-Scale Contemporary Abstract Geometric with Purple, Yellow & Gray
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Whimsical large-scale contemporary abstract by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Angular geometries in purple, yellow, light pink, gray, and dark blue converge on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black and Red Shapes on a Gray Field
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unframed. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of his work.
“I’m driven by curiosity...where i...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,400 Sale Price
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Summer 1976 Baldwin
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Inspired by a summer in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, this abstract expressionist oil painting depicts hues of pink, green and blues in front of a white background by Bay Area artist Mi...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grey & Teal Linear Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Harmonious large-scale abstract with teal linear patterns dancing across a textured grey background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Can be oriented vertically o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Les Danseuses" The Dancers, Vertical Abstract in Earthtones & Neutrals
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Subdued contemporary abstract oil painting on wood by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), c.2000s. The upper two thirds of this composition is a soft, textural impasto abstraction in warm, neutral tones created with wide, flowing brushstrokes. The lower third contrasts sharply in color as well as texture, as dark brown earth-tones are punctuated with small red accents. This versatile piece can be hung vertically or horizontally.
Titled "Les Danseuses...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Wood, Oil
$2,680 Sale Price
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Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Dark storm clouds loom over a surreal, desolate beach landscape, which is populated by several male figures in different states of being, in this contemplative symbolic contemporary painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957), circa 2013-2014. In the left foreground we see part of a bearded man's face, as if witnessing this scene with the viewer. Next a male figure in bright red bathing suit faces the ocean, his back to the viewer, while a more distant nude male at three quarter view points down at something in the sand. Finally, on the right appears the bearded man as a classical sculpture bust on a pedestal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,600 Sale Price
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Textural Alphabet Letter Abstract in Ice Blue, Orange, & Pink
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and bold abstract in heavy textured impasto with alphabetical letters scattered across the composition in brightly colored shapes by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Contemporary Two-Part Geometric Abstract: Teal and Monochrome
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold contemporary patterned abstract composition on two joined canvases by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left canvas, which makes up one fourth of the compos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Michael Pauker Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,362 Sale Price
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