Art By Sally K
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Board, Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Board, Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Portrait Paintings
Pastel, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Monotype
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Monotype
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Monoprint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Monotype
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Glitter
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
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Sally K was born in Ohio following her family’s emigration from Lebanon. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to Saudi Arabia, where she stayed until she was 14. Sally attended high school and college in Beirut, where she graduated with a BA in fine arts with distinction from the Lebanese American University of Beirut. In 2013, Sally and her family moved back to the United States and she now paints out of her studio in California. The focus of Sally’s portraits is contemporary women. Her style merges characteristics of abstract expressionism with realism and portrait painting to convey not just the beauty of women, but their confidence and strength as well. They are alluring, flirtatious and demure with an inspiring femininity that Sally describes as the “sensuality, independence and confidence you see in strong women.” Sally’s portraits of women are intensely personal. She states, “The women I paint are an extension of me, of what I feel, how I process my surroundings, my thoughts, my anger, my pleasure. They’re the confident strong women that I strive to be. Sometimes tough and daring, sometimes shy and reserved, but always self-assured and determined; they represent what captivates me in other women; the qualities I admire, and strengths that I strive to gain.” Sally draws inspiration from photography, pop culture and fashion as well as artists ranging from the pop art of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock to the gilded florals and figures of Gustav Klimt. Her highly regarded paintings have been featured in group and solo shows in Beirut, Dubai, Italy and the USA.
Finding the Right figurative-paintings for You
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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