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Medium: Found Objects
Abstract African Tree Rusted Metal Composition "Trees Series: 1B"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract Geometric African Rusted Metal Composition "Geometric Series 1B"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract African Tree Rusted Metal Composition "Trees Series: 1A"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Nyasha Mashumba, having been the apprentice of Mark Hilltout, has now started to carve out a career for himself as artist and designer, utilizing the medium and craft he has mastered...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Pink, Cream Red Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Razor Wire: Study 1"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" 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 Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"Commentariorem", Contemporary Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage/ painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Beige and black are layered with found objects like vintage stamps and paper ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

Abstract Figurative Rusted Metal Composition "Dancing Barbed Wire Study 1"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

"Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)", Acrylic on Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread The First Element Shield (Brug)" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"Cornbread STRAAT Shield", Acrylic Paint on Vintage Street Sign, Graffiti
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork titled "Cornbread STRAAT Shield" is an original artwork by Cornbread made of acrylic paint on a retired Amsterdam street sign. The piece measures 80cm / 31.5in diameter....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

"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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Metal Landscape Composition "Fences Study 17"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. For the past 12 years he has been looking intently at something that mo...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Red and Brown Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Hollywood"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between organic and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature. The earthy pa...
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2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"RECLAIMERS" Abstract assemblage, found objects, acrylic paint
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "RECLAIMERS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser and is made of acrylic paint and assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 10”h x 10”w x 3.5”d and was ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Unique Rusted Metal Composition "Window on the Wall"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Joker, Found Objects and Oil Paint on Canvas and Wood by Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin Title: Joker Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame adorned with Mini Playing Cards Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm) Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Firecracker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Copley Title: Firecracker Year: 1975 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Match and Firecracker, signed and dated Size: 12 in. x 12 in. (30.48 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 13 x 1...
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1970s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Oil

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic

Mix-media Series: Frog at the Bridge-acrylic paint, copper, found objects, wood
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Patinaed copper frog reaches the end of a long suspension bridge. Transformation indeed is often facilitated by connecting an expanse presenting a until now unconceivable. These mix...
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2010s Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Copper

"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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

Abstract Metal Landscape "Sedgefield"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. For the past 12 years he has been looking intently at something that m...
Category

2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Metal Landscape Composition "Fences Study D16"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. For the past 12 years he has been looking intently at something that mo...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract Metal Landscape "Lion s Head Study 4"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Red Matisse Study"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

"Remember I was Ruin" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Installation
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...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Linen, Acrylic, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Found Objects, Oil

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Oil Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media collage on canvas by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for ar...
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2010s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Surreal Contemporary Figurative Mixed-Media Oil Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind mixed-media collage on canvas by Philip Kuznicki from the Spirit exhibition. Comes in its original frame. Born in Dunkirk NY, Kuznicki started his career working for ar...
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2010s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Oil

Abstract Metal "Black Square"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Iron, Metal, Steel

Metal Composition "Arum Lilies"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Blush, Cream and Rusted Metal Composition "Colour Study B5"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

HUBLOT NACRE (thick paint round off-white biophilic textured painting sand shell
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT NACRE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the Caribbean, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Paintings

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Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...

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 Found Objects Paintings

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

Surrealist Acrylic Portrait Painting, "Mr.P" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 12” x 19” x 5” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Vellum with Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity will accompany the piece...
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2010s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

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Found Objects, Acrylic, Vellum

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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Metal Landscape Composition "Airport Road, Cape Town"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...
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2010s Conceptual Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Iron, Metal

HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE (thick paint round biophilic textured painting sand shell)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
HUBLOT CARIBBEAN BLUE is a small-scale, mixed-media assemblage on wood that captures the raw materiality and ephemeral beauty of the natural world. Created following a trip to the C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Assemblage Found Objects Paintings

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Wood, Driftwood, Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic, P...

Magic Realism Acrylic Portrait, "Stenographer" by Christopher Polentz
Located in San Diego, CA
A 16” x 22” x 3” Magical Realism Acrylic Portrait Painting executed on Wood Panel with Custom Framing and Found Objects by artist Christopher Polentz. A certificate of authenticity w...
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2010s Realist Found Objects Paintings

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Found Objects, Acrylic, Wood Panel

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 Found Objects Paintings

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

Scurrula, Surrealist Mixed Media and Found Objects on Canvas by Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin Title: Scurrula Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame with Magnifying Glass Size: 23.5 x 19.75 in. (59.69 x 50.17 cm) Interior Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is an evocative mixed-media composition that captures the raw essence of nature through its textured, multilayered surface. The earthy palette—browns, ochres,...
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2010s Color-Field Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"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 Found Objects Paintings

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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 Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

"Pearlman Blue" Contemporary Bright Blue Found Object Violin Sculpture Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Bright blue sculptural painting by contemporary artist Paul Reeves. The work features a found violin painted blue floating against a background of the same vibrant blue color. Curren...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

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Found Objects, Pigment

Plumb Line Series #II Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick with found object
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Plumbline Series offers a navigation principle that discerns the difference between axis and plumbline. A plumbline is in relation to the earth, a vertical line defined by gravity bu...
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2010s Other Art Style Found Objects Paintings

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Found Objects, Wax, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

“Tip-toeing Under the Dark Veil” Contemporary Black Found Object Shoe Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Black abstract found object painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a shoe wrapped with string on a painted canvas. This piece was included in Tra's solo...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Latex, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Moon Dance
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Cowgirl dancing by herself under the moonlight." "Moon Dance" is painted on re-purposed drop cloth, embellished with black fringe and hung on custom brass hardware. Becca Fuhrman ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Brass, Copper

“New Balanced Soul” Contemporary White Mixed Media Found Object Shoe Painting
Located in Houston, TX
White abstract found object painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a shoe suspended with string in a painted frame. This piece was included in Tra's sol...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

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Latex, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Alti-Thronus, Surrealist Found Objects and Oil Paint Sculpture by Mihail Sorin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mihail Sorin Title: Alti-Thronus Year: 2000 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Wood Frame with Compass Tools Size: 27.5 x 19.75 in. (69.85 x 50.17 cm) Frame Size: 54 x 42.5 x 3 inches
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Early 2000s Surrealist Found Objects Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Found Objects, Oil

"Halo #6" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Expressionist Sculptural 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...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

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Found Objects, Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard

"Withdrawn" Contemporary Pastel Abstract Mixed Media Sculptural 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...
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2010s Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Graphite, Wood, Found Objects

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 Found Objects Paintings

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Animal Skin, Organic Material, Found Objects, Wood Panel

Seashell Eyes
Located in New Orleans, LA
"It’s okay to be a little superstitious." "Seashell Eyes" is painted on re-purposed drop cloth and hung on custom brass hardware. Becca Fuhrman says of her work... My work aims to...
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21st Century and Contemporary Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Brass, Copper

"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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Found Objects Paintings

Materials

Concrete

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