Instead the artists have created lyrical paintings of couples in bed onto which they have collaged little embroideries of human hands putting on condoms.

In recent years, he concentrated on creating large, lyrical paintings which make use of his free, gestural brushwork and a varied palette.

The van Gogh is an inspiringly lyrical, translucent painting, but the history of art would probably not be one bit different without it.

Between 1968-1972, Stamm produced lyrical abstract paintings consisting of poured red, blue, and pink paint on canvas.

Then, by 1953, some nearly monochromatic paintings - lyrical and restrained - show the artist hitting her first stride (Smith).

This was a wise choice because her brand of lyrical painting - part figurative, part abstract - can easily lose its formal focus.

He says one elephant named Sao painted her "lyrical" painting (pictured) "after a couple of bottles of rice whiskey, just like a human artist."

The decorator selected a lyrical painting from 1983, "Untitled XXXIX."

In this show, Ms. Fisher takes her fascination with color, sense of humor and appetite for information, and blends them together to create a series of lyrical paintings.

There are lyrical paintings from the 1980's in which colors billow and slide and remain entirely at peace with the colors around them, no matter how different.