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Item Ships From: Texas
Stephen Thomas Rascoe Abstract Landscape Painting 1970s 'Sierra Madre' Texas Art
Located in Dallas, TX
Vibrant Stephen Thomas Rascoe oil on board titled Sierra Madre. circa 1969. Amazing color combination!
Rascoe was a well-known Texas artist and professor who produced a prolific bod...
Category
Mid-20th Century Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Black and White Abstract Composition
By Robin Utterback
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Composition with two black painted shapes on a white background.
Artist Biography: Robin Utterback was born in 1949. He worked and lived in Houston, Texas as an important Houston contemporary painter. The Menil Collection...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Bold abstract painting by French artist, circa 1960.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archival plastic sleeve ...
Category
1960s Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Clash "London Calling" co-signed by Paul Simonon
Located in Austin, TX
Original art canvas entitled London Calling by renowned contemporary U.K. artist Jagga. Co-signed by the artist and The Clash bass player, Paul Simonon.
Limited edition number 16/20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
New Mexico or West Texas Desert Painterly Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Painterly desert landscape with cacti and hill in the background. The landscape looks similar to New Mexico or West Texas Hill Country. Painting is mainly green, brown, and blue tone...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
“G’s Paper City” Contemporary Pastel Peach and Blue Toned Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pastel toned abstract painting by Houston based artist Kristen Anton. The work features peach, blue, and white blocks of color accented with layers of brushwork. Signed,...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Study of Crickets" Green and Brown Abstract Watercolor Illustration of Crickets
Located in Houston, TX
Warm-toned abstract illustrations of a study of crickets by German artist, Fred Darge. This painting depicts three varieties of crickets. Signed (monogram) by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978.
He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting under the W.P.A. Artists policy and attending the Art Institute of Chicago (1925-27, 1929) and at the Arts Students League in New York. While in Chicago, Darge painted, made model sail boats...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Pink Circles" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Exhibited in "Benji Stiles: A Human Day" at Reeves Art + Design.
In “A Human Day,” a solo show dedicated to the work of contemporary multidisciplinary artist Benji Stiles, we explor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Oil Crayon, Graphite
Variants
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Variants, 2022
Oil on panel
48 x 48 in (121.9 x 121.9 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$22,000
All That I Can Remember #12, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Bob Hunt
Located in Yardley, PA
This is one of a series I did on unstretched canvas. It should be matted and framed. I don’t have any outside stimulus when starting. As in the case of this piece, I had no idea w...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Eastern Glades #6 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 24" Water
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eastern Glades#6 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 24"
Inspiration for Eastern Glades #6 is from the Memorial Park Conservancy
Also shown are other paintings by Eleanor McCarthy. Commissions available.
As the first significant project of Memorial Park Conservancy's 10-year plan, Clay Family...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Venetian Rose, Sap Green, Forget Me Not Excess trio (texture thick vibrant paint
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Venetian Rose, Sap Green, and Forget Me Not Trio Combo by Chloe Hedden brings together a delicately balanced spectrum of emotional and sensory contrasts. In this grouping, Hedden’s s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Red Excess (thick vibrant impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Red Excess by Chloe Hedden is a bold exploration of passion and intensity. The deep crimson hue radiates warmth, evoking emotions of love, power, and raw energy. The sculptural textu...
Category
2010s Pop Art Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
“Untitled (CVS132)” Large Contemporary Colorful Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in blue, orange, red, and pink tones. Signed, titl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Pink, Teal, Blue, and Green Impressionist Crystal Cove at Laguna Beach Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful jewel-toned abstract impressionist painting by Manfred H. Kuhnert. The painting depicts the seascape at Crystal Cove Laguna Beach. A small house sits on top of a plane wher...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Transference- 216" Contemporary Abstract Blue and Aqua Color Field Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by Houston-based artist Gary Griffin. The work features a central amorphous shape created with diffused layers of blue and aqua against an off-white ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink
The Intrusion, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Bob Hunt
Located in Yardley, PA
This original abstract painting is on paper, and should be matted and framed. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Up Side Down
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
20th Century Modern Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small Dark Grey Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Small dark grey abstract expressionist painting of a figure's face by Dick Wray. The painting is currently unframed.
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heigh...
Category
1990s Modern Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
English Abstract Painting - Modern Grass
By Spe
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting of grass and leaves by artist Spe, 2013. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a go...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Pintura Bidimensional No 896" Contemporary Geometric Blue & Yellow Abstract
By Oswaldo Subero
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary blue and yellow geometric abstract painting by Venezuelan artist Subero Oswaldo. The work features hard-edge linear shapes in an optical illusion pattern. Signed in the ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Patricia Zippin "Temescal 3" 1980s Abstract Painting Academie Julian Paris
By Patricia Zippin
Located in Arp, TX
Patricia Zippin
Temescal 3
1980s
Mixed Media
30.5"x 22.5", unframed
Signed in paint on bottom right and signed and titled on reverse in pencil
Patricia Jayne Zippin (1930-2015)
She ...
Category
1980s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
Modern Abstract Muted Painting
By Dante
Located in Houston, TX
Esthetic modern abstract painting in muted pastel colorblocks by French artist, Dante (2011). Signed by the artist at bottom right.
Original one-of-a-kind work of art on paper disp...
Category
2010s Modern Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Melody Called" Contemporary Abstract Green & Yellow Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and yellow abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Sailing to the Sun, Reflection in the Water, Oil , Abstract Landscape, Nature
Located in Houston, TX
Sailing into the Sun is an abstract landscape painting. It is oil on canvas. It is gallery wrapped so there is no need for a frame.
On a summer morning in 1993 a 22 years old young came to Florida from a small old town in the central area of Cuba called Santa Clara. In his bag, he brought no more than two valuable things, his worn-out brushes and a great dream. The dream to one day become a professional artist in this new land that welcomed him with open arms.
Captivated by his love for the beauty of the Landscapes, his last works are what he sees even in the most common scenes: the close relationship of life and who we are with the natural world around us that asks us to respect and care for it.
Artist Statement:
" I like to scrutinize in the simple things, sometimes it is there where the lost painting is waiting to be found by the painter's eyes.
The landscape painting gives me the opportunity to establish a close relationship with the natural world and humbly capture on a canvas a little of its beauty listening to its voice that reminds us how valuable we are and how much we should love it".
U.S Education:
Art Florida Academy
Abdon J. Romero Art Studio
Chiaroscuro Atelier / Now MIFA Miami
Workshops received:
. Landscape painting workshop with Ramiro Sanchez director of advanced painting on Florence academy of art.
. Plein Air painting workshop with the artist Allen Kriegshauser at 7th Annual Plein Air Festival Lighthouse Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
“I Buried My Heart in a Shallow Grave” Contemporary Colorful Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a large, central amorphous red shape set against a deep green background. Signed, titled, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Eastern Glades Series 4 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 36"
By Eleanor McCarthy
Located in Houston, TX
Eastern Glades Series 4 Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Abstract 36" x 36"
Inspiration for Eastern Glades 4 is from the Memorial Park Conservancy in Houston, Texas
As the first significant project of Memorial Park Conservancy's 10-year plan, Clay Family Eastern Glades is another beautiful location for Houstonians to enjoy nature at its finest. Inspired by the original 1930s master plan by landscape architects Hare & Hare, Memorial Park's Eastern Glades section adds nearly 100 acres of open space for recreation, relaxation or quiet reflection.
Eleanor McCarthy uses acrylic paints on canvas to create the soothing colors in her new contemporary paintings that were just painted in 2024. Every client sees a different image in her new series of paintings being produced in 2024.
The Clay Family Eastern Glades is named after the family of third- and fourth-generation Houstonians Emily and Robert Clay, who donated $10 million toward the park's capital campaign in 2018. If you've never visited or it's been a while, keep reading to learn more about this 100-acre open space located in one of Houston's best green spaces—complete with natural habitats and Hines Lake.
The Eastern Glades Series is gallery wrapped so there is no need for a frame.
Eleanor McCarthy is inspired by the scenery of Texas, Southwestern Colorado, and Europe. Eleanor has recently begun to pursue non-representational painting and has enjoyed exploring the process of abstraction in creating new works of art. She has added acrylic painting and mixed media application to her artworks.
Eleanor graduated from Tulane University with a BA in Sociology and from Southern Methodist University School of Law with a JD.
Eleanor began to pursue painting after her children went to college. She has studied with Nancy Paris Pruden in Houston for the last 20 years and for two years with Arielle Masson at the Glassell School of Art. Eleanor has furthered her training with painting workshops in Texas, Colorado and Washington State under Mitch Albala, Jeanne Mackenzie, Joshua...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Desert Colors Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Striking abstract on board utilizing fiery colors by Berlin artist Michael S. Keifers, circa 1980. Signed lower left.
Archival plastic sleeve and Certifica...
Category
1980s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
“Sleep Soundly, Child” Contemporary Abstract Realist Dog Painting Against Black
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary animal painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a realistically rendered barking dog set against a black background. S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Tiger and Fox
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Paper
English Abstract Painting - Modern Grass
By Spe
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting of grass and leaves artist Spe, 2013. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size ...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Terres Rouges
By Roger Mühl
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work:
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, signed, dated, and titled verso.
59 x 62.75 in.
60.75 x 64.5 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a matte white hardwood floater, with gilded metallic front.
Roger Mühl was born on December 20, 1929 in Strausbourg, France, where he attended the National School of Decorative Arts. He spent most of his life living and working in Provence, while regularly exhibiting in London, Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, and New York.
Mühl is best known for his brightly colored, heavily textured landscape renderings of the south of France. His bucolic paintings...
Category
1980s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s "The Schoolgirl" Oil and Sand Figurative Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
By Sylvia Rutkoff
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
26-1
"The Schoolgirl"
c.1950s
Oil paint, sand on Masonite
36x48 wood period frame
Unsigned
Collection acquired from family estate
Sylvia Weinreb Rutkoff (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
“Mr. Melville’s Kitchen” Contemporary Pastel Toned Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pastel toned abstract painting by Houston based artist Kristen Anton. The work features grey, pink, brown, and orange blocks of color accented with layers of brushwork. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"Dreams in Black and White 2" Contemporary Still Life Realistic Drapery Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realistic still life painting by Houston based artist Nancy Paris Pruden. The work features black and white fabric draped across one another with dramatic lighting. Signed in the fro...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manganese Excess (thick blue impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Manganese Excess by Chloe Hedden is an electrifying fusion of color and texture, embodying the intensity and vibrancy of deep blue pigments. The rich manganese hue surges across the ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Haut Firmament, Vibrant surreal Owl oil painting, abstract realism and texture
By Eric Robitaille
Located in Dallas, TX
"Haut Firmament" is a captivating 2024 oil on canvas by Éric Robitaille, measuring 24 × 48 inches. This unframed painting features a majestic owl, its piercing gaze drawing the viewe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
“Scacchi Series No. 6” Modern Gold Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Houston, TX
Modern mixed media abstract expressionist painting by artist Lamar Briggs. The work features strokes of black, purple, and blue against a gold background. Signed in the front lower r...
Category
1980s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Grop #2
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez wrote of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintin...
Category
1970s Surrealist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Often I Wander, Five Vessels
By David A. Dreyer
Located in Dallas, TX
David A. Dreyer was born in Dallas, and earned his BFA and MFA at Southern Methodist University. He has had solo exhibitions at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas and The Gra...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Graphite
Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern abstract by artist Tommie (Thomas) Olson a student of Robert Preusser, when he was 16 and attending John Deagan High School in Houst...
Category
1960s Modern Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, Acrylic on Linen
Located in Dallas, TX
“My art is all I can give to the world, it is all I have to offer.” Abstract painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, acrylic on linen.
Born in New York in 1918, Lippincott had attended t...
Category
1970s Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Study for a Song 8" Contemporary Colorful Abstract Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Currently on view in "David Hardaker: R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Patricia Zippin "Tillamook Flight 6 of 12" 1980s Abstract Painting
By Patricia Zippin
Located in Arp, TX
Patricia Zippin
Tillamook Flight 6 of 12
1980s
Mixed Media
30.5"x 22.5", unframed
Signed in paint on bottom right and signed and titled on reverse in pen
Patricia Jayne Zippin (1930...
Category
1980s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
"Oswego" Contemporary Abstract Pink and Green Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink and green abstract contemporary concentric circle painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peace of Mind, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I love how simple and elegant this piece turned out. It perfectly can emphasize the simplicity of a light interior, or create the perfect contrast in interiors with darker walls. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late September
By Allison Gildersleeve
Located in Dallas, TX
Allison Gildersleeve received her BA from the College of William and Mary and her MFA from Bard College. She has exhibited across the United States and abroad, including New York Cit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Firestarter" Contemporary Abstract Green & White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Ozone Park
By David Collins
Located in Dallas, TX
David Collins was raised in Dallas, received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and currently lives and works in New York City. Collins has had numerous solo exhibitions i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen, Paper
Celadon Sea, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art, Reflection Series of Water &Glass
By Ellen Hart
Located in Houston, TX
Flow State
Flow State is part of C. Ellen Hart’s Reflection Series. The works feature reflections found on the surfaces of water and glass. Ellen Hart seeks out images that common...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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As An Elephant's Eye
By Allison Gildersleeve
Located in Dallas, TX
"Behind my canvases, collages, and drawings lies a singular proposition: places are not inert; they are repositories for all that passes through them. My work is an inquiry into the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“The Trees of Comfort 1” Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pink toned gestural abstract expressionist painting by Houston based artist Kristi Haines Herman. The work features layers of swirling brushwork in tones of pink and green. Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: As an abstract painter, Kristi Haines Herman, uses her artwork to execute ideas and two-dimensional environments that create an emotional experience for the viewer. Her paintings are inspired by personal involvements and reactions to them. Phrases and words ruminate in her mind and slowly turn into abstracted figures that convey her inner thoughts. Haines Herman is highly influenced by movement as her artistic expression due to many years in dance. Movement is depicted through various gestural lines, shapes, and texture which allow the audience to venture through the canvas; thus a visual dance from one edge to another on the painting’s surface.
Ballet was Haines Herman’s first love in the art world, starting at age five. She learned to use body movement as an outward expression which allowed her to explore various audience reactions. This would later correlate with her artwork. In her late teens, dance and visual art would intertwine with time on stage as well as painting for expression. Gradually, visual art became her primary artistic avenue.
Haines Herman attended Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, where she majored in studio art under professors Frank Hobbs...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on linen. Estate stamp verso. Unsigned.
71.25 x 40.5 in.
72.75 x 42 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a solid maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish.
Provenance
Estat...
Category
1970s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Raw Linen
"Church on a Hill" Acrylic Painting on Board
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Church on a Hill"
1990's
Acrylic on board
7.25"x8" unframed
Unsigned came from artist's estate
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born at Letterman Hos...
Category
1990s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
“Untitled (CVS166)” Contemporary Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary geometric colorful abstract painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in orange and pink tones. Signed, titled, & dated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Earthen Vessel
By David A. Dreyer
Located in Dallas, TX
"The art I make does not tell a direct story, but prompts one to find things truly unseen. The works develop through intuitive improvisations, actions upon surface, and lines perpetu...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Graphite
Rufino Tamayo Lithograph "The Red Horse of The Apocalypse" Mexico 1959
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Dallas, TX
Rufino Tamayo
(Mexican, 1899-1991)
'The Red Horse of the Apocalypse' from the
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Series.
Commissioned by Issac-Louis Lemaistre De Sacy as illustratio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Shoved by Beauty" White, Pink, Green, Blue Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large white, pink, and green abstract mixed media painting by Memphis artist, Hank Gray. Unframed but framing options are available. Signed by artist at the bottom of the canvas. Titled and dated at the back.
Artist Biography: Painting oils on canvas and working with brushes, rags, knives, and rulers, Gray says his abstract works reflect what he calls "perfectly balanced chaos." He's motivated by such conflicts as sex versus hypocrisy, nature versus industry. "It's all very visceral," says Gray, "and even if people don't like my style, I want them to find the balance in the work and feel the emotion."
As he paints, Gray locks out the logical part of his brain and lets the creative side "go full speed ahead, guns blazing." Sometimes, though, what he later takes off the canvas is as important as what he applies. That's where the knives and rulers come in. "I put all that frenetic energy, or chaos, on the canvas and slowly scrape it off, pick it apart."
You might say he also took that same approach to his life.
A native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gray, earned a business degree and went to work for his father as an options trader. "My dad was verbose, outgoing, with a fiery temper. I would call him an angry, highly intelligent Peter Pan figure. He wanted to stay young forever. He worked hard and played hard, and I tried to protect him from himself. Many nights I'd be putting this 6-4, 200-pound man to bed," says Gray.
Shortly before the fatal plane crash, father and son had an argument and the son left the company. After his father's death, Gray was devastated: "We hadn't spoken in a month. I had lots of anger, lots of guilt. At the end I felt like my will killed him, that I wanted him to be gone."
With his father's estate in disarray, Gray found himself handling numerous lawsuits. Once the estate was settled, he took up commodities trading. He also started painting in earnest, but lacked the confidence to give up his job.
Then, earlier this year, he experienced what he calls an epiphany. While playing with Vivian, one of his two young daughters by his first marriage, he painted a circus big top...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Lavender Beach 1, Painting, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
By Lisa Bolin
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted with acrylics, in a watercolour technique has given a richness and depth to this framed piece. It is part of a pair. Look for the matching listing by the same name. This heav...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Elesa's Dream
By Otis Huband
Located in Dallas, TX
Born in 1933, and reared in Virginia, Otis Huband began his formal art education after 4 years in the Navy. He earned his BFA and MFA at Richmond Professional Institute of the Colle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Texas - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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