Cecilia Beaven

"Blue Self-Portrait" Massive Abstract Contemporary Surrealist Figure Painting

2017

Bold, graphic spray paint portrait piece by local Houston street artist DUAL titled "Pop Icon No. 1 ". Signed, titled, and dated on the back. This piece was featured at a solo exhibition of DUAL's work titled "Waste Nothing" at the Wedge Space in Houston, TX in 2016. Artist Biography: DUAL stands for the conflict between “street art” and “fine” art, between freeway burners and gallery exhibitions, between mass recognition and total anonymity. His bold lines and fresh colors are a break from the every day monotony of life in the city—a taste of urban subculture, whether you asked for it or not. While one may not have a choice in where and when they encounter a DUAL piece, DUAL leaves it up to the observer to assign a meaning to his work. By operating under a pseudonym, he lets his audience write their own narrative for who he is and the message he is trying to get across. Perhaps best known for his work with wheat paste, particularly since his feature in the 2011 wheat pasting documentary Stick ‘Em Up!, DUAL has never been one to confine himself to a particular medium, background, or context. He has been recognized not only for his work with silkscreen and spray paint, but also for his work with lithography and acrylics. Though his obsession with “making marks” stems from his background in graffiti, he has translated that into a passion for creating art. His “art” includes everything from large-scale murals to micro...

Colorful abstract self-portrait by Houston, TX artist Saralene Tapley. This portrait features the artist as the subject in a pink wig. With the main medium as a silkscreen pigment on...

Black and white abstract geometric surrealist painting by Houston, TX artist Scott Woodard. The piece depicts a white plane resembling a laptop rendered against a dark gray backgroun...

Large abstract portrait of human rights activist Malcolm X titled "Malcolm Little" by artist Patrick Lace made of three attached canvases, cir...

This work is a portrait of the Roman goddess Juno, the wife of Jupiter and the patron goddess of the Roman Empire. It was inspired by a trip that the artist, Patrick Palmer, took to ...

Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a painting of a child with bright blue bow tie. The artist Matthew Reeves, owner of Reeve...

This piece is not framed. Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through semi-abstract nudes and portraits...

A pop piece depicting Basquiat with Bazooka Gum. With impasto painting and silkscreening we are drawn to the movement, as the artist is able to engage his viewer with contrasting hig...

Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...

"My work, both in painting and sculpture, involve networks of intricately connected, overlapping, and morphing shapes and patterns, reflecting the complex and ever-changing nature of...

Gele is essentially a type of head tie worn by women in the Western African country of Nigeria. In contrast to the head ties worn in some other African countries, like Ghana, Gele is...

Bather on Coastline, 2014 Acrylic on board 20 x 16 inches