San Francisco - Paintings
Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Tonalist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1960s Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1960s Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Canvas is like a "Musical Instrument" to write lyrics with imagination, thoughts and emotions using paints and brushes.
About the Artist
Vibrant co...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media
1990s Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Linen, Oil
20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
This hazy portrait depicts the sober expression of a woman in conversation. Soft surfaces and thin layers of paint create an enigmatic atmosphere that referen...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1950s Cubist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Clinton Station Diner is one of New Jersey's landmark diners. I was seated in this particular room that is actually a salvaged train dining car. I could n...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1960s Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Masonite
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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 uses her finger tips as brushes to create her abstract paintings. For Valerie, the art is all about the process, the paint, her mood, and the moment. She admires the artist Wolf Kahn, who once said, “the picture is the conclusion of an experiment in which the hint of an image becomes actuality." Like Kahn, Valerie’s paintings combine pictorial landscapes with painterly abstraction. The vibrant primary colors capture the hues of the sun rising and setting, and the texture of her fingers across the surface divides sea, land, and sky. There is something very dreamy about these works, exemplified by their color, texture, and atmospheric quality. Valerie’s first “art epiphany” was seeing Seurat's La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. “Bowled me over! I actually fell down. And I knew I was to become a painter.”
Words that describe this painting: woods, forest, trees, nature, expressionism, nature, non-representational, oil painting, blue
Bare Trees...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Valerie Berkely looks for stories in her travels as inspiration for her abstracted landscapes. This painting is evocative of th...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Cynthia says this painting was inspired by the enticing yet subtle colors that appear in the early winter landscape. A block of pale yellow worked over with b...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
After an early morning trip to the Oregon coast, Jo painted this classic beach scene. The warm grasses and rocky shoreline draw the eye in and provide nice co...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1980s Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Tara's reference photo was a view of a waterfall in a lush forest in Costa Rica. She combined this with the vertical aesthetic of tradi...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic Polymer
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1980s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Oil
18th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1960s San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's lips. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among ot...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A small coastal farmhouse tucked into a spring landscape, nasturtiums in the foreground give way to old eucalyptus and Cypress trees in the distance. Inspired from a scene in northern California that Kip sketched in one of his notebooks nearly 25 years ago. Part of his signature series of impressionist landscapes. He captures forest scenes, marshes and prairies throughout the year, playing up the changing color palette of the seasons and the specific lighting conditions. He focuses less on specific places than the overall feeling of the scene.
About the Artist
Kip Decker boasts more than 40 years of experience with acrylic paint. His images come from places he has lived - everywhere from Arizona to Oregon to Colorado. He finds inspiration in nature and admires the work of Post Impressionist artists. He likes to think of his artwork as "lyrical expressionism." Kip currently lives across the street from a small lake where he enjoys watching the birds.
Words that describe this painting: barn, California, flowers, field, pasture, trees, impressionism, landscape, representational, acrylic painting, blue
Near Half Moon Bay...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
19th Century Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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