Washington D.C. - Paintings

One of a kind shaped painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Titled "The Kiss" and signed on reverse. Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in...

This piece was based on a collage composed of cut-up photographs of graffiti and paintings. Acrylic paint on linen. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official cert...

Artist: La Pun, Campbell Title: LV Ali - Ode Series: Ali Date: 2025 Medium: Aerosol on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 57.5" x 40.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Artist: Flowers, Halim Title: Color of Love (Lyft Up Love) Date: 2025 Medium: Acrylic and oil sticks on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 36" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique...

Original painting by Padme from her Gulugufe "butterfly" series. This transformational earlier work draws from a profound experience while in a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Padme (...

Artist: James, Clarence Title: Will. Date: 2025 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 24" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Photorealist oil painting by Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse Manon Cleary and titled Unicorn #3. Manon Cleary had a remarkable ability to draw and paint with photographic fidelity, but she was also known as a charismatic teacher at the University of the District of Columbia and as a free spirit whose exuberant life may have been her most enduring work of art. Since the 1970s, Ms. Cleary had been at the center of a group of artists in Adams Morgan. She exhibited her meticulous artwork throughout the city and around the world, but she also became known for her striking presence, her colorful love life and the rats she kept as pets. As an artist, Ms. Cleary borrowed classical techniques from her deep study of Renaissance masters to create paintings and drawings memorable for their frank realism and sometimes disturbing themes. In addition to her many nude self-portraits, Ms. Cleary made erotically charged paintings of flowers. She took inspiration from a painful personal history in a series of works depicting the terror of rape and, in later years, of not being able to breathe without mechanical assistance. Critics considered her a leading figurative artist of the photo-realist school, in which painters render their subjects with camera-like precision. In fact, Ms. Cleary occasionally won awards for photography when adjudicators didn’t realize her works were free-hand creations. She was “widely acknowledged to be among the best, if not the best, of the city’s figurative painters,” Washington Post critic Michael O’Sullivan wrote in 2006. “There is a tension between the cool, clinical detachment of photography and painting’s warm idealization of form.” Ms. Cleary exhibited her art in galleries and museums from Moscow to Paris to Hickory, N.C., but Washington was her home for the past 42 years. In 1974, she settled in the decrepit Beverly Court apartments on Columbia Road NW, where a coterie of artists soon grew up around her. She painted her walls purple, and her fourth-floor apartment — even with the pet rats — became something of a bohemian salon. “She was a star,” painter Judy Jashinsky told the Washington City Paper in 2004. “She was stunning, beautiful; long, brownish–black hair; real thin; wore . . . little sundresses and sandals. She was just very cool, and there was always a crowd around her.” Ms. Cleary had a long list of male admirers, including several whose confrontational attempts at “performance art” led to their arrests. She had a brief marriage in 1981 to a Danish artist known as Tommy — “just Tommy,” Ms. Cleary said — whom she divorced in less than a year. As a kind of graphic homage to her various lovers, Ms. Cleary made a series of intimately revealing portraits that were featured years later on the HBO program “Real Sex.” She met her second husband after a gallery opening in Baltimore. By way of introduction, Kijek, a dancer, stripped naked at a crowded party, walked up to Ms. Cleary and said, “Wouldn’t you like me to pose for you?” They were married in 2001. In spite of her unconventional life, Ms. Cleary was more than a mere provocateur. After a day of teaching at UDC, she would return to her studio, with its windows painted over to block out sunlight, and work late into the night, with a bottle of Dr Pepper at her side. She took nude photographs of herself from every angle, then painstakingly created lifelike images that seemed alive with the warmth of human flesh. After studying in Rome in her youth, she developed what she called “an obsession” with Caravaggio, an iconoclastic painter who lived from 1573 to 1610. She often copied paintings at the National Gallery of Art and, in her own work, blended Renaissance styles with a distinctly modern sensibility. Manon Catherine Cleary was born Nov. 14, 1942, in St. Louis. Her father was a doctor, and her identical twin sister, Shirley...

The sun is a moon, and it's quite clear that everyone is in good company, even though they've been rearranged into unrecognizable fantasies. :: Painting :: Abstract Expression...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...

Artist: Houben, R.T. Title: Ben Franklin $100 Date: 2017 Medium: Acrylic and foil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 42" Signature: Signed Edition...

Wonderful painting by Washington DC artist Jeanne Cosimano. Painting is titled "Tuesday" and dated 2021. Artist is known for her dynamic compositions and ski...

In the heart of it they push against everything even the blurred dream whispering within. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate o...

Painting titled "Ice Skating" and dated 2021 by Jeanne Cosimano. Painting is gouache on paper and framed. The painting was recently included in a solo exhi...

This painting is the first of a series of paintings I did over a 90-day artist-in-residence program at the Palette 22 restaurant in Shirlington, Virginia. This piece is based on a co...

Painting by French artist Christian Zeimert (b.1934 – 2020). Signed in lower right corner and titled on reverse "Gentilly". Zeimert's painted slow and meticulously. It took him se...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is on plaster on wood which gives the painting a wonderful te...

"Rack Them Up" is part of my Glitch series which combines realism that blends with digital aesthetics This series is based on photos that I made and combined with some graphic effec...

Painting by Thomas Downing (1928 - 1985). "Moon", 1985 Acrylic on paper bag 35" x 15" (framed) Dedication on reverse to his wife Helen. Downing’s works are in many collections in...

Artist: James, Clarence Title: Mind Date: 2025 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 24" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Painting titled "Window into Studio" and dated 2023 by Jeanne Cosimano. The painting is gouache on paper, frame is included. This work was recently included in a solo exhibition at Gallery 2112...

A number of sources inspired this painting, including scribbles, distortions of images from past paintings, and graffiti from a building in downtown Oslo. What I love about this pain...

Original painting by Padme from her Gulugufe "butterfly" series. This transformational earlier work draws from a profound experience while in a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Padme (...

Geometric abstraction painting by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Painting is acrylic on canvas. Signed on reverse and titled "From the Center". B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse. In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne. Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo and the architect Oscar Niemeyer. She then traveled extensively throughout Europe and North Africa. In 1983, the sculptor Cardenaz advised her to go to Carrara in Italy to develop her carving skills. She spent the following two years at the Studio Nicoli where she met the sculptors Knutt Steen, Gigi Guadagnucci...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting. Acrylic on canvas 48" x 72" George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic Universi...

"Horseman" by Washington DC artist Jeanne Cosimano. Painting in gouache on paper and dated 2021. Artist is known for her dynamic compositions and skillful ...

Side hustle of a Wild thing on the run whistling Colors mad as dirt. Note: This painting is not framed. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an officia...

The Brits, Original Contemporary Figurative Still Life Painting, 2014 36" x 48" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas Artist Benjamin Ferry utilizes highlight a...

Artist: Flowers, Halim Title: Love is the Revolution 2 Date: 2024 Medium: Acrylic and spray paint on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 24" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique

Duke Ellington's fabulous 1926 song Birmingham Breakdown inspired this painting. This is the second version (hence the #2 appended to the end of the title). :: Painting :: Abstract ...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting. Acrylic on canvas 75W" x 48H" George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...

I printed copies of some of my old paintings, cut shapes out of the printouts, and spread them out at random across a large piece of paper. I repeated this process several times, pho...

Wonderful Surreal Latin American painting. Painting is oil on masonite board with original frame. Appears to be unsigned. Condition is excelle...

Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series. "The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available." Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries. Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record. In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space. Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007). Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...

I printed copies of some of my old paintings, cut shapes out of the printouts, and spread them out at random across a large piece of paper. I repeated this process several times, pho...

This painting is based on a collage of cut-up photocopies of past works. I had a lot of fun creating this painting, as each time I set out to work on it, I always saw something new i...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "La Ronde...

George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas 48"H x 72"W George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, where he was a st...

Delicate mystiques. Connected, disconnected. Ghosts float in thin air. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Acrylic on canvas painting by Washington DC artist Joe Shannon (b.1933). The painting is titled "In Bad Spirits" and dated 1969. The painting was exhibit...

Color enigma. Misplaced teeth. Orange creatures Dance in the cold blue. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...

Artist: James, Clarence Title: I am (mantra) Date: 2024 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" x 1.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso...

Artist: Flowers, Halim Title: Declining Newd Wombman Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic and oil sticks on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 36" Signature: ...

This painting is one of several I completed while participating in Palette 22 restaurant's artist-in-residence program. A collage of three bird-like figures inspired this painting. M...

I shredded pieces of colored tissue paper, threw the pieces onto a piece of paper, and photographed the results. I then manipulated the image using an image-editing software, distort...

The center expands, Revealing more terrains of Unknown vibrations :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

Standing still, silent. In anonymous desert. Shadows, crawling eye. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...

What stories they could tell, to no one, from their graveyard of abandoned dreams. Looking at nothing, where nothing sits still. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This pi...

A solitary Patchwork of blue, brown and pink. Impossibly dreamed. NotE: This painting is not framed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ce...

An original work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Titled "Femme Fatale" and signed on reverse. Wonderful work made with cut wood, paint and plaster. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 ...

Painting titled "Totem" and dated 2021 by Jeanne Cosimano. Painting is gouache on paper and framed. The painting was recently included in a solo exhibition at Gallery 2112...

Painting titled "Disco Inferno" by Jeanne Cosimano. Wonderful vibrant gouache on paper and dated 2020. Frame is included. This work was recently featured in a solo show at Gallery 2112...

Artist: James, Clarence Title: I + You (We) Date: 2024 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" x 1.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso ...

The circular images in this painting -- the golden one on the left, and the turquoise one on the right -- represent the sun and moon (respectively), but did not exist in the small sk...

Painting by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. Work is acrylic on canvas. Signed on reverse and titled "What is the world if not a flo...

Painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Ode to Angelo - Malibu". Work is mixed media on D'Arches Aquarelle paper, signed and dated 2021 on reverse. Maryanne Pollock received her BFA...

Painting titled "Ode to Angelo - Fall Sunflowers" by Maryanne Pollock. Mixed media on D'Arches paper, signed and dated 2022 on reverse. Measurements are 22" x 30". Maryanne Pollock...

A song of disappearances skips into infinity that can be measured only once. As the delicate roar of ghosts expands geometrically, there is an invisible hush, like a kiss ...

Much of my art has been inspired by architecture-windows, doors, openings or buildings. I abstract architectural elements using structure, colors, textures and layering to explore a ...

Painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Winter Walk". Signed and titled on reverse. Maryanne Pollock received her BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome, Italy. She continued studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Corcoran College of Art and Design and American University. Maryanne Pollock represented the United States in a contextual exhibition at the 54th Venice Biennale, at the Arts Embassies Program in Egypt, and had solo exhibitions in Paris, Glasgow, Basel, and Cairo. Publications include Home and Design, Luxe, Traditional Home, Professional Artist (cover), and the Washington Post...

Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Yellow Sulphurs Series: Butterflies Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15 x 13 inches Signature: Sign...