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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
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
"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
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
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
Engraved Multi-Colored Mono Prints on Paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
Vincent Donato Roselli (b. 1995) is a self-taught artist from Staten Island, NY.
Vincent works with a variety of mediums, favoring distorted brushes to manipulate plaster, beeswax, o...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
"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
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
Meditations 2 (encaustic on panel, abstract, stripes, maroon, yellow, bright)
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
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
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
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
Meditations 5 (encaustic on panel, abstract, stripes, maroon, teal, bright)
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
Mystic City, East Village, New York
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert W. Petrick
Mystic City, 2022
22x27x1”
NYC, 2nd street studio
This acrylic painting on canvas is gestural in nature, with a surreal cityscape feeling
Robert Petrick's paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Seeing (abstract, encaustic on panel, pastel, green)
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
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
Rain Investigation 1
Located in New York, NY
Nancy Pantirer
Rain Investigation
28 x 28 in
Acrylic Paint
Nancy Bergman Pantirer’s paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions throughout the co...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
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
"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
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
"Oath"- Neo Expressionist Painting on Canvas
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"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
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
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
Untitled - surreal landscape minimalist painting
By Jacob El Hanani
Located in New York, NY
This early work by Jacob El Hanani was done in 1970.
It is mixed media on masonite.
It is hand signed in Hebrew and English in the bottom right.
The piece comes framed in a black woo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Masonite
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
"Dripping Dots - Washington Sq. Park NYC" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting 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 Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Izapa 2", Colorful Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ford Crull
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“It is terrifying to paint. When you start out, you are faced with this great unknown. And you think, am I ever going to paint again? Yet, as you work, it starts to formulate itself....
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
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 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
Catapult
Located in New York, NY
Catapult
2017
Acrylic on canvas
46 x 36 inches
Caption: Catapult - the launching of something by force into something else: into a new phase, a new direction.
"Natural Tendencies" ...
Category
2010s Abstract Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Nocturnal Weeds, multicolored abstract landscape painting, flora at night
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of working predominantly in the studio. It has been heal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic
The Fifth Element (Black Cloud)
By Lee Wells
Located in New York, NY
The Fifth Element (Black Cloud), February 2020
Acrylic spray paint on fireproof theatrical felt and lighting
72 x 108 inches (9 panels each 24 x 36")
Signed, annotated and numbered...
Category
2010s Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Felt, Spray Paint, 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
Crossing Lines #2, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum panel, green
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
Vessel #4, multicolored mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 22" diameter
By Francie Hester
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic paint and aluminum leaf on acrylic glass. 22" 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
"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
Crossing Lines #11, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum, red and white
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Wire
Cold Fusion 3
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Cold Fusion 3" Stripe infusion Series
2017
acrylic on canvas
18X18"
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side
Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the street cultu...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Manhattan - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"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
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