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EDNA Contemporary

San Luis Obispo, CA
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About EDNA Contemporary

With an exceptional selection of paintings, photography and sculpture by emerging to mid-career artists, EDNA Contemporary specializes in residential and corporate art consulting. With over 25 years of experience in design and fine art, owner, Sheryl Chesnut can help you find artwork that speaks to you. Sheryl graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Fine Art and a minor in Business. Finding the perfect piece of artwork to enhance your home or office can be difficult or intimidating; Sheryl’s love of art and design and her personal relationship...Read More

EDNA Contemporary

Established in 20181stDibs seller since 2022

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Featured Pieces

Desert Trip 3
By Scott Yeskel
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s i...
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

St. Ann's
By Julie Brookman
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever”, wrote Jacques Cousteau. Indeed, all who have stood at the ocean’s edge have felt transfixed by the irrepre...
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2010s Naturalistic Mixed Media

Materials

Encaustic

I-5 N
By Scott McMillin
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Born in 1965 in Glendale, California, Scott McMillin remained in Southern California until he entered California State University Long Beach in 1983 and then completed his studies at...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Pony
By Scott McMillin
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Born in 1965 in Glendale, California, Scott McMillin remained in Southern California until he entered California State University Long Beach in 1983 and then completed his studies at...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

GENTLE STEPS
By Chris Hayman
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings with...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Birchband
By Michael Kessler
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in Rome in 1990 and the Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting. His modern artwork has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad via international and national galleries, and has been featured in over 150 SOLO exhibitions since 1983. Michael Kessler’s abstract contemporary paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Appearances are deceptive, and anyone who is interested in the true nature of the universe knows that there are far more questions than answers. The more we know, the more we know we don’t know. I want my paintings to reflect both the desire to know and the futility of trying to know. I’m building a surface and not so much an image. I see my work as a metaphor for nature – about wondering how it (nature) got that way, realizing that we may never find out. I’m interested in beauty, but not a superficial or superfluous beauty – something deeper. It is daunting, but if you go through the forest at night...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sky Graph 5
By Michael Kessler
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
This beautiful slice of abstract geometric art can hang horizontally or vertically in a small space alone or with a grouping. The bright colors are the perfect pop of color for your ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sky Graph 13
By Michael Kessler
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
This beautiful slice of abstract geometric art can hang horizontally or vertically in a small space alone or with a grouping. The bright colors are the perfect pop of color for your ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mirrored Flag from Cold Light Series
By James Rosenquist
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Major Pop artist James Rosenquist used sign-painting techniques to make kaleidoscopic canvases that conjure American advertising. He embraced the visual language of commercial art, f...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph

Nineteen Greys
By Bridget Riley
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Signed, titled, dated and numbered from the edition of 75 in pencil, on card, printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with their rubber stamp verso, the full sheet printed to the edges.
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Toolbox 8
By Jim Dine
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Since the 1950s, Jim Dine’s expansive multimedia practice has spanned painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, poetry, and performance. Dine was a pioneering member of...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Love Rising
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
This iconic original lithograph by Robert Indiana is a true classic. It is in perfect condition and framed with glass
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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