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Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Recollection
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Fancy Forest
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Plexeraptus
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, Paint, Mixed Media on collectable trading card Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidis...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Jewel Tree, Rabbit
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

"Bamboo & Lobster, " Original Surreal Ink & Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bamboo & Lobster" is a reworking of a work from fifty-two years prior, "Bamboo, Lobster, & Cherries." It is an an original surrealist ink and watercolor drawing by David Barnett, si...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Rag Paper

"Refugees" contemporary surrealist painting moose, wolverine, beaver on sailboat
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" large scale watercolor on paper, featuring a moose, beaver, wolverine, cardinal and raven on a distressed sailboat, whose sail is mended with colorful blue checkered and red polka dot quilted fabric. A telescope stands...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Signature
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Blue Goblet" (white lamb) Contemporary Surrealist Painting Animal Still Life
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by the artist, Thomas Broadbent. This painting depicts a lone lamb standing with a natural fiber rope lead loosely coiled around one leg. A blue crystal goblet is set in front of the white, fluffy sheep...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

A PIEDS JOINTS
Located in Aventura, FL
Original drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Ink

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Pink Diamond
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pencils & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel + American box
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - When Did Art Stop and Become Ego
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, marker, paint on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been fea...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Clear Glisten
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Intimate Explosion
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker, paint, mixed media, collage on watercolor paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Watercolor

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Psychic Self Defense
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen,pencil, marker, paint on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been feat...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Dreaming, Jewel, Butterlies
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Jewel Tree, Bambi
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Tribal Marker Drawing by Seymour Meyer
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Meyer (American, 1914-2009) Untitled, c. 21st Century Permanent marker on paper 28 x 22 in. Signed: S. Myer A hand surgeon who broke into the arts later in life, Seymour Mey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

"Whale in a Sea of Symbols, " Drawing on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale in a Sea of Symbols" is an original ink and charcoal on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features an abstra...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Handmade Paper

Did you say weird ? Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing clown animal circus art
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Up North Reflections, " Original Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Reflections" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. elements such as the "UP NORTH" Wisconsin license plate and the line of cow...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Contemporary Figurative Watercolor on Cotton Paper - "A Fantasy"
Located in Vilnius, LT
Figurative Watercolor on Arches Cotton Paper, 600g stretched on wooden stretcher bars. This detailed figurative watercolor, painted on premium Arches Cotton Watercolor Paper (600g),...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - The Layers Get to Me
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Motor Functions
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - The Next Step Before Pleasure
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

RIC: Random Internet Cat #8
Located in New York, NY
Random Internet Cats 
Robotically-fabricated drawings on paper, these series formally deal with mediation from screen image to ‘drawing’ while using a computer-controlled pen plotte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Jewel Tree, Rabbit
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, crayon & pencils on marouflaged paper with wooden panel & signed on reverse Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan....
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Pencil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Exhibition 2/2
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper - artwork framed 60 x 45 x 5 cm Nina Narimanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nina has been painting since chil...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Horse Rider
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Carbon Pencil

Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'It's A Long Tail'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery. Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil

"Should I Stay or Should I Go, " Watercolor Rabbit Portrait by Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Should i Stay or Should I Go" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. A black bunny sits with eyes looking fiercely out to the left. It's inner ears are light pink and they are a...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Eastside Turkey, " Watercolor Animal Portrait by Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Eastside Turkey" is an original water color by Julia Taylor. The turkey is surrounded by a blue and purple mist. The Turkey faces towards the right and is looking away from the view...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

RIC: Random Internet Cat #10
Located in New York, NY
Random Internet Cats 
Robotically-fabricated drawings on paper, these series formally deal with mediation from screen image to ‘drawing’ while using a computer-controlled pen plotte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Rhododendron, SSM
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on marouflaged paper with wooden panel & signed on reverse + American box
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, crayon on paper + frame
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Spiritual Realm 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Visitors from Outside
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Spiritual Realm 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Spiritual Realm 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Qui Shui - Near Far
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Kui Shui is a Chinese artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Shenzhen, China. Over the years, he researched the combination of animal spirit and image spirit to fin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Light in the Forest, Wolf
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolor, crayon, pencil on paper + frame
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Japanese Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on paper + frame
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

"Two Elephants, " Ink Drawing on Paper initialed by Miguel Castro Lenero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Elephants" by Latin American artist Miguel-Castro Lenero is an ink drawing on handmade Amate paper. Executed in 1992, it is initialed lower right. 23 3/8" x 15 3/8" art 31 3/4" x 25 5/8" framed Miguel Castro Lenero is one of four brothers...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Garden
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolor, crayon on paper + frame
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Acrylic

SWAN IN LOVE (TEOREMA 50)
Located in New York, NY
SWAN IN LOVE (TEOREMA 50), 2012  ink, watercolor, airbrush paint, graphite on paper  37.5 x 52 inches / 952 x 1320 mm unframed Christina McPhee’s expansive abstract paintings, drawings, photographs, and videos test or query how can we know, and who is we? Moving from within a matrix of measurement, observation and contingent effects, her work resists characterization as product, and continually accesses fields outside itself. For her, process equals trial. Her work emulates potential forms of life, in various systems and territories, from a perspective of the non-self– a world beyond identity. McPhee’s dynamic, performative, physical engagement with materials, in both her analogue and digital works, is a seduction into surface-skidding calligraphic gestures and mark-making. The tactics of living are in subterfuge, like the ‘dazzle ships...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Untitled #2 Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing circus animal charcoal art clown
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist on the back of the drawing THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI “Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"The Escape Artist, " Watercolor on Paper Portrait of Red Panda by Julia Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Escape Artist" is an original watercolor by Julia Taylor. This cute little troublemaker is sitting on a tree. The Red Panda sits peacefully up in the tr...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Up North Wisconsin Series: Surround Cows, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Wisconsin Series: Surround Cows" is an original watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece features a Wisconsin license plate surrounded...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Baby Ostrich
By Heather Lancaster
Located in Atlanta, GA
Heather Lancaster is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and hails from a family of artists. In fact, her mother is a painter, so she grew up immersed in the visual arts. Conversation at ho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

"Plow Horses" Double-sided Ink Drawing on Handmade Paper by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Plow Horses" is an original ink drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist initialed the piece lower right. This piece features tw...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" Watercolor by Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Impressions of Mexico City: Sueno Vaca (Cows Dreaming)" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. This piece is from the artist's "Impressions of Mexico City" seri...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

"Farmer, " Pastel on Paper Abstract Landscape signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Farmer" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a farmer plowing a field with the help of an animal. A tree and...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Tree Owl Spirit, " Original Watercolor on Birch Bark signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Tree Owl Spirit" is an original watercolor painting on birch bark by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features abstract marks on a found piece of birch bar...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Found Objects, Watercolor

"Domestic Forager" large scale contemporary surrealist watercolor of anteater
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by the artist. In this contemporary surrealist painting, an anteater is foraging through cast off items from domestic life. The anima...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Moose
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a carbon drawing on paper in a white frame behind glass. To see images of the piece framed and hung, please contact us for more images. The image's content is a playful scene...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Study Hippo
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole is a figurative painter currently living in Tempe, AZ with his wife and daughters. A Texas native, most of his 20 year long career was spent in Dallas. After relocating to Tempe, his work experienced a significant shift from photo-based paintings of retail interiors to fantastical figurative inventions based on pop culture imagery he has encountered via his two daughters’ taste in music videos, and his proximity to Southern California and it’s particular brand of Disney-esque hedonism. Mr. Tole’s career includes shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Miami. His work has been reviewed in Art Forum International...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Drawing, Figurative, Animal, Ink on paper, Black, White, Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ashoke Mullick - Untitled - 9.25 x 12.25 inches (unframed size) Ink on paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Ashoke Mullick is considered one of the leading painters fro...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink

"Beach Party" framed Contemporary Surrealist painting, mountain lion, seagull
Located in New York, NY
36"x76" artwork size (52"x99" framed size) watercolor on paper, depicting a mountain lion standing atop two beach chairs, one woven with green and the other woven with rainbow colors, in yellow, blue, red and green. A seagull perches atop a blue playmate cooler, and a colorful volleyball sits along the side. In this beach party, poolside theme, a cocktail with an umbrella, beer bottles and guacamole and chips complete the composition with an open magazine and a life ring buoy...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

The sentinels Haude Bernabé Contemporary art drawing African art nature animal
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolour and ink on paper Unique work Hand-signed and entitled lower left by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Contemporary animal drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary animal drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jeff Conroy, Leo Guida, Minako Asakura, and Adonna Khare. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary animal drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 1.25 inches across are also available. Prices for animal drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $99 and tops out at $295,000, while the average work sells for $1,536.

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