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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Soreze Steps
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Anne Subercaseaux's resplendent paintings offer calm in an otherwise hurried world. In 'Soreze Steps', shades of green-blue are at play in the 18 x 24 inch oil on canvas.
Anne Sube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kiss & Tell, Abstract Painting
By Karen Hansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Every shade from violet through reds and pinks to orange explode in this painting offering a romantic take on this limited palette acrylic painting. You can a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hana-Bi 3
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-bi 3 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 63 x 63 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Life and Breath
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Asymmetry II
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Shades of grey are at play in 'Asymmetry II'' which is 36 x 48 inches, and is a clean and minimal oil on canvas painting by artist Anne Subercase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Asymmetry I
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Asymmetry I' is 45 x 30 inches. Anne Subercaseaux's gleaming paintings realistically bridge urban with rural in the form of representational fragmented depictions of contemporary ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Backflipping Stop / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Diver diving, doing a backflip, in the blue and black, grey and green vertical work of original art, 'Backflipping Stop' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Gold with Quadrants
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 into dime sized triangular cut outs and then affixing them to a wooden panel. Artist Irene Zweig rearranges the media into a new and unique design, where the eye interprets the original message as subliminal; with the components of it still present, and the result is one of contemplative balance and harmony. Fine art, science and mathematics blend in Zweig's intellectually curious and aesthetically sound works that beautifully relate to other eclectic works.
'Gold with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
1994 "Dreamer's Forest" Abstract Painting on Panel William Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Dreamer's Forest"
1994
Oil on panel
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.
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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
Oil, Panel
Sonoma no. 4
By Gloria Matuszewski
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sonoma no. 4' glows with soft yellow with touches of blue, and is inspired by Taoist teachings and meditations, with a focus on color, rhythm and flow. Matuszewski creates meditativ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
Sage Brush
By Kim Ford Kitz
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract oil painting on panel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Philodendron
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American visual artist Javier Arizmendi-Kalb’s expressive and texturally rich paintings are
nuanced with symbolic and narrative motif in oil a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Y Roma
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
Agora Project No. 3
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb created this abstract painting with bold brush stokes creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Resurgimiento - 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 red, pink, green wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Bride Catcher
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is "Bride Catcher", oil on linen, 72 x 48 inches. Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Freeway No. 12 / color abstract city oil painting cars realism
By Ryan Reynolds
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Freeway No. 12' oil painting on wood panel by artist Ryan Reynolds whose paintings are a response to the world as he experiences it. The places he inhabits and passes through serve ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Manhattan
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Shades of varying blues coalesce with patterns at play in Anne Subercaseaux's meticulously painted 'Blue Manhattan, oil on canvas. Anne Subercaseaux finds substance in the insubstantial, in paintings that freeze the ephemeral patterns of reflection and shadow. In her muted, almost monochrome palettes, images seem familiar but still elusive. The precise silhouette of a bridge girder or a windblown branch moves into focus and out again, a fleeting glimpse from the corner of the eye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lightly
By Elena Zolotnitsky
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic oil on mylar on panel painting by Elena Zolotnitsky depicting a chair from her Extinct series of abandoned chairs and their unique histories. Professionally framed in a clea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Cozy Night, Abstract Oil Painting
By Janet Hamilton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece was completed on several cozy nights during the ;polar vortex; in Chicago. This mood of being trapped a bit and feeling at peace with that gave th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Childlike Wonder
By Morgan Fite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
From my series called Lessons from Winter, inspired by my process of discovering and embracing the beauty, mystery, and warmth of the coldest and darkest seas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Excavation - monochrome geometric abstraction
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Action painting in mainly black and white with cream, brown and ivory, 'Excavation,' 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. 'Excavation,' is 48 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
Serena
By Marianne Kolb
Located in Mill Valley, CA
mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$15,000
Earthen Forts, Abstract Painting
By Tatiana Iliina
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of Tatiana Iliina's latest series, Abstract Landscapes. Each artwork presents a stunning view with bold colors and often multiple planes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Low Humm
By Darren Waterston
Located in San Francisco, CA
Darren Waterston b. 1965
Low Humm, 2024
Watercolor and gouache on rag paper
29 1/4 x 22 inches (74.3 x 55.9 cm)
Framed: 36 1/4 x 29 inches
From the 2024 exhibition at Berggruen Gall...
Category
2010s Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Urban Ramparts, Abstract Painting
By Tatiana Iliina
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is an abstracted cityscape painting, completed entirely with a palette knife. This work is on a gallery wrapped canvas with finished black edges. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Agora Project No. 9
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb created this abstract painting with bold brush stokes creating strong visual zest and appea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Agora Project No. 4
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb created this abstract painting with bold brush stokes creating strong visual zest and appea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb created this abstract painting with bold brush stokes creating strong visual zest and appeal on a small scale. The artist often 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. 'Light at the End of the Tunnel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Inextricable V
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
Aluminum, Metal
Freeway No. 13 (diptych) / color abstract city oil cars painting
By Ryan Reynolds
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Freeway No. 13 (diptych) ' by artist Ryan Reynolds, who uses bold colors to depict contemporary life in this painting that is from his 'Freeway' series. Fantastic spiraling highway...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Freeway No. 5 / color abstract city oil painting cars realism
By Ryan Reynolds
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Freeway No. 5' oil painting on wood panel by artist Ryan Reynolds. The work is from Reynold's "Free Way" series, which considers contemporary city life from the point of view of mov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Moment of Enlightenment, Abstract Oil Painting
By Agata Kijanka
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Enlightenment can be like a breakthrough of light, a blossoming in the dark, or a fire's reflection in the deep of night," says Agata. A bright splash of pin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ice Blue Lake and the Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting
By Srinivas Kathoju
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Abstracted landscape just after sunset marked by brilliant orange and red clouds in the dark blue background. Layers of blues, purples, greens and orange in h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Pond Trees, Abstract Painting
By Candice Eisenfeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stand of trees on a hill overlooking a pond during a sunny day with blue skies. The scene is framed with a deep red abstraction characterized by a very thic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Reflections on Crossing XXV / abstract realism, architecture, minimalism
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Shades of sea blue-green with grey are at play in Anne Subercaseaux's meticulously painted 'Reflections on Crossing XXIV', oil on canvas. Anne Subercaseaux finds substance in the insubstantial, in paintings that freeze the ephemeral patterns of reflection and shadow. In her muted, almost monochrome palettes, images seem familiar but still elusive. The precise silhouette of a bridge girder or a windblown branch moves into focus and out again, a fleeting glimpse from the corner of the eye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pluie Sur Les Fleurs / Rain on flowers
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite and complex abstract painting with floral references that bridge geometry with layered multiple colors and gold. An exciting and vibrant oil on canvas, with metal leaf pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Toss Up / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ballet dancers in red with sky blue stripe in 'Toss Up' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes', from a variety of media—acry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
Between Then and Now
By Karen Hansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I love the rich transparent tones of that rusty brown pigment called iron oxide, says Karen Hansen. And that;s where I started, adding other earth tones as I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape No. 3 / abstract geometry, architecture, farmland, 3x6 feet
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb creates paintings that are comprised of both abstract and representational elements, and consider the natural world as it intersects with utilitarian design. 'Landscape No. 3' — 3x6 feet (36 x 72 inches), — depicts a bird's-eye-view of the Delta as viewed by the artist during his frequent flights over California's Sacramento–San Joaquin River...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$5,000 Sale Price
44% Off
Metamorphosis I
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is one of two images of Metamorphosis. This one is the metamorphosis of a bud into a flower. The second painting, Metamorphosis II, is the metamorp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
INTERIOR SPACE - 2018, abstract realism, architecture, minimalism
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Shades of grey are at play in 'Interior Space,' which is 36 x 48 inches, and is a clean and minimal oil on canvas painting by artist Anne Suberca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Merced River II / abstract oil on linen over wood
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Using landscape as a signifier for the human spirit, Gail Chase Bien paints layered and lush oil on linen, conscious of a thin veneer of self, while viewing the work is an open door to own parallel journey. Abstracted nature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel, Linen
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
Chamber of Secrets - Contemporary Abstract Painting (Blue+Sea-foam+Pink+Grey)
By Laurie Barmore
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Chamber of Secrets" is an original acrylic painting by Washington-based artist Laurie Barmore. As in other works by Laurie Barmore, this piece has a rich palette with visual energy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Grey with Red - minimalist meditative quiet
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Nocturne with Red' from Irene Zweig, where intellect, science, mathematics and order are at play in shades of calm blue, silver, grey and white, in the abstract mixed media painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
When the Dawn Will Come
By Cynthia Ligeros
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
When the Dawn Will Come was inspired by glowing clouds rising at dusk. The underpainting process I use lends itself to creating organic forms, which I then t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tomasini Creek Wilderness
By Charles Eckart
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract oil painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Noonan Toilet Portrait no. 2
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Noonan Toilet in greys, blues, plumb and cream, 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 Francisco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Ruth Wall, 1917-2009. It is signed in the back by the artist. The canvas size is 10.15 x 20 inches, framed size is 13.85 x 22.75. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches and will be replaced if buyer wish, by a similar (not exactly the same) gold frame when is sold. It will be done at no extra cost. This will bring the over all condition to excellent.
About the artist:
Ruth A. Wall was born in Wyoming on September 10, 1917 but moved to a homestead on an Indian reservation in Uintah, Utah in 1919. After graduating from high school at age 16 she left home to attend college, graduating at age 20 and began teaching high school at age 21.
She moved to Los Angeles where she became an Army materials inspector during WWII. She moved to Northern California and became a pilot, but entered the service as a WAC. Here she trained as a physical therapist and became an officer. She remained in the service until 1949.
In 1950 she entered the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, studying there until leaving for Paris in 1952 where she moved into the Academie Frochot. Returning to the CSFA in 1955 she worked as an artist until she had to take a job to make a living in 1957. Most of her work in printmaking was done in 1952, before leaving for Paris. They are, for the most part, gestural, Abstract Expressionist lithographs, done on the press at the CSFA at night after everyone had gone home. Her teachers were James Budd Dixon, Robert McChesney and, after 1955, Nate Oliviera and fellow students included James Kelly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
My Wild Garden #61
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
In the Stillness, Abstract Oil Painting
By Morgan Fite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Morgan creates ethereal atmospheres using feathery brushstrokes and subtle contrasts. Her muted, tonal palette allows the texture and layering to take centers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reflections on Crossing XXXVIII
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warm shadows and cascading light are the focus of this sophisticated abstract oil on canvas painting by artist Anne Subercaseaux, whose gleaming oil paintings realistically bridge u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Memory Stones 4, Abstract Oil Painting
By Morgan Fite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is a piece in my Memory Stones series. These are inspired by rocks and pebbles I collected while sitting at the lake one day, listening to the soft lappi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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
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