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Item Ships From: Montreal
The Way It Is, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
- Title: The Way It Is - Dimensions: 36" x 36 x 1.5" ready to hang - Medium: Mixed media - Support: Stretched Canvas. Staple-free edges. Back wired and ready to hang. - Finishing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pillars of color, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
This 5 panels abstract original painting is a textural work on bold bright colors, with beautiful details and texture. Each panel has different and original knife strokes and tones. I really enjoy creating this kind of work and I love working on commissions on different tones and sizes. The panels look stunning in real life and they transform any wall in a focal point. This work has 5 panels of 80"x12" (203 cm x 30.5 cm) each for a total of 80"x60" (203cm x 152 cm). With 2.5" spaces between the panels, the paintings will cover a large 80"x70" wall. ***If you would like a different number of panels, the last image is an example of an installation on a curved wall.*** Multiple panels, foyer art, curved large wall art, art on curved wall, huge wall art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Velours Noir II
By Rachel Ovadia
Located in Montreal, Quebec
There is rarely any forward planning, materials and choices are made randomly, colors and mediums are selected in accordance with the needs of what transpires at the moment. At times...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Birch, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Empreinte 5
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Ottawa in 1976, Jean-François Provost holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has received several awards and honours for his ...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Forever Young, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Forever Young Original Acrylic Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Ready to Hang Size : 16?x 12?x 1.5? ( 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm x 3.81 cm )...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Curves, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Abstract Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Ready to Hang Size : 24?x 24?x 1.1/2? ( 60.96 cm x 60.96 cm x 3.81 cm ) Painting is signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Elizabeth II
By André Monet
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of text texture and color exudes eccentricity and empowerment of its time, exemplifying the characters and personalities of its icons. Born in Montreal, Monet studied graphic design at Laval University while exploring other mediums in fine art. He worked in fashion and advertisement before he dedicated himself to be a full time artist. Monet explored various mediums such as mosaic, collage and acrylics.
More recently, he turned to the portrait. But not just any kind of portrait: blending collage of old newspapers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Summer Solstice
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Released
By John Barkley
Located in Montreal, Quebec
"I am an experimental painter. I have been working on my craft since 1996. I start work with a conceptual point of entry and then work intuitively, in dialogue with the work. The art...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anemones, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Large Acrylic Painting Title: Anemones Medium: Acrylic Support: Bristol Paper 100 lb (260 g) Size : 19?x 24? (48.3 cm x 61 cm ) Painting is signed and dated by the artist as we...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Kilim II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Kilim II Original Contemporary Abstract Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, ready to hang Size : 24?x 18?x 1.1/2? ( 61 cm x 45.72 cm x ...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sweet Ylang Ylang fragrance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Sweet Ylang Ylang fragrance Original Acrylic Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Acid-free acrylic titanium gesso, Ready to Hang Size :...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Criss-Cross II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Abstract Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Ready to Hang Size : 40?x 30?x 1.1/2? ( 101.6 cm x 76.2 cm x 3.81 cm ) Painting is signed...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The port
By Armand Tatossian
Located in Westmount, QC
Armand Tatossian, Canadian, 1948-2012
The port
Oil on canvas
7 x 21 ½ in (image)
Signed on the lower left: A. Tatossian
framed
Category
1990s Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,750
Mustard Yellow with Blue
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Marcher sur un fil
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Ottawa in 1976, Jean-François Provost holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has received several awards and honours for his ...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Orange with Dots
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
David Bowie
By André Monet
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
View of the sea
By Dorothy Knowles
Located in Westmount, QC
Dorothy Knowles, Canadian, b. 1927
Watercolour, 1982
22 1/2 x 30 in
signed lower right
PROVENANCE
Property from the Collection of Theo Waddington, London, UK
framed
Dorothy Knowles Biography
(1927 - 2023) RCA
Dorothy Elsie Knowles was born on April 7, 1927 in Unity, Saskatchewan. She grew up on a farm overlooking a Prairie valley and initially had no plans to become a painter, studying biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon between 1944 and 1948. At the time of her graduation, a friend persuaded her to enroll in a six-week summer course given by the University of Saskatchewan at Emma Lake. The course was led by Reta Cowley from Saskatoon and James Frederick Finley from the Ontario College of Art and under their guidance young Dorothy found a proclivity for art. Upon her return to Saskatoon she continued to study painting under Eli Bornstein...
Category
1980s Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Above Below
By Fabian Jean
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhibitions throughout Canada including, recently, Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Jean’s work can be found in public and private collections, including the Department of External Affairs (Canadian Embassy – The Hague), Musée du Québec, Royal Bank of Canada, Summit Maritime and the Royal Victoria...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$18,025
Maroc Architecture Traditionnelle -09-, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Maroc Architecture Traditionnelle -09- is: Oil painting, acrylic and graphyte on canvas. Morocco is considered, in terms of its architectural heritage, to be one of the richest in the region. Indeed this variety lies in the multitude of influences that the country has known throughout history. Thus, each region is characterized by its own signature. And we wouldn't be surprised if you fell in love with its riads and kasbahs! Everyone agrees that Morocco is the crossroads of the Arab East and the Western Mediterranean, represented by Andalusia and that the different artistic forms of Arab-Muslim art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Leonard Cohen
By André Monet
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Mick
By André Monet
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Inspired by cinema, photography, music and literature, Monet has a natural connection and sense for the current society and his contemporaries. His signature conceptual assemblage of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
$7,725
Spring Fresh
By John Barkley
Located in Montreal, Quebec
"I am an experimental painter. I have been working on my craft since 1996. I start work with a conceptual point of entry and then work intuitively, in dialogue with the work. The art...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mangrove II
By Robert Marchessault
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nature Morte Agile
By Fabian Jean
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhibitions throughout Canada including, recently, Rideau Hall, Ottawa. Jean’s work can be found in public and private collections, including the Department of External Affairs (Canadian Embassy – The Hague), Musée du Québec, Royal Bank of Canada, Summit Maritime and the Royal Victoria...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
untitled
By William Goodridge Roberts 1
Located in Westmount, QC
William Goodridge Roberts, Canadian, 1904-1974
untitled
Oil on panel
12 x 16 in
signed lower right;
titled on a label on the reverse
framed
Category
1970s Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Sea I
By Fabian Jean
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Fabian Jean graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University. He has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Halifax and has been included in several group exhi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$14,650
Tipping Blue
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
High-reaching above oneself, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
- Title: High-reaching above oneself - Dimensions: 48" x 72 x 2" (120 cm x 182 cm), rolled canvas for international locations. It can be shipped ready to hang only to Canada and USA...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The structure of rays, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Thinking about summer, ocean and diving. - Title: The structure of rays - Medium: Mixed media - Support: canvas, ready to hang - Size: 24"x48"x1.5" - Two coats of protective glo...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Feathers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Dark blue, light blue, navy blue, orange and white and black modern large abstract artwork, painted with professional acrylic paint on canvas. - Title: Feathers - Medium: Mixed m...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Song of the Ocean, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Multicolored bold abstract painting with blue, orange rust and white. A bold statement, inspired by a beautiful short poem. It was painted with professional acrylic paint on canvas....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tonal Stripes with Yellow
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mood, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Bold red and blue abstract painting, energetic brushstrokes and vibrant color for a happy mood. Created with professional acrylic paint on canvas, it will bring the outdoors inside. ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Graceful emergence of the light, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Very large abstract painting, original bold art, neutral colors, cream white black and grey expressionist art, one of a kind. This work ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cycles and Seasons
By Carmelo Blandino
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born to Sicilian parents in Tübingen, Germany, and raised in the culturally charged cities of Montreal and Sicily, Blandino studied art and design at local colleges in Montreal. He then embarked on a successful career as a freelance illustrator, working with architects, designers and advertising agencies before shifting his focus to the world of fine art. Blandino’s paintings are informed heavily by his Sicilian heritage as well as the baroque style.
Where Carmelo Blandino...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Underwater plain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting with blues, greens, rust and white, inspired by the underwater plains, where the bottom is covered on seagrass. The explosion of colors of the turquoise and blues w...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rubber Band, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Maxime Cousineau-Pérusse
Located in Yardley, PA
Made with acrylic paint and oil pastels, thing figurative painting explores social constructs of romance and sexuality. Shipping WORLDWIDE. By default unstretched, rolled in a tu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Effritement 5
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Ottawa in 1976, Jean-François Provost holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has received several awards and honours for his ...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
No More, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Maxime Cousineau-Pérusse
Located in Yardley, PA
Shipping WORLDWIDE! By default unstretched, rolled in a tube. If you would like to receive the painting stretched on frame, please contact me to make the arrangements. :: Painting...
Category
2010s Realist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sweet Ylang Ylang fragrance, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Sweet Ylang Ylang fragrance Original Acrylic Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Acid-free acrylic titanium g...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Medinilla Magnifica, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nadia NL
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Medinilla Magnifica Original Acrylic Painting Medium: Acrylic Support: Stretched Canvas, Staple-free edges, Ready to Hang Size : 48?x 30?x 1.1/2? ( 121.92 cm x 76.2 cm x 3...
Category
2010s Modern Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Barreleye Fish
By Colleen Wolstenholme
Located in Montreal, Quebec
With Into the Deep Blue Sea, Nova Scotia-born, New Brunswick-based artist Colleen Wolstenholme presents a series of deep sea oil paintings and ink drawings, accompanied by a tent ins...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Exceptionally bold, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting with bright colors and rich brush strokes on tones of orange, white, black and rust. - Title: Exceptionally bold - Medium: acrylic , mixed media - Support: stret...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Andrada Anghel
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Original painting with bright vibrant colors, white abstract with orange and blue, large canvas, rainbow large abstract artwork. It was painted w...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Debris, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Elohim Sanchez
Located in Yardley, PA
Debirs by Eohim Sanchez Oil on canvas 30" x 30" Year: 2019 :: Painting :: Minimalism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Read...
Category
2010s Minimalist Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Umi III
By Robert Marchessault
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces.
Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance.
My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry.
There is nothing “new...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sand waves, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract multicolored painting with orange, yellow, different tones of blues, turquoise and white. Bright colorful and bold tones create a happy and peaceful mood. - Title: Sand wav...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Falderals I
By Simon Casson
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Simon Casson’s paintings are singular statements of pure uniqueness. Their contemporary abstraction inflicts its imprint upon the often capriccio paintings, through predatory slabs o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Wave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Multicolored bold abstract painting with orange rust, pink, navy blue and white. Bold and joyful colors, to create a happy mood. It was painted with professional acrylic paint on ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sian Ka'an - large abstract blue painting, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting with blues, greens, rust and white, inspired by the Sian Ka'an reserve in Mexico. The explosion of colors of the turquoise and blues waters (symbol of calm) bring a...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Saltito II
By Robert Marchessault
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Again and again - navy blue and orange abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Andrada Anghel
Located in Yardley, PA
Dark blue, light blue, navy blue, orange and white and black modern large abstract artwork, painted with professional acrylic paint on canvas. - Title: Again and again - Medium: Mi...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Omori Omori
By Robert Marchessault
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Lost Garden 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Elohim Sanchez
Located in Yardley, PA
Lost Garden 2 by Elohim Sanchez Oil on canvas 24" x 36" Year: 2015 :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who's the Queen?, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Ala Ilescu
Located in Yardley, PA
"Who's the Queen?" original painting by Ala Ilescu. 16'' x 20'' acrylic on canvas. Not framed. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mint Lavender
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Joie de Vivre
By Rachel Ovadia
Located in Montreal, Quebec
There is rarely any forward planning, materials and choices are made randomly, colors and mediums are selected in accordance with the needs of what transpires at the moment. At times...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Totem 3
By Jean-François Provost
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Born in Ottawa in 1976, Jean-François Provost holds a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the Université du Québec en Outaouais. He has received several awards and honours for his ...
Category
2010s Abstract Montreal - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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