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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
"Guns, God and Country" 2022 Cowboy Contemporary Pop Oil on canvas 60x48
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that we are now representing the Pop Art cowboy and cowgirl paintings of artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been followin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Extinct Colors. Peacock. Animal Painting on a unique book canvass.
Located in Mexico City, MX
The artists has an admiration for these magnificent animals. Its colorful and unique feathers are detailed with gold in order to represent tranquility found in nature. This piece is perfect for living rooms and terraces. It is easy to install and handle for the canvass comes in three separate vertical strands of books with wooden bases and fittings. Only three screws are needed. Inspired on this quote: The deepest minds of all time have felt compassion for animals. by Friedrich Nietzsche...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Carbon Pigment

Blue and Silver Butterflies Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Silver Ascension Saturday Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Texas Horses Dr. #19
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Subtle Traces II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Rorschach Birds Supreme /// Contemporary Huge Abstract Colorful Street Art Pink
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Rorschach Birds Supreme" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2021 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas Canvas size: 72" x 56" Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition Shipping: This painting will be shipped canvas...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Owls Purple
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Owls Purple Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 18" x 13.5" Framed Dimensions: 23.5" x 19.5" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Fishes. Underwater world. Blue, green colors. 2018. Oil on canvas, 80x90 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Painting with fishes, underwater world Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani is a matured and recognized master, as follows from the long list of his exhibitions and countries where his works reside. 1987 - Exhibition of Georgian Artists in the Museum of Ethnography, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1989 - Exhibition of Artists of Leningrad-Lenexpo, Russia 1990 - Exhibition of Van Gogh's memory, "Palette" , Russia 1991 - Exhibition Gallery Palette 1991 - Festival of Leningrad galleries in Manege, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1992 - Exhibition at Gallery Pinatin, Berlin. 1993 - Exhibition of Piraeus, Athens, Greece. 1993 - Exhibition Gallery 47...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jenny Lake Overlook (With a Northern Harrier)
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sleestak Ray - Gyotaku Style Print of a Sting Ray, Enhanced with Bright Greens
Located in Chicago, IL
From the mind of the artist comes "Sleestak Ray", taken from the extra-dimensional race of reptilian bipedal humanoid species native to the "Land of the Lost". He has combined a childhood favorite television show with a current favorite - fishing. The artist has master the Japanese art of Gyo-Taku printing using sumi ink and then highlights the piece with watercolors. The artist uses Mulberry...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Color Pencil, Paper, Sumi Ink

Brian Leo 'Hang in There'
Located in New York, NY
Brian Leo Hang in There 2020 Acrylic on stretched canvas 36 x 24 inches Brian Leo was born in New Jersey in 1976, and is currently living in New York Ci...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Leopard on Rietveld Chair" framed contemporary surrealist watercolor painting
Located in New York, NY
40”x29.5” (artwork size) watercolor on paper, signed on reverse framed (presented in a black finish, shadowbox frame) In this original watercolor painting, a leopard sits on a Red,...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Off to the Races" by L. A. Spowart - Green, Yellow, and Pink Animal Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Off to the Races (Giraffe Surfing)" 2022 Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Wire The artist signed the bottom l...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Wire

Blue Rabbit (Right), America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Blue Rabbit (Right)" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 14 x 14 in. ; 15.625 x 15.625 in. Framed ______________ Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-base...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Kicking Dust
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Sunlight illuminates a dust cloud kicked up by the herd at a wild horse sanctuary. There was no reason for the horses to run other than for the sheer joy of motion. Oil on gallery wr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

The Nest of New Beginnings, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Delicate magnolia blossoms frame a bird’s nest, where three vibrant turquoise eggs rest safely among the branches. Artist Jennifer Ross captures the essence o...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Sunset Glow
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Black Cat in Wonder /// Contemporary Landscape Countryside Cat Deer Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Black Cat in Wonder" Series: Americana *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2023 Medium...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Leigh Glover, Starling Murmuration IV, Abstract Animal Art, Bright Nature Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Starling Murmuration, IV by Leigh Glover [2022] original Acrylic on paper Image size: H:56.5 cm x W:76.5 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56.5 cm x W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

South Winds
Located in Bozeman, MT
Daphne Sweet, artist working and living in Missoula, Mt. Using acrylic, oil, clay, and fabric. Bouncing between classical references and personal allegory, the paintings and found ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Woven Jungle - Landscape Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
In a dense tropical jungle a strange animal timidly peaks out from the foliage. Deep blues rich greens and burgundys set the color tones of this fantasy jungle. Woven Jungle - Lands...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Quiet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Untitled (Clouds)
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
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1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

Colorful Butterflies (Yellow, Blue, Orange) Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's St...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Dragon Boat
Located in Paris, IDF
Sold framed: 76 x 65 x 5,5 cm. This artwork is really really exquisite because of 52 pandas. Sold framed: 75 x 65 x 5.5 cm. Under the influence of the social and educational system, the children today focus only on the test scores, and obsessed with electronic products, do not like sports, lazy like pandas, sometimes even eat and do not want to move. The background is Chinese landscape. I hope children can enjoy the great rivers and mountains and feel the profound traditional culture and art while exercising. This painting use knife...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery Shibuya
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Silver Place
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Silver Face Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prov...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Uscita - Large Scale Trompe L'oeil Gardenscape Inspired by Ancient Roman Frescos
Located in Chicago, IL
"Uscita" takes Inspiration from ancient Italian frescos originally found at the Villa di Livia outside of Rome. The trompe l'oeil frescos were from a subterranean room used for dining. The lush gardens gave the dinner guests the illusion of dining alfresco. Here Pylant took particular notice of the flora and fauna painted over 2000 years ago only to discover they were species that were also present at her then North Carolina studio. The artist adds an architectural element to the gardenscape to suggest a portal from the past into the present. This exploration of the ancient world and its connection to the present is a central theme running through Pylant's work. Carol S. Pylant Uscita oil and acrylic on canvas 40h x 62w in 101.60h x 157.48w cm CSP035 CAROL PYLANT Resume Title Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education 1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Academic Appointments 1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA 1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA 1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA 1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI International Teaching 2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy International Artist Residencies 2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy 1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France International Research Awards 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy" 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France" 2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France" 2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain" 1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany" 1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles 1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles" 1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy" 1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland" 1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland" 1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany" 1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy" Other Awards 2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin 2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI 2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery" 1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin 1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship 1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of Wisconsin System 1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest 1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH International Exhibitions 2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany 1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Regensberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy One and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers) 1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers) 1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y. 1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (with Dan Gihooley) 1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI 1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, NC 2007 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2007 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC 2007 "Real and Imagined" Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2003-7 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "The Exquisite Snake" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 Sonyia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1994 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 1993 New York Arts Club, New York, N.Y. 1993 "Previews of l993" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Small Painting Exhibition" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Women in the Bowdoin Collection" Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MA 1992 Steibel Modern, New York, NY 1984-91 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1986-7 Portraits Inc., New York, NY 1985-6 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY 1981-4 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1984 "All California '84" Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 1983 "Western States Figurative Realism" Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA 1982 "Atlas Building Artists" Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1981 "Michigan Artists 80-81" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI 1981 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI 1970 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI Public Collections Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa/Barcelona, Spain American Express Corporation, New York, New York Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin The Block Museum of Northwestern University Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, Germany Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia University of Wisconsin, The Graduate School, Madison, Wisconsin Carol Pylant Bibliography 2017 M is for Math, Museum and Manhattan Kansas, by Natasha Rozhkovskaya, Publisher: Tamara Rozhkovskaya Novosibrisk 2015 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Exhibition catalogue) 2013 "Remarkable Women Exhibit" by Mary Louise Schumacher, Journal Sentinel, online, Milwaukee, WI, June 25 2012 "Peltz Gallery Celebrates Remarkable Women" by Peggy Sue Dunigan, The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee, WI, July 7 2008 "Teachers Who Can, UW Faculty..." by Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, February 2007 "Art in Nature" by Bill Robbins, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 14 2004 "Ambition clothes 'Remarkable Women'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7 2004 "Waxing enthusiastic over 'Colors'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18 2003 "Remarkable Women Celebrated" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2003 "Art Lesson" by Jennifer Smith, Isthmus, Madison, WI, February 21 2003 "Installation Appreciation" by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, February 7 2001 "Pylant unites sketches with classical style" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12 2001 "WSU Exhibit shows figurative painting" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, February 18 1999 "On Art" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel October 12 1999 "School of Art quadrennial exhibition" by John Aehl, The Wisconsin State Journal, January 24 1999 "Something old, something new" by C.R. Gabriel, Isthmus, February 5 1999 "Honoring our Own" Madison Magazine, January 1998 "The Madison Fifty" Madison Magazine, November 1997 "Back in the Game" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Nov. 26 1997 "Three artists will charm at local shows" by Joy Hakanson Colby, The Detroit News, May 8 1997 "At the Galleries" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, April 27 1997 "Talent not gender, is focus at show", by James Auer, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December 11 1996 "Remarkable Women Exhibition" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Jan 14 1994 "In Art, these 20 made an impression in '93" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 9 1994 "Window to the World" by Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee Magazine, Guide to the Arts, February 1994 "Art of Love: ..." by Elby Frieda Abbe, Milwaukee Sentinel, Let's Go. February issue 1993 "Variations on a theme", by Paul Pace, Rochester Clarion, Rochester, Mi, December 9 1993 "Work of women holds surprises in summer show", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 4 1993 "Remarkable Women has merit with or without it's gender theme", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, June 13 1993 "Irish Landscape" Cross Country, Country Living Magazine, March (feature article) 1993 "Ireland's Wild West" On the Road, Country Living Magazine, March 1993 "Short List SoHo Gallery Exhibitions, The New Yorker, February 14 & 22 1993 "SoHo Exhibitions", Gallery Listings, New York Magazine, February 7 1993 Gallery Listings, The New York Times, January 31 1993 Tandem Press: Five years of Collaboration by Drew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Press 1992 "From the World's Hot Spots to Ardara", by Michael McHugh, The Donegal Democrat, Co. Donegal, Ireland, August 6 1992 "Exhibits spotlight women", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 5 1992 " Women's show proves a strong one", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, May 24 199l "Tandem Press foster diverse printmaking styles", by John Carlos Cantu, Ann Arbor News, December 1 1991 "Quadrennially yours...U W art faculty exhibit show vital, vibrant", by Katherine Rogers, Wisconsin State Journal, January 6 1991 Who's Who in the Midwest 23rd Edition, A.N. Marquis, MacMillian Directory Division, Wilmette, Illinois 1990 "Impressive Art on a Small Scale", by Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 20 1990 "View from the Tower", by James Rhem, The Isthmus, December 21 1990 "NEA Survives but Artists Shiver", by Bill Moore...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Carolyn Carter, Warbler, Original Contemporary Art, Bright Animal Paintings
Located in Deddington, GB
Warbler By Carolyn Carter [2020] Handsigned by the artist Acrylic on Board Image size: H:30 cm x W:25 cm Frame Size: H:44 cm x W:38 cm x D:3cm Please note that insitu images are pure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

"The Stoic’s Shield", Oil on canvas, whimsical pop art portrait master, round
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Goldilocks - Flaming Hot - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Goldilocks - Flaming Hot sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 14.50h x 19.75w in 36.83h x 50.16w cm JEC161 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Blue Shaman
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Cobalt Canary - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting, Multi-Colored Octopus, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches. Jeff Conroy Cobalt Canary sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 12.50h x 18.25w in 31.75h x 46.35w cm JEC122 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Montana Flora and Fauna
Located in Bozeman, MT
Kirstyn Wright is a wildlife and Western artist focusing on Texas and Southwestern imagery. She grew up an hour northwest of Fort Worth in the ranching and rodeo community of Wise Co...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Animal Painting 16-1363
Located in Bozeman, MT
A silhouetted bear is the figurative focus in the painting. The bear's inside form is composed of abstracted shapes, and colors. These shapes are a mix of navy blue patterns and brig...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Ile D`oleron - landscape painting
Located in New York, NY
A farm stands before you on the horizon. A windmill majestically slices the blue sky. A bird, painted in taut brushstrokes, struts on a branch. These are tranquil images; horizon far...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The Perpetual Journey
Located in Bozeman, MT
This bird painting by Michael Dickter features many different types of birds. A crane or heron flies as a purple silhouette, while a small bird is fully render with a pink stripe beh...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Stag 4 (after Landseer)
Located in Bozeman, MT
Reed borrows visual fragments from predominantly seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Northern European art, citing the artists of these works like a dutiful scholar. She copies and r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Chinensis 4
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Chinensis Monday Series: Bunnies Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uni...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Rebirth" Woman with Vulture in Abstract Environment
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Rebirth" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 58"h x 46"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's practice as s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silver Peace
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Silver Peace Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Pro...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Journey To The End of The Dream - Oil Painting Red White Blue Green Purple
Located in Sofia, BG
"Journey to the end of the dream" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Danielle Le Bricquir. Through her art, she has a very sharp and uniq...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Through the Grass
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Mirrich – 2019 Mixed Media on Panel, Figurative Pop-Inspired Portrait with Cat
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Mirrich (2019) is a vibrant mixed media work by Inés Silvalde, created with acrylic paint, relief paste, and marker on panel. Measuring 27 x 21 x 3 cm and presented in a natural wood...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Darkling, monochromatic bird, black white grey
Located in Brooklyn, NY
black bird image, monochromatic
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chase
Located in Bozeman, MT
Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment. The animal kingdom act...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Goggles Down, Original Blue Painting of Horse Riders
Located in Deddington, GB
Goggles Down. A wonderful depiction of horses on the gallop by local animal artist Sophie Harden. Using white oil to pick out where the light hits the subject, Sophie uses small brus...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mystery Rides The Horse Tiger
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

The Reawakening of Venus
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A common interpretation of Botticelli's masterpiece, "Birth of Venus" is that the goddess reappears to herald a new age of love and enlightenment after the prolonged unrest of the Mi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Moonlit
Located in Bozeman, MT
Illustrating wildlife and the wilderness of the High Desert of New Mexico, Kat Kinnick works to inspire a culture of connectedness to nature. She's inspired by the magic and inexplic...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

'Black Mat' original signed alkyd on canvas painting of white cat sleeping
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present painting, titled 'Black Mat,' is a small and intimate work by the American artist Fred Reichman. An intimate work measuring only ten by ten i...
Category

1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Alkyd

Forgiveness
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pretzel Cats - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Pretzel Cats' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful floral setting. The bright and vibrant colors of the flowers and...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Double Bunny Yellow" Original Oil painting in Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Double Bunny Yellow Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blossoming - figurative painting
Located in New York, NY
A farm stands before you on the horizon. A windmill majestically slices the blue sky. A bird, painted in taut brushstrokes, struts on a branch. These are tranquil images; horizon far...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Darien - Acrylic Painting, Bird, Wildlife, colourful, tropical, canvas
Located in London, GB
Keng Wai Lee’s gorgeously rich animal impressions are a synergy of decorative tableaux and depiction in paint on canvas of his memories and imagination. “Using acrylic as a medium, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Will o’ the Wisps by Rene Gonzalez - Forest landscape with owl, water and fire
Located in Paris, FR
Will o’ the Wisps is an acrylic on canvas by the artist Rene Gonzalez representing an owl perched at the edge of a lake in a mysterious and enchanted for...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Malaga Sunset - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper, in this case a paper from the bygone Disco age, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Malaga Sunset sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 12.50h x 18.50w in 31.75h x 46.99w cm JEC137 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

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