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Rocks and Rays 4 (abstract, landscape, red, neutral, maroon, texture, stripes)
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
Oil on linen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rocks and Rays 6 (abstract, landscape, red, neutral, maroon, texture, stripes)
By Rachelle Krieger
Located in New York, NY
Oil on linen
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sun
Solitude, yellow and black work on paper, woman sunbathing, stripes
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 8.75" x 13.5"
Frame size: 16.5" x 21.25"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,280 Sale Price
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"Stars and Stripes" Contemporary Minimal American Flag 23k Gold Leaf Flag Pop
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Stars and Stripes," 26 x 50 Inches, is an elegant painting of the American flag in oil and 23
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Southern Stripes 21-03 - pop-art, graffiti, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Colour and dynamic graphic design find company in this new abstract painting by Viktor Mitic. The
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
USA Flag IV /// Contemporary Pop Art United States of America Stars and Stripes
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2025
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Southern Stripes 24-02 - pop-art, graffiti, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Colour and dynamic graphic design find company in this new abstract painting by Viktor Mitic. The
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Southern Stripes 21-01 - pop-art, graffiti, acrylic and spray paint on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
painting by Viktor Mitic. The vivid palette-- pink, purple, turquoise, green, white and black was initially
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mona, Not Mona (figure, stripes, woman, black and white, ink on paper)
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Mona, Not Mona
Acrylic ink on paper
12 x 12 inches
20 x 20 x 1 inches
20232
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,280 Sale Price
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New York Model in Zebra with yellow stripes, acrylic and silk screen on board
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
We are pleased to offer this Ceravolo's classic "New York Model in Zebra with Yellow Stripes" a
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Screen, Board
Stripes, Watercolor by Kenneth Noland circa 1965
By Kenneth Noland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kenneth Noland, American (1924 - 2010)
Title: Stripes
Year: circa 1965
Medium
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Piramid of the Sun - line drawing figure with gold disk and stripes
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with oil, gold leafing pen 18 kt and ink in gold
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
The Piramid of the Sun - line drawing figure with gold disk and stripes
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with oil, gold leafing pen 18 kt and ink in gold
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Born on a Boat, black and white work on paper, woman on lake, stripes
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
"Born on a Boat and Trying to Get to Land", Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 10.75" x 15.75"
Frame size: 18.5" x 23.5"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Stripes - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drawing, Grey, Women
By Paulina Maksjan
Located in Warsaw, PL
of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the Faculty of Painting and prof. Maria Targońska at the Faculty of
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Stripes Watercolor on Paper, Abstract Expressionist, Late 20th Century
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
Stripes by Paul Jenkins (1923-2012)
Watercolor on paper
42 x 30 ¼ inches unframed (106.68 x 76.835
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Aequor Infinitum - Blue, turquoise, white and silver striped abstract painting
By Mark Zimmermann
Located in East Quogue, NY
Sands Macau Hotel, Macau, China, among others.
Abstract painting, abstraction, stripes, blue and white
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
In This Together, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Alice Lipping
Located in Yardley, PA
I incorporated stripes and movement. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
In This Together, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Alice Lipping
Located in Yardley, PA
I incorporated stripes and movement. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Joyce Roybal Original Painting on Canvas Musicians Signed
Framed Artwork
By Jose Roybal
Located in Palm Coast, FL
, all rendered in soft pastels and dynamic stripes.
The painting is signed by the artist in the lower
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joyce Roybal Original Painting on Canvas Musicians Signed
Framed Artwork
By Jose Roybal
Located in Palm Coast, FL
, all rendered in soft pastels and dynamic stripes.
The painting is signed by the artist in the lower
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joyce Roybal Original Painting on Canvas Musicians Signed
Framed Artwork
By Jose Roybal
Located in Palm Coast, FL
, all rendered in soft pastels and dynamic stripes.
The painting is signed by the artist in the lower
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abandoned House /// Contemporary Abstract Street Art Surrealism Large Painting
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
inspiration of Gene Davis style Op Art stripes, pastel colors, and the entire painting as whole - alike a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
DEPARTURE - Mixed Media painting, black and metallic stripes,
By Heather Hartman
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In this painting by Heather Hartman, lateral stripes of glossy metallic bronze are overlaid on a
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Polyester, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Mesh
Moka with Stripes by Kenny Harris archival giclee print of an original painting
By Kenny Harris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Moka with Stripes by Kenny Harris
archival giclee print of an original painting
printed with
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée, Digital Pigment
BLIND STUDY - Mixed media painting, cloud cover and longitudinal purple stripes
By Heather Hartman
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
In this painting, we see an underpainting of clouds parting around a sunburst at dawn. The natural
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Polyester, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Mesh
Fallen Sun Song - Dyed and Bleached Denim Painting with Grommets, stripes, brown
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Pratt received his MFA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. He received a BFA in Painting
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Evening Light - soft, colourful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
canvas, their form punctuated by the luminous yellow stripe.
“My paintings are, and always have been
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Centuriata
By Mark Zimmermann
Located in East Quogue, NY
Sands Macau Hotel, Macau, China, among others.
Abstract painting, abstraction, stripes, blue and black
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
By Morris Louis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the Stripe paintings (1961–62). Between summer 1960 and January/February 1961, he created about 150
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
MYSTERY TRAIN
By V.P. aka VIC 161 DEDAJ
Located in New York, NY
, logo design, silk screening, printmaking, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
TRESPASS
By V.P. aka VIC 161 DEDAJ
Located in New York, NY
, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
MOODY BLUE ARROW ON FABRICATED ALUMINUM
By V.P. aka VIC 161 DEDAJ
Located in New York, NY
, large commissioned public murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
DYRE TRAINSPOTTING
By V.P. aka VIC 161 DEDAJ
Located in New York, NY
murals, sign painting, pin striping and airbrushing cars, sculpting, metal fabrication, woodcarving and
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Homage to Barnett Newman /// Gene Davis Abstract Geometric Minimal Screenprint
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
vertical stripes of color. Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe paintings, Gene Davis
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Yankee Doodle /// Gene Davis Abstract Geometric Huge Screenprint Colorful Modern
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Field painter known especially for his paintings of vertical stripes of color. Known for his dazzling
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Royal Curtain, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
the artist.
GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
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Carousel 1980 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Gene Davis
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
immediately recognizable stripe paintings, Gene Davis emerged from the ranks of the Washington Color School to
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Shooting Star, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
the artist.
GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$6,000 Sale Price
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Lilac, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
artist.
GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe paintings
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Giant, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
the artist.
GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Yellow Jack, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
by the artist.
GENE DAVIS (1920-1985) Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
$3,400 Sale Price
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Stars and Stripes, oil painting
By Lani Emanuel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Stars and Stripes, 2015
oil on panel
12 x 12"
Lani’s figures of young women portray emotion and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Stripes and Green
By Nancy Hagin
Located in New York, NY
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Stars and Stripes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Abstract painting of the U.S Flag--highlights patriotic symbolism
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Docs and Stripes, oil painting on panel
By Lani Emanuel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Docs and Stripes, 2015
oil on panel
12 x 12"
Lani’s figures of young women portray emotion and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ridges and Stripes
By Kiki Gaffney
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Kiki Gaffney's Ridges and Stripes is a diptych piece done on two wood panels, consisting of a fine
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Graphite
Diagonals and Stripes
By Lisa Petker-Mintz
Located in Miami, FL
from the Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. Each of her pieces
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Stars and Stripes
Located in Richmond, BC
Artist: Liza Visagie
Stars and Stripes
oil on linen
10.5 x 13 inches
(26.67 x 33 cm)
“Painting is
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Umbrellas and Stripes
By Harold Reddicliffe
Located in Boston, MA
Framed.
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fruit Stripe, Acrylic and Airbrush on Canvas Painting by Alex Blau, 2019
Located in Orange, CA
Fruit Stripe, Acrylic and Airbrush on Canvas Painting by Alex Blau, 2019
Additional information
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Painting made with a pen, colorful stripes, blue yellow and pink
By Joan Saló
Located in New York, NY
tapestries and even electroencephalographic meters. Looking at these paintings they converge dual impressions
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pen
Australian Aboriginal Warm Yellow and Red Stripe Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Alice Nampitjinpa
Located in London, GB
'Tali Tali (Sandhills)' by Alice Nampitjinpa.
This lively and warmly coloured acrylic painting
Category
2010s Australian Tribal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Playful Ribbon" Acrylic Painting with frame minimal black
white Stripes
By Amanda Andersen
Located in Hamburg, HH
A small abstract painting made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen.
An elegant, intimate piece of art
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I Wish I Had Stripes
By Judith Hudson
Located in New York City, NY
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Acrylic Painting "Grand Ribbon" with frame minimal black
white Stripes gift
By Amanda Andersen
Located in Hamburg, HH
A small abstract painting made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen.
Minimal Christmas. / Minimal Valentine
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Acrylic Painting "Simple Ribbon" with frame minimal black
white Stripes gift
By Amanda Andersen
Located in Hamburg, HH
A small abstract painting made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen.
Minimal Christmas. / Minimal Valentine
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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