Bay Area - Paintings
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is part of Suren Nersisyan's series of California landscapes focusing on the nature and stunning light around Los Angeles. He draws inspiration ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.
About the Artist
Valerie Berkely uses her finger tips as brushes to create her abstract paintings. For Valerie, the art is all about the process, the paint, her mood, and the moment. She admires the artist Wolf Kahn, who once said, “the picture is the conclusion of an experiment in which the hint of an image becomes actuality." Like Kahn, Valerie’s paintings combine pictorial landscapes with painterly abstraction. The vibrant primary colors capture the hues of the sun rising and setting, and the texture of her fingers across the surface divides sea, land, and sky. There is something very dreamy about these works, exemplified by their color, texture, and atmospheric quality. Valerie’s first “art epiphany” was seeing Seurat's La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. “Bowled me over! I actually fell down. And I knew I was to become a painter.”
Words that describe this painting: woods, forest, trees, nature, expressionism, nature, non-representational, oil painting, blue
Bare Trees...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Plywood, Oil
Artist Comments
A misty dawn over a western prairie, the yellow grasses and dark foliage contrast suggesting a sunny day to come. Part of Nancy's si...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Bay Area - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Paintings
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Metal, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Watercolor
Early 2000s Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Natasha Tayles describes this painting as an abstract expression of the flower shops she passes on the street. I am filled with wonderment of how different al...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Paintings
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Panel
Artist Comments
The Smithsonian Castle in Washington, DC on a bright summer afternoon. The brilliant green lawn and trees in the foreground ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
You can be a soft thing And still push through With the strength and power Found within mountains Effortlessly
About the Artist
The daughter of two...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State provided the inspiration for this semi-abstract landscape painting. A rug...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
As waves break on shore, a sailboat heads out to sea under the early morning sky. A series of oil glazes were used to ...
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by the idea that we are shaped by outside forces, but remain unchanged, we persist in the face of adversity," says Shao. "It is what makes us human." Shao's energetic paintings of stallions explore and illustrate movement through nature. This work represents an immigrant's journey, filled with strength and perseverance. Shao incorporates both contemporary watercolor and traditional ink calligraphy styles into this series of oil paintings.
About the Artist
Art has been with Shao Yuan Zhang for the majority of his extraordinary, and at times difficult, life journey. Raised in communist China...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is part of Tatiana Iliina's latest series, Abstract Landscapes. One may recognize distant skyscrapers, dense forests, or even other worldly vist...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Paintings
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Oil
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