Frank Galuszka 1999 "Snow Queen"

Beautiful large abstract acrylic and mica by the noted California artist Frank Galuszka. It is titled "Perelanda" from 1999. This painting is from a lov...

A really wonderful abstract that is illegibly signed (Tanaka?). This painting has been recently reframed. There was a patch repair on the back, but now has a paper backing since the ...

A great abstract mixed media on paper and then mounted onto plywood that is signed lower right LeVa. We believe this to be Barry LeVa (b1941) a noted california artist.

A abstract archer themed oil on canvas by the noted artist Louise Odes Neaderland (b 1932). This oil is signed and dated 1969. It is out of an estate collection of her work that has ...

Bruna Gasparini was an outstanding self-taught painter. He moved to Venice in 1937, where he cultivated his passion for painting, actively inserting himself into the cultural fabric ...

Vintage Boho Abstract Oil On Canvas" captures the free-spirited essence of American bohemian style through vibrant, fluid forms and rich textures. This oil painting blends nostalgic,...

Detlef HAGENBÄUMER “Eternity”. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Measures: 80 x 100cm.

Media consists of fiber, paint, shellac on a linen canvas. Beautiful wood frame. Frank Faulkner by Philip Herrera, 2006: Born in Sumter, South Carolina in 1946, Frank Faulkner received his B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina in 1968, Phi Beta Kappa, and his M.F.A. from the same institution in 1972. Faulkner’s work quickly won him numerous grants and awards, including an individual artist grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1974. He was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 1975, which prompted him to settle in New York. There, he came to the attention of Dorothy Miller, Curator Emeritus of the Museum of Modern Art with a legendary eye for new talent. Since then, Faulkner has continued to garner acclaim and awards. He has been featured in dozens of one-person exhibitions (not to mention group exhibitions) in this country, as well as in Japan, Switzerland, and Germany. Faulkner’s work is owned by leading museums (the Smith College museum in Northampton, Massachusetts, for example, the National Museum of American Art and the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C.) and by renowned collectors such as Nelson Rockefeller, Baron Leon Lambert, Phillip Hanes and Abba Eban. What a viewer first notices is the sheer elegance of the pieces, no matter what materials Faulkner uses—metal, wood and fabric as well as canvas and paper. Obvious, too, is the artist’s originality. Faulkner belongs to no school. His work is patterned but is far too intellectual to qualify as so-called “pattern art,” which mainly strives to be merely pretty. Rather, he paints in his own highly organized way, filling the surface without being excessive or boring. Faulkner sets up a system, say, of dots or dashes, then subtly changes the visual rhythms in order to add life and surprise—what he calls “the gymnastics of seeing.” He works and reworks the surfaces of his canvases, often laying down one thin layer of slightly reflective gold, silver or bronze paint upon another until the final work seems to glow with inner light. John Ashbery, a leading critic and poet, has likened Faulkner’s art to minimalist music, which achieves both simplicity and beauty from its obsessive repetitions. The critic Carter Ratcliff describes it more simply as “brilliant artifice.” Faulkner’s current work, a series of paintings on paper, continues and deepens this exploration of the relationship between wrought surface and changing light. Another striking aspect of the work is the influence of the decorative arts. Faulkner has made some paintings on wood that stand independently and fold open like screens. Other pieces resemble large tapestries, and yet others take their inspiration from Art Nouveau inlays...