San Francisco - Art
Artist Comments
This is a piece in my Memory Stones series. These are inspired by rocks and pebbles I collected while sitting at the lake one day, listening to the soft lappi...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
I've painted this scene a couple of times before. There a lots of dead pines facing the channel that separates the coast of Maine from Grand Manan Island, exc...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
Patricia builds her compositions intuitively with palette knives, blending colors and developing texture directly on the surface of her panels. She describes ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Flowing white blossom with nuanced layers of pink, violet, teal and yellow. A complementary blue backdrop gives the flower an alluring roundness. Ruth-Anne sa...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Morgan creates ethereal atmospheres using feathery brushstrokes and subtle contrasts. Her muted, tonal palette allows the texture and layering to take centers...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Art
Oil, Masonite
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by aerial footage of a walking path near Warren's studio in Santa Fe. He captured the image with his drone camera and then painted ...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil
Mid-20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
A puddled hillside path reflects the sky's brilliant light just after an afternoon shower. The light gives the fall trees a soft backlit appearance. "I love t...
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
Mid-20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Oil
Early 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Woodcut
Artist Comments
Doug says of this pastoral American landscape, "On Highway 2 along the Androscoggin River in Maine is the village of Rumford Center, where there is a small United Church. Its simple design and white facade are an iconic symbol of 19th century America. The church hasn't changed over the years, but the surroundings have. This painting is how I perceive the church and things were back in the simpler times when agriculture was the primary livelihood of its parishioners."
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: church, Maine, architecture, landscape, rural, farm , landscape, representational, oil painting, green
The White Church, Rumford Center
Doug Cosbie...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
"A tranquil setting for a picnic or an early afternoon nap," says Patricia. The eucalyptus trees create a frame for the pond, the mid-ground bushes and the di...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
Artist Comments
This ethereal portrait of a woman represents a fleeting encounter that fades away. Rendered with soft light, the painting mimics the quality of a dream disapp...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Broad strokes of blue and green merge with the strong lines of the figure to create a sense of lightness and buoyancy. "This painting was inspired by a holida...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Part of Ryan's long-running series of portraits done in charcoal and oil paint on gold washed paper. Ryan enjoys pairing the fluidity and transparency of oil paint with the substance of charcoal. "Much like the ballet of the same name, "Giselle" combines dramatic patterns with stoic expression," says Ryan. The figure wears an abstract dress of dripping circles, her hair in modernist angles. She looks intensely at the viewer, her slender frame elongated by her strong pose.
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: girl, ballet, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, modern, portrait, expressionism, people, fashion, representational, mixed media artwork, yellow
Giselle
Ryan Pickart...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Layers of abstract flowers in saturated colors of red, purple, blue and green, with pops of yellow and orange. As Ruth-Anne created this piece, she wiped out ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A portrait of a young woman, tendrils with small fires emanating from her glowing heart. Darlene explains, "Your heart is so big that it contains many, many l...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Part of a series inspired by Colette's journey through the french countryside. An abstracted foreground gives way to a small village scene, with the town chur...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Patricia set up her easel on an early fall morning to catch the beauty of the fog rising off of the river. The sun was just beginnin...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
20th Century San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Pop Art San Francisco - Art
Mezzotint
Mid-20th Century Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Aquatint
Artist Comments
Kent Sullivan draws ideas for paintings from a variety of sources - plein air sessions, photography, videos, memory, and sketches...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Art
Oil
20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Paper, Etching
Late 20th Century Realist San Francisco - Art
Woodcut
1980s Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Paper, Monotype
1970s Pop Art San Francisco - Art
Paper, Etching
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Every year, Melissa finds herself enchanted with the changing colors of the season. She created this piece as a tribute to the beauty of the autumn leaves. Sh...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Abstracted flower blossom on a rich purple and red background. The flower's purple tinged petals flow across the composition creating a lively feeling. Collag...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
I painted this on a piece of blue-grey sanded pastel paper. I let much of the paper show through in the water and just 'scumbled' across it to create some lig...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil Pastel
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
19th Century San Francisco - Art
Copper
20th Century San Francisco - Art
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Art
Oil, Masonite
Artist Comments
Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.
About the Artist
Valerie Berkely...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
The bare branches and textured grasses in this piece were painted mostly with a palette knife, giving it the broken, wild feeling of nature. In addition to th...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Artist Comments
This imagined landscape captures the drama of crashing waves, or a desert rock face against a cloudy sky. I worked with a seascape ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Op Art San Francisco - Art
Screen
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau San Francisco - Art
Gouache
Artist Comments
Small-scale floral portrait with nice presence. The flower's white petals flow across the composition. The deep green and blue backdrop draw the eye and build...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
City and country, and east and west meet in this surreal scene. A group of figures perform agricultural activities outside a city. Man pulls a tractor, woman ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Art
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Op Art San Francisco - Art
Screen
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Lithograph
Early 1900s San Francisco - Art
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Art
Etching
Artist Comments
I call this technique 'canvas mosaic' which I developed over the last nine years. The square shapes are cut and painted pieces of canvas fabric that I adhered to the stretched canvas. Initially inspired by digital pixels, but harkens back to traditional mosaic making. Cranes are one of symbolic creatures in Asia. Mysterious and always a little lonely in a beautiful way. I painted a dreamy crane with traditional Japanese Kimono patterns...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Art
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
This piece was all about exploring the relationship between the figure and the curvilinear shapes swirling around her, says Sumner Crenshaw. They surround her...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Art
Oil
