Steven Boksenbaum Art

Another painting of a human with a dog, where the dog's activity changes its shape, contributing to an over all cubic abstraction while staying within a traditional realist perspecti...

The human figures blend with the architectural background with muted city colors and patches of white. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, can be hung as is or framed b...

Dog relief painted in a quick expressionistic mode. Oil on cotton canvas over a lightweight pine frame. Ready to hang but can be framed. :: Painting :: Cont...

This picture is about the movement of people through the city and the reflections and patterns of the street and its accoutrements. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bar...

Three impressionistic figures move across a grid made of elements based on city street and background buildings. The suggested faces give an air of familiarity yet anonymity. I am mo...

Couple of kids walking along the street with a cubistic background. Oil on cotton canvas over single width pine bars. Can be hung as is, or could be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...

Couple of kids walking along the street with a cubistic background. Oil on cotton canvas over single width pine bars. Can be hung as is, or could be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...

A hazy figure painted in an expressionistic manner crosses the street in Pittsburgh. Overwhelmingly warm in color it is anchored by the spots of pale blue coming not from the hidden ...

This is the person who was assigned to watch the waiting room for people who had just received a vaccine and had to wait fifteen minutes before they left. The tools of the trade are ...

This is a view looking down Dawson Street in Pittsburgh, the street where Andy Warhol grew up. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang, or can be framed by the buyer...

Merging forms of figure and ground in a limited palette, an ordinary scene of life on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready...

A view in New York City, a town of many food carts. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece come...

Another slice of contemporary life in the city, blurred to show time and movement, brightly colored. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buye...

This man is hurrying off the picture plane, lunchtime. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece c...

This painting started out as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oil paint, trying to keep it loose and sunny. I have many pictures of this bus stop, the one right across from ...

A group of people at the street corner waiting for the light to change, cars and buildings in the background, a sense of expectation, or is it impatience. The scene is from Murray Av...

Girls going home after school cross as I am stopped at the light. They fit into a series of rectangles surrounded by light. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to ha...

It was an art festival in Westmoreland County, Pa, my booth was across the path from the food concessions. I ate more than I sold that weekend, but I was discovered by the art museum...

A mosaic of people and building parts, this shows motion through an altered grid pattern. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over thick pine boards, ready to hang or to be framed by the ...

This expressionist mom keeps a steady hand while pushing through the city. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Conte...

The figures cluster into one in the long purple shadows of the late afternoon. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...

Our left, that is, their right. A heavily painted atmosphere with a bit of a glaze enhances the mood of anticipation while a sigh post dissects the picture. Oil on cotton canvas str...

Another slice of contemporary life in the city, blurred to show time and movement, brightly colored. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buye...

Two tethered friends finishing their walk along the park road on a sunny day. There is an homage to Mark Rothko hidden in the painting. Oil on cotton canvas over a pine frame ready t...

A slice of contemporary life in Pittsburgh shows two fellow humans minding their own business, doing what comes naturally. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, it is read...

Set inside a classic diner, a scene of people communing around food. I always loved diners for their democracy and their patterns. Oil and some acrylic on cotton canvas stretched ove...

This expressionist mom keeps a steady hand while pushing through the city. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers. Ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Conte...

Girls going home after school cross as I am stopped at the light. They fit into a series of rectangles surrounded by light. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to ha...

Based on a drive-by photo, a young woman crosses a street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, among the universities, holding one bag while checking the other. :: Painting :: ...

Patterns of light in red, white and blue in the context of a person crossing Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over double pine frame, ready to hang but can...

A snapshot of two kids walking past my studio on Alderson. I don't know them. I fit them into a composition based on the diagonal with a largely analogous color scheme plus muted red...

A scene from the Boston subway, 2002. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over a pine frame, can be hung as is or framed by the owner. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an ...

Students waiting to cross the street in Pittsburgh, near the hospitals. Oil on cotton canvas over double width pine stretchers. Can be hung as is or f...

This painting is about movement and burden, as so many of my pieces are. The figure is wedged into a city scene with no sky. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over thick pine bars, read...

Balance of figures and background. Looks like the bigger kid got the pram. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over double wide pine boards. Can be hung as is or framed by the buyer. :: P...

Study of a man leaning in situ, constructed as a grid. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or be framed by buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece c...

The model resting in the studio, rendered in reds. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece c...

A woman walks along the street holding her plastic water bottle and looking into the green windows of a shop. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bars, ready to hang, or c...

I love the shapes dogs take on when they move, and I love their relationship to humans. I paint a lot of dogs walking their people. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood ba...

A couple walking along past a car leave an abstraction in the central space suggestive of the city street. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bars, ready to hang or to be...

A relaxed person walks down the street laden with her bag and her jacket. The street is merely suggested in an atmosphere of paint. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, re...

The couple form a unit with the figure standing in the background in this bright portrayal of city street action. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine wood bars ready to hang or...

A lone figure waits for the light to change at a street corner. The red jacket is complemented by the green box. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official cert...

This is an atmospheric view of people walking near the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The bright red jacket acts as a focal point in a largely monochromatic environment. :: ...

This painting started as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oils. I have many pictures of this stop with different people. On cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, can be ...

An flash view of a couple walking along the street in a tightly gridded space with limited but vibrant palette. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over thick pine bars, ready to hang or ...

Friends congregate at a classic diner in Penn Yan, NY. I stopped in for a coffee while diner hunting in upstate New York one year and took a few photos. I painted this around 2007, ...

Three women in the rain crossing Darlington at Murray, as seen from a car. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by th...

This painting started out as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oil paint, trying to keep it loose and sunny. I have many pictures of this bus stop, the one right across from ...

This painting started as an acrylic sketch, but I enhanced it with oils. I have many pictures of this stop with different people. On cotton canvas stretched over pine boards, can be ...

This is an atmospheric view of people walking near the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The bright red jacket acts as a focal point in ...

A mosaic of people and building parts, this shows motion through an altered grid pattern. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over thick pine boards, ready ...

The figures cluster into one in the long purple shadows of the late afternoon. Oil on cotton canvas stretched over pine bars, ready to hang or to be framed by the buyer. :: Painting ...

Merging forms of figure and ground in a limited palette, an ordinary scene of life on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Oil on cotto...

This man is hurrying off the picture plane, lunchtime. Oil on cotton canvas over pine stretchers, ready to hang or be framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece c...

This is a small, intimate painting of strangers, ordinary people sharing a world and involved in their own affairs. It is a painting of time and motion. Mounted on wide stretchers, i...

This is a small intimate view of a scene outside my studio when it was on Alderson Street. One of many paintings of humans with dogs. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes ...

A crowded intersection on a cool day in Pittsburgh, as the light turned green. The resolution of the figures and the activity of city life remind me of the regionalist painters of th...

A pedestrian climbs Meyran Avenue in Pittsburgh in a mass of color :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

A mother and child wend their way through the streets of Pittsburgh. Cotton canvas over double width pine stretchers. Can be hung as is or framed by the buyer. :: Painting :: Contemp...