Bill Bate

Weightless in the Deep-Original Abstract Expressionism - Figurative Oil Painting

2026

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Gallery service: Complimentary worldwide shipping is offered, with Signet Contemporary Art covering all tariffs, customs duties and import taxes, making international collecting simple and hassle-free. Alone I Rise by Martin Köster is a powerful original abstract painting with elements of realism, exploring themes of solitude, reflection and inner strength through a quiet and atmospheric interior scene. Measuring 100 x 100cm, the artwork is painted in oil on linen and depicts a woman wearing a long, light-coloured dress, seated on the floor of a dimly lit room. She gazes upwards, creating a moment of stillness and contemplation. The simplicity of the setting places the figure at the heart of the composition, allowing her posture and upward gaze to convey a sense of introspection and quiet determination. Köster’s gestural abstract style with realism detail combines recognisable figurative elements with expressive brushwork and atmospheric passages. The softly defined surroundings create an impression of space and depth, while the figure remains the emotional focus of the painting. Subtle variations in light and shadow enhance the intimate quality of the scene and give the composition a cinematic, contemplative character. The restrained treatment of the interior creates a strong contrast with the woman’s light dress, drawing attention to her presence within the darker surroundings. The upward direction of her gaze introduces a sense of hope, resilience and personal transformation, reinforcing the uplifting meaning suggested by the title Alone I Rise. The composition creates a compelling feeling of quiet strength and emotional renewal. Although the figure is alone, she does not appear defeated; instead, her upward gaze suggests a moment of gathering strength and looking towards something beyond the present. This balance between vulnerability and empowerment gives the artwork its emotional depth. Signed by the artist and ready to display, Alone I Rise makes a striking addition to a contemporary home, living room, bedroom, office, entrance hall or design-led interior. Its generous 100 x 100cm format gives the painting a strong presence while its contemplative subject invites a personal connection with the viewer. The artwork is particularly appealing to collectors of original figurative paintings, contemporary realism, gestural abstract art...

Ocean Light is an original figurative painting by artist Bill Bate. It features two figures underwater in this atmospheric composition and colour palette. Bill Bate was interested in...

Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic textures and subtle patterns in her artworks. The thick layers of paint add a sculptural and tactile, rich looking feel to her paintings, along with the bodily presence of her subjects. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles and many art fairs such as Montreux, Geneva, Salzburg, Rotterdam, Marbella, Los Angeles, Toronto and Paris. This 17 inch square one-of-a-kind textured artwork is composed of oil and mixed media on flat wood panel. The artist signs this abstract figurative painting on the front in the lower right corner. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included. Edith Konrad has studied in numerous master classes with artists from Germany and Italy. She paints in a variety of techniques and particularly prefers the use acrylic on canvas, collage and mixed media. In 2007 her art was acquired by the State Museum Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She won the 2009 Palm Art Award, a Certificate of Excellence for outstanding artistic quality and originality of the work. In 2010 she exhibited at the Salon de la Culture at the Louvre in Paris, France. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2022 Identity With A Chance of Imperfection, Los Angeles, CA 2020 In Search of Principle, Artspace Warehouse. Los Angeles, CA 2019 Something Vague, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA Opposites Group Exhibition, Hotel Chlosterhof, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland Falcon Gallery, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland K-13 Freiamt, Villmergen, Switzerland 2017 Falkengalerie, Stein am Rhein, Germany Banca intermobiliare di investimenti Lugano, Switzerland Arte Genova 13, Art Fair Genova, Italy 2016 Fugo Diethelm, Mühlau, Switzerland Galerie f 5, Lucerne, Switzerland Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Affordable Art Fair New York, NY Galerie-Beck, Saarbrücken, Germany 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore Migros Kulturprozent Zugerland, Switzerland Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada Affordable Art Fair New York, NY LA Art Show International Art Fair, Los Angeles 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles Houston Fine Art Fair, Texas Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada Who’s Who Deutschland (Germany) 2013 Galleria Alter Ego, Ponte Tresa, Switzerland Schweizer Kunstraum, Lausanne, Switzerland Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, California Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Flussreif in Berikon, Switzerland Ateliernacht im Freiamt, Switzerland Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland 2011 Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Kunstwarenhaus Zurich, Switzerland Zugermesse, Switzerland 2010 Kunstwarenhaus, Zürich, Switzerland Ennenda, Switzerland Zentrum Aettenbühl Sins CH Louvre, Salon de la Culture, Paris, France 2009 International Art Fair, Europ Art Geneva, Switzerland Palm Art Award, Leipzig, Germany Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Porto Ceresio Italy Galerie Tedden Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland Who‘s Who Deutschland (Germany) 2008 Chunschtspycher Bettmeralp, Switzerland Bad Ditzenbach Germany Porto Ceresio Italy Forum Zugerland Migros Kulturprozent, Switzerland Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland 2007 International Art Fair ROTTERDAM, Holland Kulturachse Horw: art five, Switzerland Acquisition by STATE MUSEUM HALIFAX, Nova Scotia 2301 Art Fair Zug Design, Switzerland Vita Solothurn Gallery, Switzerland 2006 International Art Fair EUROP`Art Genève International Art Fair ART SALZBURG, Austria International Art Fair ART MARBELLA, Spain Müllerhaus Lenzburg group exhibition CH 2005 International Art Fair ART GALLERY Montreux, Switzerland Porto Ceresio Italy Kulturschür Windisch, Switzerland 2004 Bahnhofgalerie, Sins, Switzerland 2003 Keller Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland 2002 Bahnhofgalerie, Sins, Switzerland 2001 Jugendseelsorge, Zürich, Switzerland 2000 Zentrum Aettenbühl, Sins, Switzerland TV & FILM Athena, Amazon Prime...