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Last Minute Shopping #2, digital print, archival paper, generative art
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Last Minute Shopping #2" is a digital print on cotton rag, acid-free paper by generative artist Stephen Boyd. Including the wood frame it measures 24x24". Based on mathematical computation, the artist has programmed thousands of lines into two grid patterns that reveal textured backgrounds, moiré effects and organic shapes that allude to motion and plant growth (among other natural processes).
Stephen makes generative art (not AI art) based on Organizing Principle Ratios and Emergent Structure – all of which means the artist is programming coherent visual relationships and compositional structures into every artwork. Simple rules, repeated millions of times, result in hypnotic, beautiful images.
From Stephen – "I consider myself a composer for an infinite orchestra, where each instrument plays a single note that endlessly ricochets off its neighbours."
Stephen Boyd is a Toronto-based artist using code as a medium for creating prints and interactive works since 2003. For the last 20 years, Stephen has explored the idea of simple patterns written in code, repeating millions of times to create beauty through emergent structure. His work for the last five years has focused on creating generative art for print and screen.
Stephen's prints and installation work have been exhibited in solo and group shows. He has presented at the Marshall McLuhan Festival, Siggraph, and held an Artist-in-Residence position at Centennial College.
Stephen’s influences range from early generative artists of the 1960s such as Manfred Mohr and Vera Molnár...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
"Shadows Kept Alive No.4", signed numbered Giclée print, Hahnemühle paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Shadows Kept Alive No. 4” is a triptych of 3 abstract images composed together as one single image measuring 14” high by 42” wide. It is a giclée print on archival Hahnemüle paper. The gallery is offering Free Shipping on this item globally, which ships rolled carefully in a tube.
From the artist, Chris MaGee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Giclée
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper, wood frame, glass
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of uncommon mystery and beauty.
All of S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper, wood frame, glass
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty.
All of Shane's ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
Untitled, paint and collage on treated paper
By Shane Drinkwater
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tasmanian-born artist Shane Drinkwater harnesses his interest in ancient manuscripts, cartography and astronomy to produce abstract artworks of mystery and beauty. All of his artworks are Untitled and measure approximately 20x20" (50x50 cm). Most are unframed and ship carefully rolled in a tube.
Using acrylic paint on reclaimed paper – dressmaker’s pattern sheets or dyed parchments – his visual vocabulary of dots and dashes, spheres and numbers render his vision as highly coded maps of cosmic systems, secret alphabets...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Dye, Acrylic
"Tree and Fog Near Sunnyside Beach", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Tree and Fog Near Sunnyside Beach" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 27x36" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 10.5x17" and 6.75x10". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
Tree and Fog Near Sunnyside Beach is another photograph from Sunnyside Beach in Toronto, with foggy conditions where the bath to the left and lake surface to the right appear to lead nowhere.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Windswept Pine", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Windswept Pine" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 27x36" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 12.75x17" and 7.5x10". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
During a visit to Parry Sound, Ontario. Rick made a side trip to Killbear Provincial Park and photographed this windswept white pine. Growing out of a large granite outcrop, it is known as the most photographed tree in Ontario. This photograph was featured in the Horizons group show at Toronto’s Twist Gallery in January, 2023.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Tree on Snowy Hillside", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Tree on Snowy Hillside" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 25x36" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 12.25x17" and 7.25x10". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
Tree on Snowy Hillside is a fine example of the Japanese philosophy of Ma – the celebration of the space between things. This image of a lone tree was taken at a snow covered golf course in Caledon, Ontario. It was a Gold Medal winner at the 2023 PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, France.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Seven Trees, Sunnyside Beach", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Seven Trees, Sunnyside Beach" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 22.75x36" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 10.75x17" and 6.5x10". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
Seven Trees, Sunnyside Beach – Fog seems like a rare occurrence in Toronto. When it happens, one needs to act quickly. In this instance, Rick opted to head to the shores of Lake Ontario near Sunnyside Beach by his home. He found this stand of trees near Sunnyside Pavilion. The fog produced an unearthly, meditative esthetic.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Rocks in the Water, Lakeside Park", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Rock in the Water, Lakeside Park" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 24x36" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 11.5x17" and 6.5x10". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
Rocks in the Water, Lakeside Park is part of a series of studies of rocks in shallow waters. This time near the city of Oakville, west of Toronto. The use of 10-stop ND filter helps to create the smooth texture of the water. Rick uses this technique often, not only for the look that it produces but also because it forces the process of producing the image in the field to slow down.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Broken Piers", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Broken Piers" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 20x20" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"Blue Lagoon", ceramic sculpture, porcelain vase, saggar, blue, copper, gold
By Alison Brannen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Blue Lagoon" is a saggar-fired porcelain vase by Alison Brannen. It measures 14" high by 9" wide. Inspired by her journeys sailing the Atlantic Ocean, Alison can’t get enough wind a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Porcelain, Slip
"Magma", ceramic sculpture, porcelain vase, saggar, copper earth, burnt offering
By Alison Brannen
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Magma" is a saggar-fired porcelain vessel by Alison Brannen. It measures 16" high by 13" wide. It's an exceptional piece, leaning into the "jolie laide" territory – compelling despi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Board 1, abstract in acrylic paint, oil pastel and modeling paste on canvas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
BOARD 1 is an abstract painting by Peter Husband in acrylic paint, oil pastel and modeling paste on stretched canvas. It measures 36 x 36". The artist's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Canvas
"MY OUT-OF-REACH GARDEN", abstract watercolor, memory, flowers, stars, textile
By Fleur Thesmar
Located in Toronto, Ontario
MY OUT-OF-REACH GARDEN is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30", and is a structured composition in tones of blue, violet, rose, gold and green. Bordering on abstraction and representation, there appear to be sheets of paper, a desk, and yet surrounded by flowers, patterns and textiles it becomes a larger scene, a collection of memories.
From Fleur Thesmar – "When you cannot return to a place you love, your memory invents the place for you. Apparent forms are suddenly unrecognizable, a reconstructed memory of a far-away place. Wrapped in patterns, grids and cloth, lights and stars shine as if from a mirror. Throughout are organic, fantastic shapes of flowers."
Having moved her family from France to America, artist Fleur Thesmar closely observed the changes in her world – from the seemingly obvious such as surrounding landscapes, the light of day and weather, the flowers, trees and shorelines – to the smaller less obvious shifts, such as how one behaves in a new world, in a new home, how one cherishes certain belongings and certain memories.
Her artistic practice is borne out of that close observation and shift in perspective, and has led to a number of successful gallery shows in the U.S. and internationally. Fleur Thesmar has shown at Beacon Gallery in Boston MA, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, Old West Museum, Cheyenne WY, Belmont Art Gallery, Belmont MA, and Salon Ile-de-France 2020, Bourg-La-Reine, France. Her work is on permanent display at the Tower Hill Botanic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"TWO ROSES", watercolor, flowers, petals, rose, pink, green leaves, beauty, love
By Fleur Thesmar
Located in Toronto, Ontario
TWO ROSES is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 30x22", and is a striking composition in tones of rose, pink, gold and green. It's a courageous work of art, seemingly a reflection or a symmetry but of course they are two distinct, complex flowers.
From Fleur Thesmar – "Standing on top of each other like mystic roses...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Running To Running From", acrylic, paper, politics, humanity, surrealist dream
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Running To Running From" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"One Waiting Too", acrylic, paper, angels, humanity, loss, myth, surrender
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Running To Running From" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Inner Self", geometric abstraction, wood, acrylic paint
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Inner Self" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on baltic birch panel. Inner Self measures 30" high by 24" wide by 1" deep. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Quality, classic fisherman's sporting world in a postmodern juxtaposition
Located in Toronto, Ontario
QUALITY is a classic Canadiana painting that focuses on sport fishing, by artist Peter Husband. The painting is in acrylic paint and oil pastel on stretc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
I'm Leaving, a COVID abstract in acrylic paint, oil pastel and found newsprint
Located in Toronto, Ontario
I'M LEAVING is an abstract painting by Peter Husband in acrylic paint, oil pastel, found newsprint and modeling paste on stretched canvas. It measures 30...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Newsprint
Passing By, Canadiana history and cottage life in a postmodern juxtaposition
Located in Toronto, Ontario
PASSING BY is a classic Canadiana paintiong in postmodern style by Peter Husband, with acrylic paint, oil pastel, and found images on stretched canvas. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Found Objects, Photographic Paper
"Salon 13" is a collection of 13 small mixed media pieces with electric lighting
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Salon (13)“ is a collection of 13 small-scale works by artist Heather Nicol. The installation of 13 assemblages is variable. The artist will personally consult with the buyer and can be on site for the installation. The 13 mixed media pieces include delicate lighting elements that shift and change via arduino electronic devices, or utilize picture lights throwing a soft roll of light across the artwork. These works are linked through their wiring, which is enveloped in a white umbilical cord-like fabric casing, creating an organic, unifying code of display.
Heather Nicol is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes immersive sound installation, small-scale discrete object making, and independent curating. Her large site-specific interventions explore the architectural, sonic, historic and operational conditions across a wide range of locations. These include concourse atriums, rail terminus, lobbies, a theatre, a public school building, a theme park...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
"Specimen 2", ornate frame, fur, LED light, paper, plastic bubble, trimming
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Specimen 2“ is a mixed media piece by artist Heather Nicol, and measures 16x13x1“. Part of a body of work known as Salon, this particular assemblage is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Board, Fabric, Organic Material, Plastic, LED Light
"Specimen", frame with electric picture light, faux fur, paper, pins, on board
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Specimen“ is a mixed media piece by artist Heather Nicol, and measures 16x13x3“. Part of a body of work known as Salon, this particular assemblage is co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Board, Synthetic, Paper, Lights, Pins, Wood
"Cordial", wallpaper, spray paint, aunt's pearls, crystal, red resin, on board
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Cordial“ is a wall relief panel by artist Heather Nicol, and measures 16x19x4“. Part of a body of work known as Brief Lives, this particular piece is comprised of wallpaper, spray paint, wood, the artist's aunt's pearls, crystal and red resin (solid), mounted on board. It fixes to the wall with a custom-fit wooden cleat. Reflecting on domestic materials and their relationships to display and social identity, Cordial celebrates and questions feminist reclamation, nostalgic tenderness and the histories embedded in the objects, while carrying on their aesthetic traditions through transformation into works of art.
Heather Nicol is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes immersive sound installation, small-scale discrete object making, and independent curating. Her large site-specific interventions explore the architectural, sonic, historic and operational conditions across a wide range of locations. These include concourse atriums, rail terminus, lobbies, a theatre, a public school building, a theme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Found Objects, Board, Resin, Spray Paint
"Fox Hunt", wallpaper, acrylic paint, optical lens, screws, mounted on board
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Fox Hunt“ is a wall relief panel by artist Heather Nicol, and measures 16x19x4“. Part of a body of work known as Brief Lives, this particular piece is comprised of wallpaper, wood, acrylic paint, screws and an optical lens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Found Objects, Board, Acrylic
"Parlour", wallpaper, glass, silver platter, butterfly, nails, mounted on board
Located in Toronto, Ontario
“Parlour“ is a wall relief panel by artist Heather Nicol, and measures 17x19x4“. Part of a body of work known as Brief Lives, this particular piece is comprised of wallpaper, fabric, wood, nails, glass, silver platter, plastic wrap, butterfly specimen, mounted on board. It fixes to the wall with a custom-fit wooden cleat. Reflecting on domestic materials and their relationships to display and social identity, Parlour celebrates and questions feminist reclamation, nostalgic tenderness and the histories embedded in the objects, while carrying on their aesthetic traditions through transformation into works of art.
Heather Nicol is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes immersive sound installation, small-scale discrete object making, and independent curating. Her large site-specific interventions explore the architectural, sonic, historic and operational conditions across a wide range of locations. These include concourse atriums, rail terminus, lobbies, a theatre, a public school building, a theme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Silver
"Landscape #3", oil painting on cradled wood, resin finish, black wood frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Landscape #3 is an oil painting on cradled wood panel with chalk and graphite, and measures 24" high by 18" wide by 2" deep. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending Landscape #3 a particular warmth and liquidity that is lovely to behold. It is framed in a black wood shadowbox frame.
Will’s new landscapes are inspired by the shorelines of Lake Erie and the farmland of Norfolk County, Ontario. His true project – to explore and capture sudden bursts of cloud light, a disintegrating horizon, the ephemeral nature of shifting shores and lands.
From Will Hudson: “From one day to the next it seemed nothing was the same. There was no permanence to a particular view or setting. That’s what I painted.”
Recognized for seductive, enigmatic works in oil on wood panel, Will's picture surfaces are fascinating – he favors oil paint with chalk and graphite – and often allows the wood grain to emerge as a natural texture. He finishes each painting with a clear resin that operates as a lens. Admitting light and transmitting light, lending a palpable warmth and liquidity to the experience.
Will Hudson is a formally trained architect originally from the UK, now practicing in Toronto, Canada. With an eclectic career in the art world, Will has shown and performed chalk street painting and murals in across North America and Europe. His installations have been exhibited at Nuit Blanche in Toronto in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. His paintings were featured in a solo show, "Things You Think You've Seen" at Artists' Network Gallery in 2018. His most recent solo exhibitions were here at Gagné Contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
"Landscape #8", oil painting on cradled wood, resin finish, black wood frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Landscape #8 is an oil painting on cradled wood panel with chalk and graphite, and measures 24" high by 18" wide by 2" deep. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending Landscape #8 a particular warmth and liquidity that is lovely to behold. It is framed in a black wood shadowbox frame.
Will’s new landscapes are inspired by the shorelines of Lake Erie and the farmland of Norfolk County, Ontario. His true project – to explore and capture sudden bursts of cloud light, a disintegrating horizon, the ephemeral nature of shifting shores and lands.
From Will Hudson: “From one day to the next it seemed nothing was the same. There was no permanence to a particular view or setting. That’s what I painted.”
Recognized for seductive, enigmatic works in oil on wood panel, Will's picture surfaces are fascinating – he favors oil paint with chalk and graphite – and often allows the wood grain to emerge as a natural texture. He finishes each painting with a clear resin that operates as a lens. Admitting light and transmitting light, lending a palpable warmth and liquidity to the experience.
Will Hudson is a formally trained architect originally from the UK, now practicing in Toronto, Canada. With an eclectic career in the art world, Will has shown and performed chalk street painting and murals in across North America and Europe. His installations have been exhibited at Nuit Blanche in Toronto in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. His paintings were featured in a solo show, "Things You Think You've Seen" at Artists' Network Gallery in 2018. His most recent solo exhibitions were here at Gagné Contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
"Landscape #1", oil painting on cradled wood, resin finish, black wood frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Landscape #1 is an oil painting on cradled wood panel with chalk and graphite, and measures 24" high by 18" wide by 2" deep. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending Landscape #1 a particular warmth and liquidity that is lovely to behold. It is framed in a black wood shadowbox frame.
Will’s new landscapes are inspired by the shorelines of Lake Erie and the farmland of Norfolk County, Ontario. His true project – to explore and capture sudden bursts of cloud light, a disintegrating horizon, the ephemeral nature of shifting shores and lands.
From Will Hudson: “From one day to the next it seemed nothing was the same. There was no permanence to a particular view or setting. That’s what I painted.”
Recognized for seductive, enigmatic works in oil on wood panel, Will's picture surfaces are fascinating – he favors oil paint with chalk and graphite – and often allows the wood grain to emerge as a natural texture. He finishes each painting with a clear resin that operates as a lens. Admitting light and transmitting light, lending a palpable warmth and liquidity to the experience.
Will Hudson is a formally trained architect originally from the UK, now practicing in Toronto, Canada. With an eclectic career in the art world, Will has shown and performed chalk street painting and murals in across North America and Europe. His installations have been exhibited at Nuit Blanche in Toronto in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. His paintings were featured in a solo show, "Things You Think You've Seen" at Artists' Network Gallery in 2018. His most recent solo exhibitions were here at Gagné Contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Pastel, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
"Landscape #10", oil painting on cradled wood, resin finish, black wood frame
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Landscape #10 is an oil painting on cradled wood panel with chalk and graphite, and measures 24" high by 18" wide by 2" deep. It is finished with a clear resin across the surface, lending Landscape #10 a particular warmth and liquidity that is lovely to behold. It is framed in a black wood shadowbox frame.
Will’s new landscapes are inspired by the shorelines of Lake Erie and the farmland of Norfolk County, Ontario. His true project – to explore and capture sudden bursts of cloud light, a disintegrating horizon, the ephemeral nature of shifting shores and lands.
From Will Hudson: “From one day to the next it seemed nothing was the same. There was no permanence to a particular view or setting. That’s what I painted.”
Recognized for seductive, enigmatic works in oil on wood panel, Will's picture surfaces are fascinating – he favors oil paint with chalk and graphite – and often allows the wood grain to emerge as a natural texture. He finishes each painting with a clear resin that operates as a lens. Admitting light and transmitting light, lending a palpable warmth and liquidity to the experience.
Will Hudson is a formally trained architect originally from the UK, now practicing in Toronto, Canada. With an eclectic career in the art world, Will has shown and performed chalk street painting and murals in across North America and Europe. His installations have been exhibited at Nuit Blanche in Toronto in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014. His paintings were featured in a solo show, "Things You Think You've Seen" at Artists' Network Gallery in 2018. His most recent solo exhibitions were here at Gagné Contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite, Pastel
"Relic", abstract sculpture, torched wood, granite base, bicycle rubber tube
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Relic" is a sculpture of geometric abstraction by Stan Olthuis composed of fire-torched pine wood, plywood, and reclaimed bicycle inner tube, mounted wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Metal
"The Bigger Picture", abstract sculpture, found frame, wood, paint, geometry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"The Bigger Picture" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on pine wood and reclaimed picture frame. The Bigger Picture measures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Found Objects
"Maybe", abstract sculpture, wood, paint, geometry, circle, kiss, gravity, flow
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Maybe" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on polystyrene mounted in a painted wood frame. Maybe measures 26" high by 30" wide by 2.5" deep. Typical of the artist, this minimal geometric abstraction resonates with a rich charge. It's a sculpture and a painting. The circles, the discs, almost touch but not quite. The artist's obsession with geometry and shapes in proximity is a clear gesture here. The eye delights in the formal play of shape and color, while the mind engages the material force of the wood and paint.
From Stan Olthuis – "My work has always involved tactility and expressionistic energy. I visualize the story and imagery simultaneously, allowing the work to surprise me and come to life as I work. I am almost careless in how I use color and texture, facing the fear of improvising on-the-fly. I like to leave the obvious raw record of the process visible, but I believe a mystery remains."
Stan Olthuis looks for expressive opportunities in found and harvested raw material – wood, stone, metal, rubber – and brings a fabricator's expertise to the work of making minimalist, joyful sculptures. Geometry is key, as are a sense of play and an adept's feel for sacred energies.
His work is exhibited and collected internationally, including private and corporate commissions in Canada, United States, France, Japan and Norway. Stan is represented by Gagné Contemporary in Toronto and New York City, and has select works available through the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Motokawa Gallery in Japan.
Stan Olthuis' formal education began in Chicago with Henk Krijger, the celebrated master printmaker, type designer, painter and sculptor. Back in Toronto, Olthuis graduated (with distinction) with a degree in Experimental Arts at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), studying under artists Fred Hagen, Tom Hodgson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Polystyrene
"Home", abstract sculpture, wood, paint, geometry, circle, center, flow
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Home" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on baltic birch panel. Home measures 40" high by 30" wide by 1" deep. Typical of the artist, this minimal geometric abstraction resonates with a rich charge. It's a sculpture and a painting. The lines are elegant. The artist's obsession with geometry and intersecting shapes is a clear gesture here. The eye delights in the formal play of shape and color, while the mind engages the material force of the wood and paint.
From Stan Olthuis – "My work has always involved tactility and expressionistic energy. I visualize the story and imagery simultaneously, allowing the work to surprise me and come to life as I work. I am almost careless in how I use color and texture, facing the fear of improvising on-the-fly. I like to leave the obvious raw record of the process visible, but I believe a mystery remains."
Stan Olthuis looks for expressive opportunities in found and harvested raw material – wood, stone, metal, rubber – and brings a fabricator's expertise to the work of making minimalist, joyful sculptures. Geometry is key, as are a sense of play and an adept's feel for sacred energies.
His work is exhibited and collected internationally, including private and corporate commissions in Canada, United States, France, Japan and Norway. Stan is represented by Gagné Contemporary in Toronto and New York City, and has select works available through the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), and Motokawa Gallery in Japan.
Stan Olthuis' formal education began in Chicago with Henk Krijger, the celebrated master printmaker, type designer, painter and sculptor. Back in Toronto, Olthuis graduated (with distinction) with a degree in Experimental Arts at Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), studying under artists Fred Hagen, Tom Hodgson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Birch, Acrylic
"It's Complicated", abstract sculpture, wood, paint, rubber knots, found objects
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"It's Complicated" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on reclaimed bicycle inner tube, wrapped and mounted on painted pine f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Rubber
"In Sync II", abstract sculpture, wood, paint, geometry, circle, convergence
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"In Sync II" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on a reclaimed laminate table top. In Sync II measures 42" high by 42" wide ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Laminate
"Vendémiaire", acrylic on paper, myth, humanity, loss, autumn, surrender
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Vendémiaire" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. This artwork is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Man Wearing Crown in Water", acrylic, paper, myth, loss, humanity, surrealist
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Man Wearing Crown in Water" is an acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, by Brooklyn, New York artist Dale Williams. It measures 50" high by 38" wide. This artwork is part of a new ongoing series called "Humans Without Warning". Typical of the artist's practice, it is mythic and humanitarian all at once, striking several political and spiritual notes as well.
From Dale Williams – "The figures of Humans Without Warning arrive with little forethought. They soon reveal their troubled and antic states of being. They began at the start of the COVID pandemic and explore shared vulnerabilities in a time of political and social disunity. If I am mindful of any of their attributes as I work on them, it is surely how the figures mirror the losses many of us have experienced over the past two years, and the accompanying trudge which often finds us stumbling into numbness."
From George Del Barrio (2018), Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn NY: "Williams acknowledges a large range of influences on his vision: the moral lessons embodied in the works of 17th century engraver Jacques Lagniet, the darkling phantasms and tragic reportage of Goya’s Caprichos and Disasters of War, and the personal mythologizing of the late paintings of Philip Guston. Such works echo throughout Williams social surrealist re-visioning."
Dale Williams has exhibited in the New York City area for over 25 years. He is a 2014 recipient of a Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts. His recent one-person show, “America Now Suite,” which re-visioned American history in service of the civic imagination, was held at Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn in October 2018. A selection of portraits from “America Now Suite” was included in the BRIC Biennial, Winter/Spring 2019. His portrait of Osip Mandelstam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Mixed Media
"MIDNIGHT BLUE", sculpture, clay, relief, abstract, contemporary, ceramic
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Midnight Blue, a ceramic relief sculpture of high-fired porcelain pigmented with oxides, paint and epoxy, is a recent work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. This sculpture is ready to be mounted to the wall. Note the artist's hand in the mark-making – cuts and radiating lines, the suggestion of maps, geometry and counting systems – it is characteristic of Wortsman's practice. Warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, tribal traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
Midnight Blue was recently exhibited at Harold Wortsman: Time and Space, Orange Art Foundation, New York City, February 2022.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe—like naked skin. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium, Porcelain, Epoxy Resin
"VERTICAL 7", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 7, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 7 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 4, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 4 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"VERTICAL 1", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern, tower, column
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Vertical 1, a ceramic sculpture of wood-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Vertical 1 was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"RED, BLACK & BROWN", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, tribal, pattern
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Red, Black & Brown, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Red, Black & Brown was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman – "Wortsman has increasingly moved into his own – a place in which the relations between the abstractions of volume and the intimations of very old culture are merged in a way that is new." – Essay, "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space", Orange Art Foundation, February 2022, New York City.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"ALTAR", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, pattern, mark
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Altar, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Altar was recently exhibited at "Harold Wortsman: Time and Space" at the Orange Art Foundation, February-March 2022, New York City.
Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"4+4", sculpture, clay, ceramic, abstract, contemporary, tribal, disc, geometry
By Harold Wortsman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
4+4, a ceramic sculpture of high-fired clay pigmented with oxides, is a work by New York artist Harold Wortsman. Note the blending of geometric and organic forms in this work – it is characteristic of his practice – warm, contemporary, uniquely crafted, yet speaks to ancient, primitive traditions of art-making that cross cultures and histories. Highly attuned to the art of Africa, the Middle East, India and Asia, his forms are organic abstracts with masculine and feminine attributes that resonate together as a pleasing enigma. They make sense immediately, yet never give up all their secrets.
From Harold Wortsman – "With sculpture, my material of choice is high-fired clay. Pieces are first low-fired in an electric kiln. I do not use glazes. Instead, I use oxides applied to the bisqued (low-fired) clay. As with a tattoo, oxides permit the surface underneath to breathe. The work is then high-fired in a gas kiln with double reduction to cone 10. The final temperature is 2,300 degrees F. At a certain point, oxygen intake is reduced to the kiln. Because the fire has reached a critical mass, it needs oxygen and chemically takes it from the clay and the oxides painted on. Like a jazz improvisation, each kiln load comes out slightly different."
From Jonathan Goodman, Poet & Art Critic – "Wortsman re-examines ancient and modern traditions in light of what it means to make art." – Tussle Magazine, July 2019.
Harold Wortsman is a sculptor and printmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He “creates forms that bring to mind archaic cult objects and exude a quiet concentrated strength.” (Argauer Zeitung, Switzerland). His work, an edgy mix of freedom and clarity, can be found in public and private collections in the US, including The Library of Congress, Yale University, The New York Public Library Print Collection, The New York Historical Society, Smith College, Indiana University’s Lilly Library, Brandeis University, The Newark Public Library Special Collections Division, and the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Print Archive. Also in private and public collections in Europe, including the Municipal Collection of the City of Brugg, Switzerland.
Harold studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with sculptor George Spaventa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Pigment, Other Medium
"GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLE AND STAR", oil on wood, renaissance gothic, surreal
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLES AND STAR is a new oil on wood surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 20x24" and is a unique ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLES", oil on wood, renaissance gothic, spiritual, surreal
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
GIOTTO ANGEL WITH CIRCLES is a new oil on wood surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 20x24" and is a unique artwork. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"AGAVE", MesoAmerican, Mexico, myth, leaves, Aztec, Mayan, succulent, flora
By Anna Ortiz
Located in Toronto, Ontario
AGAVE, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, measures 12" high x 16" wide. Agave is recent work and characteristic of the artist's practice – the palette is restrained, the colors...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AUTOMATON BACKDROP", Figurative Painting, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Blue Woman
By Libby Rosa
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The painting "AUTOMATON BACKDROP" by Libby Rosa blurs the distinction between abstraction and representation. And that rational/irrational alignment is only...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Grenadier Pond", signed archival pigment print
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Grenadier Pond" is a black & white landscape photograph measuring 36x25" unframed. All of Rick's photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art Paper using archival pigment-based inks. There are other edition sizes available, namely 17x12" and 10x7". Photographs are rolled carefully and shipped in a tube. Framing is optional and quoted separately.
Grenadier Pond is in High Park in Toronto, which opened to the public in 1876. It spans 161 hectares (400 acres) and is the second-largest municipal park in Toronto. It is a great location for photographers and naturalists. This image was taken at around 6:30 a.m. at the park’s Grenadier Pond. A long exposure really enhances the reflection of the trees and brush at the pond’s shoreline.
Rick Bogacz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment
"SORCERER'S BISCUIT", painting, surrealist dream, wolf, queen, duality, magic
By Tony Geiger
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SORCERER'S BISCUIT is a new oil on canvas surrealist painting by Brooklyn, New York artist Tony Geiger. It measures 16x20" and is a unique artwork. Note the artist's vocabulary present here – the young girl in early 20th century clothes holding the chewed biscuit; on poles either side of her what looks like a wolf in top hat, and a queen with crown. The wolf and queen are dimensional though appear as garish silhouettes – setting up a duality, a dream, a magic spell...
Tony Geiger has said his paintings take you to a certain place, but you have to find your own way back. The world he creates encompasses both classical surrealism and more contemporary concerns. Conflict is usually present. These mischievous juxtapositions make statements on the human condition – either politically, physically or spiritually. Geiger wants the viewer to be challenged and amused by this mixture of the macabre and the playful.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, New York and a longtime NYC resident, Tony Geiger still considers himself a transplanted Californian. He has exhibited paintings at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, the Barbican Centre in London, England, Miami Projects at Art Basel, Ceres Gallery in Chelsea, NYC, and he was accepted into The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Tony Geiger lives in Carroll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"SPRING FLOWERS 04042018 559pm", Abstract, Digital Print, Blue, Rose, Pink, Grey
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "SPRING FLOWERS 04042018 559pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on April 4, 2018 at 5:59 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
