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Abstract River Landscape - 50x67 in. Print backmounted on Dibond
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series, largely influenced by the abstract expressionist field paintings of the 40’s and 50’s with a nod to Gerhard Richter’s blurred canvases.
Available in large for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
C Print
39 x 32 in. Oil Painting "Informed Consent" - Oil Paint, Silver Leaf
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. His work is held in various corporate and private collections worldwide.
Oil Painting
39 x 32 x 2 inches
Oil paint, cold wax, silver leaf on gallery wrapped canvas
Framing is optional because painting wraps around canvas
Ready to hang on wall, signed on the back by artist
Video attached for viewing
The beauty of geometrical balance in Cimini's series of work evokes a certain quiet beauty. Strong layers of color and brushwork explore depth and emotion to each unique piece. Cimini's work range from paintings with vibrant color and energy to quiet contemplative pieces with rich layering of depths. Using oil paint, wax medium, and marble dust on canvas, the artist creates a harmonious balance on the canvas, or paper, characterized by textured shades of colors, with linear lines and shapes - allowing a symmetrical, meditative composition of shapes and colors to emerge.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Building on the architectural origins which have been the basis of my work for over a decade, I have started referring to my compositions as random symmetry. That is, creating a balance on the canvas with no discernible pattern allowing a symmetrical, meditative composition to emerge. I employ the golden mean as a reference which can often be seen in the composition.
I use oil paint with a cold wax medium, layering the paint, as organic surfaces evolve within the restrained lines of the composition.
During the process an environment develops giving an emotional story to the thoughtfully planned out compositions. My color choices vary, sometimes deliberately creating a series with particular color decisions and sometimes allowing the color choices to impulsively appear fueled by intuition and experience. Color remains a constantly unfolding mystery.
In a recent exhibition, MATH TO BEAUTY is series of new paintings employing the golden mean as a basis for the geometric compositions which I've come to call random symmetry. This fascinating ratio, frequently found in nature and geometry, is perceived by many to play a role in the human perception of beauty. So much has been written about the golden ratio; to the point that it's hard to discern fact from fiction. But whatever the truth, the golden ratio has properties that has intrigued and inspired mathematicians, biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics for centuries.
Using the golden ratio in the cavalier way that I do keeps me mindful of proportion. Just when I think it's working along comes color to challenge my senses. In the end my intentions are to create beauty in my work. As the Greeks put it, the three ingredients to beauty are: symmetry, proportion, and harmony.
Born: 1949, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: San Francisco Art Institute
School of Visual Arts (New York City)
Grants & Awards
2003 Recipient of a Grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation selected by a committee of distinguished art professionals awarded to artists with established ability. The grant was set up by Lee Krasner, wife of Jackson Pollack.
2015 Finalist at the Global Art League 2015 exhibition at the Montreal Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
30x40 in. Abstract River Landscape Fine Art Print - Framed in LA
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series available exclusively through gallery. This series is largely influenced by the abstract expressionist field paintings of the 40’s and 50’s with a nod to Gerhar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
48 x 104 in. / 4 x 8.6 ft (2 panels) "Chromatic Fantasy" Large Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful, abstract expressionist oil painting on linen by Alexis Portilla. This piece is in 2 panels.
He obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture.
“Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.” “In some of his smaller works, Portilla experimented with beeswax. Applying a smooth coat of wax over the surface, the artist sealed in his sparse, abstract forms, while leaving whole sections empty, the images hover in the wax, as if frozen in time, yet the pieces have a fresh, almost dewy look.”
- Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review.
The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Instruction
1993-1994 Faculty /Adjunct Instructor
Department of Printmaking
Columbia University New York, NY
Awards
1983 – 1994 HEOP/SEOG Full scholarship
To attend Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1984-85
Charles A. Dana Internship and Grant,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Public Commissions:
April 2007 Penn State University -State College, PA, Department of Chemistry
Public Collections
1996 The New York Public Library, New York, NY
Department of Prints and Drawings
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting on paper - framed in natural wood - Blue and Gray 2
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is based on an original oil painting on paper by artist, custom made into an archival pigment print. Framed in natural wood. This may be paired with Blue and Gray 1.
Print dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Archival pigment print - framed in natural wood - Blue and Gray 1
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is based on an original oil painting on paper by artist, custom made into an archival pigment print. Framed in natural wood. No need for glass or acrylic front. This may be pair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
40 x 53in. - Abstract River Landscape - Framed Print
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series available exclusively through gallery. This series is largely influenced by the abstract expressionist field paintings of the 40’s and 50’s with a nod to Gerhar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
24x22x2 in. - Oil Painting - Geometric Architectural Contemporary - Opposites
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. We love the work of this artist bec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
56x56 in. - Chamonix - Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Influenced by artistic expression in music, poetry, literature, and drawing inspiration from concepts in art and science, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
47.2x63in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - Sea F5
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's bea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
47.2x63in. Aerial Photography of Earth, Land, Sea - Sea F8
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a new series of photography of land art depicting Earth and its land forms taken from the air. This series of aerial photography captures Earth's bea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Zen Beauty - Contemporary black and white photography of Flower series - medium
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This photography is part of a series of zen like beauty of Flowers art photography.
In 3 sizes.
This piece:
Print size: 30 x 37.5 in.
Image dimensions are 22 x 30 in.
Matted in 8 ply museum archival matt.
Ed of 15, signed, editioned on a Certificate of Authenticity by by photographer.
About this series:
With great patience and respect, the photographer observes the life cycle of the flower, viewing the subject much like a portrait photographer views a person, choosing the particular instance which in his view represents the essence of the flower. We feel the piece evokes a certain poetic, quiet, Zen beauty.
The photographer was a London Central Saint Martins graduate and lived in a short spell in a monastery in Japan, and now primarily lives in Japan.
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The artist was born in the UK in 1971, and after leaving Central Saint Martin’s in London in 1992, determined to explore a deeper sense of meaning, and contemplate life, he journeyed to Japan where he lived in a Zen Buddhist monastery and lived and studied in a temple in the mountains of Yamanashi for months, during which he studied Zen Buddhism and joined the monks in their daily prayers and routines.
Over time, the subject matter for this series is borne out of a respect of the inner life of living things, Nature, in this instance and a sense of “mono no aware” (the art of impermanence). His artist vision has drawn influences from his Western artistic culture, Japanese classical aesthetics, and the 1933 classical text, “In Praise of Shadows” by Japanese literary titan, Junichiro Tanizaki (1886–1965). Tanizaki, as translated by scholars, examines the singular standards of Japanese aesthetics and their stark contrast with the value systems of the industrialized West. He writes:
“We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates… Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty.”
“Shadows” presumably refers to the subtle interplay between light and darkness, not a stark dualism between black and white. Hence, the quiet beauty expressed in shadows of light and darkness as a living flower moves through the passage of life.
The art of impermanence refers to a “pathos” (aware) of “things” (mono), deriving from their transience. The flower is a perfect metaphor for the expression of impermanence and beauty. Each flower has its own distinctive character and temperament, and is in constant dynamic motion. Through the passage of its life, it blossoms to its greatest peak, turning always towards the light until they eventually give up their petals. The artist documents this process through hundreds of images over time, essentially capturing the essence of the life of the subject. Both the visual aesthetic and process of his art calls to mind the transcient nature of things and reminds us to rejoice what we do have.
In his gold series - Gold, in turn associated with the sacred, the divine, with supernatural powers and even immortality, has been recognized since ancient times in all the great civilizations as a noble material. Gold leaves have been used to decorate shrines, temples, statues, armor, jewelry since ancient times. At different times of the day, the light reflects off the gold differently as the day progresses, providing a visual context in which the celebration of life was captured.
The artist has been recognized for his work for example, with a merit award at the Art Directors Club 87th Annual Awards N.Y. (2008). His work has been in group exhibitions as a runner up at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the Taylor Wessing London – Elle Commendation Portrait Awards, and at the Kiyosato Photo Art Museum in 1999. A successful photographer, the artist’s commercial clients include Adidas, Estee Lauder, Hugo Boss and shot celebrities for magazines / editorials featuring Sam Smith, Jeremy Renner, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Fincher, Zhang Ziyi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Photography - Flower Series (Medium size, matted)
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of photography portraiture of flowers as subject matter. Each image also be custom hand made to be paved in 22 k gold leaf. See pictures attached.
About this series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Atlantic Ocean Series - Goth #7 - landscape, unframed
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Atlantic Ocean series places a little contextual history of this scenic image with its maritime history at that spot with the interplay of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photograph - Not Alone
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white award winning landscape image expression of solitude and nature.
Image dimensions:
15 x 15" Edn of 50
22 x 22" Edn of 25
40 x 40" print only Edn of 15...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photograph - Bridges, Architecture, Urban Landscape
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a black and white award winning landscape image expression of architecture in our urban landscape: bridges.
Image dimensions:
15 x 15" Edn of 50
22 x 22" Edn of 25
40 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
7.5 x 6.6 ft - Court of the Red King - Oil on canvas Abstract Expressionist
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a grand and majestic oil painting by Alexis Portilla. The use of a unique pale gray blue against vibrant shades of a golden yellow and bright colors makes a bold statement, w...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
26x30" - Ganymede - Oil, Enamel on Wood
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This piece has a lacquered shine, and it is an oil painting on enamel on wood panel.
Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Colum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
36x48" - White Lake - Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting on linen by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
44.25x36" - "Owl House" - Mixed Media, Charcoal on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Owl House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Charcoal
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys, blues and blacks of this piece contrasts against the light and symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme in Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
26x41" - Thors Twins II - Monochrome on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful monochrome on paper by Alexis Portilla.
This is sold unframed.
Thors Twins II
26x41 in.
Monochrome on Paper
Alexis Portilla holds an MFA from Columbia Universi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Monoprint
30x30in.Black & White Nude contemporary abstract photography - MAN, WOMAN n. 11
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series). Gallery exclusively presents this series of the human form - that which has inspired ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x30" Black & White Nude Art Photography - n. 6
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract contemporary art photography (13 in series). Gallery exclusively presents this series of the human form - that which has inspired ar...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x30" Sensual Avant Garde Art Nude Photography - Nude n.7
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract art photography (13 in series). Gallery exclusively presents this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from ti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x30" Black & White photography of Nudes - Man and Woman, Nude n. 12
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of black and white Nude abstract art photography (13 in series). Gallery exclusively presents this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from ti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x30 in. Contemporary Fine Art Photography - Nudes - "Woman and Man"
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We curated this series of the human form - that which has inspired artists from time immemorial. This series of nude art photography is by a talented photographer who trained at Cent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photography - 20x24" "California Dreamin" (Limited edition) i
By John-Paul Pietrus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We love this fine art photography for its flair, carefree style and retro vibe.
John-Paul Pietrus was born in the Philippines and raised in the Midwestern United States. He studied ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print
20x30" Rhapsody in Blue, New York City, back mounted
By Alejandro Cerutti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The gallery has the most extensive art photography of New York City, due to our abiding love for the city. We present the work of differen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
16x24" Rhapsody in Blue, New York City, New York landscapes
By Alejandro Cerutti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Our gallery has the most extensive art photography of New York City, due to our abiding love for the city. We present the work of different photographers, some of whom are emerging talents who have had their work published in noted magazines in Europe or the USA, others, who are recognized for their work in international photography competitions.
This series is EXCLUSIVE to gallery. Can be paired or placed in a series of New York art photography in the series. Inquire for complimentary consulting and digital rendering.
ABOUT THIS PIECE:
This is drawn from archive of an award winning photographer. Photo is taken using tungsten color set up. taken over a quiet weekend early dawn, exuding a rare relative calm of the city.
The work is a C print -sold print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
28x23 in. Abstract Black and White - "Soglio" Etching - unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful etching, by Alexis Portilla.
This is sold unframed. Picture illustrate pairing with "Squid", an etching.
Soglio
Etching AP unique
Image size 21 x 19 in.
Paper s...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
30x22 in. Re- Enter - Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper, unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
Re-Enter
30x22 in.
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite on paper
Unframed
Framing available
The artist Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts.
“Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.”
- Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review.
Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture.
The artist has shown in group and solo exhibitions nationally for more than 20 years. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University
BFA, Pratt Institute
Selected Public Collections
Penn State University
New York Public Library
Selected Corporate Collections
Harvard Club...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
27.5 x 22.8 in. - "SQUID" Etching - Abstract Black and White -unframed
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful etching, by Alexis Portilla.
This is sold unframed. Picture illustrate pairing with "Soglio", an etching.
Squid
Etching, AP 1/1, unique
Image size 21 x 19 in.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Etching
Art Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry I (56 x 56" image)
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series ofabstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evolve from the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Atlantic Ocean series - #1 - Ocean, Water, Landscape, Nature
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Atlantic Ocean series places a little contextual history of this scenic image with its maritime history at that spot with the interplay of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Photograph - Luxor - Framed print
By John-Paul Pietrus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Luxor
20x24 in. - Edn of 20
C print
Signed, numbered, original Certificate of Authenticity from artist.
Framed as shown - Approx. 33 " X 29" outside frame measurement, ready to inst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
56x56” Arcana Reprise
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by Alexis Portilla, using a palette of unique sage grays, icy blue grays, exuding a quiet, poetic beauty. Color, lines and shapes that resemble picto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
94 x 74 in. / 7 ft 10 x 6 ft 2 Oil Painting - Black Elk
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vast canvas by Alexis Portilla working in abstract expressionism, in a piece with gripping energy, directness, and an emotional impact.
Black Elk
Oil on Canvas
94 x 74" / ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
"Zebras - Camouflage" (wildlife art photography) - unframed
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zebras - Camouflage
2009, Serengeti, Tanzania
This beautiful piece illustrates the beauty of wildlife in its natural environment. nature portrayed like a graphic art piece.
Drawn ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Salt crystals, acrylic series (2015) - Cactus
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful layered, mixed media piece using acrylic ink, salt water and salt crystals, on unprocessed photographic paper. The video shows the salt crystals shimmering on the paper when light reflects off it. This piece conjures up a beautiful imaginary world. The other picture shows the artist's exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA.
The layering of works, creating depth, process and nature are important elements of the artist' work . For example, salt crystallization has been used on found objects and encrusted on photo based works on paper. The salt crystallization process is similar to preserving some objects, while disintegrating others with time. By incorporating salt crystals onto the photo based paintings, the image presents a mystical otherworldly feel, capturing and refracting light and the slippage of time.
20x24 in.
Signed en verso. Singular piece.
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Christine Nguyen is a Los Angeles based artist. She received her B.F.A from California State University, Long Beach and M.F.A from University of California, Irvine.
As an artist, she is inspired by literature, science, nature, astronomy, geology, marine biology.
Using photography’s processes as a point of departure, Christine Nguyen’s pioneering spirit led her to begin manipulating negatives and onward–creating her own by cutting, layering, and adding on. Nguyen’s subsequent explorations embrace drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Salt crystals, acrylic series (2015) - Fish
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful layered, mixed media piece using acrylic ink, salt water and salt crystals, on unprocessed photographic paper. The video shows the salt crystals shimmering on the paper when light reflects off it. This piece conjures up a beautiful underwater sea world.
The layering of works, creating depth, process and nature are important elements of the artist' work . For example, salt crystallization has been used on found objects and encrusted on photo based works on paper. The salt crystallization process is similar to preserving some objects, while disintegrating others with time. By incorporating salt crystals onto the photo based paintings, the image presents a mystical otherworldly feel, capturing and refracting light and the slippage of time.
20x24 in.
Signed en verso. Singular piece.
There are 3 different works in this series. Each is a singular unique piece. Pairs well as a diptych / triptych.
Inquire for new works or projects.
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Christine Nguyen is a Los Angeles based artist. She received her B.F.A from California State University, Long Beach and M.F.A from University of California, Irvine.
As an artist, she is inspired by literature, science, nature, astronomy, geology, marine biology.
Using photography’s processes as a point of departure, Christine Nguyen’s pioneering spirit led her to begin manipulating negatives and onward–creating her own by cutting, layering, and adding on. Nguyen’s subsequent explorations embrace drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Salt crystals, acrylic series (2015) - Flight Patterns
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful layered, mixed media piece using acrylic ink, salt water and salt crystals, on unprocessed photographic paper. The video shows the salt crystals shimmering on the paper when light reflects off it. This piece conjures up a beautiful imaginary world.
The layering of works, creating depth, process and nature are important elements of the artist' work . For example, salt crystallization has been used on found objects and encrusted on photo based works on paper. The salt crystallization process is similar to preserving some objects, while disintegrating others with time. By incorporating salt crystals onto the photo based paintings, the image presents a mystical otherworldly feel, capturing and refracting light and the slippage of time.
20x24 in.
Signed en verso. Singular piece.
Art exclusively at gallery. Inquire to view series, collection. Inquire to commission projects. Framing available.
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Christine Nguyen is a Los Angeles based artist. She received her B.F.A from California State University, Long Beach and M.F.A from University of California, Irvine.
As an artist, she is inspired by literature, science, nature, astronomy, geology, marine biology.
Using photography’s processes as a point of departure, Christine Nguyen’s pioneering spirit led her to begin manipulating negatives and onward–creating her own by cutting, layering, and adding on. Nguyen’s subsequent explorations embrace drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
Photograph - CiCi's Moon River - framed
By John-Paul Pietrus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20x24 in. - Edn of 20
C print
Signed, numbered, original Certificate of Authenticity from artist.
Framed- Approx. 33 " X 29" outside frame measurement
John-Paul Pietrus was born in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Cheetahs n.1 - Watching / I am looking at You (20 x 24 in. - unframed)
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This particular image at Kenya's Amboseli National Park. This image has the magnificent cat directly looking straight at you. We cannot quite make out that stare, but there is a wild...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Cheetahs n.2 (Kenya) - Together - 20 x 24 in. - unframed
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This particular image at Kenya's Amboseli National Park. This is drawn from the archives of fine art photographer William Chua, an award winning photographer and FujiFilm ambassador in Asia, from Singapore, presented here exclusively. The essence of nature's beautiful creatures in flight and motion or in a solitary moment...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
"Zebras - Camouflage" (wildlife art photography) - unframed
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zebras - Camouflage
2009, Serengeti, Tanzania
This beautiful piece illustrates the beauty of wildlife in its natural environment. nature portrayed like a graphic art piece.
Drawn ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Award winning wildlife photos- “Zebras” Prix de la Photographie Paris - framing
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
2010, Serengeti, Tanzania, black and white wildlife art photography
Migration of Zebra 15 x 45'' Edition of 50
- backmounted and frameless, and ready for installation.
Drawn fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
Elephants (Kenya) - 18 x 24 in.
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This particular image at Kenya's Amboseli National Park. This is drawn from the archives of fine art photographer William Chua, an award winning photographer and FujiFilm ambassador in Asia, from Singapore, presented here exclusively. The essence of nature's beautiful creatures in flight and motion or in a solitary moment is captured poetically in these images. His art has won him recognition in multiple categories, in some of the world's most prestigious photography competitions.
1stdibs buyer protection and subject to availability.
Print image: 18 x 24...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
"Zebras - Splash" 2009, Amboseli National Park, Kenya (wildlife) - unframed
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Critically acclaimed image of wildlife art photography - Zebras in flight, this photograph captures the feeling and visual intensity of a scene of beauty, motion and excitement at Ke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Tibet "Dawn" - 24x16" limited edn print
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful photograph of a young monk in Tibet, going to his morning prayers at dawn. The moment's quiet tranquility is spontaneously.
This is drawn from the archives of fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Mountain Water II - Abstract contemporary art - unframed archival print
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of five original photo based drawing and painting created on layered mylar as a negative to create the glowing images.
The crafted final image is printed onto archival paper:
- Series of 5 original images
- Edition of 3
- Signed and numbered by artist
This image was used to create an art exhibit installed at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum.
Christine Nguyen is a Los Angeles based artist. She received her B.F.A from California State University, Long Beach and M.F.A from University of California, Irvine.
As an artist, she is inspired by literature, science, nature, astronomy, geology, marine biology.
The layering of works, creating depth, process and nature are important elements of her work . For example, salt crystallization has been used on found objects and encrusted on photo based works on paper. The salt crystallization process is similar to preserving some objects, while disintegrating others with time. By incorporating salt crystals onto the photo based paintings, the image presents a mystical otherworldly feel, capturing and refracting light and the slippage of time.
Using photography’s processes as a point of departure, Christine Nguyen’s pioneering spirit led her to begin manipulating negatives and onward–creating her own by cutting, layering, and adding on. Nguyen’s subsequent explorations embrace drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Mountain Water II - Abstract contemporary art - archival print
By Christine Nguyen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a series of five original photo based drawing and painting created on layered mylar as a negative to create the glowing images.
The crafted final image is printed on archival paper:
- Series of 5 original images
- Edition of 3
- Signed and numbered by artist
This image was used to create an art exhibit installed at Los Angeles' Hammer Museum.
Christine Nguyen is a Los Angeles based artist. She received her B.F.A from California State University, Long Beach and M.F.A from University of California, Irvine.
As an artist, she is inspired by literature, science, nature, astronomy, geology, marine biology.
The layering of works, creating depth, process and nature are important elements of her work . For example, salt crystallization has been used on found objects and encrusted on photo based works on paper. The salt crystallization process is similar to preserving some objects, while disintegrating others with time. By incorporating salt crystals onto the photo based paintings, the image presents a mystical otherworldly feel, capturing and refracting light and the slippage of time.
Using photography’s processes as a point of departure, Christine Nguyen’s pioneering spirit led her to begin manipulating negatives and onward–creating her own by cutting, layering, and adding on. Nguyen’s subsequent explorations embrace drawing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
60"x50" Oil Painting - Abstract Contemporary Oil Painting Monochromatic Study 2
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a monochromatic contemporary oil painting by Alexis Portilla working in abstract expressionism. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literatu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
30x40" Abstract photography - Abstract Flowers
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of abstract art photography, capturing nature, flora, fauna in an abstract, brightly styled, exuberance. This abstract ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
22x30" Night Rooms I - Black, White, Monochromatic Oil on Paper I
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys and blacks of this piece contrasts against the symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Oil Painting - The Lovers, France
By Herb Kornfeld
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is part of a series of Californian and Europe oil landscapes, painted by the late American artist Herb Kornfeld.
This piece is called "The Lovers" because the artist was painti...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wildlife - "Lion" award winning photo 24 x 23 in. Fuji Flex premium
By William Chua
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Award winning photographer William Chua artistically captures the essence of the flair and magnificence of one of Nature's great beasts.
Exclusively from gallery - printed on Fuji Fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
C Print
Etchings - "America"
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful new etching - a whimsical, imaginative, exquisitely detailed piece.
Other photos illustrate exhibited other works. Inquire.
Framing options available in Los Angeles, London, New York.
The etching is by a Japanese etching...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Etching - Cotswolds, England
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is beautiful piece of the Cotswolds, England.
Image 10 x 16 in.
on paper with about 1.5 in. all around
Signed, titled and editioned
Unframed
Gallery curates a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is in her late 80's and currently based in Spain. She was trained at The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), a distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.
The artist won several noted awards for her art in her native Spain, and in Paris, France. She worked as an artist and also had a career in advertising, illustration and interior design, in Spain, France and New York. As an artist, she has had solo and group exhibitions first Paris, France, Monaco, Japan, Spain and the US.
ETCHINGS
Cuca Romley’s etchings of both famous and little places around the world are depicted with a remarkable attention to detail, a style that belies her sophisticated sense of line and color. These etchings capture a bygone era of a city in flux, and a snap shot of a classic image of a place. Each plate is etched with patience and a thoroughness reminiscence of the earlier days of engraving, in exquisite and fine detail.
Romley creates her intricate design on the etching ground that covers the copper plate. After the acid has etched the lines into the copper plate she engraves the details into the plate with a buril until the image is completed. For each individual print a master printer must ink the plate and wipe the surface clean. The plate is placed on the bed of the press and the previously wet French Arches paper 100% cotton covering the plate to pass through the press, and that completes the printing process.
After the printing ink has dried for a couple of days, the etching is ready for the hand coloring by the artist. There are often more than 30 colors in one of Romley’s images. Each print can take up to 6 hours to color; these colors impart a subtle transparent effect that compliments the delicacy of the line.
Every etching in the limited edition is then signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.
Limited pieces available. Image size specified.
Exhibition (selection)
1933 Born in Madrid, SPAIN (age 81)
1952-55 Fashion Illustrator, SPAIN
Prize - Galerias Preciado , Sindicato Nacional Textil, Madrid, SPAIN
2nd Prize - Salon Nacional de Dibujos de Alta Costura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
