2016
A photographer, draftsman, cinematographer and painter, Frédéric Choisel is a person of many talents. Colors swirl across his canvases as if they’re in motion — his brushstrokes produce unexpected forms and textural heft. And while he’s best known for his abstract paintings, Choisel has created numerous works in a realist style, drawing frequently on the power of nature to produce serene landscapes as well as enveloping depictions of cloudy skies at dusk.
Born in France, Choisel attended Ecole Supérieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques and went on to the University of Paris VII, where he studied painting and other disciplines such as photography (he was shooting with an old Pentax as a child).
Influenced by the Dutch and Spanish Baroque artistic movements, Choisel credits 19th-century French masters Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot as inspirations. Photography and film are important to his painting, too. The artist initially worked as a filmmaker, and is still actively taking on projects as a cinematographer in the documentary realm. Choisel’s work behind the camera — any camera — is integral to his other endeavors. A still image he captures as part of a film project might find a new life as a subject at his easel.
Choisel has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions in France, Belgium and throughout the United States. He lives and works out of Paris, but also has a studio in Long Island City, New York, and is represented by Andra Norris Art Gallery in San Francisco.
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Le Loubinou No. 2 Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, French American, Signed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Abstract oil painting in blue and violet gold with metallic pigments including gold and metal leaf on Belgian linen. The large scale vibrant painting shimmers and changes with the ti...
Metal
Le Loubinou No. 1 Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, Unframed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elegant abstract oil painting in warm yellow and gold with metallic pigments including gold and metal leaf on Belgian linen. The large scale vibrant painting shimmers and changes wit...
Metal
Backwash: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Linen, Signed
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Backwash' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 60 x 72 inches. French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and California'...
Linen, Oil
Blue Tide Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Landscape, Signed, 21st Century
By Gail Chase-Bien
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien creates luminous oil on linen paintings that unfold slowly, both in their making and in their viewing. Built through thin, layered applications of paint over months a...
Canvas, Oil
Akua No 6 / oil on linen
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Red, orange, purple and green appear to move across the canvas that is created with the highest quality linen with unpainted edges, in this beautiful abstract painting that is inspir...
Oil
Bouquet Retrouvé
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Inspired by the cities of France, New York, and the Bay Area, Fréderic Choisel’s elegant abstractions that are created in rich sculptural paint, tell ...
Metal
"Incoming Tide" - Grey and Blue Abstract Expressionist on Canvas
By Lori Poncsak
Located in Carmel, CA
Lori Poncsak (American, born 1960) "Incoming Tide" 2023 Acrylic paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Incoming Tide" embodies the dynamic forc...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Low Tide 1 - Abstract Expressionist Textural Blue Water Landscape Painting
By Marc Raphael
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Marc Raphael captivates by his abstract expressionism paintings influenced by New York's abstract expressionist movement. After encountering Jackson Pollock’s work...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Drizzle", Turquoise, Blue, Grey & White Abstract Marine Acrylic Painting
By Françoise Duprat
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This abstract artwork by artist Françoise Duprat is titled "Boucaille", which in French means a fine rain with some fog. Part of the artwork is plain...
Acrylic, Canvas
Blue Tide Pool (original vibrant blue abstract)
By Jane Burton
Located in Maricopa, AZ
Original abstract painting created with charcoal, graphite, inks, and acrylic on canvas. Stretched, but unframed. Artist statement : My visual language allows me to go where words...
Mixed Media
Beyond Blue-Abstract Impression I
By Cymn Wong
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Drift No. II: Sedimentation - Abstract Inward of Blue
By Cymn Wong
Located in Rockville, MD
A field shaped by accumulation—where pigment settles, compresses, and gradually forms depth. Layers of indigo and teal drift inward, creating a surface that feels both weighted and s...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
