2025
Artist Comments
1998–1999 marked a particularly tumultuous chapter for artist Mark Cudd. In this first installment of a 50-image series, he attempts to construct an honest account of that time while working to reconcile the emotions tied to those experiences. The painting features a couple closely together, sharing an intimate moment.
About the Artist
Artist Mark Cudd creates monochromatic portraits that explore the emotional layers of memory and the human experience. “My work should remind you of something,†says Mark. His paintings often stir a quiet sense of nostalgia, aiming to establish a dialogue based on common experiences, fears, ideas, and memories. Primarily self-taught, Mark draws from 20th-century photography—old family albums, found images, and his own snapshots—to shape stories that feel both familiar and imagined. His process blends multiple techniques and styles within a single image, giving each piece a distinct rhythm and psychological depth.
Words that describe this painting: monochrome, black, white, portrait, vintage, man, woman, couple, lovers, intimate, relationship, love, romantic, black and white, monochromatic, face, people, modern , acrylic painting, grey
January 2, 1998 (98-99 Series)
Mark Cudd
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2025
20 in. h x 16 in. w x 1.5 in. d
2 lbs. 3 oz.
February 18, 1999 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman named Danielle poses with her sculpture. Her face holds quiet contemplation. 1998–1999 marked a particularly tumultuous chapter for artist Mark Cudd. ...
Acrylic
January 1, 1999 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A young woman turns in quiet reflection, her expression hinting at a disappointing New Year’s celebration. Rendered in monochrome tones, her white blouse and ...
Acrylic
March 9, 1998 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman glances sharply to her right, her expression poised between curiosity and caution. Rendered in stark black and white, the piece gives a timeless and cin...
Acrylic
August 13, 1998 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman gazes sideways, her eyes twinkling. The black-and-white palette adds depth to her emotion. 1998–1999 marked a particularly tumultuous chapter for arti...
Acrylic
August 19, 1998 (98-99 Series), Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Mark Cudd reflects on his experiences from 1998–1999 through his ongoing series of expressive portraits and symbolic imagery. This piece offers a windo...
Acrylic
You Often Forget, Original Painting
By Mark Cudd
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I have always been fascinated by images from the past that exist today divorced from their original intent or context. Clearly, someone believed the image was...
Acrylic
At Long Last - Modern Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 2009, Unframed
By Ryan Mendoza
Located in Roma, IT
At long last is a contemporary artwork realized by Ryan Mendoza in 2009. Oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the back. Provenance: Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia Born in 1971 in New York, Mendoza's personal story is subsequently intertwined with the two extremes of Europe, Naples and Berlin, the two cities in which he has lived and worked up to now. In his works he represents complex theatricality, models anatomies, doses colours, calibrates lights, draws on a rich archive of memories, confusing ancient pictorial wisdom and contemporary risks. The artist's attention is particularly focused on portraits in which he carries out distortions and alterations: he exhibits perspective disproportions, reveals anatomical dissonances, manifests dystonias between the characters in the foreground and the backgrounds. His characters appear "possessed", it is no coincidence that the title of the 2010 solo show at the Muse d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina in Naples is "The possessed...
Oil, Canvas
Understanding Acrylic Painting on Canvas: Contemporary Art, 2010+
Located in London, GB
Kingsley Obasi 1983 - Current Understanding, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 152.4 x 165.1 cm 60 x 65 in
Canvas, Acrylic
The Silence
By John Francis Gallagher
Located in New York, NY
Oil Portrait. The Silence is from the ingmar Bergman movie of the same title and the painting features Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. About the Artist: John Francis Gallagher is a Boston-based contemporary artist. Born in Drogheda, Ireland in the Boyne Valley, he emigrated to the United States at 19. John worked in graphic design, advertising and architectural rendering before turning his hand, full-time, to painting. A self-taught figurative artist, his work has a vintage style that is influenced by the so-called pulp artists of the 20th century. In his large-scale canvases, tone is given precedent to create realism. Working within a limited palette of tones, The paint is woven under, over, and into itself in layers to create a portrait that is seemingly simple but satisfyingly complex. The work has a strong quiet energy that creates space for itself in a frenetic, busy world by being the exact opposite. Often drawn from 1960s European Cinema...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled, Contemporary Mixed Media on Canvas by Greg Kessler
By Greg Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Greg Kessler, American (1966 - ) - Untitled, Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas, Size: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.96 cm)
Mixed Media
"O" Oil Painting on Incised Canvas, Signed, Figurative, 20th Century
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"O" is an oil painting on incised canvas by Contemporary American Artist David Saunders. The light-hued canvas is speckled with pops of yellow, lilac, and blue, a large white circle ...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Neo-Expressionist Mixed Media Painting, Late 20th Century
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Jean Sanglar was born in France in 1926. He draws with taste and talent from an early age, however, his family will only consider this a mere hobby. After studying law, he later took...
Mixed Media
