Tra' Slaughter

“Soul Traffic” Contemporary Black and White Longitudinal Painting with Texts

2022

Abstract expressionist oil painting by contemporary Houston artist Benji Stiles. The work features a book page surrounded by gestural marks in pastel blue and orange set against a pink background. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in New Orleans, Robert Benjamin Stiles (Benji) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator who lives and works in Houston. He holds a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, with a major in Art History and a minor in Studio Arts, and is currently an MFA candidate at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). His work ranges from non-representational painting focusing on diverse mark-making and color theory to conceptual sculpture and assemblage using historical and found objects. Since 2019, Stiles has established a successful art practice at Hardy and Nance studios while exhibiting work throughout the region including three solo shows (Hardy & Nance Gallery 2020, Lonestar College 2021, G-Contemporary 2022). Recent group shows include Collect it For the Culture 2021 (curated by Robert Hodge...

Abstract expressionist oil painting by contemporary Houston artist Benji Stiles. The work features gestural marks in pastel pink, blue, and yellow set against a tan background. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Born in New Orleans, Robert Benjamin Stiles (Benji) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator who lives and works in Houston. He holds a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas, with a major in Art History and a minor in Studio Arts, and is currently an MFA candidate at MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). His work ranges from non-representational painting focusing on diverse mark-making and color theory to conceptual sculpture and assemblage using historical and found objects. Since 2019, Stiles has established a successful art practice at Hardy and Nance studios while exhibiting work throughout the region including three solo shows (Hardy & Nance Gallery 2020, Lonestar College 2021, G-Contemporary 2022). Recent group shows include Collect it For the Culture 2021 (curated by Robert Hodge...

Contemporary show painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a painting of an Air Jordan sneaker with the phrase "that boy do...

Colorful surrealist painting by Memphis-based contemporary artist Alex Paulus. The work features a central, homunculus-like creature with many eyes and mouths set against a red and w...

Colorful dark humor painting by Memphis-based contemporary artist Alex Paulus. The work features naturalistically depicted fox head on the end of a worm...

Colorful whimsical abstract contemporary painting by Houston, TX artist Moisés Villafuerte. This painting depicts a dark-themed evening scene featuring a man in a baby blue ruffled cloak holding a skull. The figure is accompanied by several visual elements such as a bull's head, some fruits, flowers, candles, and a cauldron on the side. This scene is set against a dark ocean...

Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 12 x 12 inches ( unframed size) ) Acrylic on Canvas , 2021 *** Framed ( packing :complimentary; shipping cost would need to be extra) Style : In Hindu philosophy, the 'Antahkaran' refers to the totality of two levels of mind , namely the Buddhi, the intellect or higher mind, and the Manas, the middle levels of mind which exist as or include the mental body. It refers to the entire psychological process, including mind and emotions. Ghoshal’s paintings weaves an Antahkaran, creating structural spaces, sometimes meditative & melancholic in nature. His contemplative mind, enters into the inner realm of reality, dissects it and extracts a kind of mystic silence. The extant contemplative in wardress in him got charged with meditative spirituality through his association with this heritage city. Benaras, started flowing in his canvasses both through landscapes and human faces. Since 1995-96 his Benaras paintings started transforming. Initially his landscapes contained reflection of naturalness transformed through melancholic chiaroscuro. Gradually the naturalness started disintegrating into expressionistic structures. At a certain stage during 2004-05 some of these structures yielded into abstractions shedding all the links with naturalness. Then again the sign-symbols integrated into geometrical structures reflecting traces of original locations. About the Artist and his works : Born : Born in 1965. Tapas spent his childhood and early youth in the quiet idyllic environment of rural Bengal. The soothing lyrical landscape and the intrinsic mythical past within the rural life made a great impact in his inner being, which aroused in him love for beauty, spiritual in nature, making him contemplative and inward looking. Educational Qualification : 1989 : Graduation in Painting from Govt.College of Art and Craft, Kolkata (First Class First) 1992 : Post Graduate in Painting from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi (First Class). Solo Exhibition : 1993 : The Centre Art Gallery, Kolkata; 1994 : Gallery Katayun, Kolkata; 1997 : Gallery Katayun, Kolkata; 1997 : ABC Art...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Andar La Habana IV', 2020 acrylic on canvas 45.3 x 55.2 in. (115 x 140 cm.) ID: VAL- Unframed

"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Victoria II', 2018 acrylic on canvas 61.1 x 41.4 in. (155 x 105 cm.) ID: VAL- "

"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Victoria I', 2018 acrylic on canvas 61.1 x 41.4 in. (155 x 105 cm.) ID: VAL- "

"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Victoria III', 2018 acrylic on canvas 61.1 x 41.4 in. (155 x 105 cm.) ID: VAL- "

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Tercero', 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas, 76.8 x 76.8 in. (195 x 195 cm.) ID: VAL-314 Unframed