Evans Deventer Art

HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...

HOLY SPLIT II 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT II is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms sugges...

MANY FOR THE EMPATH 2026 Paris, France This complex and layered floral painting of an abundant, overflowing bouquet presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original mixe...

AT THE VERY LEAST 2026 Paris, France This vibrant and immersive floral painting, captures an expansive, almost overgrown garden expanse of blooming roses enveloped in dense, swirlin...

Straights 2025 Paris, France This abstract oil painting depicts delicate botanical forms rising on slender stems against a deep black background. Natural and beige tones define the ...

From The Inside 2025 Paris, France This abstract oil painting features a textured surface with deep black tones and natural cracks spreading across the canvas. The fissures expose a...

"Rosettes III" is a graphic and bold abstract painting, of terracotta oil paint on canvas. The name pays homage to the captivating "rosettes," the distinctive and natural markings fo...

Luctor Et Emerge 2025 Paris, France This abstract oil painting features delicate white blossoms scattered across cracked natural linen branches against a semi gloss deep black backg...

IT TRAILS YOU 2025 Paris, France This bold abstract oil painting on natural linen canvas uses a single deep dark green-blue color applied in thick, fluid layers. The paint creates l...

ALL FOURS 2025 Paris, France The painting shows four men on hands and knees in the foreground, their bodies merging in muted white and black tones against a plain ochre-brown backgr...

ROSA PRISTINA Latin for "earliest rose" or "pristine rose," captures a bloom suspended forever between full vitality and delicate decay. The painting is an abstract elegy to the rose...

"PRACTICE ON ME" 2025 Paris, France “Practice on Me” is a study of intimacy and surrender, a reflection on the vulnerability that exists between devotion and desire. Two figures, t...

EVE OF PARTING 2025 Paris, France This painting captures a fleeting moment of emergence and disappearance, a pale, flame-like form rising from a field of deep shadow and crimson. Th...

ECTYPE 2024 Paris, France The painting features a textured, abstract composition on a brown canvas. The central area is dominated by a vibrant, chaotic mix of colors, including reds...

"Onslaught", 2025, Paris, France The animalia oil painting on antique linen features a striking and abstract composition of a prominent predator skull depicted in a reddish-brown hu...

STIRRINGS OF THE CEILING 2025 Paris, France Painted on leather paper, "Stirrings Of The Ceiling," presents an abstract and dynamic composition featuring intertwined nude female figu...

WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, flora, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, ...

"Lacuna 1", 2024, Paris, France This artwork, created with India ink on antique cotton, evokes a visceral play between texture, pattern, and absence. Titled "Lacuna", the piece is a...

"Lacuna 2", 2024, Paris, France This artwork, created with India ink on antique cotton, evokes a visceral play between texture, pattern, and absence. Titled "Lacuna", the piece is a...

IN GIRUM IMUS 2024 Paris, France This painting has a weathered, almost ancient quality, created on dyed antique Belgian linen with acrylic paint. The linen’s rich brown surface appe...

ARIA OF OPERA ELEVEN 2025 Paris, France This painting suggests a connection to performance, something both grand and fleeting. Made with black paint on stretched antique French line...

I'M SORRY TOO 2024 Paris, France This abstract flora painting portrays two roses seemingly merging in harmonious synchronization, evoking a sense of beauty intertwined with a poigna...

AVEC DES ÉPINES 2024 Paris, France The French title of the work translates in English to "With Thorns". The painting captures the rose’s mysterious allure, balancing beauty with an...

TAKE ME WITH YOU 2024 Paris, France Canvas composition is divided in half, with the upper potion focused on a floral bouquet, and the bottom half left unfinished other than a subtl...

PHYLUM FOUR 2024 Paris, France This painting features intriguing, intersecting folds, evoking shapes that are both floral and insect-like. The organic shadows suggest subtle relatio...

SAECULUM OBSCURUM 2024 Paris, France This painting seeks to evoke the layers of time and excess, capturing the hollow aftermath of decayed grandeur associated with the 10th-century ...

"ABOVE HEADS" 2024 Paris, France This is a small, but impactful piece, full of character. The title, "Above Heads" slightly indicates hallucinations from either the past or the fut...

WITH FEAR, WITH BLANKET (1) PARIS, FRANCE 2024 This painting depicts the most vulnerable version of ones child self. A blanket is represented with the patterned blue material the c...

WITH FEAR, WITH BLANKET (2) PARIS, FRANCE 2024 This painting depicts the most vulnerable version of ones child self. A blanket is represented with the patterned blue material the ...

JARDIN DES PLANTES 2024, PARIS Inspired by the artist's relationship to "Jardin Des Plantes", located in the 5th arrondissements of Paris, France, this original landscape depicts th...

"Potion as a Place," 2024, Paris, France A deep and bold floral of an abstract, mesmerizing landscape. This original oil painting on linen exudes loose and energetic movement with rich purples, that dances across the surface. Swirls of the floral, rose composition...

Drawing inspiration from the ancient Roman term "Los Osculi," translating to "right to kiss," the artist delves into a compelling exploration of the past's intriguing customs. In ancient Rome, women were prohibited from drinking as it was believed to lead to adultery and even possess abortifacient properties. Consequently, the husband and male family members of an "honest" woman possessed the right to kiss her on the mouth to ensure her sobriety. The allure of fleeting kisses, whispers of scent, and the sensuality of suspicion captivated the artist's imagination. On an antique French canvas...

SOME SURMOUNT 2024 Paris, France This charming painting on canvas visually represents the notion of being unshackled from a burden, and an ascension from a darker place. A black, e...

The canvas comes to life with a captivating yet understated painting, heavy on texture, using antique linen, crafted with a unique blend of dye, pigment, and acrylic. The artist's su...

OF CERULEAN 2024 Paris, France Named after a specific shade of blue, this painting portrays an abstracted, organic floral pattern. The floral shapes and shadows allude to both beau...

PLATO'S CAVE 2024, Paris, France A bold and graphic black & white painting with primitive undertones. Black and white acrylic paint lay over a purple-brown wash forming shapes. Very...

SCARCE XVII 2021 Paris, France Intricate black and white pebble-pattern painted over a natural, oil washed canvas. A visual interpretation of erosion and organic patterning found th...

ONCE IT COMES 2024 Paris, France Originally inspired by weathered stone, this painting portrays an abstracted, organic landscape. Deep green acrylic paint on antique, natural linen,...

ONCE VERDANT 2024 Paris, France This enchanting painting portrays the artist's vision of an abstracted, organic floral pattern. The floral shapes and shadows allude to traces of a ...

AN IMPULSE BUDDING 2024 Paris, France This piece is formed first with a pink dye underpainting on canvas, with white acrylic and green oil painted on top. The notion of the title, "...

"For Granted II.", 2024, Paris, France "For Granted II." is a quiet, rich and cerebral abstract painting using a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, magenta, purple, green a...

"For Granted I.", 2024, Paris, France "For Granted I." is a quiet, rich and cerebral abstract painting using a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, magenta, purple, green and...

OVERTURES LIKE THAT 2024 Paris, France This painting portrays a mysterious pattern. The almost living floral shapes and organic shadows allude to both beauty and danger in an abstr...

"Habitual II", 2023, Paris, France This rich and cerebral abstract painting uses a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, pink, and white oil paints and wood stain to create visual texture and depth. The artist selected a French, antique postal...

"Ghosts of the Gardens" is a mysterious and captivating abstract painting, evoking the untamed beauty of wild gardens and chaotic floral motifs with its energetic and loose movement....

Bold yet delicately portrayed, "So Plant, So Animal III" is an abstract piece framed to perfection, offering a timeless neutral color palette. The central theme captures the essence ...

SOME SPAIN 2021 Paris, France Graphically bold, yet cerebral, this textured, abstract piece offers a rich color palette. Painted using oil, acrylic and plaster, and executed on an ...

RUBBER JUNGLE I 2022 Paris, France A graphic and bold abstract painting. Primarily black and white acrylic painted on canvas. Neutral and modern, with loose, playful and energetic movement. Inspired by childhood interpretations of shapes in the dark - there is a sense of unknown when the imagination takes over. Subtle color comes into play with accents of Indian ink, dried terra cotta pigment and sage green paint. Option to create a pair alongside "Rubber Jungle II" (as pictured). Price and size are per painting. Evans Deventer stamp and signature on back. We are happy to offer subsidized shipping options. -- Nicholas Evans (b. 1982) is an American, Paris-based artist, designer and creative director. Painting is a cornerstone of Evans’ artistic expression, which is largely inspired by personal events, religious symbolism, and historical allegories. In addition to traditional oil and acrylics, Evans uses materials such as plasters, wax, salt and found objects in his works, presenting a way to seek new meaning in elements that have collapsed or eroded over time. Threads of poetry convey the fragmented logic of suffering, lost love...

TIME, IT TAKES II 2022 Paris, France A graphic and bold abstract painting on linen, with dark blue green ink and white acrylic accents. A single, bold, orange line is situated on the right side of the painting, a commentary on markers of time as an ineffective unit of measurement. Time interpreted not as linear, but an experience outside of numbers and outside of logic. Option to create a pair alongside "Time, It Takes I" (as pictured). Price and size are per painting. Evans Deventer...

"Habitual I", 2023, Paris, France This rich and cerebral abstract painting uses a subtle but powerful color palette of brown, pink, and white oil paints and wood stain to create visual texture and depth. The artist selected a French, antique postal...

AN URGENT MAN 2020 Paris, France Oil and acrylic on canvas portray a ‘derbyed’ man attempting to shed the weighted armor of his obligations and persona. A very loose nod to the character from René Magritte’s 1964 painting, ‘The Son of Man...

RUBBER JUNGLE II 2022 Paris, France A graphic and bold abstract painting. Primarily black and white acrylic painted on canvas. Neutral and modern, with loose, playful and energetic movement. Inspired by childhood interpretations of shapes in the dark - there is a sense of unknown when the imagination takes over. Subtle color comes into play with accents of Indian ink, dried terra cotta pigment and sage green paint. Option to create a pair alongside "Rubber Jungle I" (as pictured). Price and size are per painting. Evans Deventer...

SAUDADE 2024, Paris, France An abstract, original painting on linen, which is primarily black & white with hand-painted typography detail. Centered at the bottom of the work reads t...

EPERGNE 2024, Paris, France This painting conveys the sense of knowing something is under the surface, in the dark, while not fully understanding it - as if looking into a cave. An ...

TEMPT ENSEMBLE 2022 Paris, France Originally created as part of Nicholas' solo exhibition "This, and Thereafter (Plumes)," December 10, 2022 - January 7, 2023. The theme illustrated...

E.S.H. IV PARIS, France 2023 Inspired by sculptures and statues of Europe, a horse and rider are depicted as a black silhouetted abstraction. White and grey acrylic paint over text...

MAGDALENA 2024, Paris, France An abstract and surreal original painting which is primarily black & white with accents of deep reds, browns, light blues, greens, and natural tones, o...

TIME, IT TAKES I 2022 Paris, France A graphic and bold abstract painting on linen, with dark blue green ink and white acrylic accents. A single, bold, orange line is situated on the left side of the painting, a commentary on markers of time as an ineffective unit of measurement. Time interpreted not as linear, but an experience outside of numbers and outside of logic. Option to create a pair alongside "Time, It Takes II" (as pictured). Price and size are per painting. Evans Deventer...

CONGRATULATORY 2020 Paris, France Subtle, black & white, figurative portrait in chalk on antique wood. Wood itself has a lot of character, with a beautiful, grey patina. Evidence o...

"Final Offering" delves into intricate details of a poignant scene. The viewer's gaze is drawn to a statuesque figure, with a hand gracefully outstretched, engaging in the tender act of placing a crown of flowers onto what appears to be a sepulcher or marble tomb. The careful attention to the folds, texture, and draping in the subject's clothing stand out in this piece. The color palette chosen - formed with India ink on dyed canvas...