Providence - Art

Fu’una’s “Yanggen un tånom, siempre dokko’ (If you plant it, it will grow)” is a contemporary pastel depicting a black swallowtail butterfly landing on artificially colored pink daff...

Fu’una’s “The Catch” is a contemporary pastel showing a purple lynx with a snake caught in its mouth. The purple lynx has unnatural, glowing pink eyes. The blue snake has a linework ...

Fu’una’s “I Atdao Giya Texas (Texas Sun)” is a contemporary self portrait completed in pastel. The figure is shown with Texas golden hour sun on her face and a palm motif projecting ...

Abstract and figurative, "Hi, I'm the Owner of Two Vicious Pitbulls" is an oil painting underpinned by collage elements using a variety of materials, including drawings on heavy pape...

In this large-scale, hallucinatory tableau, the familiar collapses into the surreal. A dark sedan tilts precariously across a flooded, dreamlike plane while rabbits—some spectral, so...

Made with the bark of the Paper Birch tree on a repurposed trophy plaque. The title was inspired by the song, "Scott Pilgrim," by the Canadian band, Plum...

Fu’una’s “si Simeon” is a contemporary pastel portrait of a male subject with a background that includes a palm motif. It was completed in 2021 as part of the artist’s Pacific Island...

Fu’una’s “si Jasmine” is a contemporary pastel portrait of a woman with long black hair and a botanical motif in the background. The model wears a black top, a necklace, and has a ta...

A combination of collage and painting, "I Have Bitcoin" is part painting, collage and comic. Oil paint and mixed media on repurposed wood panel.

Fu’una’s “si Chole” is a contemporary pastel portrait of a woman facing the viewer with an expression of curiosity. She is depicted from the shoulders up, has straight black hair, an...

Artist: Leslie Bostrom Title: Quiet Afternoon Size: 90 x 72 inches Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2018 Leslie Bostrom is a Professor of Art at Brown University who is primarily interes...

Fu’una’s “Self Portrait,” 2019, is a contemporary pastel self portrait. It depicts the artist in a profile view, with her hair in two buns, wearing sunglasses and a black halter-dres...

Cityscape with archetypal figures. Bunny and horse images, colorful w/ pink, blue, green

This work by Dimitri reflects his imaginative process. He says, "Multiple layers of materials laid down over a ten-year period. The painting recently fell into place." With a colorf...

This painting reimagines Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People through a postmodern lens, fracturing and repeating its imagery until the original dissolves into echoes and fr...

Abstract, landscape, figurative: a rabbit burrow, reminiscent of Venice Carl Dimitri’s artistic style is multifaceted, blending abstract, contemporary, and expressionistic elements....

Portrait, figures, narrative, landscape. Inspired by Goya, Warhol. ( Campbell Soup can) Oil paint and mixed media on panel.

Oil, graphite, clay on panel. Abstract mixed media work on panel. Images include text, still life and figurative elements. White tones, aqua and red. Dimitri is noted for his use o...

Acrylic, ink, glitter on canvas Dimitri operates from the idea of the “unfinished.” It informs his choice of materials and the way he handles them. It informs the imagery. The unfin...

Fu’una’s “I Achiote (The Achiote)” is a contemporary pastel that captures the essence of Guam. It draws the visual connection between achiote tree seed pods, baby chickens, and the G...

Fu’una’s “HARK” is a contemporary pastel of a coyote skull emerging from behind blossoms of a kanzan, or Japanese flowering cherry tree. Hues of pink dominate the painting, with a bl...

Fu’una’s “Doldrums” is a contemporary pastel painting of a pink deer at rest, framed with cherry blossoms and azaleas against a solid background. The word “DOLDRUMS” is written acros...

Oil, acrylic, charcoal on panel.

Black bear with layers of potential meanings. Mainly oil on panel.

Oil, acrylic, resin on masonite

At the intersection of still-life, portrait, and landscape, Sinatra & Gardner is one of the earliest paintings in a series focused on limited palettes and maximum negative space.

Energetic, joyous brushstrokes in this painterly abstraction with birds. Bright colors, dominant whites, blues, with touches of orange and red. Multi-layered oil paint and painted...

Oil, spray paint, acrylic on canvas. Bridges.

Oil on panel.

Kant's "thing in itself" represents the hidden essence of objects beyond appearances. Painting the thing in itself encourages viewers to look beyond the surface of things and conside...

Oil, spraypaint, acrylic on canvas. Storybook bridge.

"Per aspera ad astra" is Latin for "through difficulty to the stars." A friend asked me to read a religious text. The opening chapter talked about "God's enemies." I thought, God has...

Dimitri incorporates and captures free form expression using urban iconography, text, collage and traditions methods.

Abstract, interior, landscape, animals. Oil on panel.

Figurative abstraction. Painting will be mounted to support frame and ready for hanging.

Oil on panel

oil on panel

One of a series of landscapes, open to multiple interpretations. Blues and greys suggest an abstracted landscape.. Oil on panel.

A landscape involving the idea of quantum superposition or matter existing as a combination of multiple states with multiple outcomes. Only the viewer can determine which potential ...

One of a series on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Found plastic & tree Environmental theme

Celestial Mirabelle, Original Contemporary Abstract Nautical Mixed Media Work, 2018 11" x 8.5" (HxW) Collage and Pen on Paper With clear inspiration from natural botanicals and oceanic life, artist Jenny Brown combines found imagery and her own mark making to create delicate yet bold designs. This work features an nature-inspired creature taking shape from a combination of colorful paper ephemera on a soft lilac colored piece of paper. Fine white lines and small white dots emerge and scatter around the composition, bringing the work to life. Images with frames are examples only; this work comes unframed. Artist Commentary: A curious bouquet, blossoming in a lavender nebula. This piece was created using antique collage and pen on paper. About the Artist: Jenny Brown is a visual artist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island, whose primary mediums are drawing, collage, and works on paper. Her work brings to life a mythical world of sea creatures and celestial beings, realized through her love of paper ephemera. Jenny studied art at Bennington College and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2005. In addition to working with galleries in New York, Providence, and metro Boston, Jenny has collaborated with brands such as Hudson-Chatham Winery, Sheaffer Pens...

An abstract figure in oil paint and enamel on canvas.

"Make Me Proud or At Least Less Ashamed" captures a moment of quiet persistence. The surface shimmers with layered paint, paper, resin and copper, materials that hold both fragility ...

This mixed-media canvas captures a surreal moment: a UFO, complete with a wide-eyed alien pilot, making an unexpected landing at a mundane airport. Rendered primarily in black and wh...

Changing Everything Forever: River #7 Exuberant brushwork, bright colorful abstract landscape Acrylic, w some dirt, some grass, on canvas. Painted at the Blackstone-Seekonk River.

Rimbaud is a contemporary homage to the 19th-century poet, capturing his enigmatic presence through an imagined portrait. Surrounding the figure are a constellation of small sketches...

Oil paint and mixed media on canvas.

Oil paint and mixed media mounted to repurposed stainless steel.

Oil on canvas.

Abstract interior, with figures and bison. Oil on panel.

Abstract, interior / exterior figurative. colorful, abstract brushwork, loose perspective similar to Anselm Kiefer Oil on panel.

oil on panel

RINY artists Audrey Anastasi and C.Dimitri collaborated to create contemporary collage works. Born of the Covid pandemic, the team started working remotely, mailing artwork to each ...

RINY artists Audrey Anastasi and C.Dimitri collaborated to create contemporary collage works. Born of the Covid pandemic, the team started working remotely, mailing artwork to each ...

One of a series on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Here they make the treacherous climb out of the underworld: Now thro' the noiseless throng their way they bend, And both with pa...

Eurydice in the Underworld, as Hades and Persephone inform her that Orpheus has bargained for her release.

Inspired by the ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice.

Evening Moon Fruit, Original Contemporary Abstract Nautical Mixed Media Work, 2018 11" x 8.5" (HxW) Collage and Pen on Paper With clear inspiration from natural botanicals and oceanic life, artist Jenny Brown combines found imagery and her own mark making to create delicate yet bold designs. This work features an nature-inspired creature taking shape from a combination of paper ephemera on a charcoal colored piece of paper. Fine white lines and small dots in white, purple, and pink emerge and scatter around the composition, bringing the work to life, like glittering stars in the night sky. Artist Commentary: Evening Moon Fruit is a burst of color in the night sky, perhaps the light of another galaxy or interstellar nebula? Existing between constellations and planets, lush with roses and pink apples, this work is inspired by our dreamscapes and fascination with science fiction. Original is comprised of pen, ink, acrylic paint, & antique collage clippings. About the Artist: Jenny Brown is a visual artist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island, whose primary mediums are drawing, collage, and works on paper. Her work brings to life a mythical world of sea creatures and celestial beings, realized through her love of paper ephemera. Jenny studied art at Bennington College and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2005. In addition to working with galleries in New York, Providence, and metro Boston, Jenny has collaborated with brands such as Hudson-Chatham Winery, Sheaffer Pens...

Bittersweet Cephalopod, Original Contemporary Abstract Nautical Mixed Media Work, 2018 11" x 8.5" (HxW) Collage and Pen on Paper With clear inspiration from natural botanicals and oceanic life, artist Jenny Brown combines found imagery and her own mark making to create delicate yet bold designs. This work features an ocean-inspired creature taking shape from a combination of paper ephemera on a coral colored piece of paper. Fine white lines and small white dots emerge and scatter around the composition, bringing the work to life. Images with frames are examples only; this work comes unframed. Artist Commentary: The Unique Bittersweet Cephalopod is a creature of Jupiter's sunset seas, not yet found in any other part of the universe. This work was created with antique collage materials and pen on paper. About the Artist: Jenny Brown is a visual artist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island, whose primary mediums are drawing, collage, and works on paper. Her work brings to life a mythical world of sea creatures and celestial beings, realized through her love of paper ephemera. Jenny studied art at Bennington College and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2005. In addition to working with galleries in New York, Providence, and metro Boston, Jenny has collaborated with brands such as Hudson-Chatham Winery, Sheaffer Pens...