Tennessee - Art

Yuri Figueroa builds depth by layering in "Science Fiction Snow No. 1." Figueroa combines techniques of blending, dripping and smearing with the use of...

In this sculptural piece, Linda King Ferguson has cut a piece of linen canvas into a half-diamond shape, with an ellipsis cut-out close to the scalloped right edge. A red cotton thread completes the second half of the diamond shape, then hangs from the bottom corner, evoking the image of a kite. King Ferguson's paintings are abstractions of the female body. She chooses to use linen...

PALOMA by Omari Booker was inspired by the December 2020 Vogue cover featuring Paloma Elsesser. The model was styled by Booker's cousin for the shoot, ...

This painting is acrylic on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang. Signed by the artist on the front.

This piece by Brian Jobe consists of two separate stacks of concrete and steel. The stack to the left is a bit taller than the other stack, as the top-most block of corrugated concrete has been turned on its side. Beneath the corrugated concrete blocks on each sculpture is a steel plate that balances the concrete blocks on top of two breeze blocks...

This painting is acrylic on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang! :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

BANDANNA is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2021 from painted and carved poplar wood. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing i...

Alexander Girard designs belong in a museum. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Sig...

This painting by Omari Booker depicts himself and his sister when they were children. Originally painted as a study for a mural in Nashville, Tennessee, Booker reworked this very personal piece to stand alone. On the left side of this painting, Omari's sister sits in a pink and white polk-a-dot dress with a bow in her hair. She looks lovingly at her brother to the right, who is wearing a black and white button-up. The artist recalled that his mother made those outfits by hand, and he alludes to the special nature of textiles in his history by utilizing found fabric rather than a canvas as his medium. Omari Booker, a Nashville native, began his journey in the visual arts at Montgomery Bell Academy. Since then, he has studied and displayed his work at multiple institutions including Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State...

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This painting was part of a series of foxglove studies that I created while hiking in the Olympic peninsula in Washington in July of 2021. The Foxglove were growing wild...

A scene of distress is depicted in this work regarding Bob the Tomato, a primary character in the acclaimed children’s animation, VeggieTales. “God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!” challenges the formative life lessons we are taught from a young age that is not always easy to uphold. Based on a prophetic dream I had surrounding ideas of violence, familial relationships, estrangement, biblical references, revenge, and ultimately death, this painting begs...

Skiers Bliss 14.0 x 11.0 x 0.25, 10.0 lbs Masonite Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Captured during a family snowboarding weekend in North Carolina, 'Skiers Bliss' emb...

Sir Bear - Bronze 6.0 x 4.0 x 2.75, 15.0 lbs Bronze Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "This bronze sculpture is the first in a series celebrating the black bears of my a...

This painting on cut linen canvas by Linda King Ferguson depicts a diamond shape that is halved horizontally by a color break. The top triangular section on the diamond is a brown ca...

"Wild Ride" is a new dynamic abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas by Trixie Pitts. The painting is bright, intense, yet has breathing room. The dynamic style, full of energy...

VIEW is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscape in Tennessee. Hartman creates an image on paper then stretches a silkscreen on top of the image to create the...

This painting is Werner's interpretation of The Garden of Eden at nighttime, as he imagines it becomes a hellscape after dark. Animals lurk in the darkness behind an emaciated Adam and Eve, the red eyes of a bull-headed dragon pierce through the darkness. "This was my idea: how about if the the Garden Eden was only a peaceful place during the daytime? Once night falls, dark and cruel animals appear, including bats and giant rodents, ruled by the Snake King (here a giant dragon with a male and a female head). Those frightening creatures represent the suppressed, destructive libido of Adam and Eve (painted upside down from each other to show that they are opposites.) Innocent, they only dream about sin and their dark, unrecognized desires." -Constantin Werner

This painting by Alex McClurg features multiple layers of geometric pattern paintings. The first layer consists of dark grey pattern vertical hard-edge li...

New Seeds No.3 (Abstract painting) Pastel on Paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Materiality and soul are essential to the work of Nashville-based multimedia artist Brooke Noel...

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Raymundo was a dishwasher in a number of Hillsboro Village restaurants. I chose to highlight him because he is one of those overlooked essential workers...

People we see in passing sometimes leave us wishing we could slow down and see what's around us a little more clearly. The brushstrokes are blurred and loose to emphasize the passing...

Beth Reitmeyer is a visual artist based in Nashville, TN. Her current installations are based upon landscape topography and geology, specifically sinkholes, caves, geodes, and rocks....

This museum-quality photographic print on handmade paper by Carleigh Thomas measures 9 x 6”, and is on a mat that measures 14 x 11”. The photograph was taken in Tainan, Taiwan and is...

In this painting, we see an underpainting of clouds parting around a sunburst at dawn. The natural curvature of the clouds is interrupted by hard-edged longitudinal stripes of gradie...

In MULTICOLOR CIRCLE QUILT, 2, Natalie Harrison draws on the historically domestic crafts of molding and quilting to create a new work of collage. Sha...

I liken my process of finding a spot to paint to be like foraging for mushrooms. I typically wander through the woods with my gear, looking at the ground, finding places of intrigue ...

"View" captures an environment exposed through an obstructions such as streaks on glass. This painting is is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscape in Tenne...

This piece is part of an exhibition in which Yuri Figueroa explores the relation between artworks that inform each other but respond to different systems of categorizing movement and...

"I welcome the continual emergence of change, evolution, and the inevitable challenges that form a large part of a working artist’s life." With CHEF'S HAT, a recent and evolving work, I am moving into more dimensionality and space. My intention is to push patterned and embellished surfaces on paper from its naturally flat surface into a more structural and spatial plane. This involves making sculptural pieces from paper and experimenting with new construction methods using strips and lengths of paper over-lapped and fastened together, shaped into objects with physical presence. I feel I am migrating from the flat surface into the third dimension. I envision the paper constructions as a landscape to be wandered in and out of, through and around, a space that invites all and sundry to enter on their own terms. I hold firmly to the belief that my work exhibits a playfulness that belies a more serious assessment of our social world. I am interested in how something that is initially perceived as frivolous and celebratory can constitute a reaction against and resistance to the shadowy world of misfortune, hard luck, and weariness. Born in 1959, Lanie Gannon was predominantly inspired by the 1970s. Conceptualism is often perceived as a reaction to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. The movements that succeeded were all representative of a strong desire to evolve and strengthen the art world, in response to the tensions of the previous 1960s. Process art branched...

In ADORNED OBSOLESCENCE 5, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleability, architecture and fiber, structure and knots. Drawing special influence from a repurposed metal headboard...

OYV-19 is part of Eric Mack's ongoing body of work utilizing multi-media, complex compositions, and a grid centered around urban design. Using a grid to create the framework of the painting, Mack has re-purposed an old Lenny Kravitz album cover as the structure of the piece. On the edges of the piece you can see a complex edge consisting of a faux leather album cover, nylon mesh, and torn paper. As imagery, Mack has chosen musical notes, tape measure, and other music composition elements through Zerox copy adhered by matte medium to the surface. Mack then creates his own color to further tweak and personalize the piece. Eric Mack (b.1976, Charleston) creates mathematically based renderings with a distinct post-modern twist. Works are informed with super imposed grids, patterns, and portals. Layered surfaces are created with paint, found objects, natural fibers, and synthetic substrates that explore the systems of our visual world. His most recent show “Charting the Terrain” is on view now at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles was covered by the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, and LALA Magazine. His last solo exhibition was titled "Impossible Architectures" at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017. Recent group shows include "Abstract Mind" at the Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, South Korea, "Small Works 2017 at Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, "Checkered History", Outpost Artist Resources, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2015; Collections include High Museum Atlanta, Ing Investments, Hartsfield Jackson International Airport - Atlanta + Atlanta Gas & Light Co. Pepsi Cola, Tate Properties, Heath Gallery, Harold Dawson Properties, Turner Field/Atlanta Braves...

Many of the works in this series have a similar viewing distance from the subject. In Untitled Construct 6 I wanted to close that distance by painting a picture with the view being c...

London Calling Tailor-made for TASCHEN by Paul Smith For die-hard lovers of Paris, Berlin, London, Los Angeles, and New York, TASCHEN introduces the Portrait of a City Art Edition series. For each edition, limited to only 500 copies, a legendary local fashion designer is invited to design a bespoke fabric to line the cover, and a large signed and numbered print of one of the images from the book is included. Limited to 500 numbered copies Comes with a fine art print on archival paper, signed by Elmar Ludwig Packaged in a special cover and clamshell case designed by legendary British fashion designer Paul Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s remarkable history, architecture, landmarks, streets, style, cool, swagger, and stalwart residents are pictured in hundreds of compelling photographs sourced from a wide array of archives around the world. London is a vast sprawling metropolis, constantly evolving and growing, yet throughout its complex past and shifting present, the humor, unique character, and bulldog spirit of the people have stayed constant. This book salutes all those Londoners, their city, and its history. In addition to the wealth of images included in this book, many previously unpublished, London’s history is told through hundreds of quotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records. From Victorian London to the Swinging ’60s; from the Battle of Britain to punk; from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics; from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium; from rough pubs to private drinking clubs; from Royal Weddings to raves, from the charm of the East End to the wonders of Westminster; from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters; from the power to the glory: in page after page of stunning photographs, reproduced big and bold like the city itself, London at last gets the photographic tribute it deserves. Photographs by: Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Anton Corbijn, Terence Donovan, Roger Fenton, Bert Hardy, Evelyn Hofer, Frank Horvat, Tony Ray-Jones, Nadav Kander...

"Rising Burst" is created by Heather Hartman to capture the light bursting through an obstruction. This painting is is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscap...

This C-Print by Sarah Hobbs is part of a series included in her show "Twilight Living," at Channel to Channel. It depicts two blue inflatable chairs a...

Blueprint is a sculpture made from polystyrene, wood, and spray foam fused with an outer layer of iridescent fabric, cement, spray paint, and a steel grab bar...

Formless is a project that attempts to replicate the logic of color, which is that color only exists because of and upon a background. Each cube is TIG welded from stainless steel an...

In ARCHITECTURAL HYPERBOLE 04, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleability, arch...

This piece was created during the COVID-19 pandemic and symbolically references media happenings during that time. The unraveling peach represents the unraveling impeachment process as the artist captures materials that he surrounded himeslf with during that time such as pencils, canvas, and a paintbrush. The scene appears to be painted from a kitchen with doors leading to another room and to the outside. This piece appears part of a two-person exhibition in April of 2022 with Victoria Sauer...

Amanda describes her work as a reaction to the “complex pattern, rhythm and color” in the world. In Mossy Trail the eye is immediately drawn to a bright red line of light highlightin...

WINDOW V captures the soft patterned shadow of the trees veiled by a sheer curtain. This painting is is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscape in Tennessee....

When the cinematic Bond was born. The most complete account of the making of the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). “Bond, James Bond.” Since Sean Connery uttered those immortal...

This painting is a small framed early work by Heather Hartman. The majority of the canvas is overcast with ivory and grey cloud cover. In the lover left-hand quadrant of the painting...

In ARCHITECTURAL HYPERBOLE 03, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleability, arch...

HOLSTER is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2021 from painted and carved maple wood. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing ite...

This framed mixed media painting by Eric Mack combines his grid work created through collaged pieces of paper, nylon mesh, ink, gesso, and acrylic. Imagery i...

TAKE ME TO THE WATER is inspired by a Lorna Simpson photograph. There is literal water in the photograph, and piece also speaks to the cultural nourishment that the father is provid...

Sauer often creates paintings that are rendered from dream encounters. "Can something be perceived as both ordinary and absurd? When does it crossover from one realm to the other? W...

In ADORNED OBSOLESCENCE 4, Liz Miller creates a sculptural wall hanging piece which builds on the juxtapositions between strength and malleabil...

A companion painting to this piece, TECHNOLOGY OF DIRT is owned by the Knoxville Museum of Art. The painting "TECHNOLOGY OF DIRT & AIR" was inspired by an image glanced as I passed by a florist shop window. Inside the florist show was a vibrant floral arrangement overflowing with roses and foliage. On the surface of the window were reflections of architecture behind me and abstracted slivers of light and distorted shapes of things reflected though hardly recognizable. I snapped a few photographs at the time. Several months later, I returned to those images and was intrigued at how the flowers in the image seemed to be made out of crystal and how the reflections on the window "interrupted" the ability to easily make out the forms in the photograph. I was intrigued by the complexity of the image and how recognizable elements emerged and then faded into abstraction. As I worked on this painting, I wanted it to be as if it was coming into crisp focus, while also becoming a complicated tapestry of shapes and colors. I have made six paintings in this series thus far. Jered Sprecher is a visual artist who was born in Lincoln, Nebraska (1976). He received his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa and his B.A. from Concordia University in Nebraska. He has taught at Princeton University and Cornell University. Mr. Sprecher currently lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee. Jered Sprecher’s studio practice explores the “handwriting” of humankind. The vocabulary that he draws from is focused on the vast array of marks and images in one’s surroundings. From this vocabulary he samples visual motifs and imports them into his paintings and drawings. These works continually focus on remnants and fragments that are captured in the midst of change, then edited and fused together in the space of painting. These images are pregnant with a longing to communicate. The success and failure of these “messages in a bottle” are the basis of his work. Mr. Sprecher has had solo exhibitions at Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago; Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York; the Art Gallery of Knoxville; The Cress Gallery-UTC, Chattanooga; and Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at The Drawing Center, New York; Brooklyn Academy of Music (Next Next Art), New York; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville; Des Moines Art Center; Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids; Arthouse, Austin; Mark Moore Gallery...

"Decorator 68" is part of an on-going series of paintings by Chloe York centered around marine biology. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She call's the process "decorating", which is in her word “metaphorical for the way clothing and makeup prepare her for social interaction. These paintings are anthropomorphic portraits encrusted with oceanic and organic shapes and patterns, a nod to the decorator...

In FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE 4, Amanda Joy Brown augments the tradition of landscape painting through her use of multicolored overlays. Drawing inspiration...

In HWY 70, Amanda Joy Brown augments the tradition of landscape painting through her use of multicolored overlays. Drawing inspiration from a scene sh...

Morning After 5.0 x 12.0 x 9.0, 25.0 lbs Bronze Engraved signature Artist's Commentary: "With Morning After, I wanted to explore a lighter, more human moment within the powerful p...

"Window VI" is one piece in Heather Hartman's Spare Room series. Hartman’s work combines paper softly appearing behind polyester mesh to create the illusion of light glowing through ...

DAD HAT is a sculpture by Ray Padrón created in 2019 from painted and carved soft maple wood. The piece belongs to a series of work centering around clothing i...