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Item Ships From: Continental US
Cubic Abstract Colorful Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2902B Abstract geometric figurative painting
Set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Category
1970s Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Adrift, Abstract Art Large Size Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Title: Adrift,
Size: 44.5" x 64" x 1'...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Articulate 6, contemporary abstract, neutral, seafoam, tan, white 24x24 inches
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
“Articulate 6” 24 x 24 inches is a one-of-a-kind original non-objective abstract painting by Juanita Bellavance. In this spontaneous expressive abstract piece, Juanita created an e...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Forest Fern Excess (thick green impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Forest Fern Excess from Chloe Hedden’s Excess series captures the rich depth and organic movement of nature through thick, sculptural layers of dee...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
H.M. Saffer II, "Moonscape III", 44x44 Blue Pointillist Landscape Oil Painting
By H.M. Saffer II
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Landscape painting "Moonscape III" 44x44 by artist H.M. Saffer II. Painted in the style of pointillism, a series of tiny painted brushstrokes , this colorful oil painting depicts a ...
Category
2010s Pointillist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Isn't She Lovely
By Katherine Bello
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello
Title: Isn't She Lovely
Oil on canvas
Year: 2021
Dimensions: 36"x24"x1.5"
Signed by hand
COA provided
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Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,790 Sale Price
48% Off
The Window 332 - Modern Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Color Field Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Drifting, Abstract Oil Painting
By George Peebles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A delicate cloud gently meanders along the horizon in artist George Peebles' ethereal seascape. He displays a striking view of the majestic ocean in a rare mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Texture 2021 - geometric abstract painting
By Roberto Lucchetta
Located in New York, NY
This hand-painted piece by Lucchetta is part of the op art series where he is able to catch movement with his unique technique. Lucchetta is challenging himself. His precise stable h...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
Mountain Night
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mixed media (Watercolor and india ink) on paper depicting a mountain range at night.
Category
1970s Modern Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
"You Go Girl" - Figural Original Oil Pastel and Acrylic On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist painting depicting a figurative girl in full party mode by Bay Area figurative artist Carol Bowie (American, 20th C). The figure is made up of multicolored ab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Theater Lobby (Abstract Expressionist Women) Black Artist
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Paul F. Keene Jr. (1920-2009).
Theater Lobby, ca. 1955-60.
Oil on linen canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
Original metal strip frame. Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Biography:
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Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Rainbow Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A multi...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Antique American Modernist Surreal Musical Abstract Guitar Violin Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract musical painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Category
1930s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Maui Coastal Hawaiian Beach Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Hawaiian landscape of coastal Maui. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H x 24"L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water poem - Soft atmospheric abstract waterfall landscape painting
By Jennifer L. Baker
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Water poem" is a beautiful, dreamy, atmospheric waterfall and river abstract landscape, the latest in my new Water Series. An ode to the eternal water flowing through the earth, sky...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil Painting Panel "Ocho Rios" Jamaica
Located in Portland, OR
A important American Impressionist painting by Isabella Howland (1895-1974), "Ocho Rios", Jamaica, 1940.
Howland was active in both Boston & New York, this impressionistic painting d...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
A133 - Framed Original Abstract Red Coral Beige Painting
By Marco Schmidli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss-born artist Marco Schmidli creates large-scale minimalist paintings reminiscent of color field studies with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An important aspect of my artwork is the removal of my own artistic hand. Instead of controlling and demanding the paint move and act a certain way, I let the paint naturally manifest and express its pure form/ true colors/ most natural movement.” Schmidli's work is known for its sensitive surfaces and subtle textures. He has developed specialized techniques for applying and layering color, giving depth to his large-scale paintings.
This 11-inch high by 9-inch wide and 1.75-inch deep original artwork is an abstract composition in acrylic on wood. It is framed in a natural wood frame. Size and price include frame. It is signed and dated on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Schmidli studied photography and fine art in Switzerland and Rome. He worked as a photographer and painter in Zurich and then in 1989 he moved to California. Schmidli has been creating large-scale artworks since. He has developed specialized techniques for applying and layering color. His artworks have been featured in the film and entertainment industry, such as fashion photography, celebrity portraits, music videos, films, editorials, and at red carpet events.
Schmidli has set a new standard for large-scale contemporary abstract works in Los Angeles. His original paintings have appeared in highly respected magazine publications, such as Vogue, Flaunt, and Harper’s Bazaar. His work has also been featured in fashion spreads of iconic international brands such as Nike and Balenciaga.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Catalina Channel 20" abstract flowing blue green and gray oil painting
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Chase Langford has created a distinctive visual language that is grounded in the natural and built environment while embarking into uncharted territory. His impactful depictions reca...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gen #1, #5 and #4, Triptych. Mixed media Abstract painting on Paper
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
DNA is genetic information, hidden and encrypted in body fluids. Veiled data that we load, that we do not know and that someone knows how to decipher. Such specifications characteriz...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Chalk, Pastel, Handmade Paper
“Spectre” (Contemporary, Cerebral, Figurative, Black Canvas Painting with Type)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
SPECTRE
2018
A ghostly figure with a gold halo has the words “Amissa” to his right, and “Anima Mea” to his left – hand-painted vertically in gold type. In Latin, “Amissa Anima Mea”...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Six Injections of Stars" mixed media painting by street artist Omar Hassan
By Omar Hassan
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Six Injections of Stars" mixed media painting on canvas in wooden frame by street artist Omar Hassan, who is diabetic. Inspired by the daily insulin injections taken by the artist t...
Category
2010s Street Art Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media
Burkhardt Abstract Oil On Canvas
By Hans Gustav Burkhardt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed abstract oil on canvas, signed and dated 1968 in the lower right corner. Canvas size 30"H x 25"W Gilt-wood frame.
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Daydream 3, Abstract Large Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
By Voskan Galstian
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2014
Style: Abstract Art,
Title: Daydream 3
Size: 48" x 60" x 1.5'' in...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Murray Hantman (1904-1999). Untitled, ca. 1950-55. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 26 inches, 26 x 32 inches in silver leaf vintage frame.. Signed lower right. Excellent condition with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Challenge - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 360g. The works are 14 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Blue 1969)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1927 - 2017
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she attended the, now, San...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Does not speak - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Part of the triptych “Does not see. Does not hear. Does not speak”. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 360g. The works are 14 by 11 i...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Art Deco Abstract Spot Light Aeronautical Framed Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1940s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Antique American Signed Abstract Sandy Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted mid century abstract beach scene. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed elegantly.
Category
1940s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Post-Painterly Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
Untitled, 1963
Signed and dated on stretcher verso "5/63"
Oil on canvas
8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlw...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In Communion, Abstract Painting
By Alicia Dunn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Turquoise waves meander along the still ocean in artist Alicia Dunn's abstract landscape. She pictures the day’s end as a hint of light glows over the rim o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"My Petit Noir Heart" Black & White Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Geometric Abstract in Blue, Red, Black, and White - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and balanced abstract composition by Russell Green (American, 1910-1986). Completed in Green's characteristic style, this piece has a balanced interplay of shapes and colors. Blocks of black, reds, blues, and greys create a strong background. Over the top, lines of black, red, and white outline and divide the background shapes.
Signed "Russell Green" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a double mat.
Frame size: 23.5"H x 30"W
Image size: 14.5"H x 22.5"W
Russell Davis Green (American, 1910-1986) painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Traer, Iowa on December 29, 1910. He studied art at Iowa State College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Green worked in the Illinois and New York Works Progress Administration-Federal Art Projects in the 1930s and two of his woodcuts are listed in the General Services Administration’s book WPA Artwork in Non-Federal Repositories.
Green was also a painter and lithographer, and he was included in the Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934. His work was also included in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Museum of Modern Art and the Grand Central Galleries in New York; and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, 1935.
Green began his long teaching career at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1940 and eventually headed the art department. He is represented in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Newark Museum; and the St. Louis Art Museum.
[After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933, he returned to Iowa to begin teaching. In 1935, approximately the time he completed Thanksgiving, he served as a private art teacher in Sioux City. He also had a one-person exhibition of his work at the Sioux City School of Music, Dramatic Art and Dancing, which was located in the Commerce Building. The exhibition included 81 oil paintings, watercolors and prints.]
Russell Green
1910 - 1986
A FINE SENSE OF BALANCE — Russell Green started attending college in small town Iowa during an era of unparalleled prosperity in the United States. Yet by the time Green graduated five years later from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Depression had brought the country to its knees economically. In those few years, ending with his Bachelor of Arts, Green had also undergone a personal transformation from a farm boy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ebb and Flow 2
By Amy Van Winkle
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Encaustic on panel.
It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
Santa Monica Canyon - Framed Textural Abstract Mixed Media Artwork
By Paul Kirley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract artist Paul Kirley crafts visual journeys that seamlessly intertwine individuals with their surroundings, evoking the ethereal nature of dreams. Blurring the boundaries betw...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Oil on Canvas Painting Titled “AbEx Series 212” 55 x 72
By Mirtha Moreno
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of religious and political oppression, abstract expressionist artist Mirtha Moreno, immigrated to the United State...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Snow Flowers 8: Abstract Encaustic Painting of Green Petals on Beige Background
By Allyson Levy
Located in Hudson, NY
Neutral toned abstract painting of green plant leaves on a light beige cream colored encaustic background
"Snowflowers 8," by Hudson Valley artist, Allyson Levy, made in 2020
spurge ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
The Violet Dress 28 - Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting on Paper
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
"Coastal Colors" by R. Glick - Stunning Large Geometric Sunset Cliffs Seascape
Located in Carmel, CA
Robert Glick (American, born 1950)
"Coastal Colors" 2025
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting.
"Coastal Colors" by R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wire
Tropical Floral Bouquet By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Tropical Floral By Marc Zimmerman
A bouquet of inventive florals and plants clustered in the vase. An array of cool colors are easy on the senses as dark, slender palm fronds sway a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fred Kenknight "Midday Sun" Abstract Oil Painting c.1963
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fred Kenknight Vintage 1960s "Midday Sun" Abstract Oil Painting
Fantastic vintage oil painting signed by Fred Kenknight.
Though untitled, we are call...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Melrose Heart" Purple Pop Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Glass
Framed mixed-media collage on paper w/ photographs, Black African American art
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Don't Play in the Sun" is a large, framed collage on paper with acrylic paint, photographs, gold leaf, metallic paint, burns, and other mixed media. The work itself is 22"x30" and i...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
Flowers by the Sea, original abstract expressionist Italian landscape
By Sonia Grineva
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
When the flowers by the sea begin to bloom and catch the wind, summer will soon be in full swing with a potpourri of fragrances in the air! In this exciting garden paradise, an abst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standing Tall, Intersections Series, Abstract Geometric Painting
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painting description: This is a new example of my ongoing series, "Intersections".
My attempt to capture urban abstraction. Shapes and colors intersect and overlap.
With the use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La Nature VII & VIII
By Anne Subercaseaux
Located in Burlingame, CA
Two canvases that feature warm shadows and cascading light which is the focus of these sophisticated abstract oil on canvas paintings by artist Anne Subercaseaux, whose gleaming oil ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Japanese Dancer Figurative Painting On Silk 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4084 A vintage Japanese male dancer
Painting on silk set in a red mat and displayed in a gilt wood frame under glass.
Category
1920s Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'Abstract, Turquoise and Gray', Paris, Picasso, Andre L'Hote, Guernica, Benezit
By Dora Maar
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso with artist monogram 'DM' for Dora Maar (Argentine-French, 1907-1997); additionally impressed, upper left, with Dora Maar Estate stamp, Maison de la Chimie sale, Paris; October, 1998.
In addition to her central role as Picasso's model and lover, Dora Maar served as his constant muse during the period of his creation of Guernica for which she also served as model for the lantern-holder, appearing at upper right. Prior to embarking on her two-year relationship with Picasso, Maar had already produced a widely-respected body of work and was celebrated as an influential and cutting-edge photographer. Nevertheless, it is her high-profile relationship with Picasso and her own personality- both in publications about Picasso and in those dedicated to her own life and work- that have acquired particular significance in art-historical literature.
Maar's close link to the Surrealists, however, derived from her personal radiance and enigmatic personality as well as to the conscious and politically-informed artistic perspective that underlay her cutting-edge photomontages of the 1930s. Her increasingly radical political views during this period reinforced Picasso's own awareness of the deteriorating international political situation and of the civil war in his homeland. This heightened awareness culminated in the creation of "Guernica', his supreme artistic and political statement of the 1930's.
Born in 1907, Henrietta Theodora Markovitch adopted the pen name of Dora Maar during the first years of her photography career. Growing up in Buenos Aires and Paris, she learned to speak French, Spanish and English fluently and, from 1927 on, attended the Art Academy of Andre L'Hote in Montparnasse. At the Academy, she studied painting but, by the end of the 1920s, she had transferred to the Ecole de Photographie de la Ville de Paris. In the early 1930s, she founded a photographic studio together with Pierre Kfer, who was later to make a career as stage designer. Numerous fashion and advertising photography shoots resulted from this collaboration and these were soon followed by her first Paris exhibitions.
Dora Maar's photographic style during the 1930s show clear, surrealist characteristics. In her photographs and photomontages, she frequently played with shifting proportions, thus echoing an important feature of surrealist pictures. This tendency was augmented by the combination of disparate objects, which robs the photographs of their character of reflecting extreme reality, converting them to expressions of inner visions and psychic states. In parallel to these surreal photographs, Dora Maar produced sobering documentary photographs of her urban environments in Paris, London or Barcelona. Repeatedly, she records, in her photographs, the underprivileged, the unemployed and homeless, the socially disadvantaged and the physically deformed. It was precisely the simplicity of these photos that enabled Dora Maar to give the day-to-day and the ugly a magnificent monstrosity in which the beautiful and the horrible blend into one another. This recorded reality is thus accompanied by a level of inner associations, fears and visions.
This present work, painted in the 1930's, remained in Dora Maar's possession until the end of her life, and shows her early interest in abstraction and her preoccupation with the complex inter-relationships of color and form.
This painting is accompanied by a first edition copy of...
Category
1930s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Code Geometric Black - Colorful Oil Painting Stripes and Pattern with Texture
By Petra Rös-Nickel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petra Rös-Nickel’s original paintings merge playful forms, bright colors, and architectural compositions in oil and mixed media on canvas. Her contemporary artworks contain rich text...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Chanel Mornings in Paris" Woman in Sunglasses Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A lively, impressionistic depiction of a Parisian woman in which sunglasses and a Chanel sweater. We are whisked away in this whimsical scene with the emotion and dynamic composition...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
The marsh's brim, Contemporary marsh painting, green, blue, white
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
The marsh holds mysteries as does this marsh painting. It is a merge between abstract painting and impressionism with a contemporary flair.
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunset 40, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Hilary Winfield
Located in Yardley, PA
Sunset 40 is an original, modern art painting from the Sunset Series. This one-of-a-kind painting was created with acrylic paint on gallery-wrapped canvas. It has a width of 20 inche...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Outside the Lines by Andrea Costa, Abstract Oil painting Square with Pink, Blue
By Andrea Costa
Located in Atlanta, GA
Andrea Costa – Outside the Lines – Original Mixed Media on Canvas
Elevate your space with Outside the Lines, a striking 48 x 48-inch mixed media on canvas by renowned artist Andrea ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil
Cha Cha - Contemporary Abstract Patterns Bright Neon Coral Pink Gray. 2023
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on linen mounted on panel, carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in pale pink, cobalt blue, yellow and pale gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Ruz Square Beige and Red abstract canvas painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
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Ruz.
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic on canvas in perfect condition.
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sea Change
By Deedra Ludwig
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Forget Me Not Blue Excess (thick impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Chloe Hedden’s Forget Me Not Blue Excess from her Excess series continues her exploration of Excessivism, using thick, sculptural paint to express themes of overindulgence and emotio...
Category
2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Delaware" Contemporary Abstract Teal & White Ombre Shaped Squiggle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Teal and white abstract contemporary concentric circle shaped painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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