2020
Born in Tehran, abstract painter Sofie Swann escaped the Iranian revolution at a young age and subsequently lived in the United States and France. Keeping her heritage close, Swann uses Persian tea in varying amounts as a subtle nod to her roots. The sepia tones are, at times, a faint addition, though this trademark signature creates a sense of place in every work she makes.
Swann spent time studying at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston where she explored landscapes and portraiture. Through experimentation, she developed a passion for abstract and minimalist art. While later living in Paris, she discovered key influential artists including Vincent van Gogh, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama.
As a process of self-discovery and self-expression, her paintings take the form of visual autobiographies, telling a narrative of memories, both real and imagined, and the emotion she draws from remembering them. Swann prefers not to sketch intentional designs before beginning a painting and rather lets the work evolve organically. “My thoughts and emotions. That’s where it all starts,” she said in an interview with Sorelle Gallery. “I don’t paint what I see. I paint what I feel.”
Since 2015, Swann has exhibited in solo and in groups around the United States, including at Chroma Fine Art Gallery in Katonah, New York; Silvermine Galleries and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, both in New Canaan, Connecticut; and Sorelle Gallery in Westport, Connecticut.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Sofie Swann’s prints, paintings, mixed media and more.
"Bubbles #1, " Abstract Framed Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This painting is made with acrylic paint and Persian tea on paper, and is matted and framed in an off-white natural frame. The piece itself is 12" x 12", and it measures 23.25" x 23....
Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Across the Universe" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a white, warm grey, and metallic silver palette with imperfect circular shapes in varying sizes arranged in a balanced ...
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
"Eternity, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 24"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Eternity, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
"Eggs" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Sofie Swann features a warm neutral palette, with cream-colored circular shapes layered beneath orange circular outlines over a black backgroun...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Eternity, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to hang. Other floater f...
Digital, Giclée
Floating Bubbles - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
By Charles David Francis
Located in Soquel, CA
Floating Bubbles - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of col...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium
Abstract Bubbles and Patterns
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract in lavender, blue, and pink with a bubble-like pattern that creates a delicate lattice effect by Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Brown's work. Presented in a new cream mat with foamcore backing. Image size: 18"H x 22"W Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019) has taught watercolor and design for thirty years. Her work has been shown in many art magazines, including Watercolor Magic and The International Artist Magazine, and several books on watercolor painting. She was elected secretary of Orange County Art Association in 1964. Listed in the National Watercolor Society. Author, Watercolor by Design Member, East Bay Watercolor Society 1964 - 3rd Place, non-figurative exhibit of Orange County Art Association 1978 - Honorable Mention, Central California Art...
Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic
"Sublunary" (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes framed and ready to hang in professional wood black floater frame. Artist’s Statement: “A complete departure from what I have been working on this year - obviously influenced ...
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Rubber, Paper
Aggregate #24 (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes framed in a maple floater frame, ready to hang.) This is one of a series we have posted on 1stDibs. The first got more clicks and saves on its first day than any of the many hundreds of artworks we have ever posted. If you search on "G. Campbell Lyman" on 1stDibs you can see others in this series. Here's a recent message from a 1stDibs buyer of a painting in this series, a seasoned collector: "Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...
Charcoal, Pastel, House Paint, Acrylic
Multiverse #22 - Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed
By G. Campbell Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Comes framed and ready to hang in black floater frame. (Note: photographed in natural light which gave the painting a bluish cast; it's more white in person. The picture shot at an ...
Lacquer, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Champagne Bubbles
By Nayla Kai Saroufim
Located in New York, NY
Nayla Kai Saroufim is a Lebanese artist based in Los Angeles and Beirut. She earned a degree in Illustration and Art Direction from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. She had wor...
Steel
