Claire Carino Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Brown / sepia-toned abstract figurative surrealistic painting by Houston, TX artist Scott Woodard. The painting depicts a figure with shoulder-length hair against a serene minimalist...

A Case of the Blues - Abstract Expressionism An abstract expressionist painting in vibrant hues of blue swimming in multiple layers and colors, creating a work that is defined by d...

A truly special painting by the late Svetlana Shalygina. Titled "Overcast", this mixed media painting uniquely incorporates cracked texture with a soft, earthy palette. The neutral c...

Mindbender - Abstract Expressionism "G.D." A painting in vivid red that revels in a harmonious balance between gestural abstraction, geometric ...

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

Bird Under a Full Moon Original Oil on canvas by Eugene DeSmith Expressive abstract painting by California and Indiana artist Dennis E. Smith AKA Eugene DeSmith (American, B-1950) Eu...

This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...

This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted Tiffany Blue background, black abstract portrait. Here you ...

Splashes of Color - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). The backg...

As is generally the case with my paintings, this work proceeded from a place of unknowing. The specificity of imagery and technique belie the non-specific character of the ideas and narratives presented. The imagery is not tied to any pre-existent source (textual or other). It is not preconceived by the artist, rather it is produced spontaneously in the process of painting. That said, it seems both easy and sensible to connect the imagery in this painting to common cultural material, especially that from very ancient sources. The central figure is very much like a totemic Neolithic goddess- the sort of which seem to be among the most ancient artistic works, examples are extant from eras stretching back tens of thousands of years. A lot has been written about figures of that kind but of course no one can reasonably claim to truly understand them. Here the great goddess appears with wings and entwined serpents. Crowned also with a glowing orb she has become an emblem of a matristic hermetica. The smaller figure may be less evidently archetypical. She is a younger goddess, a daughter like Persephone to Demeter. She lifts the breasts of her mother signifying perhaps how the presence of the child evokes the nurturing qualities of the mother or how Persephone’s seasonal ascent from the underworld awakens in her mother the impulse to again give life to the world. The cluster of gynomorphic figures contained by the crescent moon at the center of the painting refer to the balanced transformations of the lunar cycle and their mysteriously harmonic physical manifestation in the vital cycles of a woman’s body. At their axis is the cycloptical abdomen of the figure enthroned on the moon. The entire totem rises from a terrestrial gateway into an open landscape. In the background megaliths obscure the horizon. They represent a first boundary in time- the beginning of history. Below is the gateway, the opening to an inner earth...

Abstract Expressionist painting by Layton (American, 20th c.).Circa 2000. Image 30"H x 15"W. Acrylic on canvas wrapped and edges painted black.

This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Scott Rohlfs. Its size is 12" x 12" x 1.5". It is unframed. A certificate of auth...