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Rites of Passage - Contemporary Figurative Painting, Modern Tribal Art, African
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Rites of Passage by Parris Jaru is a commanding composition that captures the essence of transformation and resilience. The figure, painted in deep brown against a vibrant yellow bac...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment
Spring Break Sunday #2 - Abstract Collage, Figurative Abstraction, Yellow, Play
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Spring Break Sunday #2 by Francks Deceus is a dynamic collage on paper that blends abstract forms and geometric shapes with vibrant color to evoke both freedom and societal constrain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Mumbo #10 - Black identity in contemporary art, Edouard Duval-Carrié
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’s Mumbo Jumbo series comes alive in this dynamic and visually arresting painting. The composition features swirling ribbons of orange and cream, fragmented fire hose m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Fermata Bus - Bus Stop, Urban Art, Narrative Painting, Red Bus, Collage
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Ragazzini’s Fermata Bus captures the fleeting and often surreal nature of urban life through a masterful blend of hand-drawn elements and collage. The central figure, semi-t...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Homage to Bacon - Francis Bacon, emotional expressionism, symbolic art, portrait
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Ragazzini’s Omaggio a Bacon (2005) stands as a seminal piece in the artist's oeuvre, bridging traditional painting with contemporary expressionism. In this oil and mixed-med...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
El Jardin de Cecilia
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
Alfredo Aya’s El Jardín de Cecilia ("Cecilia's Garden") embodies the harmony of nature through a vibrant abstraction of color and form. Presented as a diptych, the artwork bridges tw...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silencio - Minimalist Abstract Painting, Muted Color Palette Art, Vertical
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
Alfredo Aya’s Silencio is a masterful exploration of stillness and contemplation, executed with a refined interplay of abstraction and color. The painting’s vertical composition draw...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Florero Nocturno - Nightime floral abstract painting, Magical Realism, Colombian
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
This dreamlike painting, "Florero Nocturno" (Nighttime Flowers), evokes a sense of quiet contemplation. The muted palette of greys, purples, and blues blends harmoniously with the soft glow of diffused light, creating an atmosphere of peaceful introspection. The abstracted flowers, blurred by the stillness of night, add an ethereal quality that makes the piece ideal for creating a tranquil space in living rooms, bedrooms, or reading nooks. The subtle transitions of color and shadow evoke the magical realism often seen in Colombian art, offering a delicate balance between the familiar and the abstract.
The mystical, fluid quality of this piece, influenced by Odilon Redon, adds depth and sophistication to any interior. Its introspective tone, softened by the interplay of light and shadow, invites viewers to pause and reflect. Whether displayed as a focal point in modern or transitional spaces, this painting brings timeless beauty to the room.
Aya was born in Paris in 1954 and after studying in Paris and Switzerland he moved to Colombia in his late teens. He lives and works in Bogota'.
Abstract painting for living room
Nighttime floral painting
Soft tone abstract art
Dreamlike abstract painting
Tranquil wall art for interiors
Contemporary Colombian abstract art
Odilon Redon inspired artwork
Ethereal painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Matter and Antimatter - Abstract Expressionist Painting, Pastel Colors, Sky
By Ruggero Vanni
Located in New York, NY
Ruggero Vanni's "Matter and Antimatter" is a 52 x 76-inch abstract expressionist painting. Yellow, blue, and rust colors collide to create a tempestuous sky filled with disintegratio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Juego de Vitrales - Abstract geometric forms, Pastel Tone Art, Stained glass
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
In Juegos de Vitrales (Games of Stained Glass), Alfredo Aya employs a soothing palette of teal, turquoise, and pastel pinks, creating a luminous composition reminiscent of light filt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Break Afternoon #2 - Collage and Acrylic on Canvas, in Yellow, and Blue
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Spring Break Afternoon #2 is a 60 x 48-inch acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue, with an orange accent. The image is playful, with hundreds of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
I Swallowed a Gold Fish - Surrealist Figurative Painting with Yellow and Green
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's I Swallowed a Gold Fish is a 9 x 12 inches surrealist oil painting representing a dog, a duck and a gun. The main colors are a bright orange, and green. The surface is ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
International Farmer - Surrealist Figurative Painting with Blue Colors
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's International Farmer is a 9 x 12 inches surrealist oil painting. The main color is blue. Animals simply outlined by a black and white mark are recognizable in the backg...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Presagio - Earth Tone Abstract Painting, South American, Geometric and Organic
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant abstract painting features a dynamic blend of earthy oranges, golds, and soft blues, with organic shapes that seem to emerge and dissolve across the canvas. The composition evokes a sense of movement and spontaneity, making it a perfect statement piece for a contemporary living room or office space. The artist’s use of color creates a warm, inviting atmosphere, while the fluid shapes add energy and intrigue to the environment.
Titled "Presagio", meaning “omen” in Spanish, the painting invites contemplation. The shifting forms and colors suggest a moment of transition or revelation, making it ideal for spaces that foster thought and reflection. The abstract nature of the work draws comparisons to the vibrant, geometric compositions of Carlos Rojas...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Last Time I Saw It - Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's The Last Time I Saw It is a 16 x 11-inch surrealist oil painting. The primary colors are black and red. The canvas surface has a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects during his long exploratory trips through India. The imagery brings a surrealist human figure, with all the body features exaggerated as if in a caricature.
NY-born Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background from both his parents. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced in his childhood years spent in the coastal town of St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His exploratory journeys in India enriched his work with a sensibility to natural plant-based pigments that he grinds with oils for his paintings.
In his Brooklyn studio, Jaru brings all these cultural inspirations together. His entire body of work is informed by an intentional childlike, faux-naïve style, constantly shifting between figurative and abstraction. Even though at times, Jaru has been working on somber and entirely figure-free paintings, most of his work is defined by poignantly colored and playful surrealistic figures. Jaru often draws his figures with a continuous line emerging from a thick impasto of paint made with powders of Sea Algae, Hibiscus, Gymnema Sylvestre, and Turmeric.
Related keywords: Caribbean Artist...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gun Control - Surrealist Yellow and Black Painting of a Duck, Dog, and Gun
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Gun Control is a 9 x 12-inch surrealist oil painting representing a dog, a duck, and a gun. The primary colors are bright orange and black. A...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Place to Hide - Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's A Place to Hide is a 9 x 12 inches oil painting representing surrealist animals. The primary color is a bright yellow and blue. A glittering paint defines the surface of the canvas. Jaru creates colors from plant-based pigments that Jaru collects during his long exploratory trips through India. The imagery is very playful, presenting surrealist animals drawn with the simplification of forms of some faux-naive art and some graffiti and street artworks.
NY-born Parris Jaru comes from a Jamaican, Blackfoot Nation, and Arawak Nation background from both his parents. His work is informed by the vivid colors and imagery experienced in his childhood years spent in the coastal town of St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica. His exploratory journeys in India enriched his work with a sensibility to natural plant-based pigments that he grinds with oils for his paintings.
In his Brooklyn studio, Jaru brings all these cultural inspirations together. His entire body of work is informed by an intentional childlike, faux-naïve style, constantly shifting between figurative and abstraction. Even though at times, Jaru has been working on somber and entirely figure-free paintings, most of his work is defined by poignantly colored and playful surrealistic figures. Jaru often draws his figures with a continuous line emerging from a thick impasto of paint made with powders of Sea Algae, Hibiscus, Gymnema Sylvestre, and Turmeric.
Related keywords: Caribbean Artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arch and Pole - Square Figurative Painting with Earth Colors
By Gregory Kitterle
Located in New York, NY
Gregory Kitterle's Arch and Pole is a 11.8 x 12-inch ink, oil, and pencil painting on board. It oscillates between figuration and abstraction, in a tridimensional space alternating b...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pencil, Ink, Board
Spring Break Afternoon #3 - Allegorical Painting on Canvas. Yellow, and Blue
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Spring Break Afternoon #3 is a 34 x 46-inch acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are yellow and blue. The image is playful, with hundreds of yellow buys floating on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vitrales al Alba - Blue and Aqua Abstract Painting, South American Lyrical Art
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
This stunning abstract piece captures the essence of dawn with its ethereal blue and aqua tones. The vertical composition and soft transitions of light evoke the effect of stained glass illuminated by morning sunlight, adding a tranquil atmosphere to any space. The delicate blending of shapes and colors creates a sense of harmony and balance, ideal for living rooms, bedrooms, or contemporary interiors that seek to evoke calm and reflection. Inspired by the artist’s belief that “form and movement emerge from color,” this work offers both visual depth and serene movement.
Drawing parallels to lyrical abstraction, this painting shares an affinity with South American modernism, while offering a dynamic interplay of light and form that invites contemplation. Its fluid lines and luminous color palette make it versatile for a variety of design styles, adding both elegance and vibrancy to spaces.
Aya was born in Paris in 1954 and after studying in Paris and Switzerland he moved to Colombia in his late teens. He lives and works in Bogota'.
Abstract painting for living room...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Break Morning #2 - Allegorical Figurative Painting, Red, Yellow, and Blue
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ Spring Break Morning #2 is a 60 x 48-inches acrylic and collage work on canvas. The main colors are red, yellow and blue. The image is very playful, with a figure in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Spring Break Afternoon #2 - Vibrant Colors, Haitian Artist, Caribbean Influence
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant painting, featuring faceless figures on yellow rafts floating across calm blue waters, captures the artist's reflection on his Spring Break experience—a pivotal moment d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Spring Break Morning Study #1 - Acrylic on Canvas. Red, Yellow, and Blue
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Spring Break Morning Study #1 is a 20 x 16-inch acrylic and collage work on canvas. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. The image is playful, with a figure in a red suit fl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mumbo Jumbo #5 - Figurative Painting with Red, Pink, and Green Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ Mumbo Jumbo #5 is part of the Mumbo Jumbo series the artist has been working on since 2019.
The artist writes “As a Haitian immigrant while...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ballads of Lights - Abstract Painting with Blue, Purple and Red Impasto Colors
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's Ballads of Lights is a 36 x 36-inch abstract painting on panel. The main colors are different shades of blue, red and purple. De ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Pigment, Glass
Rituale - Textured Abstract Painting, Earthy Tones Painting, Blue, Purple, Red
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro’s Rituale is a masterful exploration of texture, color, and materiality, offering a deeply immersive visual experience. This painti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Pigment
Offering - Symbolic Landscape Painting, Waterfall, Anselm Kiefer Inspired Art
By Gregory Kitterle
Located in New York, NY
This captivating painting features a dynamic interplay between nature and man-made objects, with cascading waterfalls forming a serene backdrop for symbolic objects in the foreground...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood Panel, Pigment
Mumbo Jumbo BK#11 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Pink and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo BK#11” is a 20 x 16 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are pink, blue and orang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Summer Swirls - Red and Orange Abstract Gestural Oil Painting
By Ruggero Vanni
Located in New York, NY
Ruggero Vanni's Summer Swirls is a 64 x 52-inch abstract gestural oil painting. The main colors are red and orange. The artist alternates very gestural and instinctive large brush strokes, with delicate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scorched Valley - Highly Textural Abstract Painting with Blue and Red Colors
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's Scorched Valley is a 40 x 40-inch abstract painting on panel. The main colors are different shades of blue, red and gray. De Genn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Glass, Panel, Mica
Harlem 125 - Work on Paper Depicting the New York City Harlem Neighborhood
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's Harlem 125 is a 18 x 24 inches mixed media work . The medium is acrylic and silkscreen on paper. It depicts an African American couple ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Acrylic
Time Transfixed - Horizontal Abstract Green Landscape Painting on Canvas
By Andrei Petrov
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's Time Transfixed is a 24 x 48 inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas.
It is a lyric abstraction in green with accents of blue and purple. The reference to a natural landscape is clearly there, almost like falling tree branches reflecting on the water surface of a lake. Petrov works by applying layers of paint and then scraping off some parts to reveal the shades underneath. The play of transparencies, brushstrokes and lights brings to life an emotional and relaxing composition.
Andrei Petrov is an American Artist of Russian origins. He lives and works in New York. He states "In my approach two roads...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hero - African American Baseball Player, Boxer, Soldier, and Businessman
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus's "Hero" is a 24 x 48 inches mixed media work on canvas with collage. The work is partitioned in two distinct images. On the left side the artist depicted a baseball player...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Obvious Reasons - Abstract Versus Figurative Painting with Aqua Blue Colors
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Obvious Reasons is a 24 x 20 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow, blue and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. A very thin wavy white line runs through the contours of the figures, defining an image within the image.
Parris was born in NY and grew up in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica until he was ten years old. Partly Jamaican and Blackfoot Indian...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Pigment
Before The People - Abstract Versus Figurative Painting with Yellow Blue Colors
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Before The People is a 54 x 37 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow and blue. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigme...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Pigment
In My Arms - Abstract Versus Figurative Oil Painting with Blue and Rust Colors
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's In My Arms is a 30 x 24 inches oil painting. The main colors are aqua blue, yellow, and rust. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only, extracted from plants. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. A very thin wavy white line runs through the contours of the figures, defining an image within the image.
Parris was born in NY and grew up in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica until he was ten years old. Partly Jamaican and Blackfoot Indian...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment, Resin
Second Thought - Abstract Versus Figurative Painting with Aqua Blue Colors
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Second Thought is a 24 x 18 inches oil painting. The main colors are yellow, blue and brown. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant-based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. This painting is part of a new series that concentrates on using natural colors only. Natural Indigo, Turmeric, Hibiscus, Beet Root, Rosemary Leaf, Aloe Extract, and Holi Powders to name a few, mixed with Babul Tree Resin. Though the overall composition is abstract, there is a perception of figuration. A very thin wavy white line runs through the contours of the figures, defining an image within the image.
Parris was born in NY and grew up in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica until he was ten years old. Partly Jamaican and Blackfoot Indian...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment, Resin
Exit Strategy - Abstract Landscape Oil Painting with Blue Colors
By Andrei Petrov
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's "Exit Strategy" is a 36 x 48-inch abstract landscape painting on canvas. The main colors are blue. The reference to a natural landscape is clearly there. Petrov works...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
XI:MMIX - Large Abstract Painting with Blue, Ochre, and Red Pastel Colors
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
XI:MMIX is a large 81.75 x 72-inch abstract painting on canvas, painted with pastel colors that the artist creates himself. The primary colors are cerulean blue, black, and ochre. Th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) - Abstract Landscape Painting with Earth Colors
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) is a 10 x 10-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on board. Unframed. The artist works with n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) - Small Abstract Painting with Earth Colors
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) is a 10 x 10-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. The artist works with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) - Small Abstract Painting with Raw Pigments
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) is a 10 x 10-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on board. The artist works with natural earth,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) # - Small Abstract Painting
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) is an 11 x 13-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. The artist works with n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
The Valley of Dancers - Expressionist Figurative Painting in Black and Blue
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's The Valley of Dancers is a 9.5 x 8 inches expressionist oil painting. The main colors are black and blue. Whereas a flying black bird is clearly recognizable, the rest ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head Full of Air - Surrealist Blue Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Head Full of Air is a 9 x 8 inches surrealist oil painting. The main color is blue. A surrealist representation of a human face can be recognized. The surface is define...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Octopus Huggs - Surrealist Blue and Yellow Figurative Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Octopus Huggs is a 8 x 9 inches surrealist oil painting. The main colors are blue and yellow. The artist created a surrealist representation of a human face defined by ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Other Mask - Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's The Other Mask is a 12 x 9 inches surrealist oil painting. The main color is blue. A surrealist representation of a human face can be recognized. The surface is defined...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mumbo Jumbo BK#1 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Pink and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo BK#1” is a 20 x 16 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are pink, blue and red. The image is very playful, showing a man dressed as a superhero standing next to an entangled fire hose. The title “Mumbo Jumbo, is inspired by Ishmael Reed’s book under the same titled, where he attempted to capsulate the complexities of the African American experience. For Deceus is about capturing the complexity of his experience as an immigrant from Haiti back in the 1970s. A series of very colorful and playful works, focusing on the adventures of one figure named “Cappy”. The name is derived from Deceus family home town, Cap Haitien. Cappy is Deceus alter-ego; The images are intentionally drawn in the vein of comic strips with Cappy as the superhero. He goes out in the world and has to solve the kind of frightening experiences Deceus knew about as a Haitian immigrant, which in the paintings are ironically represented by the hose/snake snarling Cappy.
Stylistically Deceus work incorporates many of the aesthetic forms of artists like Norman Lewis and Howardena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Black and White - Painting with Graffiti and Poetry on Thick Impasto
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Black and White is a 18 x 15 inches oil painting. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant based pigments that Jaru collects himself during his long exploratory trips through India. The main colors are black, white and gray. The surface is scraped and incised with words and signs, almost like graffiti on a wall or inscriptions on an archaeological fragment.
Parris was born in NY and grew up in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, until he was ten years old. Partly Jamaican and Blackfoot Indian from his father's side and partly Arawak Indian from his mother, Parris brings into his creative process a wonderful mix of different ethnicities that reflects throughout his work.
The artist states "Throughout my life I have always been dedicated to Art but painting has added a patience of perception and love to my conscience mind, as well cultivating my unconscious. Painting gives me a confidence and inner security that has been hard for me to attain elsewhere. When I say a piece has turned out really well, a certain balance has been achieved between composition, perspective, color and depth giving my creative side a jolt. Although my works change frequently in form depending on mood and inspiration, the one thing that remains the same in all my works is an abstract touch. I am drawn mostly to abstract expression for the free-flowing aspect of creation.
My favorite material is Plant-Pigment-Powder (ex; Sea Algae, Hibiscus, Gymnema Sylvestre and Turmeric powder. Mixing these pigments reminds me that nature is the purest example of artistic perfection and composition open to interpretation for all. With this understanding I am able to open communications with the energies of nature. the main purpose of these herbs are for medicinal healing, when I add it to my medium it adds an ethereal quality to my works. When I select my materials, I am very specific with my choices, after trial and error I work exclusively with denser herbs giving me the texture I desire and is compatible with oil paints and acrylics, adding depth and longevity to the works. Although I am drawn to blues, reds and blacks for body, my favorite colors are the highlights, whites, yellows, and light grey. I know a piece is done when it feels right, with clarity, movement and composition also complementing my sense of imagination. When my work is going well, I am filled with a sense of wonder and creative joy open to all possibilities of creation. When people see my painting’s I like them to share a part of my thoughts and inspiration, looking at the artist and his works from the inside. I reach my end goal when the painting has connected another link in the chain of an individual’s emotions."
Related keywords: Caribbean Artist, Brooklyn Artist, American Indian artist, Figurative Painting, Poems, Poetry, Ancient Fragment...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #3 - Small abstract purple and black painting
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #3" is a 10 x 10 inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. The artist works with natural earths, charcoal, st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Birth of Light - Abstract Gestural Oil Painting with Orange and Yellow Colors
By Ruggero Vanni
Located in New York, NY
Ruggero Vanni's Birth of Light is a 60 x 48 inch abstract gestural oil painting. It is an abstract landscape of vigorous brushstrokes and light, with a strong luminous central focus. The main colors are orange, yellow, and rust. There are clear references to the masters of the Hudson River School, also known as Luminism, as well as the Romantic paintings of English artist William Turner.
Vanni states, "My works allude to natural phenomena, in a raw state, devoid of the limiting constrictions of literal representation. Nature is there, as a landscape, a view looking up in the air, or plunging down underwater. Imagery kept on the edge of recognition, so the final association is created in the mind.
Contrasts of matter, color, light, are created to provoke emotional responses. In the large paintings the atmospheric composition is built by raised brushstrokes shattered and reassembled to reveal an underlying struggle. In the smaller works paper is cast tumultuously as a counterpoint to its inherent frailness.
References to the history of painting are multiple and mixed: Venetian impasto and glazing, Luminist light, Abstract Expressionist texture, Baroque perspective.
It is important to avoid mannerism, metabolize the suggestions and integrate them with empirical visual stimuli.
Dissecting responses to everyday experiences into light, color, matter. There is no intent to escape reality, but to create a visual experience that communicates directly with our psyche; open to be reinterpreted continuously through our own evolution and the changing times."
Ruggero Vanni was born in Paris. He studied painting from 1973 to 1978 at the Istituto d’Arte in Rome, Italy, under the guidance of Italian artist Michelangelo Conte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sannio - Blue, Yellow and Red Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Sannio is an 82 x 69-inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas. The colors have the delicacy of pastels. The composition has an ephemeral feeling to it. It creates a distinctive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mumbo Jumbo NYC#10 - Ironic Figurative Painting with Orange, and Blue Colors
By Francks Deceus
Located in New York, NY
Francks Deceus’ “Mumbo Jumbo NYC#10” is a 30 x 24 inch acrylic paint, color pencil, and collage painting on canvas. The main colors are orange, blue and red....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Walking the Continuous Path - Expressionistic Painting with Horses
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Walking the Continuous Path is a 48 x 34 inches abstract oil paint. The main colors are yellow, brown and white. The image represent two horses. The surface is defined ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment
The Squares that Define - Abstract Versus Figurative Painting in Blue and Yellow
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's The Squares that Define is a 48 x 34-inch abstract oil paint, with bright yellow, and blue colors. The surface is defined by a thick impasto of paint, made with plant ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Pigment
Early Arrival - Blue Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas
By Andrei Petrov
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's Early Arrival is a 32 x 48 inch abstract landscape oil painting on canvas.
It is a lyric abstraction in blue with an accent of pink. The reference to a natural landsc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Terra Bruciata - Alba II" - Small Abstract Purple and Grey Painting
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata - Alba II (Scorched Earth - Dawn II)" is a 10 x 10-inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Eris at Play - Trompe-l'oeil Figurative Painting Made With Plaster on Canvas
By Gregory Kitterle
Located in New York, NY
Gregory Kitterle's Eris at Play is a large 80 x 45 inch vertical figurative painting on canvas.
The work has very sober colors: white, black, beige, and some deep blue. It is painted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Plaster
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #4 - Small abstract blue painting
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #4" is a 10 x 10 inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. Unframed. The artist works wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Pigment
Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #57 - Small Purple and Blue Abstract Landscape
By Orazio De Gennaro
Located in New York, NY
Orazio De Gennaro's "Terra Bruciata (Scorched Earth) #57" is an 11 x 13 inch abstract painting on paper mounted on a board. The artist works with natural earth, charcoal, straw, pigm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Charcoal, Rag Paper
