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Item Ships From: Bay Area
O-5
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "O-5" 1983 is an oil painting on canvas by minimalist Austrian artist Manfred Bockelmann, b.1943. It is signed, titled and dated...
Category
Late 20th Century Minimalist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red and White
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sumptuous abstracted landscape with red and white station from artist David Shevlino, whose masterful application of paint through the use of broad brush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Hunter's 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 that occurs clos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Seven Bits & Everything Else, Abstract Painting
By Karen Hansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The title of this piece, Seven Bits ; Everything Else, hints at the premise that the conscious mind can only handle seven bits of information at one time. Mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Simple Havoc
By Chris Gwaltney
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting using oil on linen.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ether / acrylic on canvas
By Charlotte Bernstrom
Located in Burlingame, CA
Rothko-esque color field painting that delights from a distance and up close from Swedish-American visual artist Charlotte Bernstrom, who creates acrylic paintings that are poetic ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Tu Que Eres Poeta - original painting 72 x 60 inches
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Action painting in mainly black and white with cream, brown and ivory, 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' 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. 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' is 72 x 60 inches, and 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
Stewart's Stream, Abstract Oil Painting
By Ronda Waiksnis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Ronda Waiksnis says of this atmospheric landscape, "I love a direction through nature that leads to the unknown!"
About the Artist
Ronda Waik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Don Clausen C.1959
By Don Clausen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Don Clausen C.1959
Early abstract by Clausen
Original oil on board
Dimensions 48" wide x 28.25" high
The frame measures 52" wide x 33.25" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Untitled, 1970 (SF68-44)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (SF68-44) from 1970 is an acrylic painting on paper with an image size of 41 x 27.5 inches, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1970' verso, and framed in a custom, closed-corner,...
Category
20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Morning Pond / oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Green, yellow and bronze abstract Impressionist reflective scene alludes to light on water. Created with a rich range of golden tones. The late-career established artist paints thinl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil, Panel
Tombe Du Ciel II / Oil on Linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tombe du Ciel, (Night Fall), is an abstract impasto painting. An elegantly layered view of twilight, rich in shades of deep night indigo blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Errant Bride
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Noonan Building Deco Fountain no. 1
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Deco Water Fountain featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass changes in the name of progress. Soon, the area will be unrecognizable, as the old shipyard is being dismantled to make way for profitable new construction. While the artist captures scenes around her studio, we glimpse an earlier San...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Stories that Create Us #9, 2021 Mixed Media Painting in Teal, Orange & Black
By Laurie Barmore
Located in Gilroy, CA
In this work by Laurie Barmore, the artist's hand is exceedingly present. Using strong strokes of black and blue creates its own essences of form atop washes of whites and orange. Sp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Alpha
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant blue and red action painting 'Alpha' 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. 'Alpha' is 72 x 72 inches, and is created in two parts that hang side by side. Each individual panel is 72 x 36 inches. 'Alpha' 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
Flow
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Flow, 2025
Watercolor, alcohol 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Testament 7 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Testament 7 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystica...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watermelon Season
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
Rain Showers
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Leslie Allen is a painter’s painter. She approaches the canvas without preconceived notions and allows the process to guide her through the painting. She immerses herself in the development of the painting as it occurs, responding to every mark with a keenly developed improvisational style. Allen relishes the pure color and movement of oil paint on the surface. She “listens” to the paint. She has worked out her own visual language through years of experimentation and exploration. These are sophisticated paintings with a keen sense of color, gesture and division of space.
"Rain Showers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Hello Blackbird
By Neal Doty
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hello Blackbird" 2003 is an acrylic painting on textured canvas by noted American artist Neal Doty, 1941-2016. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The size is 28 x 22 inches. Also signed, titled, dated and described on the back of the canvas. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Neal Doty was born in Glendale, California in 1941. His art education began at the Art Center of Design in Los Angeles. Doty went on to study at Los Angeles City...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Headlands V
By Stephen Henriques
Located in Burlingame, CA
Musically inspired oil painting with lively color from Stephen Henriques, who is influenced by Bonnard and Vuillard, and the western landscape and its light. When referring to his oi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tectonic Plates V / oil on canvas
By Stephen Henriques
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas from Stephen Henriques, who says, “Magnificent Color is my greatest gift”. A mid career California artist, Henriques, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Parisian Flip / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Woman with billowing skirt and french curls in red, blue and black, 'Parisian Fllip' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes',...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Hana-Bi 4
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-Bi 4 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 63 x 63 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sonnet 7 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Sonnet 7 (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
Figure Drinking from Bottle
By Alois Mosbacher
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Alois Mosbacher– Austrian (1954- )
Title: Figure Drinking from Bottle
Year: 1982
Medium: Mixed Media – Acrylic and watercolor on paper
Size: 16.75 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm) ...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled No. 1226-24
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of the ocean.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Labyrinth no. 3
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Labyrinth No. 3, 2001' by John Goodman. The artwork is 36 x 48 inches and it is framed in solid wood. Signed and dated by artist. Excellent condition. From Andra Norris Gallery in C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite
No visible signature
36 x 48 unframed, 37.5 x 49.5 framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
steamers II
By Stephen Henriques
Located in Burlingame, CA
A bold, intensely color-saturated painting from Stephen Henriques, who is influenced by Bonnard and Vuillard, and the western landscape and its light. When referring to his oil on abstract canvases that glow with yellow, blue, orange and red, he says,"magnificent color is my greatest gift and joy". A California painter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
April
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Napa, CA
René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Akua No 6 / oil on linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Red, orange, purple and green appear to move across the canvas that is created with the highest quality linen with unpainted edges, in this beautiful abstract painting that is inspir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orquevaux 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Orquevaux 3 (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 pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Grant Me Speed - Textile Mixed Media Contemporary Abstraction, Blue and Pink
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Grant Me Speed" is a contemporary abstraction with mixed media such as textile by artist Vivian Liddell. This is one of her smaller and more simplistic compositions but an impactful...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype, Textile, Paper, Mixed Media
Vintage Mixed Media Abstract Painting "The Refinery" by Maryn Hunzeker c.1950
By Maryn Hunzeker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Maryn Hunzeker, American, 1907 - 1972
Title - The Refinery. Possible mixed media on board (Paper, Collage, Oil, Ink)
Not dated - We believe this to be circa 1950's - Signed lower right
Another stunning vintage mid century abstract painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Archival Paper
Ether Sans Oiseaux I & II (Ether without Birds) Oil on Linen diptych - CLOUDS
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ether Sans Oiseaux I & II (Ether without Birds) Elegant sophisticated whites and creams of the clouds on rich blue sky. Diptych French American Frédéric Choisel, has had multiple so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Background Hum
By Chris Gwaltney
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of oil on linen.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Creation, Abstract Painting
By Natasha Tayles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of Natasha's signature circles series. Loose, geometric abstraction of land and sky. Suggestion of the sun shining on a field of flowers. Warm yellow and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Christina's Spirit 94-96
By Jennifer Bain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jennifer Bain (American, born 1955)
Title: Christina's Spirit 94-96
Year: Circa 1995
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Signature: Signed and titled on reverse by the artist...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Jardin des Tuileries, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Joey created this painting as a modernist interpretation of the Jardin des Tuileries in central Paris, bordered by the Ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Abstract Stream Painting by Gibbs C.1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Abstract Stream Painting by Gibbs C.1968
Original oil on panel
Dimensions 10" wide x 25" high
The rabbet measures 15.5" wide x 30.5" high
Please note: The rabbet is i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sunset's Fire, Abstract Painting
By Dorothy Dunn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The vibrant purple and orange of sunset often ripples like fire and smoke when reflected in the moving waters of the wetlands. I recreated the sunset's river...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dark, Mild, or Light
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on cradled canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1997 "Blue Heaven" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Blue Heaven"
1997
Oil on canvas
48"x48" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 -...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Phyllis Ciment Abstract Pastel Painting c.1970s
By Phyllis Ciment
Located in San Francisco, CA
Phyllis Ciment Abstract Pastel Painting c.1970s
Red, white and blue - Fine colorful abstract painting
24" wide x 18" high
The frame measures 33" wide x 28" high
Signed by the art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Untitled #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #2" 1990 is an oil painting with collage on canvas by noted artist Georgia Whitaker. It is signed at the lower left corner by t...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', C. 1997 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter Sprite
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on cradled canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons - Original Contemporary Abstr
Located in Boston, MA
"The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
24.0 x 22.5 x 0.2, 0.5 lbs
Acrylic paint on paper
Hand signed by the artist
Artist's Commentary:
""My drawing includes visual s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Figure #22
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
Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears) I
By Leslie Allen
Located in Mill Valley, CA
oil on cradled panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-century Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-century Abstract Painting
No visible signature
24 x 40 unframed, 24.74 x 40.75 framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space, C. 2000's by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture, C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
End of the Street I
By Sally Kissinger Wilt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004)
Title: End of Street I
Year: Circa 1963
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 48 x 53 inches unframed
Signature: Signed “Wilt” reverse
Condi...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cadmium (Red + Orange + Yellow)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jack Barth – American (1946- )
Title: Cadmium (Red + Orange + Yellow)
Year: 1973
Medium: Mixed media on paper (acrylic, crayon, collage et al)
Sheet...
Category
1970s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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