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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Summer Crissy Marsh
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
Big Red Shiny Object, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Suz Shippey Borski
Located in Yardley, PA
Big Red Shiny Object /red Color Field Painting / On High Quality Archival Yupo Paper - Fresh - Action - Harmony - Vibrant - Striking / Frame or Mount to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Summer River
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
Nautilus Retro, Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2021
By Dyanna Dimick
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
An earthy piece about the relationship between humans and nature. This piece comes framed when purchased. The frame is painted the same color as the canvas. Origin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic, Ink
Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 1 (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
Red Lipstick Kiss, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Suz Shippey Borski
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Rose Red Color Field / Striking Fresh Painting on Paper - Large Size 40" x 30" / Frame to your Decor / High Quality Materials - Acrylic / For Home or Business / Professional...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life with Onions Oil Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early substantial, expressionist abstract still life by Lee Lippman (American 1926-2020). Bursting with color and movement titled "Still life with onions" ...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jack Roberts (American, 20th c.) Large Scale Acrylic Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Roberts (American, 20th c.) Large Scale Acrylic Abstract Painting
Fantastic monumental abstract painting by listed artist Jack Roberts.
Beautiful c...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Maine Farmer" A late 20th-Century Abstract Painting in Red, Black & White
Located in San Francisco, CA
Not the visual expected of a painting carrying the title “Maine Farmer.” But this abstract composition manages to convey the flinty resolve of men who support their families on the output of demanding and “generally infertile” soils, as described by the University of Maine. Thank the Lord for blueberries.
Artist Abraham Elterman bestrides two countries. He was born in Mexico City and spent much of his education in the sciences, here in sequence: a B.Sc. in Physics at the nearly 475-year-old Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in his home town; a stint at Hebrew University of Jerusalem; a Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley; and then, taking a new direction with a residency in The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture located in Madison, Maine. Ah-ha, Maine!
Elterman’s website lists 22 exhibitions in both Mexico and California, starting in 1986, and inclusion in group shows at the Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California and the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Driskell “Figures “
By David Driskell
Located in San Francisco, CA
David Driskell: 1931-2010. Well listed and important African-American artist with auction results over $47,000. His prices are continuing to rise making...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Polarities, 2022
By Robert Standish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Polarities is an acrylic on canvas painting, 36 x 24 inches, signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stratification Project Witness #16
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Nates
Stratification Project Witness #16, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
22 x 45 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas comes framed.
Sergio Nates (b. Mexico City, 196...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Day To Night, Abstract Acrylic Painting, 2021
By Dyanna Dimick
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Cycles of the day, light to dark, day to night. Will professionally frame the original if purchased.
Keywords: eco, color, shape, shapes, waves, light, day, abstr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Secret Garden 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
Oil
Untitled, 1980 (SF80-107)
By Sam Francis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled, 1980 (SF80-107) is an acrylic painting on paper, signed and dated 'Sam Francis 1980' verso and framed in a contemporary, closed-corner, gold leaf frame. Painted to the edge...
Category
20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Blue Vibrations (original vibrant blue 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
El hilo invisible (The Invisible Thread)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
El hilo invisible (The Invisible Thread), 2024
Mixed media on canvas
30 x 24 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Entropy 42 / contemporary color - math + sciene + art
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract geometric mixed media painting with acrylic, ink, polymers, and layers of complex and beautiful lines and marks that delve into the connection between mathematics and scienc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic, Panel
Carolina Farmland (original soft palette abstract)
By Jane Burton
Located in Maricopa, AZ
A beautiful soft abstract painting by Jane Burton. The artist uses a variety of techniques and mediums to layer unique texture and expressionist...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Cove
By Kim Ford Kitz
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract oil painting on canvas over panel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, 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
Paintscape No. 9
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skull
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is David Shevlino's Skull with crown created with a minimal range of colors, and features the artist's sensuous application of paint and controll...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, 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
Follow the Flow
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
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
Living Roots
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Living Roots, 2025
Watercolor and acrylic inks on translucent Yupo paper
12 x 9 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on translucent paper comes unframed and ships in a tu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 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, Acrylic, Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for form', C. 2007 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
Cold Mountain
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
Nature's Dance / oil on canvas
By Stephen Henriques
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sea blue-green light dances over pink and yellow with red in this 62 1/4 x 58 3/4 inch vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas painting from Stephen Henriques,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Wonderment
By Charlotte Bernstrom
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wonderment' A meditation on blue, from visual artist Charlotte Bernstrom’s paintings are inspired by the Earth and its oceans and take their cues from Abstract Expressionism and Eur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
My Saved Tree, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
When one of my favorite trees in my yard was knocked down by a storm I was very sad. I took one of the branches and placed it in a glass vase. The branch lasted much longer than I ex...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Invitation to the Paradise #11
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sakurai Takami - Japanese (1928-2016)
Title: Invitation to the Paradise ST#11
Year: circa 1972
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sight size: 18 x 24 inches.
Framed size: 21 x 27 inches
Signature: Unsigned. Label on old frame
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in poor condition
This oil on canvas is by the noted avant garde Japanese artist Sakurai Takami (1928-2016). It was created sometime between 1971, when Takami lived in San Francisco and was a member of and exhibited with the “Konnyaku Commune” and 1978 when he exhibited with the Vorpal Gallery in San Francisco. This painting was purchased from the Vorpal Gallery. The painting is in very good condition. It is unsigned, but the title is on the side of the metal frame. The frame is fine, but the mat is stained and in poor condition. I will include the frame for protection and provenance.
Sakurai was a main member of the avant-garde art group “Kyushu-ha”. Kyushu-ha” created a major trend among contemporary art in post-war Japan, which spread from Fukuoka to the whole country and also France, the United States and other overseas countries. Throughout his life he was very dramatic; his enormous and diverse works are energetic and face us with the true meaning of expression. Initially his main focus was on informal paintings, but it gradually expanded towards anti-artistic objects and performances. His works are characterized by the usage of materials that are connected with the smell of a workers life, such as coal tar, asphalt, woven mats and dungarees (jute bag).
Shortly after Kyushu-ha disbanded in 1968, Sakurai Takami moved to San Francisco. From 1973 onward, he lived in France. The people and faces in Sakurai’s paintings are coloured red, so that the colour, a symbol of heat, becomes a “social sign”. Each person has a life of their own, while at the same time expressing the colourful life of human communities, like the hippies.
His theme may be drawing “humanity and the universe” with a loving embrace of “peace” and “life”.
1953 graduated Fukuoka Liberal Arts University
1955 40th Nika Art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
1956 Persona Exhibition, outer west side of the Fukuoka prefectural office
1957-68 part of Kyushu-ha
1965 went to the United States (~’67)
1970 “Kanousei e no Ishi“ Kitakyushu Hachiman Museum of Art
Kyushu: Trends in Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Fukuoka Bunka Hall
Sakurai Takami solo exhibition, Fukuoka Bunka Hall
went to the United States for the second time, started working with the konyaku commune (San Francisco)
1971 Konyaku Revolution Art Exhibition (San Francisco)
1973 Nagoya mayor nominating election convention, Azabu public hall
moved to France
1974 formed the group “Kusuguri” (Paris)
1975 7th...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South Cascade
Located in San Francisco, CA
This bold abstract painting has the strong gestures one associates with the best of Abstract Expressionist painting. It is a mid century work, done by Tom Ide ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1994 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. 2008 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
My World Within
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 explorations depicting nature and humanity’s place within it. Taking queues from Abstract Expressionism and Impressionism, through juxtaposing nature-inspired fields of color over earth-like stained and textured canvas, the autobiographical works are rooted in landscape and lean toward abstraction. Bernstrom’s paintings, with their complex, earth-like surfaces, evoke an emotional response that directs viewers toward a consciousness of their place in the natural world, and perhaps also encourage better care of the Earth.
Born and raised in Sweden, Charlotte was mentored by her grandfather, the painter Lennart Schultzberg. He started teaching her plein air painting when she was five years old. He came up with innovative ways of teaching a young child perspective, color theory and to use different mediums. She learned about seeing, listening, feeling and how to translate those qualities through paint. Charlotte was influenced and inspired by an environment filled with art.
In her early twenties, Charlotte moved to San Francisco and studied at the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Her landscape paintings gradually became more abstract and autobiographical, with an emphasis on color and texture.
'My World...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled Abstract Landscape
By Michael Gregory
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Michael Gregory – American (1955- )
Title: Untitled
Year: 1985
Medium: Oil on paper
Size: 26 x 20 inches
Matted size: 34.25 x 27.75 inches
Signature: Signed, dated lower cen...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Stratification Project Witness #7
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Nates
Stratification Project Witness #7, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
19 x 36 inches
This one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas is stretched across wooden stretcher bars.
Sergi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Warm Waters
By Donna McGinnis
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warm Waters is a beautiful abstract painting in clear blue, with touches of warmth, that references color through water, with a quiet yet complex surface of layered oil paint over st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 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
Everything is Connected
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Everything is Connected, 2025
Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic inks on paper
14 x 10 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. Exte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Myth
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler’s dazzling contemporary water reflection acrylic paintings bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Almost Summer 5006
By Kate Salenfriend
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Remnants of a Dream
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler’s dazzling contemporary water reflection acrylic paintings bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet with a little di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vivace' - multicolor vibrant oil painting
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
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
"Saturday Night Live" Abstract Painting on Panel William Shields Acclaimed I
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Saturday Night Live"
1996
Oil on canvas
36"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.
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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...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Between Here and the River
By Tim Craighead
Located in Mill Valley, CA
abstract painting on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Alkyd
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2008 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
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
Abstract Composition #226
Located in San Francisco, CA
This vibrant abstract painting is immediately recognizable as the work of Hawaii-based artist Elan Vital. Vital’s art is unique not only in appearance, but ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
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
Hamsa - 72 x 60 inches - abstract expressionistic oil on canvas
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb created this abstract painting with symbols and narrative motif, in bold black with yellow ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Botanical Experiment #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Botanical Experiment #2, 2025
Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic inks on paper
9 x 12 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. Exter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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