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Large Blue Painting of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” Ukiyo-e Print
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary interpretation of “Wakashima Gonemon Swimming Underwater” by Taiso Yoshitoshi. Signed and dated in front lower right corner by artist...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red & Blue Abstract Figurative Painting with Four Figures and Botanical Elements
Located in Houston, TX
Red and blue abstract figurative painting by Haitian artist Richard Antilhomme. The painting depicts four different red flowy figures that branch from each other. The figures are against a light blue background with green botanical elements. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful gold frame.
Dimensions With Frame: H 31.88” x W 23.75”
Artist Biography: Born in 1922 in Petit Trou de Nippes. Antilhomme didn't start painting until he was 50 when Tiga, a famous Haitian artist, brought him into the Saint Soleil circle. Malraux mentioned him in L'intemporel as one of the finest artists. He paints vodou-inspired themes in a raw and naive format. He has participated in many exhibits. Saint Soleil was founded in the early 1970's under the direction of Tiga (Jean Claude Garoute...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Untitled (PPR400)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Pastel Geometric Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in pastel greens, pinks...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
“Untitled (PPR 367)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in red, pinks, blues, yellow, black, an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
“Untitled (PPR 348)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned work on paper by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in pinks, blues, greens, black, an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Red and Black Cubist with White" Modern Red-Toned Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Warm toned modern cubist abstract painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features red, white, and aqua geometric shapes set against a black background. Currently hung in a black floating frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 20.5 in. x W 14 in.
Artist Biography: Born (1927) and raised in Huntsville, TX, David Adickes is an artist whose art and heart are closely aligned with Paris, France. After studying art at the Atelier F. Leger in the late 40s, Adickes burst onto the art scene in Houston and elsewhere in the early 50s and has been a prominent member of Houston’s art community ever since. While his most visible works are his giant sculptures, from the Virtuoso in downtown Houston...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cubist Bouquet, Strange Vase" Warm-Toned Abstract Cubist Floral Still Life
Located in Houston, TX
Warm toned modern cubist abstract still life enhanced giclee painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features yellow and red flowers in an abstracted face shaped vase. Signed by the artist in the front upper right corner. Currently hung in a beautiful gold frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 23.5 in. x W 17.5 in.
Artist Biography: Born (1927) and raised in Huntsville, TX, David Adickes is an artist whose art and heart are closely aligned with Paris, France. After studying art at the Atelier F. Leger in the late 40s, Adickes burst onto the art scene in Houston and elsewhere in the early 50s and has been a prominent member of Houston’s art community ever since. While his most visible works are his giant sculptures, from the Virtuoso in downtown Houston...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Giclée
"Lord Give Me a Sign" Contemporary Teal & Navy Abstract Floral Pattern Road Sign
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary teal and navy abstract painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features 11 canvases that have been fastened togeth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Canvas
"Dolls" Contemporary Yellow Toned Surrealist Portrait Painting of a Young Girl
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-toned surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a girl figure with yellow-toned skin playing with a smaller nude, doll figure. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently hung in a wooden, brown frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H: 11 in. x W: 10in.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Enhanced" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Biomechanical Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist influenced biomechanical painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a figure of a woman hooked up to a machine with tubes coming out of her head in pink, purple, and yellow pastel tones. Signed at bottom right corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Unzipped" Contemporary Pastel Blue Toned Risqué Surrealist Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel blue-toned surrealist painting done by artist Henry David Potwin. This work features an enlarged unzipped zipper acting as a woman's genital parts. Signed at bottom left corner. Titled and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Praise of Humanity" Blue, Pink, Yellow, and Green Geometric Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Light blue, pink, yellow, and green abstract contemporary figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Douglas David. The painting depicts a geometric figure with its arms up in the air...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 42" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 41" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert hues hung by the artist in a vintage decorative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 38" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 37" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 16" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert hues hung by the artist in a vintage decorative...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
Pastel-Toned Abstract Contemporary Figurative Painting of a Bride with Helper
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-toned abstract contemporary figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The painting depicts a bride against a floor-to-ceiling window. The bride is seen wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Contemporary Surrealist Three Dimensional Stormy Sea Landscape w/ Text
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary surrealist painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. The painting depicts a stormy sea with two birds and a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Rotation" Colorful Abstract Contemporary Painting in a Grid
By Winifred Booth
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Winifred Booth. The painting depicts nine multicolored spirals in a grid against a plain b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Deux Harlequins" Abstract Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and green-toned modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two men figures standing side by s...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Stalked 2" Contemporary Colorful Jewel Toned Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract painting by local Houston artist Peter Healy. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled, and dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dance of the Daughters-One" Gray Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Jules Olitski
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern expressionist painting by American modernist artist, Jules Olitski. This painting features heavy textures formed by multiple layers of paint. Framed in a modern float...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Realistic Portrait of Thomas Shelby (Cillian Murphy) from Peaky Blinders
Located in Houston, TX
Black, plum, and green-toned realistic portrait by Houston, TX artist, YAG. This portrait depicts Cillian Murphy, a.k.a. Thomas Shelby in the famous Bri...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Construct Sequence" Contemporary Colorful Geometric Hard-Edge Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Emmanuel Araujo. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hycean Replicants" Contemporary Geometric Blue Tone Hard-Edge Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by local Houston artist Emmanuel Araujo. Currently featured in the show "5 Artists 5 Rooms" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
Artist Biography: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tense" Contemporary Modern Monochromatic Blue Abstract Color Field Painting
By Cheryl Kelley
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary modern monochromatic painting by American artist Cheryl Kelley. The work features a blue toned, color field inspired set of abstract forms, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Abstract Figure Painting Featuring the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
By Adorno Bonciani
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Italian artist Adorno Bonciani. The work features two abstract figures on horseback playing musical instruments set against the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Locust Wind" Colorful Yellow, Purple, & Green Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract expressionist painting by contemporary Houston, Texas artist Seema Nanda. The work features an explosion of bright colored shapes set against a light pink background. The piece is accentuated with a variety of found objects attached to the canvas. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Seema Nanda is an artist based in Houston, Texas. Her fine artwork...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Paradise" Pastel Blue, Yellow, and Pink Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract expressionist painting by contemporary Houston, Texas artist Seema Nanda. The work features an explosion of pastel colored shapes set against a light blue background. The piece is accentuated with a variety of found objects attached to the canvas. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Seema Nanda is an artist based in Houston, Texas. Her fine artwork...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Contemporary Orange-Toned Abstract Figurative Female Nude Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Orange-toned abstract figurative work by contemporary Missouri artist Michael Stack. The work features a light cream and silver silhouette of a headless ...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Foam Board
"Kaleidoscope" Vibrant Multi-colored Abstract Geometric Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Turquoise, red, green, yellow, and pink abstract geometric painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This painting features vibrant colored shapes tha...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Andy Resurrecting" Red and Brown Abstract Contemporary Painting of Andy Warhol
Located in Houston, TX
Red and brown abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Clementa Garcia-Lassaulx. This painting depicts pop artist Andy Warhol rising from underneath the Earth covered by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Sticky Tack” Black Biomorphic Sawdust Shape with Pink Back Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with dark gray by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang away from the wall and cast a bright pink sh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
“Plein Air” Bright Green Biomorphic Sawdust Shape with Pink Back Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract textured biomorphic shape painted with bright green pigment by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work is designed to hang awa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"White Flowers, White Vase" Modern Abstract Floral Still Life Painting of Daises
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract floral still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central vase of white flowers that appear to be daises arranged on a table and set against ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Static Conundrum" Contemporary Teal, Green, & Pink Abstract Cubist Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Teal, green, and pink abstract Cubist style painting by Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features the geometric structure of traditional Cubism, combined with the brushwork of abstract expressionism. Currently hung in a black wood floating frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 42 in. x W 35.13 in.
Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Over and Under" Soft Blue Toned Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Victorian Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of a Victorian woman attributed to American Modernist artist, John O'Neil. This painting depicts a pale white woman with rosy cheeks wearing a sky blue Victorian garment, sitting against an abstract light blue background. The canvas used for this piece was originally painted with an abstracted landscape and was painted over for this work. This piece has not been authenticated. Signed, dated, and titled at the back. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: John O'Neil (1915-2004) was a painter, educator, and writer best known for his Abstract Imagery and Early Modern (before 1950) styles.
O'Neil was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He studied at the Colorado Springs Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson, Paul Burlin, and Henry Varnum Poor; Taos School...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled 60" Large Red, Black, and Green Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red, black, and green abstract expressionist painting by Texas artist Gerald Syler. The work features a balanced composition of large, colorful brush stro...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Charcoal
"Junkman" Pastel Contemporary Biomechanical Surrealist Desert Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel surrealist painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a large mechanized man wandering a desert landscape. Signed in front lower left corner. ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spontaneous Combustion" Contemporary Surrealist Exploding Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist portrait painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a figure wearing a suit and tie with sunglasses spontaneously bursting into f...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Displaced Succulents" Blue and Green Contemporary Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary still life painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features a hanging succulent wall blending with a colorful blue and g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Napa Underground" Red and Blue Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary landscape painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features a door to Napa Underground winery in California blending with a red and blue gradient background. Signed and dated by the artist at the back. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Statement: What is color to you? Really think about it for a second. Go past the everyday backdrops, items, clothing, spaces, etc. in your life. Perhaps think about your favorite color. A memory of an unforgettable sunset, or even a specific moment in your life. I have found especially with memories and emotions, that colors provide a base for those things to exist in our minds. Memories and emotions are inherently fading or fleeting as our lives move forward. My question and focus are how we preserve them for our own personal reasons, growth, or perhaps a way to humble ourselves.
Through the use of acrylic paints, graphic design, and color relationships I aim to capture the essence of emotions and memories. Although each of these paintings is from my own personal experiences and memories my intent is to capture and express them through the lens of color and their relationships with each other and ourselves.
Artist Biography: Nathan Sing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lost in L.A." Orange and Blue Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract contemporary landscape painting by Texas artist, Nathaniel Sing. This piece features an L.A. side street blending with an orange and blue gradient background. Signed and dated by the artist at the back. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Statement: What is color to you? Really think about it for a second. Go past the everyday backdrops, items, clothing, spaces, etc. in your life. Perhaps think about your favorite color. A memory of an unforgettable sunset, or even a specific moment in your life. I have found especially with memories and emotions, that colors provide a base for those things to exist in our minds. Memories and emotions are inherently fading or fleeting as our lives move forward. My question and focus are how we preserve them for our own personal reasons, growth, or perhaps a way to humble ourselves.
Through the use of acrylic paints, graphic design, and color relationships I aim to capture the essence of emotions and memories. Although each of these paintings is from my own personal experiences and memories my intent is to capture and express them through the lens of color and their relationships with each other and ourselves.
Artist Biography: Nathan Sing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Causeway Getaway" Light Blue and Teal Abstract Contemporary Pop Art Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Light blue and teal toned abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist, Scott Woodard. This painting depicting authorities chasing a robber on a black getaway vehicle has a few surrealistic and dream-like elements to it such as the paper planes with boat motors...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue, Green, and White Abstract Contemporary Two-Dimensional Wall Sculpture
By McKay Otto
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow and green two-dimensions wall sculpture by Houston, TX artist, McKay Otto. What makes this sculptural painting unique is its two-dimensionality that is achieved through nylon'...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Nylon, Mixed Media
Red, Green, and Blue Modern Abstract Figurative Female Nude Painting
By Ben Benn
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and green modern abstract female nude by Russian artist, Ben Benn. This painting depicts a nude woman with her lower body wrapped in a...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life with Two Fruits" Black, Gray, and Red Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful example of Houston Artist David Adickes's early work. This heavily textured still life features 2 apples and 3 bottles. Most likely this work was framed at Dubose Gallery o...
Category
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Falls: Mayfield Lake” Black, White, & Gray Modern Abstract Waterfall Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract black, white, and gray landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features a central waterfall cascading down to the pools bel...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
Modern Abstract Green and Purple Wild Brush Landscape Painting of Sun and Trees
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract green and purple toned landscape painting by American artist Jane Tate. The work features a wild grove of trees and brush with the sun framed...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Colorful Purple, Pink, & Green Modern Portrait of Man Playing Billiards or Pool
By Gerald Garston
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful modern figurative portrait of a man playing billiards or pool by Connecticut artist Gerald Garston. The work features a man in a blue bowler ha...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Outdoor Interior" Donald Judd's Marfa, TX Installation Contemporary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red and blue-toned abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist, Nathan Sing. This painting depicts Donald Judd's 100 untitled works in mill alumin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Different Points of View" Colorful Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract three dimensional mixed media collage by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work features a colorful, whimsical landscape created with paint, mirror ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Underground Resistance" Contemporary Surrealist Painting of a Flying Boot
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist painting by Texas artist Henry David Potwin. This work features an intricately rendered boot with wings descending on someone hiding under a trap door. Signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Orange, Brown, Yellow, and Black Geometric Abstract Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern orange, brown, yellow, and black geometric abstract composition by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 35.5 in. x W 33.5 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Blue and Gray Toned Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Stitched Linen Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and gray-toned mixed media painting depicting an abstracted figure with hands on a pipe formed by cut-out pieces of stitched linen. The textile is in blue, cream, and gray, draw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pen
“Depahs” Pastel Toned Abstract Geometric Organic Modern Mixed Media Painting
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel-toned abstract geometric mixed media painting by Houston, TX artist, Matthew Reeves. The painting depicts assorted shapes in teal, pink, yellow, sky blue, and purple against a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Colorful Surreal Abstract Expressionist Painting of a Macabre Group of Clowns
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal abstract expressionist painting of a group of clowns in the style of Belgian painter James Ensor. Combining the macabre with the playful, the work features distorted clowns a...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Blue and Gray Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Black and gray toned abstract mixed media painting by Charles Bernell. Framed and matted in a red stained wooden frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H: 25.50 in. x W 20.75 in.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Blue Toned with Red Accents Geometric Abstract Mixed Media
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, green, pink, abstract with red accents depicting what appears to be an interior scene with small red beans on a surface. Signed in pencil in front lower left corner. Framed and...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
