About Collected Detroit
Collected Detroit believes that the Detroit area is an enormous well-spring of world-class art. It displays and sells not only the work of Detroit’s established and emerging artists, but also the celebrated works from internationally renowned artists. Collected Detroit supports the city’s creativity and talent and works towards spotlighting the Motor City as a destination and resource for discerning artists and collectors. This gallery blossomed out of founder's personal collection comprising of over six hundred hand-selected works. Rooted in the art community for over ...Read More
Featured Pieces
"Untitled Landscape" Early work, African-American, Colors, Mountains
By Hughie Lee-Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled Landscape" is an early painting of Hughie Lee-Smith's and therefore extremely rare. His paintings frequently have an Edward Hopper feeling of isolation and lonesomeness abo...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Color Forms" Bold Color Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Detroit, MI
"Color Forms" is a dynamic abstract piece whose shapes push the edge of the canvas and succeed in breaking through to lend a powerful energy to the composition. Bright red and putty ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Rhythm" Mixed Media, Acrylic, Colors, African-American, Figurative
Located in Detroit, MI
"Rhythm" is a great example of the "Joie de Vivre" that Michael Horner brings to his paintings and his abstracted figures that are alive with music and dance. The dark figures are in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Things I See" Dancers, Drums, Ancestors, Symbolism, African-American, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Things I See" is a great example of the "Joie de Vivre" that Michael Horner brings to his paintings and his abstracted figures that are alive with music and dance. Even the clothing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Going 'N Coming" Mixed Media, Colorful, African-American, Figurative, Symbolic
Located in Detroit, MI
"Going 'N Coming" is a beautifully rendered piece whimsically named depicting two women walking towards each other along a narrow path. The surrounding atmosphere is a soft golden br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Inspiraled" Abstract, Colorful, Swirls, Mixed Media, African-American
Located in Detroit, MI
"Inspiraled" is a lively creative mixed media piece full of life and dynamism that incorporates one of Loving's favorite motifs, the spiral. This piece is mounted by pins onto a canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
"Seated Man on Motorcycle" Mixed Media, Abstract, Duo-Toned, Nude, Primitive
Located in Detroit, MI
"Seated Man on Motorcycle" is an abstract study of a figure at ease on a motorcycle. By limiting the work to white paint on black paper, the images blend into one combined force of s...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Swirls & More" Multi-Layers of Colors, Collage, African-American
Located in Detroit, MI
"To Bunny" is brilliant painted in reds, blues, and pinks with a dash of yellow. It is lively and exuberant in the shape of a heart with Loving's well-known swirl motif throughout. I...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Rag Paper
"Self Portrait" Frontal Female, Mixed Media on Paper, Subtle Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Self-Portrait" is a stunning mixed media piece showing the vibrancy of the figure through the use of bold lines and placement of the blue and orange colors. The figure appears to be...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Surreal Study" Male and Female Figures on a Branch, Colors, Mixed Media
Located in Detroit, MI
"Surreal Study: Male and Female Figures on a Branch" is a complex piece with figures both facing toward and away from the viewer sitting on a branch in a mammoth tree or a fallen tre...
Category
1980s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"The Card Players" Interior Scene, Card Players, African-American, Intense Color
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Card Players" is an extraordinarily rare and early painting of Alvin Demar Loving, a major artist in the lexicon of 20th century African-American artists. This piece has just re...
Category
1950s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Banicor" Mixed Media, African-American, Abstract, Free Floating, Colorful
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Banicor" is an exuberant lively piece full of intense color with a subtle coating of sparkles that catch the light in various ways and enhances the vibrant painted surface. It h...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Lucite, Acrylic, Cardboard
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