Sue Bartfield Abstract Paintings

It was Picasso who said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." While her work in the exhibition Child's Play is not meant specifical...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, signed and dated verso. 62.25 x 56.25 in. 64 x 58 in. (framed) Custom framed in a natural cherry wood floater. Provenance Washburn Gallery, New York Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, CT Born in 1908 in Chicago, John Opper moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. In high school, he began studying art and attending classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art. After graduation, he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art), only to withdraw after a year and move to Chicago, where he took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. He eventually returned to Cleveland, enrolling at Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve), receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1931. The Depression has taken hold during this period, so Opper found work by teaching metalworking and sketching classes at the Karamu Settlement House, the oldest African American theater in the United States. In 1933, Opper traveled to Gloucester, Massachusetts, eventually connecting with the artist Hans Hofmann, who was teaching at the school run by Ernest Thurn. Hofmann encouraged Opper to work “in a more modern vein and start finding what it’s all about.” Heeding this advice, Opper relocated to New York, co-founding a mail-order club of American and British prints for dissemination to schools and museums. By the mid-1930s, he joined the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Easel Division, and also began attending the 57th Street school that Hans Hofmann had established after leaving the Art Students League. Looking back at his time at the school, Opper felt that beyond Hofmann’s teaching, most advantageous was his contact with fellow artists, including Byron Browne, Rosalind Bengelsdorf, and George McNeil. At the time, he also met Giorgio Cavallon and the sculptor Wilfrid Zogbaum. In 1936, Opper became a founding member of the American Abstract Artists, along with Balcomb and Gertrude Greene. The organization was formed to provide an opportunity for artists to show abstract works at a time when such opportunities were scarce. This led to his first solo show in 1937 at the Artists’ Gallery in New York. During his summer in Gloucester in 1933, Opper came to know Milton Avery. Painting in Avery’s informal studio in New York City the following winter, he became acquainted with Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko. Opper participated in a couple of shows during the 1930s of the American Artists Congress Against War and Fascism, whose president was Stuart Davis. About the same period, Opper joined the Artists’ Union and served as the business manager of its publication, Art Front. During World War II, Opper worked for a ship design company creating drawings for piping systems used in PT boats...

Impasto mixed-media figurative portrait on canvas by Massimo D'Amico This portrait is inspired by a character from Aldous Huxley’s “Crome Yellow” named Mr. Scogan. This work showcases the artist’s masterful and generous use of thick, impasto technique, serving as a dynamic stage through vibrant color and textured brushstrokes. Beyond the portrait, the surrounding use of color amplifies the emotional impact it has on the viewer. ABOUT THE ARTIST - Massimo Damico...

Flower fields of city parks, a variety of shades, sunny warm light and cold shadows. All this inspires the creation of a work of art. Textured multi-layered painting. An emotional, s...

Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. 36.25 x 42 in. 37.25 x 43.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in maple. Provenance Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Yoshishige Furukawa...

Early modern colorful abstract city landscape by American artist Richard W. Dempsey. The work features a heavily abstracted street scene of the front of a building with a white door ...

Jeff’s recent paintings draw inspiration from construction sites and various man-made materials, harking back to his earlier work. However, these new paintings are also radically dif...

“The Best of All Possible Worlds” by Justin Price is a vibrant oil on canvas that radiates energy, movement, and playful complexity. Near the top of the composition, a whimsical pair...

Olga is an artist and scuba diving instructor, she draw her inspiration from being underwater. She traveled around the world, dives in different ocean and sea for discovering new col...

Abstract flower paintings with bouquets of lilacs contain a lot of positive energy, the bright pictures are a beautiful wall decor for interior and wonderful gift for your loved ones...

Bright abstract seascape painting will be a good addition to your original oil painting collection. Original art is painted on stretched canvas. The sides are painted. READY TO HANG. Ocean art is signed both sides - in front and at the back by OlgaNikitinArt. Impasto technique with using a palette knife gives an incredible deep texture and makes the artwork alive. Abstract underwater painting will add some exotic atmosphere to your house or office. Olga is an artist and scuba diving instructor, she draw her inspiration from being underwater. She traveled around the world, dives in different ocean and sea for discovering new colors, shapes, emotions, to capture all varieties of our another world – UNDERWATER. She believes when she teach people scuba diving she opens the door to new planet, to new reality in another dimension. In her art she reflects these emotions what people experience being underwater. Who have tried scuba diving once become a different person, it is not possible to forget that experience. Olga’s artworks will transfer you to that moment and you will dive in your memories with all your feelings. Piece of art will be not just a beautiful decoration on your wall but it becomes part of you, part of your space. Olga Nikitina is a follower and developer of new direction in art – underwater impressionism, painting what was created underwater during scuba diving. However not all her art were created underwater - It is very complicated process, takes a lot of personal energy and resources. Big part of artworks Olga creates in her studio. Underwater painting collection is quite limited. Please read descriptions an you will find all details or do not hesitate to contact us. Coral reef art...

Abstract expressionist work of art by Joseph Hicks. Joseph Hicks’s works are bright and colorful. His canvases are full of energy and dynamism due to the textured brushstrokes and ...