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Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
affinity with Bay Area color field painting. In 1975 he was a recipient of the National Endowment for the
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype

Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype Oil Painting Tom Lieber Mixed Media
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
to fulfill his affinity with Bay Area color field painting. In 1975 he was a recipient of the
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype

Red Barn in Diablo Foothills, Original Painting
By Catherine McCargar
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting: California, Bay Area, hill, pastoral, barn, farm, spring, Mt. Diablo, ranch, wildflowers, flower
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Watercolor

Golden Highway - Futuristic Cityscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Golden Highway - Futuristic Cityscape in Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay Area artist
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Colorful Geometric Abstract - 1969 Original Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Geometric Abstract - 1969 Original Oil On Canvas Rich 1969 abstract oil painting by Bay
Category

1960s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Night Walk Figurative Joan Brown and Manuel Neri
By Sally Kissinger Wilt
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large-scale, Bay Area Figurative School painting of a couple, dog and clown by Sally
Category

1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Bayside View, San Francisco
By Sally Kissinger Wilt
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large-scale, Bay Area Figurative School, painting of a woman sitting by a window
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

South Cascade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Institute of Chicago in the 1950s, then moved to San Francisco and became a notable proponent of Bay Area
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Approaching Front" storm clouds begin to cast shadow on the oceanside
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Paul is based in the Bay Area, but has been painting on both coasts for over 20 years. He’s had solo
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Visions of the Metropolis" Visionary Landscape and Hills Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis" - Landscape Original Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay Area
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Visions of the Metropolis #4" - Original Surrealist Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of Metropolis
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Visions of the Metropolis" - Original Surrealist, Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis" - Original Surrealist, Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay
Category

20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Visions of the Metropolis" Visionary Moonlight and City Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
painting from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of the
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Visions of the Metropolis #6" - 1996 Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis #6" - 1996 Original Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay Area
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Visions of the Metropolis" - #5 Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis" - #5 Original Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay Area artist
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Visions of the Metropolis" - Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis" - Original Oil on Canvas Original oil painting from Bay Area artist
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Visions of the Metropolis" Purple Flame Heart Original Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of the Metropolis
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of His Sons - Original Contemporary Abstr
Located in Boston, MA
Francisco Bay Area. Oblak's paintings involve examining the visual (spatial) and conceptual construction of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Visions of the Metropolis #16" Harbor District Original Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of the Metropolis
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Visions of the Metropolis #1" Spheres in Downtown Original Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
painting from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of the
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Painted Sky" Orange Acrylic Sun sets over the ocean, contrasted with blue sky
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Paul is based in the Bay Area, but has been painting on both coasts for over 20 years. He’s had solo
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spring Thaw- Abstract Acrylic paint, skins, wool, thread, fabric on canvas
By Jennifer Blalack
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Spring Thaw" is a mixed media painting by Bay Area artist Jennifer Blalack. This work has a
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Composition on an Orange Field - Oil on Canvas
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
, where the first exhibition of Bay Area Figurative painting took place in 1957. The 1957 show, entitled
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Plaster, Oil

Mid Century Textural Color-Field Abstract in Royal Blue-Purple by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
’ Annual at the Oakland Art Museum, where the first exhibition of Bay Area Figurative painting took place
Category

1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Mixed Media

The Lookout, San Francisco Figurative Abstract
By Sally Kissinger Wilt
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and unique Bay Area Figurative School painting by Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large-Scale Abstract Expressionist Figurative Couple
By Julius Wasserstein
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking large-scale abstract expressionist figurative acrylic on canvas by Bay Area artist
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Stelae No. 5
By Nathan Oliveira
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Stelae No. 5" is a painting by Bay Area Figurative artist Nathan Oliveira. The painting is signed
Category

1990s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rancho El Camino in Summer
By James Russell Ford
Located in San Francisco, CA
This California landscape is by James Russell Ford (1888-1963), a San Francisco Bay Area artist
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
By Sally Kissinger Wilt
Located in Soquel, CA
titled on edge. Circa 1962-64, signed on verso "Wilt." Bay Area Figurative painting began with teachers
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Nathan Oliveira
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Nathan Oliveira. "Untitled" is a Bay Area Figurative Painting, oil on canvas in a
Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue and Orange Shapes on a Black Field
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unframed
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Multi-Pattern Colorful Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unframed
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black and Red Shapes on a Gray Field
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Unframed
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Black and White Abstract Cityscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). A series of grids
Category

Early 2000s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Red, Black and Blue Abstract Expressionism
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Sky Presence
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, Sky Presence, painted in 2000 in oil on canvas. The etherial Bay Area cascading
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Cosmic
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful teal and lavender toned abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figure with Blue Eyes
By Nathan Oliveira
Located in Palm Desert, CA
exhibition “Contemporary Bay Area Figurative Painting.” All came to figuration by initiating a sophisticated
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Son Temps", Contemporary Abstract Found Object Collage with Watercolor
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary abstract expressionist collage/oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

"Commentariorem", Contemporary Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage/ painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

Garden of Eden, Surrealist Figurative Springtime Abstract with Flower
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay area figurative movement painting of the Archangel looking at Adam and Eve and the serpent
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expression in Black
By Julius Wasserstein
Located in Soquel, CA
, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism; Thomas Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category

1960s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Figures on the Beach with Sculpture, Contemporary Surreal Figural Landscape
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
figures in different states of being, in this contemplative symbolic contemporary painting by Bay Area
Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sacre Bleu", Red Blue Contemporary Abstract
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue and red two-toned contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Beckstoffer Vineyard, Napa Valley, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. The painting depicts the Beckstoffer Vineyard in Napa Valley. It is
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"After Image" Contemporary Abstract Interior
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
the San Francisco Art Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of painting, Elmer
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Are You Sleepy Tonight?" Interior with Nude
By Narcissus Robert Quagliata
Located in Soquel, CA
Institute (under two founding members of the Bay Area figurative school of painting, Elmer Bischoff and
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

1944 Rock and Sun Abstract Modernist Oil on Canvas by Richard Bowman
By Richard Bowman
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a stunning painting by Bay Area California modernist painter Richard Bowman (1918-2001
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Ghirlandaio Dress - Original Contemporary Abstract Drawing
Located in Boston, MA
the Artist: Sian Oblak is an abstract painter living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oblak's paintings
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

Blue RV Black. - Original Contemporary Abstract Drawing
Located in Boston, MA
San Francisco Bay Area. Oblak's paintings involve examining the visual (spatial) and conceptual
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

Silver Pencil Shape (Bourgognone) - Original Contemporary Abstract Drawing
Located in Boston, MA
painter living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Oblak's paintings involve examining the visual (spatial) and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic

Half Dome in Pastel Colors, Yosemite National Park Fauvist Landscape Watercolor
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco Bay Area. She has been painting since 2001, after retiring from her catering and event planning
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Landscape Drawings and Wat...

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Paul Fortis Windswept Trees Original Pastel
Located in San Francisco, CA
frame Paul Fortis grew up in the beautiful hills of the California bay area and has been painting the
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Patio , San Francisco Academy of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia, Long Island, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Bay Area. My paintings strive to capture the entrancing moment when one engages with a scene they
Category

1990s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Red Goat Abstract Collage
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco Bay Area. She has been painting since 2001, after retiring from her catering and event planning
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard, Pen

Six Goats, Modernist Goat Animal Portrait Series
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
"W Karen Druker (American, b. 1945) in an artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil

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