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Item Ships From: Atlanta
"Daylight" - Large, White, Textured, Modern, Contemporary, Bold, Abstract
By Michelle Thomas Artist
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crafted with a matte, highly textured finish, "Daylight" is compelling and exudes an irresistible allure that is both daring and sophisticated!
Its sleek yet bold design embodies a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Other Medium, Varnish
Easy on the Eyes 1 by Brook Soss, Vertical Abstract on Paper With Sandstone
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brook Soss is a contemporary artist exploring the sophistication of color and rawness of texture through mixed media.
She builds a body of work using large-scale, nonstick platforms...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Intimate II
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
Beloved by Brook Soss, Blue Vertical Abstract on Paper With Sandstone
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brook Soss is a contemporary artist exploring the sophistication of color and rawness of texture through mixed media.
She builds a body of work using large...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Color Theory No. 5 by Sally Threlkeld, Framed in Acrylic, Blue Paper on Linen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sally is a self taught artist who has pursued art for as long as she can remember. She grew up in Shelbyville, KY, and now calls Birmingham, AL home.
Her work as an artist began on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paper, Oil
Intimate IV
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
"Midnight" - Large, Black, Textured, Modern, Contemporary, Bold Abstract
By Michelle Thomas Artist
Located in Atlanta, GA
Executed in a high-gloss, highly textured finish, "Midnight" is sexy, edgy, bold, and yet understated! AND, it's not just one painting, but four in one! Hang it in any direction you...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Other Medium, Varnish
Happy Place II by Lily Harrington, Blue Abstract Painting on Canvas
By Lily Harrington
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lily was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up surrounded by art (her grandmother, mother, aunt, and cousin are all artists). In 2011, her mother, Meg Harrington, opened Huff Harrington...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Talking Rock River I
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
Blue Vessel II
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Water Poem
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
Blue Waves 18
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Strata 12
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Summerset II
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
Blue Suspension M9
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension M6
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Turn the Corner IV
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Turn the Corner III
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Waves 19
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Variable Clouds VI
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Variable Clouds III
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension M8
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension M7
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Vessel I
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Waves XIII
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Waves XII
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Strata 13
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension 24
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension 23
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Talking Rock River II
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mesh, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Ink, Cotton...
Blue Cluster 7
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Stacks 4
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Strata X
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype. Framed dimensions are 27x27 inches.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Little Blue Waves 6
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype. Framed dimensions are 21x17 inches.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Waves 21
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Waves 20
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Cluster 5
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Cluster 6
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Stacks 1
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Stacks 2
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Strata IX
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype. Framed dimensions are 27x27 inches.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension 32
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
Blue Suspension 33
By Terri Dilling
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper
'Second Spring' - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered, pastel
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Second Spring" is an abstract landscape featuring hues of blue, green and purple. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 37 by 49 inches.
Carlyle is inspired by the works of Claude Monet, Edouard Vuillard, Henri Matisse, Walter Inglis Anderson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Spring at Home" - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered, magnolia
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Spring at Home" is an abstract landscape featuring hues of pink, purple, blue and yellow. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 41 by 60 inches.
Carlyle is inspired by the works of Claude Monet, Edouard Vuillard, Henri Matisse, Walter Inglis Anderson...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'August Wildflowers III' - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"August Wildflowers II" is a colorful naturalist landscape featuring hues of purple, pink, orange, blue and green. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 60 by 41 inches.
Carlyle is inspired by the works of Claude Monet, Edouard Vuillard, Henri Matisse, Walter Inglis Anderson, Charles Burchfield, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Calder and Mary Delany.
This piece is part of a collaborative series by Carlyle and her husband Thad Lee. This body of work was made in tandem, through painting and photography, that explores their mutual delight in the natural world and within their own marriage.
Carlyle Wolfe’s paintings & works on paper are about an awareness of the natural world—becoming progressively, cyclically more present to its rhythms, gaining deeper understanding of its design, & acquiring direct experiential knowledge of its mysterious beauty. For the last 15 years, Wolfe has been making contour line drawings of plants form observation. From her drawings, she isolates silhouettes into paper stencils which she uses to create oil paintings & works on paper – or cut out of metal to make sculptures. Her work is cumulative in nature – gradually marking time & seasonal change, unity & variety, individual & collective beauty.
Wolfe grew up in Canton, Mississippi, & earned a BFA in painting from the University of Mississippi & an MFA in painting & drawing from Louisiana State University. She has also studied in Cortona, Italy, & at the University of Georgia. Wolfe has exhibited work throughout the South, including Spalding Nix...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Spring Beauties" - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Spring Beauties" is an abstract landscape featuring hues of green, purple and blue. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 28 by 36 inches.
Carlyle is inspired by the works of Claude Monet, Edouard Vuillard, Henri Matisse, Walter Inglis Anderson, Charles Burchfield, Ellsworth Kelly, Alexander Calder and Mary Delany.
This piece is part of a collaborative series by Carlyle and her husband Thad Lee. This body of work was made in tandem, through painting and photography, that explores their mutual delight in the natural world and within their own marriage.
Carlyle Wolfe’s paintings & works on paper are about an awareness of the natural world—becoming progressively, cyclically more present to its rhythms, gaining deeper understanding of its design, & acquiring direct experiential knowledge of its mysterious beauty. For the last 15 years, Wolfe has been making contour line drawings of plants form observation. From her drawings, she isolates silhouettes into paper stencils which she uses to create oil paintings & works on paper – or cut out of metal to make sculptures. Her work is cumulative in nature – gradually marking time & seasonal change, unity & variety, individual & collective beauty.
Wolfe grew up in Canton, Mississippi, & earned a BFA in painting from the University of Mississippi & an MFA in painting & drawing from Louisiana State University. She has also studied in Cortona, Italy, & at the University of Georgia. Wolfe has exhibited work throughout the South, including Spalding...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Modern Orange Nude Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb oil on canvas painting of a nude study is dated 1970 and signed lower left. We have not been able to decipher the artist's signature (please check the pictures for inform...
Category
1970s Modern Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Anniversary Wildflowers II' naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Anniversary Wildflowers II" is a colorful naturalist landscape featuring hues of purple, pink, orange and green. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass meas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Light on Water I' - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered, green
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Light on Water I" is a soothing naturalist landscape featuring hues of blue, green and yellow. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 37 by 49 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Light on Water II' - naturalist landscape, colorful, botanical, layered, green
By Carlyle Wolfe Lee
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Light on Water II" is a soothing naturalist landscape featuring hues of blue, green and yellow. This work is framed in a simple white frame behind Museum Glass measuring 37 by 49 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Open Waters II by Brook Soss, Vertical Abstract on Paper With Cobalt Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brook Soss is a contemporary artist exploring the sophistication of color and rawness of texture through mixed media.
She builds a body of work using large-scale, nonstick platforms...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Draped by Judith Williams vertical contemporary tonal nude on canvas
By Judith Williams
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simpl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Le Jongleur [The Juggler]
By Paul Tamanian
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paul Tamanian's energetic mixed-media paintings include using automobile paint, inks, raw pigments, acrylics applied through spilling, seeping, brushing, throwing, splattering, abrad...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
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Outlaw by Brook Soss, Large Framed Square Abstract With Black and White
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brook Soss is a contemporary artist exploring the sophistication of color and rawness of texture through mixed media.
She builds a body of work using large...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Posing for the Artist by Judith Williams contemporary tonal nude on canvas
By Judith Williams
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simpl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Open Waters I by Brook Soss, Vertical Abstract on Paper With Cobalt Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brook Soss is a contemporary artist exploring the sophistication of color and rawness of texture through mixed media.
She builds a body of work using large-scale, nonstick platforms...
Category
2010s Abstract Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Vardo by Sally Threlkeld, Framed Square Oil on Paper Color Block
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sally is a self taught artist who has pursued art for as long as she can remember. She grew up in Shelbyville, KY, and now calls Birmingham, AL home.
Her work as an artist began on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Atlanta - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paper, Oil
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