Contemporary Animal Paintings
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
Hao Zhang Animal Original Oil Painting "Deer"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Deer
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 9 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstret...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cute babies
Located in Zofingen, AG
This lovely acrylic painting of two kittens captures a sense of intimacy and pure innocence. The small artwork is ready to hang with its red velvet ribbon, and the back is decorated ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Leibniz Universe 1U - Contemporary and colorful underwater scene, Oil on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Gian Marco Capraro is fascinated by altered universes, dream states and idyllic states of being. Leibniz was a philosopher who wrote and deeply explored t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Moses" (2022) by Carrie Goller, Watercolor Painting of Rabbit
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Moses" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts a portrait of a rabbit This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Born and raised on Wa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Radiant Roberta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Il mito di Fedro 0
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
'Il mito di Fedro 0' by Chandra Fanti
150x200 cm, oil on canvas, 2014
Chandra Fanti was born in 1982 in Terni, Italy. She spent her childhood and youth in a small village in the center of Italy. Daughter of a painter, she immediately developed a passion for drawing and painting.
She graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, in 2009.
During the Academy's years she developed a profound interest in the work of Antonin Artaud, Gilles Deleuze, Francis Bacon, Gina Pane, Franko B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hide inside", Figurative painting by Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted
The "Melancholy" series of paintings reveals the inner world of a person lost in his own emotions. When inner reflection takes precedence over life itself we s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Leaving" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Leaving" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white horse in a green field with a red balloon hovering above its form.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Skyward Harmony, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A flock of mallard ducks soars gracefully through the sky against an ethereal background of vibrant blues, greens, and yellows. Artist Alana Clumeck employed ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird on Branch contemporary landscape
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This small-scale painting presents a familiar joy, that
of a little bird that is one of many daily garden guests. The tiny bird
perches on the crisscrossing stems of a bright pink fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Flux, neutral beige-colored mixed media collage, abstract
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, ink, and collage on Yupo mounted on museum board. Framed.
Barbara Strasen creates imagery plumbed from the depths of a fertile imagination and a trove of rich memories, in combination with signs, symbols and pictures inspired by advertising, TV, film, signage, billboards, magazines, medical texts...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Magenta Owl
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Magenta Owl
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 16.5" x 11"
Framed Dimensions: 19.5" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arctic Wolf - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
With this striking image, Rick Rivet has captured the fierce face of a wolf—eyes focused on the viewer, jaw open to reveal rows of jagged teeth. The Métis artist is known for his col...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter Sheep Drive Dr. #7
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 ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beautiful Water Color Painting on Recycled Books, Elephant Lovers
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements create in their works of art. They are driven by the optical and physical sensation materials become on their unique canvasses. Projected shadows upon their work are also an important factor, this effect is generated in these two works with a 3D abstract placement of the main elements. It´s unique and neutral colors are also very easy to combine in any surrounding.
This outstanding book canvass is handmade from abandoned and rescued books in an old library found in the Center of Mexico City. The two artists decided to give new life to them with this outstanding piece. It took them 5 complete months to make. It is also extremely easy to install for it comes in separate book strands...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Varnish, Watercolor
Large Contemporary Equestrian Oil Painting. Horse Painting 200 x 180 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Francisco de Goya, Retrato ecuestre de Fernando VII, 1808. A unique oil painting on the finest quality Belgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Gorilla Inbetween Letters. Animal Painting. Sepia. Nature
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art
Inspired by the largest living primates, this piece was painted in the heart of Mexico City by two Artists and Industrial Designers. They decided to paint this highly respected and admired animal upon a book canvass. The encyclopedia used...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Untitled #14, Original Raw Graffiti Painting, Acrylic & Spray Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Jesús Villalpando (aka Feng) is colorful in its composition with it's thickly applied paint and rapid brushstrokes. The work is effortless, if not completely i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Raven Squad- 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Painting
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos de Wit is a versatile artist.
His realistic way of painting is a result of good looking. He finds subjects everywhere, often an idea starts to live with him so that it does not ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Carolyn Carter, Flycatcher Canary, Bright Animal Art, Original Animal Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Flycatcher Canary [2017]
Signed by the artist
Acrylic on Board
Image size: H:24 cm x W:18 cm
Frame Size: H:39 cm x W:32 cm x D:3cm
Please note that insitu images are purely an indica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 6)
Located in Columbia, MO
JERRY BERNECHE
Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 6)
Colored pencil, gouache, and pastel on paper
30 x 22 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil
"Pensive Moment", (2022) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Pensive Moment" is an original, handmade oil painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Artist Bio:
Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Kikusui - Japanese Gyotaku Painting of Orange Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Crow's Feet Study - Original Oil Painting on Panel, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Regeneration” Coral Spawning at Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Located in Palm Desert, CA
While it is true that humans and nature are having some trouble finding a sustainable balance, I believe that it is imperative that we don’t lose hope. There is still so much worth ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dove (Peace Plan)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Dove (Peace Plan)
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 18.5" x 16.5"
Framed Dimensions: 26" x 23"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Tiger and Fox
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Paper
Owls Range
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Owls Range
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 22"
Framed Dimensions: 33.5" x 27.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hanging Garden II, Vibrant peacock oil painting, abstract realism and texture
Located in Dallas, TX
"Hanging Garden II" is a breathtaking 2024 oil on canvas by Éric Robitaille, measuring 42 × 42 inches. This striking square oriented painting showcases a regal peacock, its iridescen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Chaffinch, Carolyn Carter, Bird Art, Animal Painting, Bright Art, Spring Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Carolyn Carter
Chaffinch
Original Bird Painting
Acrylic Paint on Paper
Image Size: H 20cm x W 20cm
Framed Size: H 35cm x W 35cm x D 3.5cm
Sold F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Surreal Desert Painting with Dog and Sculptural Heads on Framed Fabriano Paper
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This surrealist desert painting by Gozo, titled Desert Lost Heads, is an original acrylic artwork on Fabriano 400gsm paper. Measuring 70 x 50 cm, it presents a striking dreamscape wh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Shiva (Albania)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Shiva (Albania)
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 50"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Entre Ciel et Terre – Bold Red Abstract Bull Oil Symbolizing Strength & Power
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking fusion of power and abstraction, "Entre Ciel et Terre" by Eric Robitaille captures the raw energy of a charging bull against a dramatic red and white backdrop. With its vi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balaam’s Ass
Located in Brecon, Powys
Derived from a biblical tale Balaam’s Ass is such a figurative work. Summers has taken the humble donkey from the biblical story and elevated it to a position of power in this contem...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Tops of The Trees - Contemporary semi abstract painting birds
Located in London, GB
Christopher Rainham has always been inspired by the natural world and more specifically an experience of the natural world. He is inspired by the way flora and fauna are woven into l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Guoqiang Ning Animal Original Oil Painting "Wait For You"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Wait For You
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11 x 15 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coyote (Highway 380)
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Board
Where Did I Put It? - Lemur, Jungle, Modern Landscape Painting, Colourful, Blue
Located in Salzburg, AT
As a graduate of the Art Academy Utrecht (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten), Justyna has specialized in painting. Justyna’s paintings push the boundaries between abstraction and representa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brightly colored contemporary dog painting of a Dachshund in blues and reds
By Ron Burns
Located in Charleston, US
Contemporary brightly colored face of a Dachshund fill up the canvas and captures your heart. The bright blues, reds and greens light up the canvas and the dog's expressive face. Ron Burns...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Raven - Girl In Red Dress with Exposed Breast, Holding Bird, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
The raven is often thought of as a connection between the spiritual and physical world. In this painting, a wise young girl holds a raven in her hands up to her eye as if searching for some great meaning. A clock and a burning candle in the foreground suggests a symbolic connection between the two. The peaceful mountain landscape...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Drawer of illusions. 2025 cardboard, canvas, oil, 50x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Moreover Golden
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Moreover Golden
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Viswaroopam Returns, Mythopoetic, Varaha Avatara, Acrylic on Canvas "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Birendra Pani - Viswaroopam Returns - 48 x 48 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
** Will be delivered in rolled form
Should you want the work in ready to hand condition plea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Atteone Acteon Mythology Greek Rome Oil Painting Contemporary In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Atteone Acteon Mythology Greek Rome Oil Painting Contemporary In Stock
Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, father, siste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oyster & Lemon and Artichoke & Lemon diptych, Original painting, Sea
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a diptych of Oyster & Lemon and Artichoke & Lemon. Both paintings are same size.
This contemporary still-life depicts a fresh and vibrant oyster with a slice of lemon on b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Carbon Pigment
Blue Night Crab. Beautiful and Elegant Ocean Watercolor Art Work
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements create in their works of art. They are driven by the optical and physical sensation materials become on their unique canvasses. This artwork´s unique and neutral colors make it easy to blend perfectly well in any surrounding.
Be sure to look for the other 23 outstanding ocean animal paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"The Heart Of America I" Bison Bull Buffalo Charcoal Drawing, Steffen Bue
By Steffen Bue
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Title: The Heart of America I
Date: 2023
Artist: Steffen Bue (Danish, 1948 - )
Medium: Charcoal on handmade paper
Dimensions with frame: 26,5in (W) x 19in (H) / 67,5cm (W) x 48,5cm (...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Glimmer in Light 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pink Play
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Pink Play
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 11.75" x 9.5"
Framed Dimensions: 15.5" x 13.25"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Above the Beach - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The walrus, an impressively large Arctic animal dominates the canvas in this expressive abstract painting by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Gordon
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Gordon
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 7"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 11"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Wizard (2024), neo-folk style owl in vibrant pink with decorative border
Located in Jersey City, NJ
The Wizard (2024) by Rebecca Johnson
Flashe, dry pigment, acrylic, pastel and watercolor on 14x11" canvas, custom Kona-stained wood frame. Neo-folk style owl with moth and decorativ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Pastel, Acrylic, Vinyl, Watercolor
Cheval d'Or
Located in New York, NY
oil and gold leaf on wood panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Luck
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Luck
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Celebration day - oil Painting Colors Red White Blue Yellow Purple Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"Celebration day" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Danielle Le Bricquir.
Through her art, she has a very sharp and unique style of brig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on a Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside, by British Artist Andrew Hutchinson
Art measures 22 x 10 inches
F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Foam Board, Illustration Board
Nestled in Pink, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Nestled among layers of pink and contrasting leaves, a bright red-breasted bird prepares for flight. A twig seemingly dangles from its beak. Its vibrant pluma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
I've Got You, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Mary Pratt paints two blue birds delicately perched on opposite branches. As they engage in their dance, their tail feathers serendipitously meet, crea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"King Puma" - Mixed media animal painting with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media painting by Adam Baranello.
Size 36 x 36 in. Offered unframed.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Baranello creates mus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Surrealist Large Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Horse Pink Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Horse of Hope, 122x152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Horse of Hope
The world had become a sad grey place, mud, empty plains with bleak, loveless sky as far as the eye could see. It seemed that all was lost of the old world.
Until one day a whisper began on the breeze, so quiet that you could hardly hear it. But it grew stronger and stronger until the trembled with the sound.
'The horse of hope is coming, the horse of hope is coming!'
The horse of hope had arrived, its dainty hooves tapping along the way. Where there had been nothing but emptiness the horse trod and from its feet sprung new life and hope. The world became a lush carpet under its footsteps. Up sprang greenery, pushing its tendrils to the sky. Blue irises reached out their twisted delicate petals welcoming the new life in. Strong, dark foliage grew and grew, and with this creatures began to return from their hiding places. Out from rocks and stones they came, for there was hope once again and the world buzzed with new life.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Butterfly
Located in New York, NY
Title: Butterfly
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.5"" x 19.5""
Frame: Framing options available!
Age: 2000s
Condition: Painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aurum 11 - Flowers Birds Contemporary Gold Realism Animal Painting
Located in London, GB
The collaboration between Keng Wai Lee and Marco Araldi is based on the contrast between the techniques used.
Marco uses ink pen and gold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Whalen
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Whalen
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 24.5" x 20.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Uncle Josh
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Uncle Josh" by Akinboye Akinola Peter stands as a poignant testament to the artistry of portraiture and the depth it can achieve in capturing the essence of an individual. The title...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Pink Monkey - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting, Magical Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Aleksandra Bujnowska born 1979 in Warsaw. Works in painting and photography. Between 2001and 2006 she studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Fisherman of Mola di Bari - Puglia, Italy, Large Scale Oil Painting, Framed
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
As a tribute to his Italian roots, Bruno Surdo presents the "Fishermen of Mola di Bari". A hidden gem of a city in the Puglia region of Italy, Mola is home to generations of Surdo's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Red, ' by XVALA, Acrylic, Oil Stick and Spray Paint on Canvas Painting
By XVALA
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This large scale 76" x 90" mixed media canvas painting by XVALA features a Basquiat-style large red creature predominantly placed on the canvas against a light blue background. Other colors include varying blues, golds and black. Acrylic paint, spray paint and oil stick were used on a linen canvas.
XVALA's art illuminates the hidden fallout spawned from our high tech Internet age. His 'Fear Google' campaign exposed the decay of privacy and 'No Delete' used hacked nude celebrity photos to highlight loss of control over personal information. The artist has worked with trash from the homes of Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and others, as well as dirt from the graves of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. The dirt appears in the New World Order collection as part of a pyramidal, 3D printed, living ant farm...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Wonder cat, original painting, portrait, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Wonder Cat In Wonder Cat, a black cat gazes upwards with an expression of pure wonderment, its green eyes drawing the viewer in. The soft, light pink chest adds a delicate touch, con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Galloping Spirit - Horse racing, original painting, contemporary
By Garth Bayley
Located in Deddington, GB
Garth Bayley Garth Bayley. Out of the Gates -Horses Racing Original pen, watercolour and ink painting on watercolour paper Pen and ink on paper Image size: H24 cm x W32 cm x D 0.1cm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Oil
Last Shot
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
At the heart of "Last Shot" is a young woman, the central character of this evocative piece. She is fully absorbed in the game of snooker, her posture and facial expression revealing intense concentration and determination. The artist has deliberately obscured all the colored snooker balls, leaving only the white ball visible. This compositional choice draws the viewer's attention to the player's anticipation of her "last shot."
The backdrop of "Last Shot" is a dimly lit snooker hall, creating an atmosphere of suspense and intrigue. The faint glow of overhead lights accentuates the drama of the moment, casting shadows that add depth and complexity to the scene. The absence of details surrounding the white ball and the player's narrowed focus on it contributes to the overall feeling of precision and concentration.
"Last Shot" is a visual metaphor for life's critical moments—those decisive occasions when everything hinges on a single move. By obscuring the colored balls and leaving only the white ball visible, the artwork symbolizes the importance of making the right choices, even when faced with uncertainty and obscurity.
The young woman's unwavering focus on her last shot encourages viewers to consider their own pivotal moments in life. It prompts reflection on the significance of each action and the consequences that follow, reminding us that sometimes, a single move can determine the course of our journey.
"Last Shot" by Akinboye Akinola Peter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
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