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Monument: contemporary abstract painting in yellow, green, pink white pastels
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a modernist, abstract acrylic on canvas painting, predominantly yellow, green, pink & white pastel colors with gestural abstract expressionist brushwork. It is signed on front. All hanging hardware attached, no need for additional framing. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cincuenta 2: sumi ink painting on handmade paper from India w/ circle medallion
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a sumi ink, acrylic, and mixed media painting on paper in gray, black, and white with a central white medallion. It is a highly textured work on heavy, handmade khadi paper from India, hand torn for irregular edges. This painting can be displayed in any orientation - horizontally or vertically. This piece works especially in a series -- six pieces available, each listed separately. I will combine shipping for your savings on multiple purchases within this series. Antonio Puri...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Cincuenta 5: abstract painting on handmade paper from India, black w/ flowers
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a sumi ink, acrylic, and mixed media painting on paper in black (or charcoal gray) with subtle appearances of flowers, leaves, and a white medallion. It is a highly textured work on heavy, handmade khadi paper from India, hand torn for irregular edges. This painting can be displayed in any orientation - horizontally or vertically. This piece works especially in a series -- six pieces available, each listed separately. I will combine shipping for your savings on multiple purchases within this series. Antonio Puri was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, India and raised in the Himalayas around Buddhist monks before studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Coe College, and the University of Iowa. He established his studio in Philadelphia where he practiced for many years before relocating to Bogotá, Colombia. During this time, Puri completed several artist residencies all over the world, including in New York, Hungary, Bulgaria, Colombia, South Africa, Serbia, Mauritius, India, Denmark, Trinidad and Tobago, and Romania. Puri’s range of geographical and cultural experiences are embedded in his work, where he commonly explores the relationships between his eastern and western cultural connections. Puri has exhibited his work all over the world, including at the Museo de Arte del Tolima in Colombia; Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore; Government Museum and Art Gallery Chandigarh, India; Art Depot, Austria; La Cometa Gallery, Bogota; Museo Casa Conde Rul, Mexico; The Guild, NY; Nu Art...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

India #1: abstract painting on paper in earth tones black w/ white mandala
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic painting on paper in earth tones, such as burgundy, rich brown, and gold. A patterned madala radiates out from the center of the composition. This series was created by Antonio Puri...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Rhythm Hut #20: framed abstract ink painting on art paper in red black w/ moon
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a framed mixed media ink painting (sumi inks, India inks, and walnut inks) on paper in red, black, and earth tones. It is framed in a contemporary white wood shadowbox frame. Organizing the composition is a moon motif. This series was created by Antonio Puri during an artist's residency in Australia. Can be displayed in any orientation. This piece works especially well when paired with "Rhythm Hut #17", listed separately. Antonio Puri was born in Chandigarh, Punjab, India and raised in the Himalayas around Buddhist monks before studying at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, Coe College, and the University of Iowa. He established his studio in Philadelphia where he practiced for many years before relocating to Bogotá, Colombia. During this time, Puri completed several artist residencies all over the world, including in New York, Hungary, Bulgaria, Colombia, South Africa, Serbia, Mauritius, India, Denmark, Trinidad and Tobago, and Romania. Puri’s range of geographical and cultural experiences are embedded in his work, where he commonly explores the relationships between his eastern and western cultural connections. Puri has exhibited his work all over the world, including at the Museo de Arte del Tolima in Colombia; Sundaram Tagore Gallery Singapore; Government Museum and Art Gallery Chandigarh, India; Art Depot, Austria; La Cometa Gallery, Bogota; Museo Casa Conde Rul, Mexico; The Guild, NY; Nu Art...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Walnut, Paper, Sumi Ink, India Ink

Rhythm Hut #17: framed abstract ink painting on art paper in red black w/ moon
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a framed mixed media ink painting (sumi inks, India inks, and walnut inks) on paper in red, black, and earth tones. It is framed in a white painted wood shadowbox frame. Orga...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Walnut, Paper, Sumi Ink, India Ink

Expansion/Contraction #20: geometric abstract Op Art painting, blue, red, gray
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Expanded Cubes #2: geometric abstract Op Art painting w/ blue, green, yellow
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Expansion/Contraction #21: geometric abstract Op Art painting, blue-green orange
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Expanded Cubes #1: geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting, blue, red gray
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Centered: abstract painting on canvas, dark earth tones gold w/ circle mandala
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a mixed media painting with acrylic on canvas and a reflective surface in dark earth tones, such as burgundy, rich brown, and gold. A radiating pattern in a circular madala r...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra 48: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of red hues, crea...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra 67: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra in Blue #12: minimalist abstract sculpture / painting w/ madala circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra in Blue" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny glass seed beads adhe...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra in Blue #11: minimalist abstract sculpture / painting w/ madala circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra in Blue" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny glass seed beads adhe...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Tantra in Blue #10: minimalist abstract sculpture / painting w/ madala circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra in Blue" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny glass seed beads adhered to canvas in a range of ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

100 Lives: abstract painting on canvas in blue gray w/ circles grid
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a mixed media painting with acrylic on canvas with texture, and one of the six circles with a reflective surface (blue, lower right). These pieces work particularly well in a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Elegance: contemporary geometric abstract painting w/ leaves -green, white, gray
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a heavily textured, contemporary geometric abstract acrylic on canvas painting in whites, green, and grays including imagery of leaves and nature. It is signed on the back. All hanging hardware included, no additional framing needed. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer: Sixty Years." "Joe McAleer...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

In Search of Icarus: mythology painting w/ pink, violet birds blue sky
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting, predominantly blue with pink and purple birds and figures of the mythological Icarus silhouetted against the sky. It is signed, titled, and dated on the back. All hanging hardware included, no additional framing needed. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Breakthrough Flow -- surrealist abstract landscape painting in blue orange
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a beautifully framed abstract acrylic on canvas painting, in varying shades of blue, orange, and green, with red accents. Landscape elements are perceptible in this painting ...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Breakthrough: surrealism abstract landscape acrylic painting in blue orange
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Breakthrough" is an abstract acrylic on canvas painting, in varying shades of blue, orange, green, with red accents in the surrealism tradition of Salvador Dali. Landscape elements ...
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Parallel Universes: large contemporary abstract painting w/ gray, white pink
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting, predominantly gray, pink and white with gestural abstract expressionist brushwork. It is signed, titled, and dated on the back. All hanging hardware included, no additional framing needed. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer: Sixty Years." "Joe McAleer...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract painting w/ collage photographs, Black African American history
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me with zip code for precise shipping rates. "Enough Said Already" is a large acrylic collage painting with photograph portraits integrated into it, as well as ticket stubs, and text. It includes imagery that references African American history...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Birth of the Blues: abstract collage painting w/ found objects, Jazz music image
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Contact me with zip code for best shipping rates and timely delivery. "Birth of the Blues" is a large acrylic painting with a photograph portraits and a number of found objects integ...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting in blue green w/ triangles cubes
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Cubes Divided Equally into Three #19" -- Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract painting w/ photograph collage objects, Black African-American artist
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pearl's World" is a large acrylic painting with a photograph portrait and a number of found objects integrated into the painting, including pearls, metal pins, tickets, and text. Th...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Black art abstract painting w/ collage, mixed media photograph of Tupac Shakur
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"A Majority of One" is a large, vertical acrylic painting with a photograph portrait of Tupac Shakur and a number of found metal objects integrated into t...
Category

1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Double Dutch #16: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Double Dutch #3: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Double Dutch #11: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Double Dutch #37: Black girls playing jump rope games in Philadelphia urban city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph depicts a Black girls' team in the urban city of Philadelphia practicing the art of Double-Dutch jump rope. This series of images provide a snapshot o...
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beat Seats: geometric abstract painting; red, black, white circles on light blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Looking at one of Barry Goldberg‘s paintings is like seeing all of contemporary art mushed into a singular composition; color fields and complementary ...
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Encaustic, Oil

Geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting in yellow red w/ cubes triangles
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This geometric abstract acrylic on canvas painting mounted on wood panel is part of Weaver's "Cubes Divided into Three" series. Squares, rectangles, triangles, and polygons appear in shades of red, purple, pink and gray on a pale yellow field. It is signed and dated on the back. It includes all hanging hardware and is ready to install; no additional framing is necessary. Benjamin Weaver...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting collage w/ figures found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic

Catching Blessings: shadow box painting collage w/ figures found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials including historic photographs of Black figures and other found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated along the lower edge. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic, Glass

Ride By Rows: photo of Black African American urban cowboy in Philadelphia city
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph of a Black African American cowboy in the urban city of Philadelphia pictured against the city's iconic row homes is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, "The Long Ride Home: The Black Cowboy...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kneeling Boy: black white photo of Havana, Cuba w/ tree in arched doorway
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black & white photograph of a child and a tree growing in an open courtyard of Havana, Cuba as seen through an arched doorway is part of artist Ron...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Cuban Flag: black white photo of Havana, Cuba urban city landscape at night
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black & white photograph of the urban night streets of Havana, Cuba featuring the Cuban flag is part of artist Ron Tarver's series, "Havana: A Place Out...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Egrets in Flight: black white photograph, silhouette of birds trees in sky
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This black and white photograph of birds in flight against the sky is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, " Land, Sea, Air," that explores the wide-ranging syste...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Day into Night, Forsythe Wildlife Refuge: large black white landscape photo
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This large-scale black and white landscape is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, " Land, Sea, Air," that explores the wide-ranging system of wetlands in the US ...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bombay Hook Wildlife Reserve: large black white landscape photograph w/ sepia
By Ron Tarver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This large-scale black and white landscape is part of artist Ron Tarver's long-term, ongoing project, " Land, Sea, Air," that explores the wide-ranging system of wetlands in the US National Wildlife Refuge. It depicts the wetlands of the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest remaining expanses of tidal salt marsh in the mid-Atlantic region. The refuge, located along the coast of Delaware, is mostly marsh, but also includes freshwater impoundments and upland habitats that are managed for other wildlife. Through his elegantly rendered naturalistic photos that verge on abstraction, Tarver investigates the delicate nature of the ecosystem, the government's precarious conservation policies, and our relationship to these unique spaces. This print is also in the collection of the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA. It ships rolled in a 36 "x 6" tube. Ron Tarver is a professor of Studio Art specializing in Photography at Swarthmore College. He served as staff photographer at the Philadelphia Inquirer for 32 years, and his work has appeared in National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, published by Harper Collins in 2004, which was accompanied by a traveling exhibition. Tarver shares a 2012 Pulitzer Prize at the Inquirer for his work on a series documenting school violence in the Philadelphia public school system, and was nominated for a second Pulitzer in 2013 for a series exploring dog...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Limited edition photography art book original print: abstract nude, still life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This limited edition version of "Paul Cava: Photographs, Collages, Montages" is a softcover, limited edition signed book publication featuring the photograph...
Category

2010s Abstract Nude Photography

Materials

Archival Paper

Tell-Tale PhotoTotem: stacked wood cube sculpture w/ black white photographs
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Tell-Tale PhotoTotem" is a sculpture created from four solid wood cubes, with each of the 16 visible sides holding a different original black & white silver gelatin print (photograph) from artist Jenny Lynn...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Wood

Two Faces: black white framed photograph, male female figures, abstract
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Two Faces" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a man and woman in an embrace from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rituals" series. I...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Pyramid Palms: black white framed photograph, monument in landscape w/ trees
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pyramid & Palms" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a stone monument in landscape w/ trees from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rit...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Hand Foot: black white photograph w/ glove, leopard print tree bark, feet
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Hand & Foot" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) studio still life with glove, leopard print fur, and tree bark textures from artist Jenny Lynn...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Seven Apples: abstract still life interior painting, red apples on green gray
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original sill life interior painting of fruit (apples) with a geometric fractured composition. The artist made the painting one section at a time. When working on one section, the artist would block off the rest of the composition so the objects and background needed to be placed again. By building the composition this way, the background and table appear at different levels and the shapes don't quite align. These imperfections convey a sense of passing time. In each section, the tone of the light changes, and the shadows switch directions. The apples and geometric shapes were chosen as much for metaphorical value as for aesthetics. A seemingly simple arrangement in a familiar painting genre contains a depth of observation, artistic choices, and interpretation. This painting is signed and dated on the back. Includes all hanging hardware and ready to install; no need for additional framing. Mat...
Category

2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Two Apples: abstract still life interior painting of red apples on pink gray
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original still life interior painting of fruit (apples) with a geometric fractured composition. The artist made the painting one section at a time. When working on one section, the artist would block off the rest of the composition so the objects and background needed to be placed again. By building the composition this way, the background and table appear at different levels and the shapes don't quite align. These imperfections convey a sense of passing time. In each section, the tone of the light changes, and the shadows switch directions. The apples and geometric shapes were chosen as much for metaphorical value as for aesthetics. A seemingly simple arrangement in a familiar painting genre contains a depth of observation, artistic choices, and interpretation. This painting is signed and dated on the back. Includes all hanging hardware and ready to install; no need for additional framing. Mat...
Category

2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

This is a Real Place! 3: large painting of lake or river w/ blue water bridge
By Brooke Lanier
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In the series “This is a real place!” I was fascinated by how the underside of the pier at Saint Simons Island, GA was like a readymade collage. The way the pilings and rails divide and frame the spaces between them looks artificially imposed on the scene until you notice the way the waves bounce off the pilings and the railings cast shadows on the water. In some iterations, I chose to simplify the structures of the pier and lighten the values so that it would emphasize the detail in the water. Likewise, I omitted a family of starlings and their droppings in favor of highlighting the geometry of the architecture and the colors and patterns of the water. Making paintings in a series allows me to investigate the results of making different decisions about an image. How I crop or stylize it, the manner in which I apply the paint, what gets included or excluded all add shades of meaning to each piece. Additionally, depictions of the same subject in different weather, seasons, times of day, and tides allows me a deeper understanding. I notice more relationships, colors, and details every time I paint the subject. Every painting is a pile of decisions. Playing with removing more and more details to see what is truly important sometimes improves the painting. The fewer elements you include in an image, the more each one means, and the more important it is to get each thing perfect. At times I like to paint every single detail I can find in a scene, and other times I feel like the unadorned components are sufficient to hold each other in a satisfying composition. I often add simplified shapes to my paintings to highlight the presence of absence or to heighten the importance of each area by creating stark visual contrasts. ⁠The physicality of the paint also plays a role. I used highly textured, thickly applied paint to construct the solid structural elements, and luminous layers of thinly glazed paint for the delicate linework and subtle blending of the water." - Brooke Lanier...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

This is a Real Place! 2: large painting of lake or river w/ blue water bridge
By Brooke Lanier
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In the series “This is a real place!” I was fascinated by how the underside of the pier at Saint Simons Island, GA was like a readymade collage. The way the pilings and rails divide and frame the spaces between them looks artificially imposed on the scene until you notice the way the waves bounce off the pilings and the railings cast shadows on the water. In some iterations, I chose to simplify the structures of the pier and lighten the values so that it would emphasize the detail in the water. Likewise, I omitted a family of starlings and their droppings in favor of highlighting the geometry of the architecture and the colors and patterns of the water. Making paintings in a series allows me to investigate the results of making different decisions about an image. How I crop or stylize it, the manner in which I apply the paint, what gets included or excluded all add shades of meaning to each piece. Additionally, depictions of the same subject in different weather, seasons, times of day, and tides allows me a deeper understanding. I notice more relationships, colors, and details every time I paint the subject. Every painting is a pile of decisions. Playing with removing more and more details to see what is truly important sometimes improves the painting. The fewer elements you include in an image, the more each one means, and the more important it is to get each thing perfect. At times I like to paint every single detail I can find in a scene, and other times I feel like the unadorned components are sufficient to hold each other in a satisfying composition. I often add simplified shapes to my paintings to highlight the presence of absence or to heighten the importance of each area by creating stark visual contrasts. ⁠The physicality of the paint also plays a role. I used highly textured, thickly applied paint to construct the solid structural elements, and luminous layers of thinly glazed paint for the delicate linework and subtle blending of the water." - Brooke Lanier...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

This is a Real Place! 1: large painting of lake or river w/ blue water bridge
By Brooke Lanier
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In the series “This is a real place!” I was fascinated by how the underside of the pier at Saint Simons Island, GA was like a readymade collage. The way the pilings and rails divide and frame the spaces between them looks artificially imposed on the scene until you notice the way the waves bounce off the pilings and the railings cast shadows on the water. In some iterations, I chose to simplify the structures of the pier and lighten the values so that it would emphasize the detail in the water. Likewise, I omitted a family of starlings and their droppings in favor of highlighting the geometry of the architecture and the colors and patterns of the water. Making paintings in a series allows me to investigate the results of making different decisions about an image. How I crop or stylize it, the manner in which I apply the paint, what gets included or excluded all add shades of meaning to each piece. Additionally, depictions of the same subject in different weather, seasons, times of day, and tides allows me a deeper understanding. I notice more relationships, colors, and details every time I paint the subject. Every painting is a pile of decisions. Playing with removing more and more details to see what is truly important sometimes improves the painting. The fewer elements you include in an image, the more each one means, and the more important it is to get each thing perfect. At times I like to paint every single detail I can find in a scene, and other times I feel like the unadorned components are sufficient to hold each other in a satisfying composition. I often add simplified shapes to my paintings to highlight the presence of absence or to heighten the importance of each area by creating stark visual contrasts. ⁠The physicality of the paint also plays a role. I used highly textured, thickly applied paint to construct the solid structural elements, and luminous layers of thinly glazed paint for the delicate linework and subtle blending of the water." - Brooke Lanier...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Irons and Tomatoes: still life color photograph w/ abstract shadow patterns, sm
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Table Top" series, which is one of three series, along with his "Still Life" and his "Flora" series, making up a larger body of work produced between the years 2019-2021. The leading actor in this three-part drama is the late afternoon light with the supporting cast being the objects of his attention -- a deer antler, a dying flower, plaster casts of his daughter’s hand and foot, the various vessels and forms in relation to each other as the light moves across their surfaces. The elephant in the room for the latter work is the lockdown mood that intensifies and thickens the air in these still lifes. Image size is approx. 14 1/2 x 11” printed on 19 x 13” sheets, edition of 10. Also available as image size approx. 19 x 14 1/4” printed on 22 x 17” sheets, edition of 5 ($2,500) - listed separately. Signed, titled, dated and numbered lower margin. Brooklyn-born artist Paul Cava began his career as an artist in the late 1960's. Cava made his first explorations as a poet, multi-media artist, filmmaker, photographer and painter. He finally settled in the last three decades on a hybrid form of expression that synthesized his previous efforts and anticipated the current digital use of photography by combining photographs, words, collage, drawing, painting, and printmaking into his own visual language, the core of which is a personal visual poetry. Cava has exhibited paintings, drawings and photo-based works from 1976 to the present in galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. His work has been collected by a broad range of private and public institutions, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Princeton University Museum of Art, and The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. His work has been featured in many publications including "Eyemazing Magazine" and "Das Magazin." Cava was a recipient of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants in 1981 and 1999. In 2005, the German publisher Edition Galerie Vevais released "Walt Whitman and Paul Cava / Children of Adam," a deluxe volume of Cava’s photo-based art and Walt Whitman’s poetry. The artist’s second book, "Paul Cava: Photographs Collages...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Untitled (2159): still life photograph with antler and abstract shadow patterns
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Table Top" series, which is one of t...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Untitled (2155): still life photograph w/ antler, bone abstract shadow pattern
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Table Top" ...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Floral Study 181: still life photograph w/ dried flowers on sky blue field, lg
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Flora" series, which is one of three...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Floral Study 246: still life black white photograph w/ abstract dried flowers
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Flora" series, which is one of three...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Floral Study 13: still life color photograph w/ dried flowers on black field
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Flora" seri...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Paul Cava photography art book illustrated w/ nude, still life abstract images
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Paul Cava: Photographs, Collages, Montages" is a softcover, limited edition (of 250) book publication featuring the photography and photo-based fine art of ...
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2010s Abstract Nude Photography

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Archival Paper

Floral Study 246: still life black white photograph w/ abstract flowers, large
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment print depicting an abstracted still life printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm by artist Paul Cava. It is from the "Flora" series, which is one of three...
Category

2010s Abstract Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment