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The Outliers - Large Original Figurative Abstract Textural Street Art Painting
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Eyes wide open
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kader Boly is known for painting pastoral and communal scenes from his life as a nomadic herder in the Fulani tribe, on the plains of West Africa. Kader’s w...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

Reflections No. 3 - White Textured Geometric Colorful Circles Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through t...
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2010s Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Run Like Hell Tokyo" Large Original Gary John Pop Art Mickey Street Painting
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Orange Swirl
By Frankie Alfonso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-American artist Frankie Alfonso creates interwoven paintings using lively colors and spontaneous, well balanced compositions. His work is best described as a style of automati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Boy Crush - Graffiti Street Art Hearts Orange Blue Original on Canvas Goldhammer
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

A432 - Minimalist Abstract Original Red and Black Textural Artwork
By Marco Schmidli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Water and Light: Walking on Sunshine - acrylic on canvas
By Stephanie Visser
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Stephanie Visser, a native of southwestern Michigan, was educated at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids Michigan. She continued her education in fine arts and painting...
Category

2010s Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Statement on the Stream - Original Figurative Abstract Woman on Sofa Painting
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around questions of trust, inte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic

AWH 194 - Original Abstract Expressionist Orange Colorfield Oil Painting
By Bernhard Zimmer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer's abstract paintings transmit the richness of multiple layers of oil paint applied with precision to create an overall composition that holds opposites - order and ch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Birch (Abedul) Original Minimalist Layered Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Heny Steinberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican artist Heny Steinberg’s abstract artworks invite us to travel from the map to the localized event. She is suggesting that the spatial memory guidelines reside in the relatio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media

Strong Whiskers - Original Gary John Animal Cat Painting
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

A Very Fine Austrian Oil on Canvas "Young Ladies Collecting Spring Flowers"
By Hans Zatzka
Located in LA, CA
Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1945) a very fine and charming oil on canvas ""Young Ladies Collecting Spring Flowers", depicting three young maidens picking flowers by a lake. The three...
Category

Late 19th Century Academic Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer - Small Original Impasto Colorful Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ekaterina Ermilkina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Fish - Original Gary John Street Art Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Crimson Elegance - Original Minimalist Red on White Abstract Contemporary Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Art Nouveau, Fleurs
By Karel VonBelle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by Belgian artist Karel VonBelle. "Fleurs", is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1935, beautifully framed.
Category

1930s Art Deco Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

California Wave - Minimalist Abstract 3D Textural Blue Ocean Inspired Painting
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Glitter

The Black Dog Balloon - Minimalist Abstract 3D Textural Black Pop Art Painting
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ethereal - Large Blue Purple Ethereal Textured Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environments where one can quiet a cluttered mind and enjoy beauty every day. Clara Berta’s paintings explore themes such as the ebb and flow of memory, the significance of personal heritage, the passing of physical time, desire, grief, and love. This minimalist ocean-inspired artwork is 60 inches high by 48 inches wide. The sides of this original artwork are a continuation of the front. It is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. It is signed and titled by the artist on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Clara Berta explores the collision between the old and new; destruction and rebuilding lives. She began painting as an outlet of grief; creating something beautiful as the result of loss. Through her creative practice, she has found healing, and further offers to her community safe spaces for troubled teens and women to heal through the meditative process of painting. Her artworks are a language, a push forward in new directions and achievements, while always inspired by history. Berta mixes minimalism with underlying texture and embraces modernism while compiling the odds and ends of her attempts to let her art speak for itself. Her abstract works often include reminders of her travels expressed in unexpected sequences of patterns as well as distortion of perspectives and subconscious spaces. Manipulating the texture with several layers of texture paste and acrylic paint, she will work and re-work her canvases, layering textures to give added dimension, and creating works that intrigue and invite the viewer to explore not only the surface but also the inner language of the painting. A passionate, award-winning artist of Hungarian heritage, Clara Berta's dynamic and highly textural abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Self-Love is Luxury - Soft Abstract Floral Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category

2010s Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Luminous Woodland II - Original Minimalist Blue Landscape Mountains Artwork
By Peter Kuttner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and unique uses of media. Through a combination of collage ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

King of Cool
By Marion Duschletta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Gorgeous Georgia - Original Animal Painting - Happy Pop Art Red Cow Artwork
By Fredi Gertsch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

VW Beetle 1947 - Original Textured Colorful Car Line Art Original on Canvas
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder uses thick textural, playful lines, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately visible when seen up close. Verbal and psychological interplay with the public is integral to her creative process. Her art is the result of reflection, and aesthetic intuition provoked by the geometric forms. Her art exists to intrigue, to elicit questioning of its abstract character visible at first glance. One must draw away slightly to begin to glimpse the impressively detailed work in its totality. This original figurative pop art painting measures 28-inches high by 40-inches wide. It is an acrylic paint composition on canvas, it is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted by the artist and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the bottom and back of the painting. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and global shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She prefers things not to be visible immediately In order to perceive the works, the viewer must feel them and open up all of their senses in order to enjoy the emotion of the work. Schroeder urges the viewer to enter the work, allowing their emotions to be absorbed into its subject. Her paintings are made to inspire new artistic visions while impressing their stunning technicality to the public. Schroeder seeks an invented, unstructured, different, and yet popular vision, and hopes to awaken our senses in the search for her works. When a face, an animal, a landscape, or any other subject is removed from its linear structure, it acquires a completely different form, a different identity, dimension, and a new prestige. One does not recognize it at first sight; it emerges as the very process of observation. It is here that the magic occurs, as the viewer consciously discovers a work of abstract character in vivid color which plays upon the tension between the figurative and the imaginary. Schroeder's original artworks have been exhibited in galleries and art fairs internationally and have been acquired by prestigious collectors around the globe. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS 2023 Folded Landscapes, Artspace Warehouse 2022 Affordable Art Fair New York 2021 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Affordable Art Fair New York 2020 LA Art Show, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2018 Art Market Hamptons, NY 2018 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2018 Art Market San Francisco, CA 2018 Carre D’artiste New York Soho 2018 Canadian Delegation London, UK 2018 Carre D’artiste Lyon, FR 2018 Art Palm Spring, CA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Milan, IT 2018 Galerie Le Pharos, FR 2018 Beauchamp Art Gallery, CA 2018 Danielle Peleg Gallery, MI 2017 Context Art Miami, FL 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 SOFA Chicago, IL 2017 Beauchamp Art Gallery, CA 2017 Art Market Hamptons, NY 2017 Art Market San Francisco, CA 2017 Carre D’artiste New York Soho 2017 Art Club Galerie Paris...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

av_758 - Magenta Textured Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Canvas
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

AWH 191 - Original Abstract Expressionist Yellow Colorfield Oil Painting
By Bernhard Zimmer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer's abstract paintings transmit the richness of multiple layers of oil paint applied with precision to create an overall composition that holds opposites - order and ch...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Flash - Abstract Red and Gold Painting on Canvas
By Marta Muszynska
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marta Muszynska graduated from the University of Technology in Cracow, with the major in Architecture and Urban Design (Master of Architecture). In addition, she holds the Certificat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Spring Wish
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Beautiful Bessie
By Fredi Gertsch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Sign C95 - Modern Abstract Multi-Dimensional Red Minimalist Sculptural Artwork
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Edge Lit With Green
By Paul Kirley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract artist Paul Kirley creates visual experiences that connect people to place as though they were dreaming. Links between reality and contemporary abstraction are created as a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Marigolds - Colorful Hearts Original Contemporary Minimalist Love Painting
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Beverly Hills Neon Flash - Original Urban Landscape Photography Painting
By Pete Kasprzak
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Croire au Destin - Green Teal Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
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2010s Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Followers Of Mononoke - Contemporary Pop Art by Gary John after Hunt Slonem
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Ebony Pictograph 3 - Textural Abstract Minimalist Artwork on Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Acrylic

The Silent Haiku - Sophisticated Original Surrealist Canvas Painting
By Jeff Faust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Faust draws from the rich tradition of highly illusionistic canvases, where the eye perceives a sophisticated depth. Faust's ability to blend the ordinary with a touch of the ex...
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2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Day We Caught The Train - Large Oversized Original Figurative Still Life
By Jonjo Elliott
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's large scale still life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

The Fort Protected - Large Oversized Contemporary Abstract Blue Painting
By Sarah Svetlana
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Svetlana's original abstract artworks offer a captivating glimpse into the intricacies of the human experience, drawing inspiration from a diverse range of sources and influenc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish, Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Yellow Dress 1 - Yellow Fuchsia Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Ink, Mixed Media

3D Wildlife - Original Street Art on Newsprint by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Good Things Come in Threes- acrylic on canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
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2010s Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Exotic Thriller - Layered Colorful Organic Textured Figures Contemporary Shapes
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Lornes Pond With Yarrow - Nature Landscape Romantic Realism
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amber Young's creative focus centers on nature, with a particular emphasis on the intricate beauty of forests, flowers, and water reflections.Young's artistic journey is deeply roote...
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2010s Realist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Benevolence - Textural Original Colorful Gestural Abstraction Painting
By Gail Titus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arizona artist Gail Titus paints vibrant, abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas with a focus on textures, colors and abstract color(-field) compositions. The visual element of h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Love Letters - Scrabble Coffee Original Painting Board Game Art
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her hyperrealistic ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Lost Love"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“Lost Love” navigates the poignant journey of relinquishing one's first love, a profound emotional bond that demands the bittersweet act of letting go and losing deep love and affect...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Subway Construction
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Subway Construction, c. 1928, oil on board, 19 x 15 ¾ inches, signed upper left, artist and title verso; exhibited: 1) 12th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York NY, from March 9 to April 1, 1928, no. 864 (original price $250) (see Death Prevailing Theme of Artists in Weird Exhibits, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), March 8, 1928); 2) Boston Tercentenary Exhibition Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Boston MA, July, 1930, no. 108 (honorable mention - noted verso); 3) 38th Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, June, 1931 (see Alexander, Mary, The Week in Art Circles, The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 7, 1931); and 4) National Art Week Exhibition [Group Show], Montross Gallery, New York, New York, December, 1940 (see Devree, Howard, Brief Comment on Some Recently Opened Exhibitions in the Galleries, The New York Times, December 1, 1940) About the Painting Ernest Stock’s Subway Construction depicts the excavation of New York’s 8th Avenue line, which was the first completed section of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND). The groundbreaking ceremony was in 1925, but the line did not open until 1932, placing Stock’s painting in the middle of the construction effort. The 8th Avenue line was primarily constructed using the “cut and cover” method in which the streets above the line were dug up, infrastructure was built from the surface level down, the resulting holes were filled, and the streets reconstructed. While many artists of the 1920s were fascinated with the upward thrust of New York’s exploding skyline as architects and developers sought to erect ever higher buildings, Stock turned his attention to the engineering marvels which were taking place below ground. In Subway Construction, Stock depicts workers removing the earth beneath the street and building scaffolding and other support structures to allow concrete to be poured. Light and shadow fall across the x-shaped grid pattern formed by the wooden beams and planks. It is no surprise that critics reviewing the painting commented on Stock’s use of an “interesting pattern” to form a painting that is “clever and well designed.” About the Artist Ernest Richard Stock was an award-winning painter, print maker, muralist, and commercial artist. He was born in Bristol, England and was educated at the prestigious Bristol Grammar School. During World War I, Stock joined the British Royal Air Flying Corps in Canada and served in France as a pilot where he was wounded. After the war, he immigrated to the United States and joined the firm of Mack, Jenny, and Tyler, where he further honed his architectural and decorative painting skills. During the 1920s, Stock often traveled back and forth between the US and Europe. He was twice married, including to the American author, Katherine Anne Porter. Starting in the mid-1920s, Stock began to exhibit his artwork professionally, including at London’s Beaux Arts Gallery, the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Whitney Studio and various locations in the Northeast. Critics often praised the strong design sensibility in Stock’s paintings. Stock was a commercial illustrator for a handful of published books and during World War II, he worked in the Stratford Connecticut...
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1920s American Modern Los Angeles - Paintings

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Oil

Green and White Hydrangeas - Floral Still Life Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
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2010s Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Edge of Earth" acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bret Hansen originally from Baltimore, Maryland is a painter and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, California. His design career spans art direction roles in publishing, brandi...
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2010s Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sunkissed 4 - Original Abstract Artwork with Texture, Resin
By Nichole McDaniel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nichole McDaniel's artistry unfolds as a captivating fusion of contemporary landscapes and abstract compositions, drawing inspiration from both local surroundings and her exploration...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Marilyn Times Ten Million - Original Street Art Pop Art Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint

Together As One
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kader Boly is known for painting pastoral and communal scenes from his life as a nomadic herder in the Fulani tribe, on the plains of West Africa. Kader’s work is set apart using han...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

My Litmus - Original Colorful Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Big Alphabet Soup - Modern Minimalist Blue Colorful Acrylic and Resin Artwork
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sunny Streets - Thick Impasto Original Oil Painting City Life Skyscrapers
By Ekaterina Ermilkina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Accidental Beauty-abstract painting in pale pink, black, grey, white, rose color
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in pale pink, black, grey, white, rose color. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode. Lena Cherny...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Los Angeles - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Pigment

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