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Calypso
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with Fruit, Plate and Bottle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This oil on paper painting is by noted artist Carol Fremlin (1933-). It measures 29 x 23 inches (41.5 x 34.5 inches framed). It is composed of oil and pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, 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
Reservoir
By Ryan Reynolds
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ryan Reynolds’ Continuum series conveys concepts of time and space within a single landscape painting. Reynolds takes his inspiration from Claude Monet’s Rouen Cathedral series that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Desert canyon road (Abstract Photography)
By Jason Engelund
Located in London, GB
Desert canyon road (Abstract Photography)
Mix media, C-print, and acrylic paint on a wood mount - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, C Print
Gold Mask
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
David Shevlino female figures beautifully link traditional representation with abstraction. Through Shevlino’s sensuous application of paint, his use of broad brushstrokes followed by a tightening up of the composition, and his making of spontaneous, gestural marks, the artist creates living, breathing figures that not only stand before us, but move, beckon, and dance.
Gold Mask...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Le Loubinou 2 / oil on linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract oil painting in blue and violet gold with metallic pigments including gold and metal leaf on Belgian linen. The large scale vibrant painting shimmers and changes with the ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Jack Laycox Mid Century "Tug Boats" Oil Painting c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Laycox Mid Century "Tug Boats" Oil Painting c.1960
Original oil on panel
Dimensions 36" wide x 28" high
The lightly distressed original frame measures 44" wide x 36" high
Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Double-Ticket Silverscreen / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
BAllet dancer in red featured in 'Double-Ticket Silverscreen' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
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
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
Ascendance - vertical staircase oil on canvas
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Anne Subercaseaux's meticulous oil on canvas paintings find substance in the insubstantial, ephemeral patterns of reflection and shadow, where images seem familiar yet remain elusive...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition in Yellow
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Composition in Yellow By a French American Frédéric Choisel. He inspired by the cities of France, New York and the Bay Area and creates elegant abstractions that tell a story of urba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hyannis Port - blue abstract geometry
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
The Language of Flowers / oil on linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Language of Flowers and Silent Things — with luminous oil on linen. 36 x 36 inches. Drama and depth are at play in this sophisticated painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
No Me Olvides (Don't Forget Me)
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pink with black, green and blue, vibrant action painting by Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb, who creates autobiographical paintings that are comprised of both abstract and representational elements that consider the natural world as it intersects with utilitarian and architectural design. 'No Me Olvides', which translates from Spanish into English, 'Don't Forget Me' is 72 x 72 inches, and is created in two parts that hang side by side. Each individual panel is 72 x 36 inches. 'No Me Olvides' is from a series of paintings that characterize sacred spaces such as Mexican chapels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Orange Bottle / oil on canvas
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired by the cities of France, New York and California, French American visual artist Fréderic Choisel’s abstracted paintings tell a story through rich, sculptural paint. With his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
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
Harold Dry Schmidt (1933 - 1979) Outsider Art Figural Abstract Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harold Dry Schmidt (1933 - 1979)
Outsider Art Figural Abstract
Mixed Media
On Paper mounted to Foam Core
Unframed
14" x 17"
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Gray with Red and Blue
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, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Torso No. 9, 2013 / figurative abstract expressionism
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Torso No. 9, 2013' is professionally framed in a contemporary museum quality clear maple hardwood frame. The artwork itself is 23 1/2 x 20 inches. The outer frame dimensions are 31 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Untitled No. 1267-24
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of the ocean.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
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
Danger Angel: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant mixed media painting from Kim Frohsin, whose important and provocative Cautionary Tales series of 2015, considers the true price of progress and its repercussions on society ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil
Tapping Along the Faultline / mixed media: acrylic, assemblage
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acrylic paint, glazes, ink, collage, pencils, and dry pigment—built up...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Asian Embossed Print of a Jar
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Print of Asian Embossed Jar ( Signed with a Stamp )
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass
Land's end 2006-2014 No. 13 / oil on canvas
By William Stanisich
Located in Burlingame, CA
Green landscape painting. Land's End 2006 #13 - Oil on canvas - 12 x 18 inches / framed in natural blond wood 13 x 17 inches by William Stanisich, whose provocative Land’s End series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
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
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
Under the Canopy
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract acrylic painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Scherzo No 1
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
Modern, minimal and intellectual abstract work in purple and denim blue, inspired by music, 'Scherzo No 1'.Deconstructing her watercolors—based largely on landscape, water, and sky—i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel
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
Landscape of Reflection Study
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Betsy Kaufman – American (1953- )
Title: Landscape of Reflection Study
Year: 1988
Medium: Acrylic on paper mounted to canvas
Sight size: 13.5 x 1...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
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
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
CT: City Of Hope
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
"CT: City Of Hope', is a Frohsin imagined and abstracted aerial-map collage created in late 2015. The small-scale, dynamic, mixed-media work is among the last of Frohsin’s critically...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pigment
Number 5: For Coco Chanel & Joe Dimaggio / pop art collectable
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Number 5: For Coco Chanel & Joe Dimaggio'. As seen in Frohsin's Book, Portrait's of Numbers, 2010-2014. painted in 2011. Mixed media: acrylic, ink, dry p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Saddle Junction 23
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
Canvas, Oil
"Nightmare at Baskin Robbins" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Nightmare at Baskin Robbins II"
1994
Oil on canvas
48"x42" 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.
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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 and Refining Company.
Industrial:
Hughes Tool Company, General Electric, United States Steel, Phelps Dodge, Sylvania Television,
Texas Gulf Sulphur, Litton Industries, Houston Lighting and Power Company...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Myth of Sisyphus VI (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus VI (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth of Sisyphus." As a multidisciplinary artist, Liddell brings a dynamic approach to her vivid, colorful two-dimensional pieces. This particular piece shows a landscape with shrubbery, rocks, and a field underneath a black sky. Framed image is an example of the frame in which it can come in. Framing is an additional $100.
From the artist: "Gender and power are core concepts in my work. I’ve spent two decades in “The Classic City” (Athens, Georgia), surrounded by a dual Greek culture. Fraternities and sororities separate students by gender and play a part in cementing gender roles and power structures for the next generation; ubiquitous Classical architecture (often accompanied by manicured landscape) is a constant reminder of Western ideals.
After a career of painting the female figure and exploring themes related to the male gaze and the lingering inequalities that women face, I’ve focused the past five years on the male figure and his domain. My education was dominated by Western art history, where women were seen as muses; I’m reversing this traditional dynamic between the male artist/intellectual and his female subject.
I create tiny “plays” with handmade props and puppet plasticine figures to reenact imagined dramas that might happen on any given home game day...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Sketch of Carla at Age 12
By Jacquelinne White
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacquelinne White– American (1919-2008)
Title: Sketch of Carla at the Age of 12
Year: 1957
Medium: Oil on canvas
Sight size: 37.5 x 27.5
Framed size: 41 x 31 inches
Signatur...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Desire" - Framed Contemporary Diptych of India w/ Elephant in Pink + Grey
By Ritu Sinha
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Desire" is an interconnected diptych by Indian Artist Ritu Sinha. This artwork emphasis on the stories and actions of the darkest phase of independent India. The crosia work symboli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Fabric, Watercolor, Graphite
Abstract Painting - Argentinian III
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting is an exceptional abstract work by the noted Argentine artist Delia Solari (1940-). The painting is titled Ritmico III (Rhythmic III in Engl...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus II (Abstract thought returns to prop of flesh) - (Pink+Black)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus II (Abstract thought returns to prop of flesh)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth of Sisyphus." As a multidisciplinary artist, Liddell brings a dynamic approach to her vivid, colorful two-dimensional pieces. This particular piece has a bold contrast between black chains and a pastel background.
From the artist: "Gender and power are core concepts in my work. I’ve spent two decades in “The Classic City” (Athens, Georgia), surrounded by a dual Greek culture. Fraternities and sororities separate students by gender and play a part in cementing gender roles and power structures for the next generation; ubiquitous Classical architecture (often accompanied by manicured landscape) is a constant reminder of Western ideals.
After a career of painting the female figure and exploring themes related to the male gaze and the lingering inequalities that women face, I’ve focused the past five years on the male figure and his domain. My education was dominated by Western art history, where women were seen as muses; I’m reversing this traditional dynamic between the male artist/intellectual and his female subject.
I create tiny “plays” with handmade props and puppet plasticine figures to reenact imagined dramas that might happen on any given home game day...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Sunflower Seeds No. 3
By Sally Smith
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This minimalist painting is created with charcoal made from sunflower seeds. The sunflower seed charcoal creates organic lines woven through various hues of white ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Charcoal, Oil
Red Sphere
By Claudia Marseille
Located in Mill Valley, CA
encaustic and mixed media on panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel
Dark Blue Shadow Garden
By Stephanie Peek
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Stephanie Peek – American (1940- )
Title: Dark Blue Shadow Garden
Year: 1996
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 10 x 10 inches
Signature: Signed, dated, titled on reverse by the art...
Category
1990s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
"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 #21
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011)
Title: Geometric Figure #21
Year: 2003
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 10 x 8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus XII (Creating is living doubly) - Contemporary Painting
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus XII (Creating is living doubly)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus XI (Revolt devoid of future) - Contemporary Painting
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus XI (Revolt devoid of future)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This work is part of her new 2022 series titled "Myth of Sisyphus." As a multidisciplinary artist, Liddell brings a dynamic approach to her vivid, colorful two-dimensional pieces. This particular piece has a bold contrast between a light blue-laced layer in the foreground and a magenta background. Images are examples of similar works framed.
From the artist: "Gender and power are core concepts in my work. I’ve spent two decades in “The Classic City” (Athens, Georgia), surrounded by a dual Greek culture. Fraternities and sororities separate students by gender and play a part in cementing gender roles and power structures for the next generation; ubiquitous Classical architecture (often accompanied by manicured landscape) is a constant reminder of Western ideals.
After a career of painting the female figure and exploring themes related to the male gaze and the lingering inequalities that women face, I’ve focused the past five years on the male figure and his domain. My education was dominated by Western art history, where women were seen as muses; I’m reversing this traditional dynamic between the male artist/intellectual and his female subject.
I create tiny “plays” with handmade props and puppet plasticine figures to reenact imagined dramas that might happen on any given home game day...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus I (I think at this point of all those who absolutely insist..)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus I (I think at this point of all those who absolutely insist that Don Juan be punished)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus V (Under the fatal lighting of that destiny) - (Blue+Pink)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Myth of Sisyphus V (Under the fatal lighting of that destiny)" is an original contemporary painting by Georgia-based artist Vivian Liddell. This wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Hold On
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hold On" 2012 is an acrylic paint on paper by artist Maxime Maurice Grossman, b.1989. It is hand signed at the lower left corner in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 11.15 x 15 inches, framed size is 14.75 x 18.5 inches. Custom framed in wood and black color frame. It is in excellent condition, the frame has some minor restorations, barely visible.
About the artist:
Maxime Grossman was born in San Francisco, California, to Chinese and French parents. His parents were highly involved in the local art scene, so he was constantly immersed in different ideas and cultures. Maxime studied economics and industrial design and is influenced by geometry, typography, graffiti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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