San Francisco - Paintings
20th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Paper
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, 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 - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This portrait depicts a woman looking back against a night sky and a sea of wildflowers. Wearing an ambivalent expression, there is an unknown quality to the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Other Art Style San Francisco - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Academic San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1950s San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Abstract seascape inspired by the color of the water. Painted using palette knives. Vertical lines of greys and teals.
About the Artist
Janet...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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 - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State provided the inspiration for this semi-abstract landscape painting. A rug...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
I was excited with the discovery of forms that evolved to compose a cohesive composition, feeling as if under the shade of an old oak to me.
About the Artist
Sheila Grabarsky is known for her bold, gestural nature scenes. Her fluid paintings have been compared to those of Vasily Kandinsky, the Russian painter and art theorist referred to as the father of abstraction. And, like Kandinsky, the essence of inner beauty and the potency of the human spirit are key factors in her art. Sheila's art carries an air of spontaneity, however, the work develops in many layers and takes a long time to come together. "I search for evolving forms within the composition, look for 'eye flow' and use my color intuition," she explains. "This is the mystery I love about abstraction - always evolving and birthing itself." Sheila draws energy and inspiration from living near water, and says she rarely travels because she does not like to be away from painting. In her studio, she is usually accompanied by three animal friends and an eclectic playlist of Janis Joplin, blues, reggae and classical. In 2016, Sheila's art was featured in the movie American Pastoral, starring Ewan McGregor and Dakota Fanning.
Words that describe this painting: impasto, colorful, green, tree, heavy duty, extra deep, forest, abstract, non-representational, acrylic painting, white, green
White Oak...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A woman reaches to pick apples that hover in front of the Flatiron Building in New York City. The painting reflects the artist's interest in the contrast betw...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Coquitlam River near Jo's home in British Columbia is a favorite painting subject. She enjoys regularly walking the riverbanks from one end to the other w...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Patricia describes this painting as a "three color separation blended into one." She says she worked to create balance between the sections to impart a soothi...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Part of a series inspired by Colette's journey through the french countryside. Patterns and blocky brushwork reveal a garden and rustic cottage. "A joyful rhy...
21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
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 - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting was done from life in the alla prima style, meaning all in one sitting before the paint begins to dry. The artist chose the subject and color pa...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Vibrant, expressive color and forms bringing to mind the petals of an intricate flower. Red, orange, deep blue and green. This work was created by pouring fluid acrylics on a flat canvas.
About the Artist
Krispen Spencer...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
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 - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Janet Hamilton created this modern abstract based on a rainy day. "The rainy day offers such a motivational feeling when I paint," says Janet. "I love how it...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This still life painting is about my current interest in crystals. I've worked to depict a tiny rainbow in the elestial quartz ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1990s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is about combining realism, abstraction, color, spontaneity - all of the things that I think make for an exciting and engaging piece of art.
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is from my imagination of an old white schoolhouse in a quiet county setting. These old schoolhouses once dotted the countryside, close enough for children to walk to in most weather.
About the Artist
Sharon France...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
The Brightest Hour started with the hope of always improving, and always growing brighter, like the beauty of a luminous sunrise. It was inspired by the first...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Inspired by a flowering vine that I happened upon in the backyard of my new house, this piece is meant to evoke joy and warmth. Even as summer faded into fall...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
1950s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
19th Century San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
1950s Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
1980s American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil Pastel
Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
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