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APRIL TREE, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
With this abstract painting, I draw on the ability of the viewer to imagine an apple tree, a light-dappled landscape, and a cloudless sky. Filled with subtleties, Apple Tree promises...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Myriads of Desires, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
Nathalie painted this work after a trip to Auvergne in France. This is the second painting of a series. The first one was sold at an Art Fair. The vibrant colors are the result of en...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Over The Top, Portrait Of A Young Woman, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Sarantos
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is a portrait of a woman, who is a lively, young student at the University of Chicago. I am an architect, as well as an artist, and I am inspired by the beauty of the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
FACTORY TOWN, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
The main colors employed in this work more than suggest industry in an urban"”small town"”setting. The abstracting of a factory-located crucible figures prominently in this compositi...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
YELLOW PORCH, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
This abstract expressionist painting is an exemplar of this style. It exhibits a modicum of rawness, yet subtly possesses refined textures and color fields. Yellow Porch is a sophist...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"River and Pond Kite, " Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
FREEDOM, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Silent and subtle are two adjectives which best describe this exquisite composition. Colors peak from color fields which disturb settled and rested areas of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Self Portrait - Original Oil Painting by Peter Lupkin
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Peter Lupkin utilizes his expressive paint style to bring this small scale self portrait to life. With pockets of color and texture throughout the face, the subject pops against a ne...
Category
2010s Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Denkbilder, " Mixed-Media Sculpture, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard, Canvas, Mixed Media
"Hidden Sanctuary, " Acrylic on Canvas
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Bird Woman, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting created 1n 2001. Part of the series "Original Tourlicoulis". Created with oil markers on canvas. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
GIFT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Few works are, at the same time, as bold and demure as the painting Gift. The color red dominates the work, yet straight lines forming squares and rectangles emerge from the background. Subtle geometries set...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"The People People 6" by Tracy Crump
Located in Chicago, IL
In this series entitled "The People People," Tracy Crump uses washes of white, red and aqua to both conceal and reveal sensitively drawn figures. Each fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Enchanted Music, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This abstract painting has been created with acrylics on canvas. In Enchanted Music, contrasts, light, and darkness create a dynamic tension full of strength and determination. This...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dance with the Birds, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. There are birds everywhere waiting in an eternal dance. They celebrate life. :: Painting :: Abstract :: Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wild Bouquet, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. We all don't see the same things but overall this means love and interaction. The shapes communicate with e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. This 19th-century painting is delicately brushed of gouache and ink on fabric and was originally part of a set of eight backing a wooden screen in northern China.
The figure depicted is one of the mythical Eight Immortals of Taoism. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, each of the Eight Immortals represents a different condition in life and together they impart a blessing of prosperity and longevity. Depicted here is immortal Lan Caihe, the patron saint of florists and gardeners. Standing atop a lotus leaf in open water, they hold a gardening hoe in one hand and a basket for flowers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
"Day Turns to Night, " Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Ink, Rice Paper, Silk
Waiting, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Sarantos
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting portrays a nude woman, sitting in solitude as she waits for her lover. Her cream colored skin glows in contrast to the rich reds and blues of her boudoir. The angular...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Japanese Festival Folding Screen, Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This folding screen is a stunning example of Japanese artistry. Beautifully painted with delicate brushwork, the evocative screen depicts a lively festival during the Edo period (1615–1912). The raucous scene is full of life; within the dense crowd, you can make out people dancing...
Category
19th Century Edo Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
Any Direction, Original Cityscape Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The colors of my palette are celebrated here.
Keywords: colors, angle, any direction, warm colors
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glory of the Bird, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting created with oil markers and acrylics on canvas. It needs to be framed or it can be just hung unstretched. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, were commissioned specifically for ancestor worship and were believed to house the spirits of the deceased. When properly cared for, one's ancestors were believed to be a powerful source of honor, protection, and good luck.
This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the 19th century and beautifully depicts a Qing-dynasty couple. While some ancestral portraits offer a more stylized representation of one's ancestors, this particular pair is painted with incredible realism and life-like expressions. Rather than depict the pair in a regal hall wearing elaborate finery, the couple is shown in a quiet home environment, seated at either end of a square tea table. Their surroundings are minimal, practically undecorated, and they wear simple, matching blue silk robes...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pigment, Paper
"Fusion, " Charcoal on Paper, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
This charcoal drawing entitled “Fusion” beautifully illustrates the collision of two young birch trees. Loosely drawn with short, lateral strokes, the drawing depicts the slow process of two trees fusing together as a graceful gesture of physical touch. The horizontal motion of the sketch-like linework captures the striated texture of birch bark, punctuated by the irregular forms of its eye-shaped markings. The light-colored trees are contrasted by a dark backdrop, a void of negative that isolates the trees in space and time.
Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunks, Surdo accentuates their abstract forms and focuses on the simple beauty of their graceful movements. Guided by his memory, Surdo recalls the trees as soft, gentle and calm, leaning in on each other in a tender embrace. His freeform, expressive style reveals the subjectivity of this memory and finishes the composition with a transient, dream-like atmosphere.
Charcoal on paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
The face of light, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic and oil-markers on canvas. One of my most recent works belonging to the category "the Strings of Life". My work is always inspired by my emotions. Ready to hang. :: Painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pansies, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
Deep emotions with the smell of the South of France. My first time to paint pansies. In French, those flowers mean "thought" :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an offic...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
GIFT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Few works are, at the same time, as bold and demure as the painting Gift. The color red dominates the work, yet straight lines forming squares and rectangles emerge from the background. Subtle geometries set...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
FREEDOM, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Silent and subtle are two adjectives which best describe this exquisite composition. Colors peak from color fields which disturb settled and rested areas of gray and muted yellow. ::...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Sailing Boat, " Pointillist Woodcut
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled “Sailing Boat,” this pointillist woodcut by renowned Chinese artist Ren Hui depicts a lone sailboat at sea within a network of small notches into painted plywood. Red Hui's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Qing Dynasty Floral Bed Canopy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...
Category
19th Century Qing Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel, Lacquer
$2,304 Sale Price
20% Off
La Mano, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Nathalie Gribinski
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is part of the original Tourlicoulis series. This is my early work. It is created with oil markers on canvas. My first creative endeavors birthed small, whimsical char...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Oil
The First Judgement - Figures Tumbling Off a Balcony, Original Painting, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Although paintings can be about any personal experience, I believe that important paintings should be about something significant, about life, the human condition, the world we live ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Superior (Great Lakes), " Oil on Panel, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. Isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future.
Entitled "Superior," this track painting is one of five compositions inspired by the Great Lakes...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lee Chiu. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painted advertisement...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fabric
$1,984 Sale Price
20% Off
Craps - Original Mixed Media on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The painting is called Craps, but it's really not about craps. First of all, the setting is the door of Gregory Grammar School, where I went to school and painted often. It's part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Abstraction in Cobalt, " Mixed-Media Kite, 2021
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Silk, Pigment
"Crystal Hunt, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Donnie Yen, "The Bruce Lee of the 90s," "Crystal Hunt" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1991. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import official post...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Adventure II, " Archival Marker on Canvas, 2019
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how we as viewers negotiate our realities.
Entitled "The Adventure II," this vibrant drawing depicts a still from the Italian classic film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Yangliuqing Longevity New Year Painting, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
"NGC-6397, " Pigment Ink on Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled "NGC-6397," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-6397, also known as Caldwell 87, located 7,800 light-years from Earth. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
"Great Wall, " Pointillist Woodcut, 2012
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite woodcut entitled "Great Wall" was made by internationally renowned Chinese artisan Ren Hui. He expertly picks out the fine details of China's greatest landmark in his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Acrylic
Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua paintings featured exaggerated characters with bright and contrasting colors. Put up around the home to beckon luck and happiness in the coming year, most paintings depicted mythical guardians, scenes from folk operas, or auspicious symbols of good luck.
This New Year painting depicts a young woman with a child and is hand-painted in a palette of red, blue, and purple. Belonging to a genre known as 'beauties and babies,' the painting represents a harmonious family life. The early 20th century painting is from the town of Yangliuqing, one of the leading producers of traditional New Year's paintings known for its combination of woodblock printing...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pigment
"A Bridge of Dragon, " Hand-Painted Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Dolph Lundgren, Bridge of Dragons was a pulpy action/romance from the late 90s. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Dark Knight, " Mixed-Media Kite, 2008
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels.
In this kite entitled “Dark Knight...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Mixed Media, Rice Paper
"Love and Lotus Boys, " Ink on Linen Panels, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawn with a fine line and fresh, sketched quality, this folk hanging unites two scenes of lucky hoho lotus boys circumscribed in frames punctuated with fruits such as pomegranate, symbolic of prosperity and good fortune. On top, the two explore the natural wonders of the world...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Wood, Ink
"Ladies at Tea, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
"Study for SWEEPS, " Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the recognizable to create something unfamiliar.
Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
"Study for Caldwell 49, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within his seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Patina, " Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper, Mixed Media
"Power Force, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 2003
Located in Chicago, IL
Power Force was an American-made martial arts movie from 1991. It starred Alphonse Beni, a Cameroonian born movie star as a crime-fighting ninja. Frequently unable to import official posters, theaters in Ghana hired enterprising artists to create and embellish designs to promote the films in their own style. The result is a whole new genre collected worldwide. In this work by Ghanian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Akshobhyavajra, " Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
An expression of devotion, this mesmerizing painting is the result of months of dedicated work. Thousands of careful brushstrokes surround the central image of the Tibetan Buddha Aks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Urbane Profile, " Mixed-Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, integrating techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
"The Adventure, " Archival Ink on Canvas, 2019
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how we as viewers negotiate our realities.
Entitled "The Adventure," this vibrant drawing depicts a still from the Italian classic film...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Canvas
"Study for Event Horizon, " Archival Ink on Paper, 2020
By Jan Pieter Fokkens
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Untitled RAG-4
By Rick Garcia
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Rick Garcia's RAG13 Collection is inspired by the observation that there has been a significant and permanent change in our public and private lives. These artworks use symbolism to illustrate how the ubiquitous presence of suspicion and the act of being a suspect have both become a way of life. Adults and children are shown as generic solid shapes with parts missing to indicate loss of identity and the relinquishing of certain rights. The watchful eye of authority is always present as a figure dressed in black with three white stripes. All of the figures have a red dot to symbolize the human heart; how we are all connected. This red dot also represents being a target or a person of interest. Overall, this latest series creates a surreal flow of images, colors, and shapes blending into a beautiful and poignant work of art.
About the Artist:
"Photography has been part of my creativity throughout my life and more recently has become influential in my abstract work on canvas. The magical shapes of water gracefully floating or scattering in mid-air reveals the true god-like essence of nature. I am fascinated studying these images of bright tiny mercury-like globes, silky trails, dancing droplets and crystal clear languid sheets. "
Rick Garcia was born in Havana, Cuba, and very soon after, his parents relocated to Miami, Florida. He was always encouraged to follow his dream of pursuing and developing his talent in art. In later years he found a deep-rooted connection to surrealism, especially the work of Salvador Dali. Garcia had become obsessed with the unique images and amazing technique of the Spanish painter and he eventually traveled to Port Lligat, Spain to visit the home and surroundings of his mentor.
After years of attending the Art Institute of Miami, where he refined his artistic vision in drawing and painting, he was soon earning an income from published illustrations. Garcia has enjoyed a rich and diverse career starting with the hit TV show "Miami Vice" commissioning him to create a mural on the side of a three story building, and used his paintings for interior shots.
Apart from a growing number of private commissions, his distinctive images were commissioned by The United Nations Postal Administration in 1998 and 2003. His stamps brought awareness to the growing extinction of the rainforest and its inhabitants, and followed with the 50th Anniversary of the World Health Organization, bringing awareness to the vanishing supply of freshwater, where it earned him the prestige of the most beautiful stamp series of 2003.
Garcia was chosen as an "Absolut Artist of the 90s" in the popular vodka ad campaign and with his second piece Absolut Electric, this further drew worldwide attention.
1998, 1999, and 2001 garnered him the distinction of official artist to The Grammy Awards where his creations influenced the look of the live broadcast and graced the covers of the official program book, CDs, posters, apparel, and other various items. His work included portraits of stars such as Destiny's Child, Ricky Martin, Coldplay, Santana, Celia Cruz, Black Eyed Peas, Imogen Heap and Kanye West. His life long passion of thoroughbred racing tapped him in 2008 to be the official artist of the 2008 Kentucky Derby Festival.
Founder of Benihana, Rocky Aoki, gave Rick complete creative control to design a sushi restaurant on Miami Beach. Along with sculptor Bruce Hanners, they built and installed an 1800 sq. ft octopus designed by Rick to be the massive ceiling...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Serenity VII
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on Acrylic with Recycled Plastic in Lightbox
24 × 18 inches
61 × 45.7 cm
Based on the theories of infinite and parallel universes, MULTIVERSE is a visual rendering in the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Multiverse IV
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on acrylic
49.25 × 38 in (125.1 × 96.5 cm)
"Since the dawn of man, human beings have sought the very nature of existence. As the seekers of truth compounded their knowledg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Leafy Bridge Sky
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
"To tell you my inner thoughts on each piece, or even to voice my opinion on ‘why’ and ‘how’ my paintings came to be, is intruding on your own perceptions. What yo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I Flow Like Water IV (Universe)
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil, Gesso,
Recycled Plastic on Canvas
68 x 62 in (173 x 157 cm)
(Due to the abstract nature of this piece, it can be displayed vertically or horizontally at the discreti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Plastic
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