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"Dark Matters" Minimal Contemporary Abstract
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Large abstract painting by artist Paul Reeves. Was made in 2017 with dark acrylic paints. Shades of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dark Side of the Canyon
By Travis Walker
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In the Dark, There is Light
Located in Lexington, MA
Based in Alabama, Stephanie Kirkland creates moody, expressive acrylic paintings that reflect her
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Darker Shade of White, 1985 - Minimalist White and Grey Flower Oil Painting
By John Hitchens
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Sussex, England, there were also many periods painting in North Wales and North West Scotland. 'A period
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Released, male nude, dark colors
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, place. These figures could be heros and heroines of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Dark Blue original expressionist acrylic
By Maria Asuncion Raventos
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Horitzo al mediterrani. original expressionist acrylic painting. virtual framed
RAVENTÓS Mª
Category
1990s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Inazuma m1, Cobalt, Dark Blue Tree Branches, White Mylar
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Tree branches in dramatic hues of dark blue are striking against the pristine white background of
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
Let Me Dwell In The Dark place, For I Am Light, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
Beautiful large painting in black, hrey, dark blue tones, with gold as yellow on on photo. Also a
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Only Dark is Darkest
By Eric Hesse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Wood Panel
"Flower Composition" Oil painting close up of colorful blossoms on dark backdrop
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A detailed oil painting of a composition of flowers. Artfully composed, this work is an excellent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Promises Promises" oil painting of a dark haired woman in a field of white snow
By Adrian Waggoner
Located in Edgartown, MA
narrative. The initial intention of his work is to demand attention of a room. The paintings have an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
„Sunset dark“, abstract minimalist landscape, mountain
Located in Vienna, AT
something ethereal, almost magical, about contemporary paintings.
Due to the cool play of colors, the
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Even in Darkness, There Is Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
Even in the hardest moments, when darkness seems to engulf everything, if you pause, listen, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
"The Bright and The Dark" 2017
By Luke Jackson
Located in New York, NY
Luke Jackson "The Bright and The Dark" 2017
48” x 31.75” inches. Charcoal and Oil on Canvas
About
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Be The Light In The Dark
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Be The Light In The Dark #2 by Lucy Moore [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mountains And Sun In The Darkness
Located in Zofingen, AG
Painting Mountains and sun in the mist 40x30 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2024.
Foggy sun and mountains
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$285 Sale Price
20% Off
Dark Bay Horse by a Stone Wall
Located in GB
-nineteenth century.
This painting depicts a dark brown (bay) horse shown in profile, standing before a
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rose in the Dark
By Stephanie Peek
Located in Burlingame, CA
-life paintings featuring scenes from dark gardens, are beautiful on their own or hanging together with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Green dark lake“ - minimalism abstraction seascape water
Located in Vienna, AT
evening, the water in the lake seems dark green.
There’s something ethereal, almost magical, about
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Night Sea - dark minimalism landscape, water, seascape
Located in Vienna, AT
this artwork
60 x 120 x 4,5 cm
2024
Acrylic on canvas
In this painting, I've sought to capture the
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Dark cow by the road, Peach Fuzz
Located in Vienna, AT
, horizon, water, reflection, brown earth.
Title: Dark cow by the road
Size: 40 H x 50 W x 2 D cm
Year: 2014
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Picturesque Botany (Still Life Painting of Pink Roses on Dark Blue, Gold Frame)
By Julia Whitney Barnes
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic still life painting of bright flowers on dark blue
Hand-painted cyanotype by Julia
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
The woods are lovely, dark and deep…
Located in Zofingen, AG
The woods are lovely, dark and deep…
A forest in snowfall. A space both shadowed and luminous. It
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic
Colored bird on a dark green background.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant and expressive painting features a small exotic bird perched on a moss-covered branch
Category
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$342 Sale Price
20% Off
Tharrats Lunar Landscape original . . dark. small abstract
By Joan-Josep Tharrats i Vidal
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Tharrats lunar landscape- original . . dark. small abstract
Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Golden with silver on a dark blue"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The painting is created in an abstract-dynamic manner, where the classical motif of flowers
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark shade of Blue, Grey
Black
Located in King, ON
Color and organic forms are layered into a complex visual waves that hint at the underlying feelings. Signed by Artist on the back.
Acrylic on Canvas, shipped in a box.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled", Inked Profile, Museum Glass, Custom Frame, Mixed Media, India Ink
By Lester Johnson
Located in Detroit, MI
Lester Johnson’s Dark Paintings of the 1960s. In 2013 John Yau wrote with much insight about that period
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Mixed Media
"Silent District" - Dark Contemporary Geometric Abstract Minimal Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
signed the bottom left of the painting.
The canvas, dominated by brooding dark tones, intricately
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Castor
Pollux Adrift on the Wine Dark Sea (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Susan Kiefer
Title : Castor & Pollux Adrift on the Wine Dark Sea
Materials : oil on
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
$1,700 Sale Price
37% Off
It
s getting dark in the port of Bali
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This plein air painting depicts a tranquil seascape in Bali, Crete, dominated by a multitude of
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
"The Sun Rejoices, Darkness Gives Strength to Bloom"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
shaping the forms. The painting reflects on the balance between light and darkness and their
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All A Drift, Teal Blue, Dark Violet Botanical Tree Branches on Mylar
By Jackie Battenfield
Located in Kent, CT
Layers of foliage in shades of teal blue and dark violet with little clusters of bright pink
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
Dark Mountain - minimalist, abstract, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting inspired by nature is by Pat Service.
The allure of the open
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City
35x26 in.
Mixed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
35x26" - Dark City - Mixed Media on Paper
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portilla's work as symbolic of the potential for the ability to hold and receive.
Dark City
35x26 in.
Mixed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Gem I, dark colors, mystery, night window
By Gregory Frux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vignettes of people enjoying the city, Greg’s paintings invariably carry meticulous details that resonate
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gem II, mysterious window image, dark colors
By Gregory Frux
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vignettes of people enjoying the city, Greg’s paintings invariably carry meticulous details that resonate
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Viridian with Dark Pewter - small dark green, teal, white, floral still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
figurative paintings rendered in vivid colors with rich textured surfaces – surfaces that are created over
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon
By William Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
In Nelson’s Odalisque on the Dark Side of the Moon he transports the reclining figure from Jean
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Primordial Abstract #1, Dark Textural Large-Scale Contemporary Abstract
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large scale abstract with tribal, primordial symbolism and a dark, textural aesthetic by
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Oil
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Dark Skeleton and Armed Soldiers French Impressionist Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Sketch
signed by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$570 Sale Price
30% Off
Dark Devon sunset, abstract art, landscape, contemporary, Geometric
By Maggie LaPorte Banks
Located in Deddington, GB
size of unframed painting
Height: 50cm (19.69 in)
Width: 50cm (19.69 in)
Depth: 3cm (1.18 in
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floating Market, Thailand
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Works on paper & Watercolours", Wangna Arts Gallery, Bangkok
2017 Solo Exhibition "The Dark Paintings
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Purple Storm" - Large Dark Colorful Textured Abstract Expressionist Artwork
By Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
artist signed the back of the painting.
"Purple Storm" is a commanding 78” x 54” painting that captures
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Acrylic
Sleep Aid (abstract, bright colors, dark colors, layers)
By Liz Rundorff Smith
Located in New York, NY
veneration. Her paintings are reliquaries for memories. Urns are vessels to hold ashes while also
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Architecture and Landscape, Dark Tones, Expressionist Drawing Gestures, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Juanjo Sáez (Barcelona, 1972), studied painting in the 90s at the prestigious Massana, one of the most
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Undeniable" - Realist Expressionist Chiaroscuro Nude Figurative in Dark Palette
Located in Carmel, CA
, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Undeniable" by Rizaldy Celi Jr. is a
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Varnish, Stretcher Bars
Portland Crawl still life lobster wine bottles dark new england color surreal
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
claws (lobster being an inspiration for several of his paintings) and developed this idea
*ABOUT
Category
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sandwich boy food related theme dark muted color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting was done on cradled wood board signed and dated on back. The rough texture is
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dark Panoramic Expressive Abstract Mountain Landscape Contemporary British Art
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Dark Panoramic Expressive Abstract Mountain Landscape by Contemporary British Artist, Angela
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Angela WakefieldDark Panoramic Expressive Abstract Mountain Landscape Contemporary British Art, 2020
$16,039 Sale Price
40% Off
NIGHT REFLECTION - Realism / New York Cityscape / Dark Scene
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Richard Combes
Richard Combes (b. 1963, Manchester, England) trained as
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark
Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Art by Contemporary British Painter
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Dark & Atmospheric Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Painter Angela Wakefield
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...
$71,286 Sale Price
20% Off
Dark Forest - Expressionism, Underwater Sea Landscape, Seascape, Abstract
By Justyna Pennards-Sycz
Located in Salzburg, AT
painting. Justyna’s paintings push the boundaries between abstraction and representation and tempt you to
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.1
Located in Austin, TX
David Ackerson (b. 1950, American)
Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 1
Medium
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3
Located in Austin, TX
David Ackerson (b. 1950, American)
Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 3
Medium
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled" - Moody Atmospheric Contemporary Figurative Artwork in Dark Palette
Located in Carmel, CA
, stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Rizaldy Celi Jr.'s "Untitled" captures the
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
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