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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Raraskadeedle, Abstract Painting
By Courtney Jacobs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece was inspired by the vibrant cheerful colors. Metallic and interference colors were used to create a vibrant effect. This piece is on gallery wrapp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Marimba
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters is a colorist whose abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each other when com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflections on Crossing V
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Shades of blue-grey and cobalt at play in Anne Subercaseaux's wonderful 'Reflections on Crossing V', oil on canvas. Anne Subercaseaux finds substance in the insubstantial, in paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Land's End 2011 No. 1 / oil on canvas
By William Stanisich
Located in Burlingame, CA
Green landscape oil on canvas 22 x 30-inch oil painting from William Stanisich that strongly eludes to figuration. , Stanisich's provocative Land’s End series was painted over a 40-y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Gray with Blue, Green
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
Geometric and serene in its complexity - abstract contemporary painting created with impeccable attention to detail by deconstructing original watercolors—based largely on landscape,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink
Honey Moon, Abstract Painting
By Pat Forbes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is the first in Pat's new "Moon" series. The paintings explore the wonder of the moon in its ever changing aspects. "The full moon in June is known...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
In the Rain 3, Abstract Oil Painting
By Janet Hamilton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Janet Hamilton created this modern abstract based on a rainy day. "The rainy day offers such a motivational feeling when I paint," says Janet. "I love how it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spade of Skies
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Fi...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
The Brightest Hour
By Cynthia Ligeros
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The Brightest Hour started with the hope of always improving, and always growing brighter, like the beauty of a luminous sunrise. It was inspired by the first...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary m...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
The Language of Flowers and Silent Things — in four parts
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Language of Flowers and Silent Things — in four parts with luminous oil on linen. Each panel is 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches. Hanging in a quad the overall dimension is 52 1/2 x 41 inches. Drama and depth at play in this sophisticated painting in aubergine and plum on natural raw Belgian linen. Thin layers of oil paint, create a shimmering and provocative work that glistens, shimmers, and changes with the light of day and seasons.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and California's Bay Area. Like Gerhard Richter, with a background in hyperrealism and shift into abstraction, Choisel is taking us — the viewers of his work — along with him on a visceral journey.
Beautiful, rich, highest quality materials used throughout. Artist signed, titled and dated verso. Condition excellent. The four paintings can hang in a quad as pictured or four in a row.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Lifted From Oblivion/ oil and resin on canvas - grey, orange geometric diamonds
By Erin Parish
Located in Burlingame, CA
Orange, grey and silvery cream abstract work with diamond motif from Erin Parish, who draws on patterns found in nature for the subject matter of her tactile, bold, and brilliant abs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Secret Garden 8
By Ann Shogren
Located in Napa, CA
Abstract expressionist Ann Shogren depicts vivid landscapes and paints tapestries of colors that have simultaneously calming and rejuvenating effects on her audiences. Having lived i...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Abstract Dock Scene by Igor Medvedev c.1960
By Igor Medvedev
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Abstract Dock Scene by Igor Medvedev c.1960
Oil on canvas. Dimensions 42" x 26". The frame measures 43" x 27".
Signed in the lower right co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swing Out Sister! / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Swing Out Sister!' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acrylic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Conservatory of Sighs 5 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Conservatory of Sighs 5 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complemen...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Hawaii
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Blue Hawaii" 1976 is an acrylic and collage on canvas by noted American artist Verna Brady, 1925-2008. It is signed at the lower right...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper. Unframed.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Composition in Orange
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Composition in Orange - French American Frédéric Choisel is inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area and creates elegant abstracti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold
Yearning
By Gloria Matuszewski
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimalistic 'Yearning' glows with pink, peach, blue and green and is inspired by Taoist teachings and meditations, with a focus on color, rhythm and flow. Matuszewski creates medita...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
The Ship of Theseus 6 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
The Ship of Theseus 6 (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementar...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cautionary Tale: Pole + Circle
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Bright orange and colorful thoroughly unique urban city scape, as seen through the mesh of an urban construction site. Important work from Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series of 2015, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
California Dreamin' Number 57 - important painting contemporary pop
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"California Dreamin' No. 57" from Frohsin's Number's series 2010-2014. Painted in layers of mixed media: acrylic, gouache, pencils, ink on archival ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
CT: Mastaba and Sky
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic painting from Kim Frohsin's Cautionary Tales series series of 2015. 'Mastaba and Sky' is a highly contemporary painting created from mixed media: acrylic, dry pigment, ink, pe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Pigment
Deco Cola
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of the few remaining works from Frohsin's "Coke Work" series, where she incorporates found Coke cups into the her paintings that include mixed media and collage.
Frohsin bega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pigment
Cautionary Tale: Big Meshscape
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary urbanscape as seen through orange construction mesh, created with acrylic paint and mixed media, including gouache, ink, pencils. Big Meshscape is the largest of Frohsin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media
Inextricable IV
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mixed media: oil, fiberglass, metallic pigments on panel, and framed in artist fabricated silver aluminum.
Inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area, French Am...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Composition in Red / oil and metal leaf
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Composition in Red - Framed. French American Frédéric Choisel is inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area and creates elegant abstractions that tell a story of urb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
CT: On Navigating Life, Love, and Traffic
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
CT: Cautionary Tales series from 2015. This remarkable mixed media painting is one of three "cone-scapes' that consider the new American landscape dotted with construction cones. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
In Nature
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
In Nature, 2025
Watercolor and acrylic ink on paper
14 x 10 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visible frame and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
untitled #2
By Enrique Kico Govantes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Enrique Kico Govantes (Cuban, born 1957)
Title: Untitled
Year: Circa 1985
Medium: Oil on pressed board panel
Panel size: 23.5 x 9.5 inches
Signature: Signed on t...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary my...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Peregrine 39 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Peregrine 39 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystic...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tokolosh- Round Mixed Media Abstract Painting in Pink and White Circle Mythology
By Jennifer Blalack
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Tokolosh" is part of a series of circular abstracts that Jennifer Blalack worked on in 2020. This piece, in particular depicting Zulu mythology. In Zulu mythology, the Tokolosh is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
Catalina Current 3
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tribute Serie #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tribute Serie #2" 1982 is an acrylic painting on canvas by noted American artist Robert Inman, 1927-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 40 x 30 inches, framed size is 40.75 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a simple wood frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Robert Inman 1927-2016. Studied at the Chouinard Art Institute
The first job started in1959 at Bob Clampett...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Repules XVI
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Laszlo Dus – Hungarian/American (1941- )
Title: Repules XVI
Year: 1988
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 12 inches
Framed size: 24 x 20 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Condition: Very good. Frame in fair/poor condition
This abstract oil on canvas painting is by the well-known Hungarian/ American artist Laszlo Dus (1941-). The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in fair/poor condition. The linen inner mat is stained and should be replaced. The very nice silver wooden frame has a chip on the right bar near the bottom. There is also a tiny chip in the lower left corner. Please see pictures. The painting is signed in the lower right. On the reverse is information about this painting and some biographical information about Dus.
Laszlo Dus (Born 1941) Laszlo Dus was considered a brilliant young artist behind the Iron Curtain before moving to the United States at the age of thirty-three, having already exhibited in France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Holland. Dus' achievements and abilities have been recognized across the U.S., where his works have found a place in many major collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), The National Gallery of Fine Arts (Washington, D.C.), the Chicago Art Institute and the Detroit Institute of Arts.
1941 Born in Zalaegerszeg on July 15th
1956-60 Attended the Fine Art High School, Budapest
1962-67 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, pupil of Aurel Bernath, Budapest
1967 Director of the Town Art Program at the Town Council, Zalaegerszeg
1968 Founder of the Egervár Artists’ Colony
1971 Study trip to the USA
1974 Emigration to the USA
1976 Artist–in–Residence at Clarion State College
1977-92 Association with Park West Galleries, Detroit
1992 Organization of the Kunst Atelier International, Cleveland
1993-99 Association with AL Galerie, Stuttgart
1999 Settled in Los Angeles as well as in Budapest, Százados út Artist Colony
Collections (selected)
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (USA)
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit (USA)
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint (USA)
Library of Congress, Washington D. C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
NASA Space...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 564
By Joe Doyle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting with added elements is an excellent example of Joe Doyle’s abstract illusionist art. It is composed of acrylic on shaped canvas with fabric elements added. It measures 36 x 43 inches. Each edge has been painted except for the left edge which has a frame. The right edge has been shaped. The black elements of the tent-like structure are added fabric. The work is signed, titled "564" and dated on the reverse. As well it bears a label from Harcourts Gallery, a gallery in San Francisco during the 1980s and 1990s. The work is in very good condition.
Joe Doyle established himself as a painter during the movement toward new abstraction in San Francisco in the mid-seventies. Stylistically his work evolved from photo-realist renderings of aircraft which exaggerated differences in focus of background and foreground" By 1975 his imagery shifted to arrangements of flat, geometric forms and tubular squiggles in a trompe l'oeil manner that created the illusion of a multi-layered, three dimensional space. By the late 1970s Doyle, along with James Havard, Jack Reilly, George D. Green, and others, had attained national prominence working this style now referred to as Abstract Illusionism. Doyle and others were included in 'Reality of Illusion' a large touring exhibition of primarily American illusionist artists organized by the University of Southern California and The Denver Art Museum.
Doyle enrolled at San Francisco State College receiving his M.A. in 1971. From 1971 to 1975 he was a photo-realist transferring images from photographs using airbrush techniques on canvas, occasionally adding political satire into the subject matter, as in "Ice House...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
$12,000
Geometric Figure #25
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011)
Title: Geometric Figure #25
Year: 2002
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 8 x 12...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Construct
By Jennifer Davenport
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Construct" 1989 is an acrylic painting on paper laid on cardboard by American artist Jennifer Davenport. It is signed and dater at the lower right corner by the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cypher
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$10,200
Bleeding Icon III
By Dirk de Bruycker
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dirk De Bruycker (Dutch/American 1955-2015) abstract painting Bleeding Icon III 1996. One of this artists most dramatic paintings using asphalt, gesso, a...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Asphaltum
$10,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Living Heart
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Living Heart, 2025
Watercolor and acrylic inks on paper
12 x 9 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visible frame a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Orpheus II
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
The paintings Ostovany creates unfold over time, evolving as layers of pigment are added, washed out, covered over, scraped away, dissolved and then more l...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Sonnet 9 (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical tra...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Baltic
By Chase Langford
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$33,000
Sunsey Ocean Beach
By Enrique Kico Govantes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Enrique Kico Govantes (Cuban, born 1957)
Title: Sunset Ocean Beach
Year: 1996
Medium: Oil on canvas board
Canvas board size: 11 x 14 inche...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Surreal Oil Painting on Canvas c.1940s to 1950s.
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Surreal Oil Painting on Canvas c.1940s to 1950s.
Classic Surrealism brought to life on canvas by a very talented artist. The painting has no visible signature.
Canvas dimen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View (Abstract Photography)
By Jason Engelund
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography)
Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest a...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Beacon
By Craig Mooney
Located in Napa, CA
Craig Mooney makes paintings of dramatic moments and heightened emotionality that are known for being expansive and expressive. Though a representational painter, the artist incorpor...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
Notes of a Distant Memory (original grey toned abstract)
By Jane Burton
Located in Maricopa, AZ
Original vibrant abstract painting by Jane Burton. The artist uses a variety of techniques and mediums to layer unique texture and expressionistic strokes, creating movement and life...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$8,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Titled “Sarpi”
By Don Clausen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Abstract
oil on canvas
By notable California artist
Titled “Sarpi”
Dated 1982
Category
1980s Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Rise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
While camping in Kenya, we stayed on a beautiful river. The sun would set behind the river each night. It was an amazing sight and inspired this painting. :: Painting :: Abstract :...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Piece of Heaven" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"A Piece of Heaven"
1994
Oil on canvas
48"x48" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas.
At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild.
Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York.
CV
EDUCATION:
Chicago Academy Of Fine Art
San Antonio Art Institute
MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR:
Freelance graphic design and illustration
Instructor of painting and illustration
Landscape, figurative and abstract painting
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art)
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals:
New York Society of Illustrators
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators
San Francisco Society of Illustrators
Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club
Houston Artist's Guild
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light.
Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American
Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest.
ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS:
Oil Companies:
Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Figure #23
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011)
Title: Geometric Figure #23
Year: 2003
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 9.75 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Watercolor Painting By Richard Bolingbroke
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Very Interesting Abstract Watercolor Painting By Richard Bolingbroke
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Watercolor
Symphonie Fantastique (for Berlioz) (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Symphonie Fantastique (for Berlioz) (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and ye...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Verse L (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Verse L (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical trad...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
1994 "Eye on the Pie II" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Eye on the Pie II"
1994
Oil on canvas
48"x36" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas.
At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild.
Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York.
CV
EDUCATION:
Chicago Academy Of Fine Art
San Antonio Art Institute
MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR:
Freelance graphic design and illustration
Instructor of painting and illustration
Landscape, figurative and abstract painting
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art)
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals:
New York Society of Illustrators
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators
San Francisco Society of Illustrators
Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club
Houston Artist's Guild
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flame #1
By Jennifer Davenport
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Flame #1" 1990 is an acrylic painting on paper laid on cardboard by American artist Jennifer Davenport. It is signed and dater at the lower left corner by the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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The 1stDibs Guide to Types of Abstract Art
Get to know the key movements and artists who have influenced visual culture for more than a century.
With Works Like ‘Yours Truly,’ Arthur Dove Pioneered Abstract Art in America
New York gallery Hirschl & Adler is exhibiting the bold composition by Dove — who’s hailed as the first American abstract painter — at this year’s Winter Show.
The Hilma af Klint Effect: How the Future-Forward Painter Inspires Artists Today
The early-20th-century Swedish abstractionist took artistic cues from spiritualist writings and occult practices. Now, 21st-century creators are taking cues from her.
Get to Know the Artists Who Led the Op Art Movement
In the 1960s and '70s, the hypnotic creations of Op artists went mainstream and influenced the look of pop culture.
Dorothy Hood’s Boundless Abstractions Are Back with a Fierceness
Works from the impressive oeuvre of the largely unknown Texas native are now on view at Houston's McClain Gallery.
French Artist Marie Raymond Was So Much More Than Yves Klein’s Mom
Seminal works from the mid-20th-century painter's lyrical abstract oeuvre are now on view at Paris's Diane de Polignac Gallery.
For Oliver Lee Jackson, Painting Is a Fierce and Sacred Matter
The artist and activist is the subject of a new show at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art.