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Item Ships From: Michigan
Yesterday Dreams-Acrylic on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
12 x 16 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Agra Pearl", Pastel on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
"Agra Pearl" is a delightfully subtle pastel on paper piece by Detroit artist Sheldon Iden, one that will accentuate the room that it is in. The title Agr...
Category
1970s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Pork Chop and Corn" Acrylic on Canvas, Colors, Still-Life
Located in Detroit, MI
"Pork Chop and Corn" is a luscious rendition of a hearty meal that wafts off the canvas with a tempting mental olfactory smell. Bryant Tillman is a popular artist in the Detroit Metropolitan area. He captures objects from life and presents them in unforgettable ways sometimes with philosophical undercurrents. He is comparable to the U.S. Poet Laurette, Billy Collins, who memorializes the common place as metaphors for the deeper values of life.
Bryant Tillman has painted for 30 years. He was introduced to art by the late Cass Corridor painter Bradley Jones...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Harbor with Industrial Plant"-Framed, Original Oil on Hardboard.
By Hayley Lever
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Harbor with Industrial Plant" Original Oil on Hardboard by Hayley Lever. Measures 13.25 x 17.25 inches with frame. The piece is in Fair/Distressed Condition-areas of the paint have ...
Category
Late 20th Century Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Geostructure II" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Geostructure II" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
John Little "Blue Nocturne" Abstract Oil Painting
By John Little
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Blue Nocturne" is full of rich deep blues contrasted by oranges, red, black and white. The abstract composition is bursting with energy that pours out of the pai...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil
View of Venaco-Oil on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas, 2007
12 x 16 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Walking on Fields-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
24 x 30 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Soft Light Boats" Framed-Original Oil on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Oil on Canvas, Signed by Artist. Measures approximately 22.5 x 28.75 x 1.75 inches with frame. The date of creation is unknown, but is believed to be within the early 21st C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Red Harmony" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Bright Red, Green
By William Antonow
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Red Harmony" is an abstract painting that does have a sculptural presence in the shapes of the red areas. The lush greens blend various shades into a background that while it does contrast sharply with the reds, it is not in conflict. The overall effect of this work is dynamic in its energy while at the same time harmonious.
One of the original Cass Corridor artists from the 1960s William Antonow studied at the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (now the College for Creative Studies) and at Wayne State University, where he received his BFA (1967) and MA (1970.)
Antonow’s first one-person show at the Willis Gallery in 1971, represented a radical departure from his early work – abstract bronzes shown at the Michigan Artists exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1969 and 1970. A founding member of the Willis, Antonow publicized his exhibition with a cryptic invitation stating, “art isn’t anything.” Echoing the challenge implicit in the exhibition announcement, the works in the show consisted of precariously balanced piles of such non-art materials as wood crates and barrels, corrugated paper or cardboard, cellophane and beer cans. These brash, paint-slathered juxtapositions of salvaged objects were perhaps the first example of the nascent “tough art” aesthetic of the Cass Corridor. (Both Gordon Newton’s wood constructions and Bob Sestok’s crude “radio wheels” first appeared in 1972.)
In 1975, in the inaugural group exhibition of the Willis at its new location in the Fisher Building...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild Thing-Oil on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Canvas, 2007
12 x 14 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Midday Sailing-Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, 2005
15 x 21 in, Unframed
Signed by artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Untitled Abstract" Abstract Expressionist, Color Field, Black & White, Colors
By Robert Goodnough, 1917-2010
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled Abstract" is by the American painter, Robert Goodnough, known for calligraphy-like markings circa 1960s. Though he was associated with the Abstract Expressionists, Goodnoug...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sienna Country Villa-Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas, 24/150
29.75 x 23.25 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good/Fair Condition-piece shows signs of wear due to age...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Giclée, Canvas
Afternoon Lights in Tuscany-Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Oil on Unstretched Canvas
32 x 38 in, Signed by Artist
Good/Fair Condition-shows signs of wear due to age and handling.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"In the Beginning" Abstract, Brilliant Colors of Blue, Red, Yellow, Oil
By Robert Piatek
Located in Detroit, MI
Robert's brilliant abstract paintings are easily identified with energized aspects of the universe as in sun burst, nebula, black hole, or far away. His Zen practice allows him release from earthly concerns to soar amongst the stars.
Robert Piatek...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dahlia", Clothed Female, Intense Blues, Reds
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Dahlia" by Andrey Skripka, a Russian, is an interesting psychological portrait of a young woman who's posture appears withdrawn and tightly composed, but who is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Venetian Jewel III-Oil on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas, 2008
16 x 12 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canal in Burano-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
30 x 24 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Richard Jerzy Watercolor "Red Chair" Interior with Flowers & Chair
By Richard Jerzy
Located in Detroit, MI
"Red Chair," though an interior scene, is arranged like a still-life with the furniture and objects slightly off-kilter in the creative manner of Marc Chagall's interiors, the Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. These non-fixed objects lend a floating energetic atmosphere and the brilliant colors contribute to the liveliness of this warm inviting interior.
Richard Jerzy was a well-known watercolor artist from the Detroit, Michigan area. His signature works were figures and still lives, and many famous Michigan families are collectors.
"He was probably the most promising, successful, exciting artist in the state of Michigan," said Miriam Parel, a fellow artist and friend for more than 30 years.
He grew up on Detroit's east side and developed an interest in painting as a teenager. He attended Detroit's Center (now College) for Creative Studies. Other well- known CCS faculty and graduates are Susan Aaron-Taylor, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing, Stephen Dinehart, Tyree Guyton...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Banicor" Mixed Media, African-American, Abstract, Free Floating, Colorful
By Al Loving
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"The Banicor" is an exuberant lively piece full of intense color with a subtle coating of sparkles that catch the light in various ways and enhances the vibrant painted surface. It hangs free and explodes into lively movement against the wall. Al Loving...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Lucite, Acrylic, Cardboard
Three Figures-Original Oil on Canvas, Signed by Artist
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Oil on Canvas. Signed by the artist. Painting measures 16 x 12 inches/25 x 21 inches framed. The image is in Good Condition. The wooden frame is in Good/Fair Condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tuscane Hills-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
30 x 24 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Muse of Transition", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Transition" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Confidence", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Confidence" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Wonder", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Wonder" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Passion", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Passion" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Mystery", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Mystery" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Insight", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that he...
Category
2010s Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Deliberation", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Deliberation" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
2010s Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
"Muse of Vitality", Encaustic, Oil, and Paper on Wood
Located in Detroit, MI
Celebrating our common colors as well as our diversity is Linden Godlove’s latest series of encaustics, “The Muses.” The paintings are modeled after icons, with a direct gaze that hearkens a response to their spirit, to find company in their character. This particular piece is the "Muse of Vitality" and is part of a set of nine that are sold separately from one another.
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form (some early icons are encaustic), where hot wax is mixed with pigment and resin, and painted while liquid. Throughout the process, everything is repeatedly fused with fire and sometimes things melt in an unintended direction. Linden’s process involves repeatedly carving parts out and filling them back in, so the works are splayed out in a loose application of hot liquid, then cut back, then washed over with brushes of hot wax again. It’s a combination of chaos and control.
The series draws inspiration from women all over the globe, as originally photographed by Mihaela Noroc for her book The Atlas of Beauty. A portion of the proceeds from these sales will go towards her project.
While internationally influenced, the pieces were painted, scraped, and carved at the artist’s hundred year old Detroit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wood, Encaustic, Oil
Spring Bridge-Acrylic on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
12 x 16 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Touch", Large Mixed Medium, India Ink and Coffee Grounds on Deckle BFK Paper
By Chris Lujan
Located in Detroit, MI
This large mixed medium painting in india ink and coffee grounds on heavyweight deckle BFK print paper, "Touch", depicts an abstract body in motion. With impressionistic strokes the observer can only glimpse her outline in browns and blues, leaving the finer details to the imagination, giving the work a ghostly air of a faded memory. Signed by artist on the lower right.
"Capturing movement is everything to me in my work. It exists in the way the brush moves and the hand bends bringing action and life to the surface it is connecting to. The work itself can then exist as a history, and bring forth evidence of time as the essential force within the artwork.
In today’s contemporary world, there are many ways to define art. That is why it is impotent that you, the viewer, understand why I create and what art means to me. For me, art is so much more than an image of an object, an advertisement or a statement. Art is in its nature the undeniable evidence of our own humanity and existence. It connects us, to each other and to our past. Speaking to the parts of us we never will fully understand, our emotions, are spirituality and are mortality.
As an artist; I need to speak to these feelings and questions. Using mark-making and gestures as a guide, I search, letting go of control as the moment breathes life into the creation of my work. Through the boundary of line, I give shape to the image. Conveying an overall balance between the moment of creation and the structure of the figure. Though this practice, I strive to provoke a universal connection to the work. One that speaks to humanity's emotional understanding of empathy, curiosity, sorrow and joy." - Chris Lujan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Coffee, India Ink, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Water Retreat-Oil on Canvas. Signed by Artist, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Canvas, 2005
16 x 20 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition-thin cracks in the paint along its outer border (will not be visib...
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Road To Village-Oil on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Canvas
19 x 25 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist
Good/Fair Condition-piece shows signs of wear due to age and handling; the paint has thin cracks along the outer border (will not...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Three House’s Lake-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
19 x 25 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Yellow Horse II", Large Mixed Medium, India Ink and Wine on Deckle BFK Paper
By Chris Lujan
Located in Detroit, MI
This large mixed medium painting in india ink and wine on heavyweight deckle BFK print paper depicts a yellow horse in motion, awash in a rainbow of vibrant colors. In keeping with the artist's themes of connecting the body with its animal nature, Chris Lujan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, India Ink, Mixed Media
"Yellow Horse I", Large Mixed Medium, India Ink and Wine on Deckle BFK Paper
By Chris Lujan
Located in Detroit, MI
This large mixed medium painting in india ink and wine on heavyweight deckle BFK print paper depicts a yellow horse in motion, awash in a rainbow of vibrant colors. In keeping with the artist's themes of connecting the body with its animal nature, Chris Lujan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Ink, India Ink, Mixed Media, Paint, Paper
"Midtown III" Abstract Night Scene, Oil on Canvas, Deep Blues, Black, White
By David Kapp
Located in Detroit, MI
ONE WEEK ONLY SALE
"Midtown III" is a vibrant abstract work by David Kapp that captures the immediacy of his native New York City and the fast-paced lifestyle that can blur before a...
Category
1980s Abstract Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charles McGee Handmade Paper "Animal Spirit I"
By Charles McGee
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Animal Spirit I" is a dynamic expression of McGee's mythical animal spirits. Hand signed and dated lower right front and on the verso signed and titled. Painting and mixed media present a complex scene that incorporates use of graphite and acrylic paint on thick handmade paper. Michelle Oka Doner was invited to participate in McGee's studio in the early 1980s and brought her handmade paper skills to share engaging McGee in this creative pursuit. McGee continued to develop these spiritual creatures throughout his career as can be seen in a piece from 1984, "Noah's Ark: Genesis, 1984," on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, his brilliant 2005 "Progression" a 45-foot wide aluminum sculpture at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, and his stunning 2016 "United We Stand" sculpture at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History . His genius can be seen in sculpture installments throughout the city of Detroit. "Animal Spirit I" is signed and dated lower right.
Charles McGee was born into a family of sharecroppers. While helping his grandfather tend the land, "he observed firsthand the order and harmony that exists within nature." He had no formal schooling until moving to Detroit at age 10, where he found that "everything was on the move and it hasn’t slowed down yet." in 2017 he observed, "I learned something not being in school — because life is school . . .I learn something every time I move. Every time I go around a corner, something new is revealed to me.”
McGee took advantage of the GI Bill to attend classes at the Society of Arts and Crafts, now the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Other College for Creative Studies faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock , Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell (American Expressionist formerly from Detroit and New York), Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern) and William Girard (American Modern.)
After retiring from the Corps of Engineers, McGee spent 1968 studying art in Barcelona. Despite not knowing the language at the outset, he immersed himself in the culture and opened himself to a whole new range of experience that would play out in his artwork. "If you free yourself, you have this kind of opportunity to have those experiences, horizons, and new vistas." (per interview with Nick Sousanis.
He returned to Detroit and curated "Seven Black Artists" at the Detroit Artists Market in 1969, which along with McGee himself, included Lester Johnson, Henri Umbaji King, Robert Murray, James Lee, Allie McGhee...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite, Oil
Country Colours-Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, 2006
17.5 x 23.5 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Geostructure X" Abstract, Colors, Geometric, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
By Franklin Jonas
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Geostructure X" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Obturator Fascia" Warm Sepia Tones, Oil, Abstract
By Brian Fekete
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Obturator Fascia" is a contemporary oil painting depicting relationships between nature, science, technology, and pattern that has always fascinated Brian. A sister piece that is strongly similar, "Epithelium", is owned by The Detroit Institute of Arts.
Brian Fekete is an American visual artist, formerly a Brooklyn expat, now living and working in the Mid-Hudson Valley. He received his BFA and MFA from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Other well-known individuals who taught or studied at Wayne State University and are connected with the arts are Arthur Danto, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Susan Aaron-Taylor, Tyree Guyton, Hughie Lee-Smith, Philip Levine, Casey Kasem, Helen Thomas, Sergio DeGuisti, Stanley...
Category
1990s Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Weary Blues" Acrylic Painting of Interior w/Patrons and Music Colorful
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Weary Blues" depicts the interior scene of a Blues bar late at night with a number of patrons socializing, drinking and listening to music. The scene is dramatically rendered in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Campinia’s Colours II-Acrylic on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
12 x 16 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Beauty", Large Mixed Medium, India Ink and Coffee Grounds on Deckle BFK Paper
By Chris Lujan
Located in Detroit, MI
This large mixed medium painting in india ink and coffee grounds on heavyweight deckle BFK print paper, "Beauty", depicts an nude woman standing. With impressionistic strokes the observer can only glimpse her outline in browns, leaving the finer details to the imagination, giving the work a ghostly air of a faded memory. Signed by artist lower right.
"Capturing movement is everything to me in my work. It exists in the way the brush moves and the hand bends bringing action and life to the surface it is connecting to. The work itself can then exist as a history, and bring forth evidence of time as the essential force within the artwork.
In today’s contemporary world, there are many ways to define art. That is why it is impotent that you, the viewer, understand why I create and what art means to me. For me, art is so much more than an image of an object, an advertisement or a statement. Art is in its nature the undeniable evidence of our own humanity and existence. It connects us, to each other and to our past. Speaking to the parts of us we never will fully understand, our emotions, are spirituality and are mortality.
As an artist; I need to speak to these feelings and questions. Using mark-making and gestures as a guide, I search, letting go of control as the moment breathes life into the creation of my work. Through the boundary of line, I give shape to the image. Conveying an overall balance between the moment of creation and the structure of the figure. Though this practice, I strive to provoke a universal connection to the work. One that speaks to humanity's emotional understanding of empathy, curiosity, sorrow and joy." - Chris Lujan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Coffee, Paint, Paper, Ink
Afternoon Reflections-Original Acrylic on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
16 x 20 in
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Riverbank-Acrylic on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
12 x 16 in. Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Grid No.8", Discontinuous Storyboard Acrylic, Watercolor, and Pastel on Canvas
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Grid No.8" is a multi-material canvas work that is part of his series on creating discontinuous storyboards that reflect the the way an innocent mind is forced to process the confusing, muddled, and discordant images of media and society. The piece was painted in acrylic, watercolor, and pastel on canvas and is 78 in by 90 in.
Sun Wang is from Chengdu, China. He is currently based in Detroit, Michigan after receiving his M.F.A from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2019. He is currently in a residency at Carrie Able Gallery in Williamsburg, New York. He was chosen as one of the 10 Artist Fellows for Playground Detroit...
Category
2010s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor
Andinean Beauty-Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, 2005
20 x 24 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The Hill’s House-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
17.75 x 23.5 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Campinia’s Colours I-Acrylic on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
12 x 16 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Tuscan Hills-Framed Original Oil on Canvas, Signed by Artist
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Original Oil on Canvas, Signed by the Artist. The piece measures 43 x 37 inches with frame. The image is in Good/Fair Condition-there are signs of wear due to age and handling (i.e. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
M. Saffell Gardner "Mt. Vernon Haiku", Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper
By M. Saffell Gardner
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
This monochrome abstract work by M. Saffell Gardner is a sumi ink on watercolor paper piece that evokes the feelings of a dark American po...
Category
2010s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor
Windy Bay-Oil on Unstretched Canvas, Signed
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas
23.5 x 31.5 in, Signed by Artist
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hills Greatness-Oil on Unstretched Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Oil on Unstretched Canvas, 2006
20 x 24 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Andinean Reflections-Acrylic on Canvas. Signed, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Canvas, 2005
20 x 24 in
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good/Fair Condition-piece shows signs of wear due to age and handling
Category
Early 2000s Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Meadows House-Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas. Signed by Artist, comes with COA
By Alex Perez
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas, 2005
19 x 24 in, Unframed
Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity
Good Condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Michigan - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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