San Francisco - Paintings
Artist Comments
Crystal DiPietro's paintings start with hikes in remote places. She takes many photographs while out in nature. After every trip, Crystal immediately goes th...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Valerie Berkely looks for stories in her travels as inspiration for her abstracted landscapes. She says of this calm scene, Just offshore there lies a slip of land along the lake known as The Point...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
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 - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by a recent art class exercise in which Pat Forbes was tasked with using collage and color. She based the piece off of her worktable with its brushes...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Spring fragrances softly floating.
About the Artist
Janine’s abstract artworks are created with measured doses of both intuition and analysis. “My ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This piece is one of two images of Metamorphosis. This one is the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The second painting, Metamorphosis I, is th...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Sometimes these handsome ducks, who feed at the Santa Barbara Bird Refuge by plowing through the water with their bills open, take a break from shoveling and ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This painting is part of a series of highly textured works. It has many layers which keep the viewer's eye and mind wandering.
About the Artist
Gar...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
My abstracts can be enjoyed by anyone, just let your imagination fly. Travel the surface with your eyes and relax in all of the blueness.
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
Inspired by spring gardens in Southern California.
About the Artist
Inspired by the great Impressionist painters, Claudia uses paint emotionally to...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Found Objects, Acrylic, Canvas, Pastel, Graphite
2010s Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
1970s American Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
1990s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
2010s Realist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Found Objects, Acrylic, Pastel, Graphite
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media, Wax, Panel
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Pastel, Found Objects, Acrylic, Ink
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract San Francisco - Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s San Francisco - Paintings
Acrylic
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