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Clench (Abstract Painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Clench (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Wishful thinking (Abstract painting)
By Martina Nehrling
Located in London, GB
Wishful thinking (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling imagines wishful thinking falls along a spectrum with desperatio...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Adventure II, " Archival Marker on Canvas, 2019
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how we as viewers negotiate our realities.
Entitled "The Adventure II," this vibrant drawing depicts a still from the Italian classic film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
"Garage, " Mixed-Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Garage,” this work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald is one of a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Board, Color Pencil, Graphite
"Study for Event Horizon, " Archival Ink on Paper, 2020
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
"Study for Tarantula Nebula, " Acrylic on Canvas
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Tarantula Nebula," this painting by Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the gigantic star-forming region of the same name. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, nearly 160,000 light years from earth, it's the birthplace of an astonishing number of massive stars, some roughly 100 times the mass of the Sun.
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled RAG-2
By Rick Garcia
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Rick Garcia's RAG13 Collection is inspired by the observation that there has been a significant and permanent change in our public and private lives. These artworks use symbolism to illustrate how the ubiquitous presence of suspicion and the act of being a suspect have both become a way of life. Adults and children are shown as generic solid shapes with parts missing to indicate loss of identity and the relinquishing of certain rights. The watchful eye of authority is always present as a figure dressed in black with three white stripes. All of the figures have a red dot to symbolize the human heart; how we are all connected. This red dot also represents being a target or a person of interest. Overall, this latest series creates a surreal flow of images, colors, and shapes blending into a beautiful and poignant work of art.
About the Artist:
"Photography has been part of my creativity throughout my life and more recently has become influential in my abstract work on canvas. The magical shapes of water gracefully floating or scattering in mid-air reveals the true god-like essence of nature. I am fascinated studying these images of bright tiny mercury-like globes, silky trails, dancing droplets and crystal clear languid sheets. "
Rick Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba, and very soon after, his parents relocated to Miami, Florida. He was always encouraged to follow his dream of pursuing and developing his talent in art. In later years he found a deep-rooted connection to surrealism, especially the work of Salvador Dali. Garcia had become obsessed with the unique images and amazing technique of the Spanish painter and he eventually traveled to Port Lligat, Spain to visit the home and surroundings of his mentor.
After years of attending the Art Institute of Miami, where he refined his artistic vision in drawing and painting, he was soon earning an income from published illustrations. Garcia has enjoyed a rich and diverse career starting with the hit TV show "Miami Vice" commissioning him to create a mural on the side of a three story building, and used his paintings for interior shots.
Apart from a growing number of private commissions, his distinctive images were commissioned by The United Nations Postal Administration in 1998 and 2003. His stamps brought awareness to the growing extinction of the rainforest and its inhabitants, and followed with the 50th Anniversary of the World Health Organization, bringing awareness to the vanishing supply of freshwater, where it earned him the prestige of the most beautiful stamp series of 2003.
Garcia was chosen as an "Absolut Artist of the 90s" in the popular vodka ad campaign and with his second piece Absolut Electric, this further drew worldwide attention.
1998, 1999, and 2001 garnered him the distinction of official artist to The Grammy Awards where his creations influenced the look of the live broadcast and graced the covers of the official program book, CDs, posters, apparel, and other various items. His work included portraits of stars such as Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Coldplay, Santana, Celia Cruz, Black Eyed Peas, Imogen Heap and Kanye West. His life long passion of thoroughbred racing tapped him in 2008 to be the official artist of the 2008 Kentucky Derby Festival.
Founder of Benihana, Rocky Aoki, gave Rick complete creative control to design a sushi restaurant on Miami Beach. Along with sculptor Bruce Hanners, they built and installed an 1800 sq. ft octopus designed by Rick to be the massive ceiling light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Multiverse IV
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on acrylic
49.25 × 38 in (125.1 × 96.5 cm)
"Since the dawn of man, human beings have sought the very nature of existence. As the seekers of truth compounded their knowledg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
DIVINE PAGE Lost Language of Rapa Nui
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 76 inches
147 x 86 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Architecture. For years Rotelli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
DIVINA NATURA Field of Light 4
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Monoprint on canvas. Hand painted by artist
39 x 26 inches
100 x 66 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Archite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
DIVINA NATURA Field of Light 5
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Monoprint on canvas. Hand painted by artist
39 x 26 inches
100 x 66 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Archite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
I Flow Like Water IV (Universe)
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil, Gesso, & Recycled Plastic on Canvas
68 x 62 in (173 x 157 cm)
(Due to the abstract nature of this piece, it can be displayed vertically or horizontally at the discreti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Plastic
CONCERT HALL, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
This collage subtly incorporates sheet music to reinforce the suggestion of sounds heard within a concert hall. Ironically, this is a quiet piece, a visually satisfying painting that...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Baby Boom, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This abstract painting has been created with oil markers and acrylics on canvas. In the warmth of our bodies and the intimacy of love, you made me yours from first sight. Let us mix ...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Into the Frayed, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
2021 / 16 x 20 / Oil on self-primed canvas Metallic and glossy abstract objects intersect to form a composition derived from the subconscious. This piece seems to be a fan favori...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
working the Line, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
I have introduced some white in my paintings for a short time, returning to a 2000 style. This one, named "Working the Line," parallels the movie "Walking the Line" Those abstract sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Childhood Two, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is one expression of my childhood as I feel it. This painting is about dreams, flowers, colors, leprechauns, bubbles, and leaves. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Childhood, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is one expression of my childhood as I feel it. This painting is about dreams, white veils, balloons, flowers, colors, and organic shapes. It ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Theater of Dreams, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. We all don't see the same things but overall this means love and interaction. :: Painting :: Abstract :: Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dance with the Birds, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. There are birds everywhere waiting in an eternal dance. They celebrate life. :: Painting :: Abstract :: Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Extravagant Dance, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. Characters are communicating and connecting like in an extravagant dance. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Three Musketeers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. On the bottom, we see three musketeers. Characters are communicating and co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silver Tree, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. We all don't see the same things but overall this means love and interaction. The shapes communicate with each other like in a dance. And the silver tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gem II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Gem II / 36 x 24 / Oil and Swarovski crystals on canvas / 2021 :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The celebration, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This artwork has been created with oil-markers and acrylics on canvas. It depicts an imaginary scenery. It is exhibited at a collector house. It is av...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
APRIL TREE, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
With this abstract painting, I draw on the ability of the viewer to imagine an apple tree, a light-dappled landscape, and a cloudless sky. Filled with subtleties, Apple Tree promises...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
FREEDOM, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Silent and subtle are two adjectives which best describe this exquisite composition. Colors peak from color fields which disturb settled and rested areas of gray and muted yellow. ::...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
La Mano, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is part of the original Tourlicoulis series. This is my early work. It is created with oil markers on canvas. My first creative endeavors birthed small, whimsical char...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
PB Painting 1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made with plastic bags and beeswax
Keywords: commercial, abstract, shopping, brands
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman has always combin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Plastic
Yellow
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Made with plastic bags, beeswax, oil paint and graphite
Keywords: abstract, colorful
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman has always combi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Wax, Oil, Graphite
Any Direction, Original Cityscape Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The colors of my palette are celebrated here.
Keywords: colors, angle, any direction, warm colors
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Talishka Musica
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Celebrating music with portraits of the instruments in actual size.
Keywords: painting, music, guitar, color, blue
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Headquarters Sky
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The symbol of many corporate, government, and charitable entities are their headquarters buildings.
Keywords: headquarters, hq, sky, corporate, corporations, gove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstraction in Cobalt, " Mixed-Media Kite, 2021
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Silk, Pigment
"Study for SWEEPS, " Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the recognizable to create something unfamiliar.
Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
"Study for Messier 17, " Acrylic on Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Messier 17," this painting by Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula. A vast region of gas, dust and hot young stars, Messier 17 lies in the heart of the Milky Way, tucked within the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer).
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Akshobhyavajra, " Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
An expression of devotion, this mesmerizing painting is the result of months of dedicated work. Thousands of careful brushstrokes surround the central image of the Tibetan Buddha Aks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Tornado 3
Located in Chicago, IL
Fire Tornado 3
2022
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Tornado 2
Located in Chicago, IL
Fire Tornado 2
2022
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Tornado 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Fire Tornado 1
2022
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled 50
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 50
2019
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 48
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 48
2019
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 80
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 80
September 22, 2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 79
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 78
September 1, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 78
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 78
September 1, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 82
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 82
April 9, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 83
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 83
2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 76
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 76
September 9, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 84
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 84
May 7, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 85
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 85
May 8, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 75
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 75
September 4, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 74
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 74
September 2, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 72
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 72
September 25, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 88
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 88
2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 71
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 71
August 30, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 89
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 89
August 21, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 90
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 90
December 9, 2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled 70
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 70
September 5, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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