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Style: Abstract
Medium: Found Objects
Sylvia Schwartz 9, 2018, wood, fabric, paint. 10 x 16" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (celestial blue, texture, organic, sea)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 11 (horizontal) is a richly textured, mixed-media painting from Melisa Taylor Metzger’s decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Acrylic, Oil

Sylvia Schwartz 7, 2018, wood, fabric, plastic, paint, 9" x 7.5" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Fabric, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic, Plastic

Sylvia Schwartz, Dressing-up_Detail, 2018, canvas, fabric, paint, plastic
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Fabric, Plastic, Found Objects, Acrylic

Jane Sangerman, Road 2, 2014, Found Objects, Wax, Oil Paint, Spray Paint, Modern
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had on...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Wax, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Liz Sweibel, Untitled (Scrapings #3), 2016, Wood, Paint, Found Objects
Located in Darien, CT
The freestanding sculptures in this portfolio are made from the “sticks”: a pile of found wood that Sweibel has been pulling from to make new works since about 2002. The pile consist...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Wood, Paint, Found Objects

"His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint" - Abstract Assemblage
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist oil painting with assembled objects by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Splashes of gold paint are applied to a wood panel, with a few bits of burnt umber. Several objects - including a paint tube, cotton balls, and a miniature painting - are attached to the panel. Signed "Michael Pauker", titled "His Name Was Writ in Acrylic Paint", and dated "2017" on verso. There is a note from the artist that this is the top of a two-part piece, but the whereabouts of the bottom half are unknown. Unframed. Image size: 20"H x 24"W Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Exhibitions include: 2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica 2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA 2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA 2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA 2002 “40 by 40...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glass, Plastic, Paper, Found Objects, Cotton, Wood Panel

Sylvia Schwartz_2, 2018, fabric, silicone, plastic, 14" x 13" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Fabric, Plastic, Found Objects, Silicone

Homecoming for Matt
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Stainless Steel, Wire

Jane Sangerman, Digit 14, 2015, Found Objects, Wax, Oil Paint, Spray Paint
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Sangerman lives and works in New York City. She received her BFA from the University of New Mexico and her MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She has had one ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Wax, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel

Homecoming for Matt
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Stainless Steel, Wire

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Bronze, Copper

Sunrise Over Money: framed painting / collage by Black African American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Sunrise Over Money" is an acrylic painting of an abstracted, dream-like landscape with collaged found objects and photographs. It is an homage to Emmitt Till, who is pictured at ce...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects

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Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Steel, Wire

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"Crimson Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

Vestiges spectrales III (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Vestiges spectrales III is a mixed-media painting on canvas that continues Melisa Taylor Metzger’s exploration of the spectral and oceanic sublime. Though more intimate in scale, it ...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Army Green, Black, Blue Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections; army green with orange and warm neutral found obj...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Watercolor

Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution, Wall Sculpture by R. Melee
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Melee Title: Another Unrendered Quasi-Articulated Substitution Year: 2006 Medium: Beer bottle caps, Plaster and Enamel on Wood, signed verso Size: 40 inch Diameter
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Enamel

Feather Wall Artwork, 3-dimensional Abstract Red and Green feathers, 2025
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Dragon Dreams" by Spanish artist Henar Iglesias is a one of a kind green and red 3-dimensional feather artwork on a felt relief. The green feather of the Lady Amherst Pheasant with ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Animal Skin, Organic Material, Found Objects

"#224 – ABANDONED, SEPARATED", ink, pencil, gouache, found book, poetry, virus
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#224 – ABANDONED, SEPARATED" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist works directly onto page 224 of a found copy of Ernest ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

"#152 – GOOD GIRL", ink, pencil, gouache, found vintage book, hemingway, poetry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#152 – GOOD GIRL" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist is working directly onto page 152 of a found copy of Ernest Heming...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (texture, organic, biophilic, sand)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 12 (horizontal) is a luminous, mixed-media painting by Melisa Taylor Metzger from her decade-long series At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites (...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"#227 – I WAS AFRAID", ink, pencil, gouache, found book, poetry, coronavirus
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#227 – I WAS AFRAID" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist works directly onto pages of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance novel. The art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Pressure Point
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Pressure Point" by Sarah Milne, mixed media, 8 1/2 X 5 inches (Frame size:16 1/4 X 13 1/2 in.), $325. I use old book pieces, ephemera, and subtle signs of life as my palette, and c...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Washi Paper, Magazine Paper

Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting collage w/ figures found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic

Name Unknown
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Stainless Steel, Wire

"Moss Garden 02" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

abstract
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Believed to be signed lower right, but little is known of this works' artist or origin.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Newsprint

Biomorphic Forms - Early Abstract Expressionist - like Arshile Gorky
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1945. What artists were making totally abstract, non-objective paintings like this? Work characterized by organic forms and flattened picture planes, with solid bold colors dr...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Canvas, Found Objects, Oil

Price Cycles: large geometric abstract mixed media painting w/ found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please send zip code for best shipping/delivery costs and timeline -- I will work with you to get you the best price. Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media paintings are const...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...

Tempest
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Steel

Tempest
Tempest
$1,120 Sale Price
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Name Unknown
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Stainless Steel, Wire

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Bronze, Copper

Tempest
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Steel, Wire

Tempest
Tempest
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
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Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel, Wire

Tempest
Located in New York, NY
Stainless Steel TIG Welding Rod, Aluminum, Fishing Accessories, Wire, Paint Jeremy Bullis after David L. Bullis Edition 1/5
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Steel, Wire

Tempest
Tempest
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
The Battle (of Grunwald) -- geometric abstract mixed media collage painting
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...

Willow Wave Basket
Located in Wilton, CT
Wood was integral to the artistic practice of the late Markku Kosonen of Finland. An important aspect of his work was the ability to express things; cra...
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1990s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Organic Material, Wood, Found Objects

"China Cabinet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Stone

"Tethered To The Echos of You" a stunning textural painting with blues and grays
Located in Hollister, CA
Tethered to the Echos of You Ink, Charcoal, Embers & Natural Mixed Media on Buried Canvas by Katherine Filice Tethered to the Echos of You is a 39.5 x 27 x 3‑inch work on buried canv...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Canvas, Driftwood, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Mica

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Bronze, Copper

Burger King
Located in Fairfield, CT
Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Jack Harlow s KFC
Located in Fairfield, CT
Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Cheetos
Located in Fairfield, CT
Tom Pfannerstill recreates found objects on carved basswood and paints over them.
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Wood, Paint, Found Objects, Other Medium

Feather Wall Art, Abstract Red and Earth Tones Geometric Pattern, 2025
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Consummation III" by Spanish artist Henar Iglesias is a one of a kind abstract partridge and golden pheasant feather artwork with an optical illusion quality. The work is mounted on...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Animal Skin, Organic Material, Found Objects, Wood Panel

"Tiffany Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

Lovesuite
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: An interactive hybrid of social experiment and sculptural object, envelopes the sitter into it’s cushiony softness, referencing a Victorian courting chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Found Objects, Other Medium

"Ultrablue Garden 05" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

"Hopper-Feeder" Mixed-Media Collage
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-dimensional collage entitled "Hopper-Feeder” by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald finds its place alongside his series of abstract “track paintings,” initially born as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Wire

Feather Artwork, Little Sun, 2023
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Little Sun" by Spanish artist Henar Iglesias is made with pheasant feathers. In Little Sun, the variation in line thickness and the vibrant texture of the golden pheasant crest feat...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Animal Skin, Organic Material, Found Objects

"Violet Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

"Crimson Garden 01" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Concrete

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 9 (blue vibrant abstract art deco texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 9" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with art deco aestheti...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Hiding on Saturn (No. 2) A gorgeous forestal blue dimensional framed painting
Located in Hollister, CA
"Hiding on Saturn (No. 2)" is a 31.5 x 36-inch mixed media painting by Katherine Filice, made with ink, paper, charcoal, branches, stucco, and chalk on buried canvas. The surface is ...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Found Objects, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Rift Valley, Sonde 1 (khaki tan green organic copper coastal abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with bas-relief aesthetics. Various techn...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Feather Artwork, Abstract Geometric Red and Earth Tones, 2025
Located in San Francisco, CA
This luxurious, textural, and tactile abstract feather artwork, "Female," by Spanish artist Henar Iglesias is made with partridge and golden pheasant feathers. The work is mounted on...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Animal Skin, Organic Material, Found Objects

Rift Valley, sonde 2 (texture copper bronze gold emerald green abstract wine red
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Rift Valley, Sonde 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas. It explores the hybridization of chance-derived color-fields with textural topography. Various techniq...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Found Objects

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Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Sylvia Schwartz, 5, 2018, wood, fabric, paint, 7" x 10" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

Sylvia Schwartz 8, 2018, wood, fabric, plastic, 11" x 11.5" x 2"
Located in Darien, CT
Schwartz received a degree in fine art from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia, and later studied sculpture at Columbia University. Her work has been shown in...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Found Objects

Materials

Fabric, Plastic, Wood, Found Objects, Acrylic

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