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32x28x2" Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We love this piece painted in relative monochromes of midnight blues and sage greys evoking stately strength and calm.
32 x 28 x 2 inches
Oil paint, cold wax on canvas, stretched on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
24 x 24 x 3.5" Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting, Steel Heart
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting, Steel Heart
24x24x3.5 in.
Oil paint, cold wax on canvas,
Stretched on wood frame, painted around canvas, ready for installation
S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
24 x 24 x 3.5" Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting, Autumn Rust
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting with earthy tones on canvas.
24x24x3.5 in.
Oil paint, cold wax on canvas,
Stretched on wood frame, painted around canvas, ready for installation
Si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
28 x54 x 2 in. Oil Painting - Shapes of Things - MAE
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
54x28x2" Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting, Source
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
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
40 x 44 x 2" Geometric Architectural Contemporary Oil Painting
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, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Chinese contemporary ink brush painting - "Hua Dan" Side
By Jiu Chen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Chinese opera is a quintessentially Chinese cultural performance art, and began around 1790, when theater companies from all over China arrived in Beijing, to perform for the Qin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink
Chinese ink brush painting (contemporary asian art) - Hua Dan - Front
By Jiu Chen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Chinese opera is a quintessentially Chinese cultural performance art, and began around 1790, when theater companies from all over China arrived in Beijing, to perform for the Qin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink
Handcolored Etching - Monte Carlo, Monaco, Europe
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Etching
Edition 143/175
Last 2 left, new, not preowned
Video attached
This is a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is 91 years and cur...
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
The Flatiron Building 24”x36” Oil Painting
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by Cuca Romley. Ms Romley was a long time New Yorker now retired, and living in Spain, and enjoying the beaches in Spain and France and painting into her nineties. This beautiful oil painting is of the Flatiron building at dusk, of a bygone era, captured with a whimsical happiness and exquisite, fine, detail. Video available upon request
Provence: from artist, this piece has not been previously owned, is from the artist’s storage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
35x 36 in. Oil painting on paper - Vessel Red
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is rich, vibrant and strong abstract expressionist piece by an established artist who has received recognition for his work. The piece is rich in poetic significance and symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
47 x 65 in. / 4 x 5.4 ft "Oregon" - Large abstract Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a gorgeous piece with multi layering of jewel-like colors and brushwork, by Alexis Portilla.
Images show various details.
Painting subject to availability and 1stdibs buyer protected purchase and shipping with returns subject to terms. Inquire directly to get complimentary consult of a digital rendition of painting in your space.
The artist, Alexis Portilla, shows that his artistic virtuosity ranges from the strong and bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil (Pale Fire...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media
59x50 in. "Anemone" - Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful large oil painting by Alexis Portilla.
Alexis Portilla holds an MFA from Columbia University (1990) and a BFA from Pratt Institute. His work is in more than 250 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Etching - South Beach, Miami, Florida
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gallery curates a series of original etchings from respected European artist Cuca Romley. The pieces are very limited in terms of numbered editions left.
Ms Romley is in late eight...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Etching
24x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, 4X Gold
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
Gold Leaf
40x32x2 in. "Tuxedo" Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 32 x 2 inches
Oil paint, cold wax and marble dust on canvas
Signed, ready to hang
Framing not necessary because painting wraps around canvas, framing available on request
Vide...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
32 x 28 x 2 in. Oil Painting - Shapes of Things Study II mae
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
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
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
The Flatiron Building 24”x36” Oil on canvas
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by Cuca Romley. Ms Romley was a long time New Yorker now retired, and living in Spain, and enjoying the beaches in Spain and France and painting into her nineties. This beautiful oil painting is of the Flatiron building at dusk, of a bygone era, captured with a whimsical happiness and exquisite, fine, detail. Video available upon request
Provence: from artist, this piece has not been previously owned, is from the artist’s storage, but has some slight blemish at left corner, when viewed at an angle, as shown in picture.
There is a series of original etchings and work from respected European artist and ex-New Yorker, Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is in her late eighties / early nineties, and currently based in Spain after spending much of her life in New York City. 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.
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 Paintings
Materials
Oil
22x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, Precious
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
24x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, 4X Gold
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
Gold Leaf
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
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
22x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, Precious
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
48 x 60 in. "For Helen" oil on canvas - black and white oil painting
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large monochromatic oil painting on canvas by Alexis Portilla.
Oil on Canvas
48x60"
Alexis Portilla obtained his Master's of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990 and has been working as an artist for more than 20 years. We showcase this talented artist's virtuosity ranging from the strong, bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil. 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. Often, his pictographs depict vessels because of its significance to many aspects of the human condition. 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.
He has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections.
Education
MFA, Columbia University (1990)
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
Canvas, Oil
56x52 in. - Mont Blanc - Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Influenced by artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, and drawing inspiration from concepts in art and science, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
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
Archival Paper, Oil
27x26" paper- Black Pearl - Mixed Media on Paper
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
Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Graphite
30 x 22 inches Oil paint, cold wax medium - Purple Haze
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
30 x 22 inches
oil paint, cold wax medium on
100% cotton, 140 lb Arches Oil Paper with deckled edges
The painting goes to the deckled edges of the pape...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
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 large, vibrant, colorful and strong abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas that is full of life and vigor.
Painting subject to availability and 1stdibs buyer protected purchase and shipping with returns subject to terms.
The artist, Alexis Portilla, shows that his artistic virtuosity ranges from the strong and bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil (Pale Fire).
Alexis Portilla obtained his Master's 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.
We showcase this talented mid career artist's sheer virtuosity both in style and use of varied medium which is apparent in his works in which he paints large oil abstracts...
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
27x26" paper- Black Pearl - Mixed Media on Paper
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
Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite, Oil
88 x 72 in. / 7.3 x 6 ft "Lemon"
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexis Portilla obtained his Master's of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990 and has been working as an artist for more than 20 years. We showcase this talented artist's virtuos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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
50x63" - "Skyline" - Oil Painting on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Presenting this bold piece with strong masterful brushwork, Alexis Portilla shows that his artistic virtuosity ranges from the strong and bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil (Pale Fire).
Skyline
Oil on Linen
50x63"
Alexis Portilla obtained his Master's 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. We showcase this talented mid career artist's sheer virtuosity both in style and use of varied medium which is apparent in his works in which he paints large oil abstracts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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
27x26" - Black Pearl - Mixed Media on Paper
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
Ink, Graphite, Mixed Media
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
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
56x56" Oil Painting - Arcana Reprise
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
Large abstract oil painting - Yellow Makes the Moves - architectural, color
By Stephen Cimini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful piece in a vibrant yet harmonious balance of geometry and color.
Oil Painting - Yellow Makes the Move
35x35x2 in.
Oil paint, cold wax medium and marble dust on c...
Category
2010s Abstract 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
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
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
Archival Paper, Oil
Oil Painting - The Lovers - painted in 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
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
30x24 in. Magic Book - Oil on Wood Panel
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a gorgeous large scale abstract oil painting on wood panel from Alexis Portilla.
Magic Book
Oil on wood panel
30 x 24"
Painting does not have a spe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
36x48 in. Abstract Contemporary art on Safety Glass
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We present this new original and unique large abstract art on glass. Each art glass piece is handmade, hand painted and / or airbrushed with inks, oil pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink
Etching - Morning Ride (hand-painted etching) - new
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful brand new handcolored etching of a morning ride in Upstate New York.
18x24 in.
Hand-painted etching
Provenance: from artist.
Gallery curates a series of original etchings from respected European artist and ex-New Yorker, Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is in her eighties, and currently based in Spain after spending decades in New York City. 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.
On CMF Fabiano paper.
Size specified is the size of the copper plate, I.e. the image size.
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
48x60 in. Abstract Contemporary art on Safety Glass
By MAE Curates
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We present this new original and unique large abstract art on glass. Each art glass piece is handmade, hand painted and / or airbrushed with inks, oil paints and other materials on s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink
58 x 52" Black and white Oil on Canvas
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a large oil on canvas abstract oil painting, exclusively available from us on 1stdibs. This is strictly subject to availability. Ready to hang and with full 1stdibs protectio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Etching - Morning Ride (hand-painted etching) - new
By Cuca Romley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful handcolored etching of a morning ride in Upstate New York.
Gallery curates a series of original etchings from respected European artist and ex-New Yorker, Cuca Romley. Ms Romley is in her eighties, and currently based in Spain after spending decades in New York City. 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.
On CMF Fabiano paper.
Size specified is the size of the copper plate, I.e. the image size.
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
20 x 18" Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful Oil on Linen painting by Alexis Portilla, unframed.
20 x 18 in.
Oil on Linen
Unframed
Framing available
May be paired with others as illustrated.
The artist Al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
