Dwight Baird

'Time' 2015- Acrylic- Signed

2015

Havana, Cuba - Many people have very little to do many days in Cuba, especially the elderly and the young – ‘Nada que hacer.’ Just sitting around. Waiting for a change that never ha...

Havana, Cuba - There is nothing glamourous about the work that keeps a city clean. And keeping a city like Havana clean is a pretty monumental task. There are a lot of piles of garba...

"Abstract 64," is a contemporary Abstract painting by San Jose-based artist Helen Bellaver. In this work, Helen layers a medium onto her canvas or paper to create a subtle texture, which she then layers her acrylic paint on to create depth and detail. This work creates a sense of energy as the eye is drawn to the rich black and relieved by golden tones of cream as it intertwines itself into the foreground of the painting. Helen Bellaver is an abstract expressionist living in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has been practicing for the last thirty years. Her work has evolved into expressions of black. To the artist, black brings her a sense of calm and is at the forefront of her works. She uses it as her foreground, and in the background, she has layers of creams, whites, blues, ochres, browns, reds, etc. The mark-making in her works comes directly from the genre of Abstract Expressionism...

"Swoon" is an original acrylic painting by Washington-based artist Laurie Barmore. As in other works by Laurie Barmore, this piece has a rich palette with visual energy celebrating ...