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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Mirror Reflection
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 Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water from Stone - Contemporary Abstract (Blue + Yellow + Green + Orange+ White)
By Laurie Barmore
Located in Gilroy, CA
Bursting with deep blues and various earth tones with orange, 'Water from Stone' is nothing less than an intimate capturing of the moment in which water crashes and falls off the roc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Orquevaux 11
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
This work comes from a new series created during a residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, in France in Dec 18.
The paintings Ostovany creates unfold ove...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Who Would Have Thought
By Claudia Marseille
Located in Mill Valley, CA
In this newest body of work, Claudia Marseille explores what she calls “universal hieroglyphics” using as her inspiration photographs of walls she has taken herself in her many travels around the world. What she discovered is a morphed universal language where something becomes other than it was originally. By incorporating her images with their torn edges of advertisements, posters and graffiti into her encaustic paintings she captures the layered elements of time, communication and tattered bits of popular culture. She takes the scarred beauty...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel
Moonwalk - Contemporary Abstract Expressionism Work on Paper Purple+Black+White
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Moonwalk," is a mixed media abstract painting on paper by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece has an ink wash of different colors building up layers and yearn and polymer resting on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype, Yarn, Polymer
Abstract Oil on Paper
By Leon Wall
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - 1940's Abstract Oil on Paper Done by Leon Wall ( 1916 - 1980 )
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
Nostalghia (for Andrei Tarkovsky) (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Nostalghia (for Andrei Tarkovsky) (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connect...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Friend Ship Carry Me - Contemporary Conceptual Abstraction on Paper, Purple
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Friend Ship Carry Me" is a text-based conceptual contemporary work by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece has intricate deliberate details scattered throughout. Liddell often walks th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype
How Would You Like To Have- Mixed Media Text Based Abstract Work on Paper
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"How Would You Like To Have," is a text based mixed media contemporary abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece is very gestural with the application of the mediums cohesivel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype, Thread, Ink
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The DT's - Contemporary Abstract Spray Paint Painting, Orange, Red and Black
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"The DT's" is a gestural abstraction created by artist Vivian Liddell. The piece a gestural piece recognized as a face on top of layers of wash built up on each other. Liddell often ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype
Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
If Words Were Keys - Conceptual Abstract Painting Purple + Black + White Colors
By Laurie Barmore
Located in Gilroy, CA
"If Words Were Keys" is a deceivingly intricate abstract painting by Laurie Barmore. Laurie Barmore is a master of color and composition, her colors ju...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orquevaux 11 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Orquevaux 11 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
This work comes from a new series created during a residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, in France in Dec 18.
The pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Conference of the birds no 28 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Conference of the birds no 28 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on panel.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a conne...
Category
1990s Color-Field Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Intersecting Rays (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Intersecting Rays (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic and Oil on canvas - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from prelimina...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary st...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Shield of Agamemnon - Circular Abstract Painting of Mythology in Yellow
By Jennifer Blalack
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Shield of Agamemnon," is a mixed media abstract canvas by Jennifer Blalack. The artist uses found objects, images, acrylic paint and lino cut in this...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Orpheus II (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Orpheus II (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
The paintings Ostovany creates unfold over time, evolving as layers of pigment are added, washed out, covered over, scraped...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper. Unframed.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany fee...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Be Becoming (Abstract Photography)
By Jason Engelund
Located in London, GB
Be Becoming (Abstract Photography)
Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are s...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Terra Incognita (Le Pavé de France 1) (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita (Le Pavé de France 1) (Abstract Painting)
Oil on linen stretched on panel - Unframed.
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emoti...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Orquevaux 11 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Orquevaux 11 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
This work comes from a new series created during a residency at the Chateau d'Orquevaux, in France in Dec 18.
The pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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
Here is where we meet (for John Berger)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas.
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
This work is part of the Fragments of Poetry and Silence series.
The inspiration and the point of departure for this series is a poem by John Berger...
Category
2010s Color-Field Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Color stacks plural 4
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Deep Red, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
Red with Stripes - this painting has a lot of energy - very rock n' roll - street art feel. 48" x 48" - Oil on Canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official ce...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fragments Of Poetry And Silence No. 39
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward el...
Category
2010s Color-Field Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Respiro
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract oil painting on canvas over panel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Intersecting Rays (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and Oil on canvas - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Conference of the birds no 28
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
Conference of the Birds...
Category
1990s Color-Field Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
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
Path at Dawn
By Victoria Veedell
Located in Napa, CA
Victoria Veedell captures the essence of nature by examining the effects of light on form in the natural world in her softly glowing landscape paintings. Inspired by her travels thro...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nura Ulreich Musical Dreamscape Original Oil Painting c.1930
By Nura Ulreich
Located in San Francisco, CA
Nura Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) Musical Dreamscape Original Oil Painting c.1930s
Absolutely wonderful dream-like oil painting with a touch of vintage ...
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Interiors
By Devorah Jacoby
Located in Mill Valley, CA
From the beginning, Jacoby’s approach to the canvas has been fearless, following a method akin to the way the subconscious or even unconscious works. She manifests everyday life, po...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Coffee Bean, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Victoria Kloch
Located in Yardley, PA
Coffee Bean, 36"x24"x .078" Buyer, please advise if you want this to hang horizontal or vertical. Shapes inspired by nature. This is a spinoff of my small black ink pod and see...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Terra Incognita 7
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combines playful shapes with bright colour, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dreams of Adventure 6
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
Intersecting Rays
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and Oil on canvas - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Capri 4
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
Sheets of Rain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
While staying in Costa Rica I was sitting on the deck of my small room watching a beautiful and powerful storm. The rain was coming down harder than I had ever seen. Although it wa...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pink Link
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Oil on circular plexiglass - Unframed
This work, on plexiglass equipped with French cleat hanger, floats off the wall. It combines looping lines and interlocking shapes. Neutrals an...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Oil
Utopia #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Nates
Utopia #6, 2014
Acrylic on canvas
21.75 x 21.75 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Stood Still
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on cradled canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Iris 8
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Ocean Garden 3
By Liz Barber
Located in Napa, CA
Liz Barber pursued painting while obtaining her degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Moore College of Art. She currently resides in Marietta, Georgia. Barber’s paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Boardwalk (Santa Cruz)
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract oil painting on canvas over panel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
My Wild Garden #120
By Allison Stewart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
New Orleans artist Allison Stewart has gained national recognition for her paintings expressing the complex and disturbing dialogue between man and nature. Trained as a biologist, St...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"The Fourth Facade"
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large abstract impressionist style figural painting titled "The Fourth Facade" by Cystofer/Christopher Shoemaker (Italian/German 20th c). Shoemaker calls Co...
Category
20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Serena
By Marianne Kolb
Located in Mill Valley, CA
mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Habitat Floriography (Deep Red), 2022
By Robert Standish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Habitat Floriography (Deep Red) is an acrylic on canvas painting, 36 x 24 inches, signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary white frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Congregation, 2022
By Robert Standish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed, titled and dated verso; framed in the artist's chosen frame, 48 x 36" canvas size.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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