Contemporary Still-life 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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"Pink Poppy at the Front Door, " Original Pastel Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pink Poppy at the Front Door" is an original pastel drawing by David Barnett, signed along the lower left edge. The image features a single pink poppy in a patch of grass.
Art size...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version), " signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850 (small version)" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiow...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids, " Original Mixed Media signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sunlit Tropical Orchids" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The expressive brush strokes come together to create brilliant red orchids on...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Contemporary watercolor landscape city seascape canal boats water signed
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Venice - Produce Market" is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the arti...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Perfect World
Located in Gloucester, MA
Gabrielle Barzaghi's drawing "Perfect World" is part of a series also called "Perfect World," which engage with themes of utopia and dystopia.
This work is unframed. Though we can provide a good frame at reasonable cost, safely shipping larger works on paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
ink on paper "Lost and Found #18"
Located in New York, NY
11"x14" pen and ink painting on paper with depicting a flower and vines with planks of wood with nails and a defined wood grain. This drawing pairs elemen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
ink on paper "Lost and Found #16"
Located in New York, NY
11"x14" pen and ink painting on paper with depicting long stemmed flowers and planks of wood with a defined wood grain. This drawing pairs elements of man...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Cubby
Located in New York, NY
ink and watercolor on paper, 30"x 26"
This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree houses or forts. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor
$3,400
School Days #27
Located in New York, NY
Available unframed
ink on paper, 8"x10"
Jesse Lambert was born in Hudson, NY and grew up in rural New Hampshire and New York City. Jesse received a BFA from Cooper Union and a MF...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Large black and white drawing titled 'Waves' by French artist Yvon Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Waves by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Conté chalk on paper
70 x 100 (27 ¹/₂ x 39 ³/₈ inches)
Signed and dated Yvon Pissarro 1986
Provenance
Studio of the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Conté
Hope (30) : Common Bladder Senna – Cloutea arborescens : Botanical drawing
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful realistic drawing on a botanical subject by Laura Fantini.
Laura Fantini is an Italian artist living in New York, known for her hyper-realistic minimalist colored pencil s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Color Pencil
Hope (38) : Carolina Silverbell - Halesia tetraptera : Botanical drawing
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful colored drawing on a botanical subject by Laura Fantini.
Laura Fantini is an Italian artist living in New York, known for her hyper-realistic minimalist colored pencil s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Color Pencil
Hope (40) : European Bladdernut - Staphylea Pinnata : Botanical drawing
Located in New York, NY
Colored drawing on a botanical subject by Laura Fantini.
Laura Fantini is an Italian artist living in New York, known for her hyper-realistic minimalist colored pencil still life d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Color Pencil
Nicolas V. Sanchez - Aperture 14, Drawing 2018
Located in Greenwich, CT
Chacoal on paper
14” H x 17” W
Nicolas V. Sanchez received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. While at...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Price Upon Request
Nicolas V. Sanchez - First Gen, Drawing 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Color ballpoint pen on paper
8" x 8"
Nicolas V. Sanchez received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Price Upon Request
Nicolas V. Sanchez - First Gen, Drawing 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Color ballpoint pen on paper
8" x 8"
Nicolas V. Sanchez received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Price Upon Request
Nicolas V. Sanchez - Bridgeman Place, Drawing 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Color ballpoint pen on paper
8" x 15"
Nicolas V. Sanchez received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Price Upon Request
Nicolas V. Sanchez - Totem, Drawing 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Color ballpoint pen on paper
11" x 16.5"
Nicolas V. Sanchez received his BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Price Upon Request
The Plant I Keep Forgetting to Water
Located in New York, NY
R.F. Alvarez
The Plant I Keep Forgetting to Water
Signed, l.r.
Colored pencil on paper
8.25 x 5.5 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Nicolas V. Sanchez - Ola Arrolladora, Painting 2025
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on Canvas
8 x 12 feet
Ola Arrolladora (translated as “sweeping wave”) is a monumental oil painting on canvas measuring 8 x 12 feet recently exhibited at Art on Paper 2024 New Yo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Six Dick Jokes
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Donelle Woolford
Six Dick Jokes, 2012
Bic pen and archival inkjet on Hähnemuhle German Etching paper, in six parts
33 3/4 x 32 6/10 inches (85.73 x 82.87 cm) in six parts, each she...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Price Upon Request
Ream
By Tom Friedman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Tom Friedman
Ream, 2006
Mixed media on A4 paper
10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (26 x 32.4 cm)
Edition 20/29
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Memo
By Tom Friedman
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Tom Friedman
Memo, 2007
Colored pencil on memo pad sheet
8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Price Upon Request
Untitled
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Alexander Ross
Untitled, 2007
Watercolor, colored pencil, gouache and graphite on paper
Framed Dimensions: 28 x 25.5 inches (71.1 x 64.8 cm)
Image Dimensions: 23 x 22 inches (58.4 ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Eviction: A Room Once Empty
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Eviction: A Room Once Empty
Materials : pencil on paper
Date : 2016
Dimensions : 7 inches X 12 inches
Description : drawing with cutouts and layers
Walker's work is about us...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Price Upon Request
Eviction: Room Collapsing in on Itself
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Eviction: Room Collapsing in on Itself
Materials : Pencil on Paper
Date : 2016
Dimensions : 9 inches X 10 inches
Description : drawing in frame with cutout and layers
Walker...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Price Upon Request
Colt Type 10
Located in New York, NY
Colt Type 10, 2016
Mixed media on hand-collaged paper
10 1/2 × 8 in
26.7 × 20.3 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
Price Upon Request
Conjugation of a Greek Word
Located in New York, NY
Leandros Pigades
Conjugation of a Greek Word, 2015
graphite on paper
36 x 28 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Price Upon Request
Tea Bowls
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
St. Ives in Cornwall, England is synonymous with art of various forms. In the Tea Bowl series Berlin captures the essence of this ancient form in a high classical style representatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Hereldic Symbols 1-10
Located in New York, NY
Hereldic Symbols 1-10
Andreev’s paintings and installations draw the viewer into post-revolutionary landscapes containing unidentified flying objects su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Mom)
Located in Lincoln, MA
pencil, watercolor, acrylic and gouache on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Contemporary still-life drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary still-life 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 still-life 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, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gary Bukovnik, David Barnett, Manuel Santelices, and Fleur Thesmar. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper 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 still-life drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life 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 $121 and tops out at $65,000, while the average work sells for $1,501.
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