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Abstract Mixed Media

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Somewhere somehow, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Somewhere somehow by Alexandra Petropoulou Somewhere somehow €1,600 Alexandra Petropoulou All Artworks Somewhere somehow Somewhere somehow Somewhere somehow (2022) Mixe...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

True Blue (Grass)
Located in Tulsa, OK
PATTI PARSONS True Blue (Grass) • ink stick, china marker, acrylic paint on wood panel 30.00w x 30.00h x 2.00d in $4,500.00 From the perspective of a writer ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood, Ink

If Only 2, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Gesture and delicious colors come alive in this dreamscape filled with textures and spontaneous shapes and markings. I look for high contrast, a bit of mystery and the visual and em...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

The Sound of Color II, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Exploring the way in which sound is a frequency, as is color and wondering if they are the same? :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authen...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

The Sound of Color, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Exploring the possibility that sound and color are the same thing - a frequency. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed b...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Time Doesn't Heal. People Do, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Just as I was painting this and musing about how time isn't what we think it is, multiple mass shootings claimed the lives of many of our fellow citizens. It led me in two directions...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Take Me Out of the Blue and Beyond, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of my Message in a Bottle series, which explores the themes of connection, isolation and healing as inspired by 100 letters written during World War 1 by a grandfather when he w...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Take Me Out of the Blue Forever, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of my Message in a Bottle series, which explores the themes of connection, isolation and healing as inspired by 100 letters written during World War 1 by a grandfather when he w...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Take Me Out of the Blue, Dear, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of my Message in a Bottle series, which explores the themes of connection, isolation and healing as inspired by 100 letters written during World War 1 by a grandfather when he w...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Essential Accessory III, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of my Message in a Bottle collection. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wore beautiful collars over her judicial robe — transforming these gorgeous feminine accessorie...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

essen 25, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

essen 26, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

SHIZEN SERIES I
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kim Fonder, SHIZEN SERIES I, Mixed Media on Handmade Paper with Plexi, 12.00 X 12.00 in, $600.00, Blue White, Abstract, works on paper Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her painti...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Bourrée Fantasque #12 Blue
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #12 Blue" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Pastel, Pencil

Bourrée Fantasque #10 Blue
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #10 Blue" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the New York City Ballet. Moncion wa...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Pastel, Pencil

Bourrée Fantasque #9
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #9" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the New Y...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Pastel, Pencil

Bourrée Fantasque #7
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #7" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the New York City Ballet. Moncion was a pr...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Pastel, Pencil

Bourrée Fantasque #5
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #5" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the New Y...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Pastel, Pencil

Abstract Landscape - British Mixed Media Abstract Expressionist female artist
Located in London, GB
An Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting and assembled landscape painted circa 1980 by female artist Avis Newman whose works are housed in the Tate Gallery and currently on sho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Blue Dot
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Acrylic, aerosol, tape and varnish on linen 48” x 23” ABOUT THE ARTWORK Blending artistic mediums, DUAL utilizes acrylic, aerosol, tape, and varnish to adorn a meticulously hand-cut ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Varnish, Acrylic

Netting Fete
Located in New Orleans, LA
Non-objective artist AIMÉE FARNET SIEGEL works with color and line through the medium of found, hand-painted, and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit space outside the two-dimension...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

essen 22, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

aeon 12, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Confucius one said that if you your aim is to define the future then you must first study the past. In this highly mysterious and powerful new series we will explore the secret origi...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Mystical Shade, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Mystical Shade" is a celebration of the magic and wonder that comes with the awakening of spring, symbolized by the radiant gold leaf that represents the return of light after the d...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Empty Holes, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
It is the loss of all the people due to Covid -19 inspired me to do this piece. The loss of loved ones that leave holes in our lives that will never be filled. Remembering my depar...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Wall piece #6 - Made by Shadows #3
Located in New York, NY
Ann Parkin’s current work is an exploration of new possibilities in technique and materials, as well as the expression of a new imagery for art jewelry. Historically, art and partic...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Thread, Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Wall Piece #5 - Made by Shadows #1
Located in New York, NY
Ann Parkin’s current work is an exploration of new possibilities in technique and materials, as well as the expression of a new imagery for art jewelry. Historically, art and partic...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Thread, Wood, Paper, Acrylic

aeon 16, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Confucius one said that if you your aim is to define the future then you must first study the past. In this highly mysterious and powerful new series we will explore the secret origi...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

EACHAIA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
EACHAIA NEBULA captures the breathtaking beauty of a nebula close up. Its meandering blend of blue and pink hues creates a sense of wonder and allurement. Soft, light blue highlights...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

ZESPARA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
As you gaze at the ZESPARA NEBULA you'll feel as though you're being transported to a far-off corner of the universe, where vibrant colors swirl and blend together to create an other...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

UNIA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
UNIA NEBULA Inspiration & Creation: Perhaps what makes nebulae so truly special is the sense of wonder and amazement they inspire in us. As we gaze up at the night sky and contem...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Collage, Mind-Line Series, Stamp Series. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Collage, Signed and Dated Mind Line Series, Stamp Series. 2 - 4200, 1977 Aubrey Penny Original Collage Signed and Dated 71 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an inn...
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Paper

Collage, Mind-Line Series, Stamp Series. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Original Collage Signed and Dated Mind-Line Series, Stamp Series 2-4203, 1977 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked...
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Paper

ELURIA NEBULA (with LEDs), Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Tiffani employed her holographic resin painting technique to create the ELURIA NEBULA, a stunningly vibrant piece of resin art that captures the imagination and wonder of stargazing ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

NALLORYA NEBULA, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Tiffani employed her holographic resin painting technique to create the NALLORYA NEBULA, bursting with brilliant blue and purple hues, surrounded by swirling tendrils of electrifying...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Violet Hour, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Ian Hargrove presents an abstract display of evening light slowly waning at the end of the day. He captures the fractal beams on a concrete wall in predo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Infinite Moments - Abstract art - 20 x 20 IN, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
With "Infinite Moments" I tried to capture the essence of Spring's awakening and let it serve as a reminder to embrace the present moment and accept it for what it is. I sought to ex...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 57, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 60, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 59, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 58, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Radial Horizon
Located in New York, NY
"My work is based on visualizations of energy, inspired by particle physics and forms in nature. I use the lines of colliding atomic particles to explore a new language of abstractio...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Paper, Varnish, Acrylic, Panel, Inkjet

Coriolis Dither
Located in New York, NY
"My work is based on visualizations of energy, inspired by particle physics and forms in nature. I use the lines of colliding atomic particles to explore a new language of abstractio...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Paper, Varnish, Acrylic, Panel, Inkjet

essen 31, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Paris Garden #8, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This vibrant painting is based on the gardens in Paris that are an inspiration for many of the artist's work. Highly textured with layers of paint that represent in abstract realism ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 65, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 61, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 66, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 63, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 67, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

gaia 70, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Collage, Mind-Line Stamp Series. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Collage, Signed and Dated Mind- Line Series, Stamp Series. 2 - 4212, 1977 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in ...
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1970s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

gaia 72, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAEA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

multiverse 3, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Confucius one said that if you your aim is to define the future then you must first study the past. In this highly mysterious and powerful new series we will explore the secret origi...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Restrained summer colors, Mixed Media on Glass
Located in Yardley, PA
Lambda C-print on acrylic glass. This is a combination of wet and digital paintings . Complete with aluminium mounting system. Ready to hang. Outstanding quality. Geert is “VIS...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Liberation of the mind29, Mixed Media on Glass
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a combination of wet and digital paintings . Lambda C-print on acrylic glass. Complete with aluminium mounting system. Ready to hang. Outstanding quality. Geert is “VI...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Untitled Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Leslie B. Weissman Untitled abstraction, 2016 Acrylic and mixed media painting on paper 15 × 18 inches Pencil signed and dated by the artist on the lower left front Unframed Biography: Leslie B. Weissman (b. 1966, NYC) Education: Hobart and William Smith Colleges BA 1988 Art and Economics New York University / Tisch MPS 1991 Recent and Upcoming Exhibitions: PFLAG Pride In Bloom Exhibit and benefit Auction October 2020 Blue Door Gallery - Yonkers, NY Group Show, Global Expressions September 12, to October 24, 2020 Blue Door Gallery - Yonkers, NY Group Show, Summer Blues July 24, to August 29, 2020 Blue Door Gallery - Yonkers,, NY Group Show, Kinda Blue October-November 2018 Riverfront Art Gallery - Yonkers,, NY Group Show, Womantide March-April 2019 Blue Door Gallery - Yonkers,, NY Group Show, Kinda Blue October-November 2018 Morgan Stanley Corporate Headquarters - Purchase, NY September-October 2018 The Art Closet Gallery March 2018 Selected Works Artist in Residence Chappaqua Performing Arts Center 2018 New Castle Board Inauguration conducted by President Bill Clinton Katonah Museum AA at NWHC September 2017-March 2018 Left Fields Gallery SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA - 12/18-1/17/16 FORM IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM EMPTINESS - Curated by Ryan Schneider...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

L'Écho de lâEA rosion, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Mixed media, with soft texture made with gesso, wood chips, acrylic paint and pigments It will arrive and ready to hang on your wall. A signed certificate of authenticity is include...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Abstract mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract mixed media available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add mixed media created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Francisco Nicolás, Melisa Taylor Metzger, Aimée Farnet Siegel, and Franco DeFrancesca. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Mixed Media and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract mixed media, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for mixed media made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $385,000, while the average work sells for $2,221.

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