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Item Ships From: Manhattan
"Dancing with the Stars" Abstract Figure Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing)
By Jaanika Peerna
Located in London, GB
Graphite and colored pencil on two layers of plastic paper. Unframed.
Thaw Series is a new series of drawings where the artist continues her work touching upon environmental matter...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Apple in 13 colors
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Dura-Lar - Unframed
Ramsay’s process engages a systematic, mathematical approach heavily influenced by color. She interacts with nature, documents the shifting colors of ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Intertwined 20-2, small mixed media work on paper, yellow and silver
By Francie Hester
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, wax and aluminum leaf on paper. 15.5" x 15.5" framed.
Shown at VOLTA New York 2020. Aluminum leaf shines in the light.
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic
Dove, Geometric, Gestural Abstraction, Dripped Painting
Located in New York, NY
The artist begins her work with a brush mark or a painted shape on the canvas and then performs a series of reactions to each gestural move. She is aiming to connect to the viewer through the language of abstraction as the visual representation of everyday experiences filtered through mark making and color.
Sarah Brenneman (b.1975, Middletown, OH) lives and works in West Orange...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cynthia Rojas "The Way Out" Acrylic and Ink on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Cynthia Rojas creates her paintings with an insistent, intuitive line and colorful, eccentric shapes. Annual trips to Mexico have had a major influence on her palette and vintage te...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Cynthia Rojas "Cacooned" Acrylic and Ink on Wood Panel
Located in New York, NY
Cynthia Rojas creates her paintings with an insistent, intuitive line and colorful, eccentric shapes. Annual trips to Mexico have had a major influence on her palette and vintage te...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Phuket Series #8
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of a series inspired adventures in Phuket, Thailand.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Un Soir à Atakama
By Gerard Stricher
Located in New York, NY
"Un Soir à Atakama" by Gérard Stricher (b. 1948) portrays the surreal beauty of the Atacama Desert at sunset. Stricher's vivid use of color and texture captures the ethereal quality ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Everly in Paris" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Parisian Sunset" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Swann Princess" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Dazzling in Venice" Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Recurring Composition, East Village, New York
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick
Recurring Composition, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
18" x 24" x 1” 2022
NYC, 2nd street studio
This acrylic painting on canvas is gestural in nature, with a surreal ci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Botanical V, bright green and orange abstract plants, surreal scene
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
Unframed 10 x 7.5 inches
Framed 13.25 x 10.25 inches
During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled - Abstract Composition
By Jen Brisson
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated abstract painting was realized by the esteemed Mid Century artist, Jen Brisson in 1961. It features an abstract grid like composition created by intersecting verti...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Movement in red - 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 Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Cardboard
Orange and Blue (Graffiti Lines Series)
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orange & Blue
Graffiti & Line series
2017
acrylic on canvas
20X20"
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side
Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the street culture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Finding Resolution, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Howard Danelowitz
Located in Yardley, PA
Finding Resolution uses organic and geometric shapes rendered with broad sweeping motions. The overall color is white and black with traces of color.
:: Painting :: Abstract :: Thi...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Liquid Path
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Liquid Path"
12x16x.5
acrylic on canvas
2018
Alphabet CIty / East Village, New York
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side.
"Seminal direction e...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Dripping Dots - Springtime in Rome" Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf and thick textured oils, to add a very contemporary, urban feel. The way the paint blends and washes into other colors gives it a very elegant style, and thus the name "Springtime in Rome...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Cairo" Contemporary Colorful Oil Painting Mixed Media Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils and hand embellished piece...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Glass, Mixed Media
Origami #20 - Blue Cream and Red Square Geometric Sculptural Painting on Wood
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood
21” x 21” x 6”, 2014
In this piece, Zin Helena Song is much more subdued with her color choices, choosing calming beige colors which contrasts with her use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
"My Memory Lane Heart" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting with 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” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"My Dreamy Blue Heart" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting with 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” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Armored Morning
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956)
Acrylics on canvas
56 inches by 49 inches
Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available
Key words used to describe this work by David: abstract figuration, expressionism cabalistic, mysticism, painting, action, pigments, acrylics
David Stern was born on February 3, 1956 in Essen, Germany and lives in New York. Stern has referred to himself as an “action painter,” echoing the artistic legacies of New York School painters Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. Yet his human forms reach further back to histories of portraiture.
After an apprenticeship as a sign painter...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Time" 2025
By David Paul Kay
Located in New York, NY
David Paul Kay "Time" 2025
34 inches diameter mix media on wood panel.
"Time" and "Space" are conceptually interconnected works.
The relationship between the two is the driving f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Realization, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 36 x 26 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Oser 01
Located in New York, NY
Born in 1979, Denis Meyers is a Belgian urban artist. He studied at the National Superior School of Arts and Visuals of la Cambre, in Brussels, city where he currently lives and wor...
Category
2010s Street Art Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
Meditation Study XI
By Renee Phillips
Located in New York, NY
Enamel on wood
8" x 10"
2015
Growing up on the beaches of South Florida and in the mountains of Colorado, Renee became enamored by the natural world at a very young age. Explori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Meditation Study XXIII Textural small abstract pink gold color painting
By Renee Phillips
Located in New York, NY
Enamel on wood
8" x 10"
2015
Growing up on the beaches of South Florida and in the mountains of Colorado, Renee became enamored by the natural world at a very young age. Explori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Origami #31 - Blue Green Orange and Grey Geometric Sculptural Painting on Wood
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood
18” x 18” x 6”, 2015
Zin Helena Song builds a 3d structure with wood for her painting to sit. In this way it mimics somewhat of a skyscraper, or a building f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Barracuda, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Justin Brown
Located in Yardley, PA
Barracuda focuses on juxtaposition of color, depth, and texture. Paint is added and subtracted simultaneously using a variety of tools including some that have been created/modified ...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"My Diamonds are Forever Heart" Contemporary Monochrome Pop Oil Canvas Painting
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 Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
Trapezium origami #4 - Grey, Pink, and Blue Sculptural Painting on Wood
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood, acrylic paint
21" x 9" x 6"
2015
In this piece, Zin Helena Song uses a long vertical shape, as opposed to her usual landscape, or square pieces. Due to thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Wood
Trapezium origami #3 - Bright Pink Grey and Purple Sculptural Painting on Wood
By Zin Helena Song
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood, acrylic paint
25" x 11" 8"
2015
In this piece, Zin Helena song uses a vertical panel, evoking the shape of an urban building. Her strips of paint ride verti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Wood
Light blue surface - 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 Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
Crossing Lines #3, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum panel, blue tones
By Francie Hester
Located in New York, NY
Crossing Lines
The exhibition also includes Crossing Lines, a series created in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Hill. This series draws on the literal and figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Wire
2020, red abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Oblivion" 2024
By David Paul Kay
Located in New York, NY
David Paul Kay ""Oblivion", 2024
48x60 in. mixed media on canvas
About the Artist
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist based in New York City. With a focus on vibrant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Messages #49, Mixed media on board, neutral earth tones, round painting
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
Work is double-sided, unframed.
Based in Andres, NY and West Orange, NJ, Lisa Pressman initially focused on sculpture before moving toward painting in the 1980s, shaped by Minimalis...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Pigment
It's All Just Rocks and Rays 21 ( abstract, landscape, blue, gray, sky, texture)
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
While Rachelle Krieger hints at elements of landscape across her canvases spherical shapes for rocks and boulders, dynamic lines climbing up and across the canvas for trees—she is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Vinyl
Seeking Perspective I, blue and yellow abstract encaustic painting on panel
By Amber George
Located in New York, NY
My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice.
Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
"Structure Series #2 V. 1, " Colorful Abstract Painting, East Village
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Structure Series #2” Version 2
2020
Acrylic, oil and chalk on canvas
14 x 24 x x .625 inches
Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the street culture of the East Villag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Dripping Dots - Coco Chanel in St. Barths" Contemporary Perfume Bottle Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This piece is part of an exciting new collection depicting iconic "Coco Chanel" with the artists "Dripping Dots" style. Focused on a pointillistic technique, the paint is able to cap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
"Barcelona Nights" Abstract Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
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Located in New York, NY
Born in 1979, Denis Meyers is a Belgian urban artist. He studied at the National Superior School of Arts and Visuals of la Cambre, in Brussels, city where he currently lives and works.
Denis Meyers is particularly known for his frescoes and stickers in form of faces, which he calls his “perso”, printed and cut out by hand and then spread in the urban space. The artist defines himself as a typographer, a vocation that he inherited from his grandfather, Lucien De Roeck (1915-2002) which created among others the ensemble of the World Expo poster...
Category
2010s Street Art Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Coming to a Rest, yellow, pink and purple abstract encaustic painting on panel
By Amber George
Located in New York, NY
My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice.
Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
"My Horizon - Del Mar Beach" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic
"My Horizon -Queen Victoria" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic
"My Starry Night" Blue and White Contemporary Oil Painting Framed
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 Stars Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vessel A-21, warm copper mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 36" diameter
By Francie Hester
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic paint and aluminum leaf on acrylic glass. 36" diameter.
This is a time that has forced us to redefine. Redefine how we live, how we interact, how we see, what we value. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Figure, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 24 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
The Queen, black and yellow abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Messages #37, Mixed media on handmade paper
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
Paper size is 12 x 9 inches. Mixed media on handmade paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pigment
"Dripping Dots - Madison" Colorful Abstract Oil Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
"Dripping Dots - London Hyde Park" Abstract Oil Painting & Gold Leaf on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Deep Night
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Deep Night
1988/89
24 inches x 30 inches
oil on canvas
Artist Statement: This is an early work I produced in my studio at 11th street and Ave 'B" NYC...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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