San Francisco - Art
Mid-20th Century Op Art San Francisco - Art
Screen
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Etching, Aquatint
Artist Comments
Patricia set up her easel at one of her favorite spots along the American River and painted a small study of the early morning scene. Then she went back to he...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
Artist Comments
I love the rich transparent tones of that rusty brown pigment called iron oxide, says Karen Hansen. And that;s where I started, adding other earth tones as I ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Art Deco San Francisco - Art
Gouache
Artist Comments
Emil Morhardt photographed this tern from the National Geographic Orion cruise ship off Tahiti in May 2019. These birds, he says, are large, beautiful, extrem...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This piece is made by layering Korean mulberry paper on a wooden panel with homemade flour glue. Then I apply a glue base. Next, I draw my sketch, and trace ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Art
Offset
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Artist Comments
This piece is number 132 from Naoko's signature series "Who Are These Angels." A mysterious figure in a blue gown stands tall in an ethereal clearing. In the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
Crystal says this painting was inspired by the beautiful light and shadows after a rare desert snowstorm. She used a limited palette of blues and white and an...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Art
Screen
Artist Comments
I painted this from a photo I took at Stafford Lake on a cloudy, rainy day. As I worked on it, it started to feel like a night scene to me and I thought it would be fun to add the moon and its reflection. I like how it provides a counter point in this monochromatic design.
About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.
Moon over...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
1970s San Francisco - Art
Silver Gelatin
Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
After a flight back and forth across the country, Janine's exploration in her studio started with a playful mixing of colors directly on the canvas. A shape emerged in that process that she chose to repeat and then incorporate with a series of glazes. Stepping back and looking at the result, the image reminded her of those hours spent moving through the clouds to finally find herself back home.
About the Artist
Janine’s abstract artworks are created with measured doses of both intuition and analysis. “My work develops as a series of calls and responses,” she says. She adds color, letting gravity pull the paint around. She then responds to the direction of the composition with additional marks, adding and subtracting. The incorporation of recognizable forms, specifically letters and numbers, indicates the influences of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg on Janine’s work. Janine is also inspired by listening to jazz music. She is a musician herself, and plays in a local Zimbabwean marimba ensemble when she’s not painting.
Words that describe this painting: abstract, dreamy, clouds, abstract, non-representational, modern , acrylic painting, blue
Night...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
When the Dawn Will Come was inspired by glowing clouds rising at dusk. The underpainting process I use lends itself to creating organic forms, which I then t...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Masonite, Oil
Artist Comments
Patricia builds her compositions intuitively with palette knives, blending colors and developing texture directly on the surface of her panels. In this piece, lines connected by dots reference our interconnected relationships and voices speaking with each other.
About the Artist
As a child in the 1950s, Patricia Oblack sat in front of the television and learned to draw with Jon Gnagy...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Modern San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
1960s Abstract San Francisco - Art
Paper, Lithograph
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
1980s Modern San Francisco - Art
Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Other Medium
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Screen
Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil Crayon, Oil, Cardboard
Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 19th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Etching, Aquatint
Late 20th Century Pop Art San Francisco - Art
Mezzotint
Artist Comments
Patricia builds her compositions intuitively with palette knives, blending colors and developing texture directly on the surface of her panels. She poetically describes the composition of this painting as "greys and black spreading apart to let in the sunset."
About the Artist
As a child in the 1950s, Patricia Oblack sat in front of the television and learned to draw with Jon Gnagy...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
Liquid gold metal drawn over diagonal black and white stripes. Thick, painterly texture provides numerous angles to reflect light. The edges of the piece are finished in gold. Created by carefully manipulating metallic foil with heat and varying pressure over the course of many weeks. This is a highly specialized and unique technique developed by M. to achieve her goals of bending light and drawing out distinctive elements in the foil. The work is very luminous and will display individual characteristics in different lighting situations.
About the Artist
M. Clark sculpts metallic foil with heat and pressure to create rich surfaces that are highly reactive to shifts in light. She strives to continually push the bounds of her gold foil medium, including working directly with a manufacturer to develop foil in specific sizes and colors that were not previously available. As a person with dyslexia, her artwork has roots in the way she processes symbols. "The multidimensional shape and arc of letters are more powerful than stringed characters forming words," she explains. M. lives in New York and works in a studio on the 35th floor with big windows overlooking the East River. She describes it as an inspiring and calming space, and is fastidious about keeping the place organized. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including a large scale installation in the Smithsonian, and is collected internationally.
Words that describe this painting: gold, metallic, luminous, pattern, geometric, modern, Jackson Pollock, abstract, non-representational, modern , mixed media artwork, yellow
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
1970s San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Typical small old church in the Texas Hill Country. Easter time brings blankets of wildflowers throughout the Hill Country, and none more noteworthy than the bluebonnets. There is also some Indian paintbrush...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
1970s Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Paper, Aquatint, Etching
Early 20th Century Photorealist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor, Photographic Paper
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Drypoint
Mid-20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
While the artist painted this scene from life, the aroma of lavender filled the studio. "The atmosphere seemed to calm the storms of the day," Pamela recalls....
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
A bright day in the high desert plains. Pastel yellow, pink and blue balanced with the earthy tones of the landscape. "Landscapes when viewed in the open plai...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Woodcut
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil, Masonite
