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Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Yuan Zhou Modernist Original Mixed Media "Go Forward"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Go Forward
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 8 x 11.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nanci France-Vaz's "Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a regal horse with a dark coat and wearing a leather bridle.
Category
American Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Ray Simonini, "Annabelle and Grace" 12x24 Cow Pasture Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Annabelle and Grace" is a 12x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a cow and baby standing amongst a green pasture.
About the artist:
Sim...
Category
Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Goldfinch" (2022) By Ifeoluwa Alade, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This acrylic painting, titled "Goldfinch," is an original creation by Ifeoluwa Alade, an artist based in Nigeria. The handmade piece showcases a lone yellow bird against a intricatel...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lion Portrait
Located in Pasadena, CA
Florence Cadène’s artwork is like natural history, a sensitive memory in the heart of animal nations, a possible communion between the eyes of humans and all dimensions of life.
Flo...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,700 Sale Price
40% Off
WINTER IS COMING
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic painting on canvas Made in Córdoba, Spain.
Shipped rolled in a tube.
Angel Rivas is an artist with a strong presence in galleries around the world, her works are acquired b...
Category
Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$958 Sale Price
20% Off
Alert Chihuahua in Black & White Ink is a Contemporary Minimalist Dog Painting
By Ian Mason
Located in Charleston, US
This dog painting, a stunning black and white ink painting of a Chihuahua dog, is a contemporary minimal portrait in black ink on Fabriano 300gsm paper. Ian Mason's portraits of dogs...
Category
Minimalist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mother III - Contemporary Gold Mythical Creature Winged Animal, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper of a silhouette suggesting the form of a gold mythical winged creature with claws and a split tail.
Available unfr...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
LOVE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Art by DARIA KUSTO.
The magic flow reality.
Acrylic and markers on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
From Spain.
Category
Neo-Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Annunciation
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline, White Butterflies, Gold Scored
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape 809
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
I DON´T KNOW
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
Category
Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Girl with Black Cat and Plants, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A daydreaming twelve-year-old holds her velvety black cat, surrounded by a jungle of houseplants. The painting is inspired by the artist Jessica JH Roller's daughter, Wren, and her ever-loyal cat, Pepper. Created using layers of high-quality acrylic paint, this piece captures a moment of serene contemplation amidst a lush, green backdrop.
About the Artist
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints whimsical and playful compositions of animals and people, marked by bold colors and primitivist linework. She distills a scene into a few simple shapes, using color to create contrast and vibrancy, often choosing palettes that reflect pop culture. "My adopted kittens, Tony and Larry, opened my eyes and unleashed the artist inside me," shares Jessica. "After, I started to notice birds, trees, color, everything." Jessica brings to life her dynamic creations in the comfort of her studio in her century-old home. She enjoys listening to music and audiobooks while painting with her 18-year-old acrylic-covered easel. When not painting, Jessica cherishes time with her family and five cats, teaches yoga, and enjoys cycling along the river.
Words that describe this painting: portrait, girl, houseplants, cat, folk, pet, friendship, love, foliage, animals, people, primitive, acrylic painting, pink
Category
Outsider Art 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Colorful Painting on Japanese Washi Paper, Chasing Butterflies by a.muse
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
Chasing Butterflies, 2022 by a.muse is a work on paper that introduces playful butterfly forms flitting in between fields of green, pink, and yellow wavy lines of colors.
The 30" x 20" acrylic, oil stick, and sand art on Japanese washi paper is signed, titled, and dated by the artist on verso (back).
Provenance: a.muse Studio
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Artist’s Bio:
New York City multidisciplinary artist a.muse’s printmaking, collages, drawings, and paintings on paper and canvas tap into concepts of serendipity, happenstance, and lucid dreams.
For the works on paper, a.muse employs acrylic, watercolor, oil sticks, sand, and organic matter. The abstract paintings on canvas integrate bright colors, found objects, patterns, shapes, and symbols.
a.muse has exhibited in public and virtual spaces, including Jewell House NYC (2023), Time Gallery New York (2022), Phyllis Harriman Gallery New York studio shows (2020, 2022), CADAF online art fair (2020), Gallery122 New York pop up show (2019), Curate NY online group show (2013), among others.
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Available at 99Prints...
Category
Abstract 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
WALLPAPER, FRAME, DOG - Realism / Humor / Pitbull
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler.
Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'Forgotten Idols X, ' by Katarina Dordevic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 39.37" x 27.55" Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Katarina Dordevic examines the possibilities of presenting an idea with the limited use of visual elements and figuration in the v...
Category
Surrealist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,500 Sale Price
21% Off
"Tigre gris de pared II" art toy, tiger, pop art, Mexican, contempo, sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote.
Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumul...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Efflorescence No. 1 (Bees, Blue, Botanicals, Butterflies, Chartreuse, Floral)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Efflorescence No. 1
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Birch Panel with a UV Matte Varnish with Natural Wood Edges
Year: 2022
Size: 36×36in
Signed: On...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Birch, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
Landscape 798
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Jiao Wang Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Sexy Puppy"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Sexy Puppy
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 22.5 x 15.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Jiao Wang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Equus in Harmony, Horses oil painting, contemporary horse on canvas.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Widely recognized for his masterful depictions of horses, HRAIR brings an emotive and dynamic presence to his subjects through a signature technique that blends bold expressionism wi...
Category
Symbolist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Sea, Monoprinting Mixed Media on Paper, Abstract Fish Patterns Painting
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
Abstract 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
Dining Out (Sea Otters), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Making use of a rock to open the shells, this pair of Southern Sea Otters are enjoying a feast of clams as they gently glide through the water. Bu...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Zhan Yang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Lobsters"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Lobsters
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 15.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$959 Sale Price
20% Off
Triptych - Unterwander resident
Located in Zofingen, AG
Beautiful underwater world!
each painting is 50-50 cm
I like to look at the burrowing stream of the stream, watch the constantly changing bizarre forms of the oncoming wave and, look...
Category
Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$958 Sale Price
20% Off
Dong Liu Abstract Original Oil On Canvas "Spring Bud"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Spring Bud
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 14 x 13 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is un...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
"Through the Aspen Meadow" (2024) By Lani Vlaanderen, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Through the Aspen Meadow" by Lani Vlaanderen is an original handmade oil painting on stretched linen.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Canada Goose #1, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt photographed this goose from a small boat on the Multnomah Channel in Portland, Oregon. "It was serenely paddling along just a few feet a...
Category
American Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lagoon I
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multiples Bunnies on Light Diamond Dust
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$23,500
Figurative, Landscape, Horse Painting, Oil on Wood, Western n°15_Swan Scalabre
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Swan Scalabre
"Western n°15"
Oil on Wood
7.75 x 5.25 Inches 11 x 8.5 Inches Framed
Born in the Alpes de Haute Provence region of France in 1977, Swan Scalabre investigates the s...
Category
Romantic 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Yearling Black Bear, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell's (U.S. based) "Yearling Black Bear" is an original, handmade watercolor and gouache painting of a young bear peeking behind a tree.
The painting is 11 x 15" and with the frame it is 15.37 x 19.87".
Artist bio:
Susan McDonnell is a realist painter who has recently moved back to Minnesota after living in Southern California for 30 years. Her paintings are narratives inspired by her observations of wild animals in their natural habitats. Albrecht Dürer and Otto Marseus van Schrieck...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Amazons
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Green Birds on Branches / Yellow Scored
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$18,000
Naranja
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Amazon Parrot Birds on Orange with Scoring
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,500
Cavallo del Sol Horse Oil Painting Figurative Animal Sun Human In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ardiente Colourful Horse Oil Painting Figurative Animal Sun Human Dots In Stock
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer a...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bowl of Love, Handmade art Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2011
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bowl of Love
Size: 25.5...
Category
Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She Purrs - Green Cougar Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
With Confidence- 21st Century Contemporary Mythology painting of a Running Man
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Nikita Mogilevtsev.
Nikita Mogilevtsev, born and raised in a very artistic family in St Petersburg has a special style of his own. With his mother and father both as prominent artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. (When we met him at gallery...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter White Horse, 2016
By Brett Osborn
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brett Eric Osborn was born in Lima, Ohio in 1963. Both his father and his cousin are artists and influenced the young Osborn during his formative years. Brett recalls being a child during a "Friday-night-smoked-filled-room-critique" where his father and friends would meet to look at slides of contemporary artists and their work. His father worked as a painter and a designer. His father's familiar designs included the "Grey Hound Bus" logo and the "Circle K" logos.
Brett studied painting, film and theater at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He supported himself working in professional theater as a set builder, in television as an art director and after moving to Southern California in 1987, worked in Hollywood as a special effects miniature artist. Notable films include, Star Trek IV, Karate Kid...
Category
American Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird on a branch (Cyornis rubeculoides)
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, infused with expressionism and realism, I captured the vivid essence and delicate poise of a small bird perched on a branch. The soft, blended background in gre...
Category
Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Colorful Flowers Growing out of Grey Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Colorful Flowers Growing out of Grey Mountains" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts flowers and fruit in front of a mountainous landscape.
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Loon with Chick, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt depicts a family of aquatic birds he saw in a northern Iceland lake. "The mother bird saw me and swam across to proudly show off her chick," says Emil. With near-photographic detail, the subjects stand out vividly against a clean white background.
About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
She Growls - Blue Tiger Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Expedition II, acrylic on canvas painting, underwater, green, fish, red, tigers
By Ben Darby
Located in San Diego, CA
Expedition II, depicts an underwater ocean scene. Acrylic on canvas painting by Ben Darby, with raised texture throughout. Tigers have been added for ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Pink and Lavender Dog Balloon - Minimalist Abstract 3D Textural Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category
Pop Art 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Through Sunshine, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A solitary horse strolls through a sunlit field, its mane and tail glowing in the warm morning light. Ethereal, golden tones ripple across its form, capturing a...
Category
Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
COLORFUL NATURE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
I can do commissioned works
Category
Post-Modern 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
$479 Sale Price
60% Off
A Place To Call Home - 21st Century. Contemporary, Figurative, Modern, Colours
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dust Storm" by Morgan Cameron, Oil painting Featuring Galloping Horse
Located in Denver, CO
Morgan Cameron’s (US based) “Dust Storm” is an oil painting on panel that depicts a red and white horse galloping with it's mane flowing.
This painting is framed and ready to hang. ...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Landscape 806
Located in Atlanta, GA
My paintings and sculptures bridge ancient and modern sensibilities. The subjects are often classical figures and portraits, but my use of materials is pure expressionism. I am mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Waiting for the Flock" by Nathan Durfee, Acrylic on Vintage Postcard
Located in Denver, CO
Nathan Durfee's (USA) "Waiting for the Flock" is an original, mixed media painting with acrylic and vintage postcard that depicts a snow covered landscape with a bird in a ball cap ...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Postcard
Beauty, Romanticization series
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Beauty" served as the inspiration for the creation of the "Romanticization" series.
By adding ornate details and lavish patterns across multiple interconnected frames,...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Pastel Shark Artwork by Contemporary Artist Martin Paaskesen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
Abstract 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Chinensis Light
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Chinensis Light" sees artist Hunt Slonem return to a favored subject - the rabbit. A gaggle of the long-eared creatures crowds into the frame, rendered in stylized black lines on an...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plushie IX" - Quilled Mixed Media of Bear Embracing Figure, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun’s "Plushie IX" (2025) is a striking mixed-media artwork crafted from meticulously layered paper strips, fabric, and acrylic on canvas. Measuring 23.62 x 23.62 x 1...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Royalties
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae
Royalties
2023
Oil on Canvas
Size: 23.62 x 34.49 inches (60 x 80cm)
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2114
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Tags: #StellaJRich...
Category
Symbolist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Prancing Horse' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Tigre atacando" 1/20, mini sculpture, special edition, art toy, tiger, Mexican
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote.
Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumultuous gatherings marked by disorder, commotion, and sometimes even quarrels. In the colonial past, mitote was a celebration commemorating the establishment of the New Spain kingdom, blending local pride with imperial solemnity. However, throughout both ancient times and the present day, mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol. Adorned in rich attire, gathered around a fire amidst the sounds of musical instruments, and under the intoxicating influence of alcoholic beverages, mitotes serve as occasions to invoke sacred beings—whether protective deities of nature or Christian saints associated with agriculture—to pray for bountiful harvests. Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths, and life.
In homage to the artist’s name, this exhibition is presented as a mitote: a celebration displaying the intimate mythologies of its creator through various artistic expressions such as sculpture, artwork, and video. Cosmic Duality is a concept wherein Mr. Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective. His mother introduced him at a young age to the traditions and customs of her native Maltrata, Veracruz, a town steeped in the memory of a noble past wherein it fought for its autonomy. Every year on January 1st, to invoke prosperity, the dance of the huehues (meaning “old people” or “elders” in Nahuatl) is performed. According to oral and local traditions, these characters embody foes in a mocked and vanquished manner, dancing beneath the lash of a tiger or devil. Their costumes feature pre-Columbian symbols merged with elements evoking nature, alongside nods to contemporary entertainment culture.
Through the observation and interpretation of nature, numerous ancestral cultures created dual cosmologies. Far from viewing opposites, they conceived of dual complementary systems such as chaos-order, cold-heat, humidity-drought, feminine-masculine, and life-death, among others, to uphold cosmic order. Placed within the context of Mexico City, Mr. Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. He does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies, and urban rituals. Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future.
The body has served as the quintessential conduit bridging two dual dimensions: the human and the divine, the earthly and the celestial, the microcosm and the macrocosm. In several of his artworks, Mr. Mitote invokes propitiatory dances, and ritual practices, aimed at attracting abundant rain and fostering good harvests, many of which entail risking the physical well-being and even the lives of participants. The tiger hunt...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
At the Stable, Landscape Scene with Horse and Jockey
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013)
At the Stable, 2000
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
29 x 36 inches
Joseph ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Brave One, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Using thick brushstrokes and dripping paint, artist Alana Clumeck rendered this white stallion in a powerful and intuitive pose. ...
Category
Contemporary 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Monarch on Shades of Olive & Stone" Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "The Monarch on Shades of Olive & Stone" is an original handmade oil on wood panel artwork, measuring 12 x 12 x 1.50 inches. This 2023 piece is a primary market it...
Category
Realist 21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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