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What is abstract oil painting?

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What is abstract oil painting?
An abstract oil painting and an artwork that is made with oil paint on a medium like canvas, wood board, or other panels like canvas board. And the 'abstract' term refers to the Movement & Style of the piece. As abstraction indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art, the artist creates a painting where the subject, shape, form, color, and line, is created with no particular references of the world but as a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from its vision.
Lilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021
"Elements 3089" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin

"Elements 3087" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil Pastel, Resin

"Elements 3071" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Wood Panel

"Dive In 3" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
By Christie Owen
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin, Oil Pastel

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Category

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Category

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Category

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Materials

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Category

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Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

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Category

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Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

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