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Mid Century Modern Portrait of a Dark Haired Man
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
artist, painting mostly landscapes and figurative works, until her death in 1984.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
David Hostetler, Jazz Club, Horn Player, Dark, Outdoor Jazz, Music Playing
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
painting. It is an oil painting on masonite and he framed it in a dark, distressed wood frame. Emily went
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unrivaled Fascination: White Cow
s Energetic Presence on a Dark Surface.
Located in Zofingen, AG
captivating painting. Its endlessly playful expression gives the artwork a special charm and energy. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
Solace - dark, rich, colorful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
painting by Alice Teichert. A flurry of glyphic script underlined by strips of candy red and yellow
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
"Magdalena" (black
white, red, text type, abstract, surreal, dark, mysterious)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
MAGDALENA
2024, Paris, France
An abstract and surreal original painting which is primarily black
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Time and Motion - rich, dark, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
colour palette is bright—yellows, red, blues, purples which play off the darker, fluid burgundy/black
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Whisper in the Dark - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
carry within, even when faced with life's challenges.
Each painting becomes an open door, inviting you
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Ring" - Vertical expressionist female nude in dark colors.
By E.C. Bell
Located in Miami, FL
Romantic and expressionist nude artwork on canvas.
Category
2010s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dark Vessel with House Plant by Ellen Rolli, Contemporary Still Life
By Ellen Rolli
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Dark Vessel with House Plant' by Ellen Rolli is a charming still life composition rendered in
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
If Only You Knew the Power of the Dark Side
By Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
Marco’s background is in engineering and architecture, making him familiar with mathematical design and the awareness of geometry. When he decided to create art, he was naturally dra...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Sycamores at Dusk" - Contemporary Dark Autumn Forest Landscape in Warm Palette
Located in Carmel, CA
The artist signed the bottom left of the painting.
“Sycamores at Dusk” by Penny Whent evokes the
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$2,640 Sale Price
40% Off
"Change #3" Sean Scully, Abstract, Striped, Minimalist, Shades of Dark Colors
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
that of his ‘Wall of Light’ paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2006.
In the
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tape, Acrylic
"Untitled" - Textured Oil Impasto Dark Contemporary Abstract with Red and Yellow
Located in Carmel, CA
signed the back of the painting.
"Untitled" is a striking example of contemporary abstract expressionism
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Untitled (Decomposition) - 21st Century, Abstract, Dark Gray, Organic, Black
By Zsolt Berszán
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
from where all started.
Berszán depicts in his drawings and paintings the primary turmoil where the
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,424 Sale Price
29% Off
Between Light and Darkness - 21st Century, Contemporary, Black, White, Depressed
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
This painting speaks about a young man who
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
"Covet" - Dark Expressionist Figurative - Nude Seated Woman in Japanese Oni Mask
Located in Carmel, CA
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Covet" by Rizaldy Celi Jr. is a striking exploration of
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Varnish
"Dark Woods" by Maria Poroy - Abstract Impressionist Landscape with Purple Trees
Located in Carmel, CA
bottom right of the painting.
"Dark Woods" by Maria Poroy is a captivating 24" x 18" acrylic landscape
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Ice (Abstract, Acrylic, Gestural Abstraction, Blue, Dark Blue, Navy Blue)
Located in Kansas City, MO
.: 24802-1722
*on Stretcher Frame ready to hang
Tags: Abstract, Acrylic, Gestural Abstraction, Blue, Dark
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,555 Sale Price
35% Off
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Fishing Boats in Dark Town Dockyard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Dockyard
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1966
signed oil painting on
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
THE AVIATRIX.....Diamond Dust Dark Blue and Orange on canvas
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media.
His Large scale paintings have received
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media
Light Dark - abstract painting, made in black, grey, beige color, 2025
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Dark Green Field, Pastel Abstract Landscape by Oliviero Masi
By Oliviero Masi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Oliviero Masi, Italian (1948 - )
Title: Untitled - Tree Lined Landscape
Year: 1980
Medium: Pastel on paper, signed and dated in pencil
Size: 17.5 x 17.75 in. (44.45 x 45.09 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Black Velvet I - dark, expressive, abstracted florals, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Matte black offers a striking background for this abstract painting by Pat Service. Bright orange
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moment III - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
painting by Pat Service. The Canadian artist’s abstract series is called, ‘The Black Velvet Paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In A Moment, red, brown, yellow, abstract, painterly, neutrals, dark
Located in New York, NY
what we cannot yet see? What are the things that influence our ability to perceive? My paintings can be
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Childhoods #2, black, blue, red, yellow, dark, bright, primary colors
Located in New York, NY
what we cannot yet see? What are the things that influence our ability to perceive? My paintings can be
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Rujuh 12 - dark, atmospheric, abstract landscape, acrylic, resin on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
of curated colors coated in a glossy resin create depth and light in this atmospheric painting. This
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"I
m Sorry Too" (contemporary, abstract, dark, floral, green, roses, linen)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
I'M SORRY TOO
2024
Paris, France
This abstract painting portrays two roses seemingly merging in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Dye
ABSTRACT Artwork Landscape Grey Dark Earth Contemporary Artist Giorgio Petracci
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
to help you find the best solutions for a smooth and secure delivery experience.
If painting still
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Acrylic
Moment I - dark, expressive, minimalist, abstracted shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
’ abstract series called, ‘The Black Velvet Paintings.’ Inspired, as always by the landscape and the natural
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Father Series No. 8" - Original Textured Oil Portrait - Dark and Earth Tones
By Duan Zhaonan
Located in Carmel, CA
The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting.
"Father Series No. 8" by Duan
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
Ash Plume contemporary landscape painting
By Katherine Kean
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This contemporary landscape painting depicts a vivid
experience of Hawaii’s volcanic eruption. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Tulips lover, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
round plate. The background of the painting is predominantly dark, which highlights the subjects in the
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aarons Galaxy - rich, dark, impasto, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Joseph Drapell
Located in Bloomfield, ON
creates remarkably vibrant paintings using trowels, serrated wide blades and his fingers to apply thick
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Drift Wood and Figure On Dark Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Beach
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purdah, dark tones, gestural abstract w figures, black, grey monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Dark grays and blacks with higher intensity red colors popping.
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Red (Abstracted Red Flowers in Dark Green Vase)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Red (Abstracted Red Flowers in Dark Green Vase) by David Konigsberg
2021, oil on panel, 19 x 23
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Small Longitudinal Dark Toned Abstract Portrait of a Pregnant Woman
By Pat Colville
Located in Houston, TX
Small longitudinal dark green and yellow toned portrait by Houston, TX artist Pat Colville
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dark Bay Hunter IN A Landscape, 19th Century Daniel CLOWES (1774-1829)
By Daniel Clowes
Located in Blackwater, GB
Dark Bay Hunter IN A Landscape, 19th Century
Daniel CLOWES (1774-1829)
Large 19th Century English
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,259 Sale Price
60% Off
Variation 5, orange, dark blue, olive green, contemporary waterscape, midnight
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
Midnight blue and orange 24” original contemporary waterscape painting. A hint if olive green
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Explorations 5, (abstract, mixed media on paper, dark, neutral colors)
By Lisa Pressman
Located in New York, NY
, OR. Additionally, Pressman’s paintings have been included at The Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Perch. Seated dark clothed female figure holding white large bird.
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This whimsical work is an oil on linen canvas mounted on a cradled wood panel suitable for framing. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse side.
The colors are warm greens a...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Dark Impressionistic Oil on Canvas Figurative Night Scene "Farm Watch"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique oil painting, drawing heavily from the post-impressionist movement.
A gloomy night-time
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Equus Junior - Large Abstract Sage
Dark Green Organic Pastel Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
paintings, reminiscent of alien landscapes, weave a tapestry of organic shapes—sometimes sharp and angular
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Planal Figure, abstract figure, earth and flesh tones, dark background
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil painting on board, unframed, abstracted, figurative, expressionist, energetic brushwork
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
LAMP BLACK - Portrait / Dark colors / Female Figure / Photorealism / Blue / Lamp
By Steve Smulka
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Steve Smulka.
Steve Smulka (b. 1949, Detroit, Michigan) attended the
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Piano Reflections 2 - dark, cool, expressive, abstracted, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Every morning for 15 minutes, Pat Service finds peace in playing the piano—classical music she learned as a teenager. This lyrical composition was inspired by such a moment rendered ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Deep/Deeper" Abstraction in dark blues, black, greens and white
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Deep/Deper" Oil and Acrylic on Panels, 48 x 47 1/2 x 2 Inches.
Abstraction in shades of dark
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Avec Des Épines" (abstract, dark, floral, roses, red, black, antique linen)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
Thorns". The painting captures the rose’s mysterious allure, balancing beauty with an undercurrent of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Dye
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork forms dark colors
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Northern France, Rose Madone is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, ceramics
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pigment
Patronus, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
White horse running along the yellow field on the dark blue sky background. :: Painting
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blackout, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
texture. It is a dark and intriguing painting that will enhance your space. SHIPPING NOTE: Shipping to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Atarax by Cécile Bisciglia - Large ballpoint pen drawing on canvas, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
magnificently detailed painting.
Bisciglia has dedicated herself to creating large-scale drawings with a BIC
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen, Canvas
Fireflies, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
, especially during the darker times. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Depth of Darkness / Oil Pastel on cardboard / 70 x 50 cm
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
Oil pastel on cardboard "Trees I". A reflective and nostalgic painting painted with white oil
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Matador, mixed media portrait of nude woman in dark garden
By Deirdre O
Connell
Located in New York, NY
, worked on with a painting app, printed out, drew over again and finally cut out and glued onto wood as
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
$1,480 Sale Price
29% Off
Ambient - tall, narrow, dark, bold strokes of colour, abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
ballet of color through the soaked charcoal ground of this towering acrylic painting by Milly Ristvedt
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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