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
Curious Calf- 21st Century Contemporary Animal Portrait by Paul Jansen
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Paul Jansen
Curious Calf
51 x 61 cm (Framed 67x 78 cm, Frame is included in price)
Oil on wood panel
Painter Paul Jansen (1960) started his artistic career as a photographer, and a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Contemporary Large Horse Oil Painting. Equestrian Oil Painting 185 x 235 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Otto Bache - King Christian X on horseback, 1894. A unique oil painting on the finest quality unprimed Belgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Raw Linen, 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
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
Queen's Garden, 2020. Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Works of Liene Liepina are full of life and joy because of photography-like, realistic details on the one hand, and intense and slightly artificial color...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morphos Matagalpa
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Morphos Matagalpa
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 36" x 48"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Zu Sheng Yu "Sanctuary", 36x36 Winter Tree Snow Blue Jay Landscape Oil Painting
By Zu Sheng Yu
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Sanctuary" by Zu Sheng Yu is a 36x36 oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a calm snowy scene, with overlapping branches from brown trees from the foreground leading to the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Player
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Player
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Proven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Monkey on Horseback - Contemporary Figurative Animals Oil Painting, Realism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thematic Plot Points in The Wizard of Oz From Childhood Memories
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Harley Lafarrah Eaves
Thematic Plot Points In The Wizard Of Oz From Childhood Memories, 2018
Acrylic and gouache on canvas
46 x 62 inches (116.8 x 157.5 cm)
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Peonies in Liquid Elegance
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Peonies in Liquid Elegance" is a beautiful rendering of April blooms and antique bottles collected by the artist. In this mesmerizing watercolor painting, the artist masterfully cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Le Louvre, Paris - contemporary landscape colourful mixed media painting
By Ellie Hesse
Located in London, GB
Entirely self-taught, Ellie is mainly known for her vibrantly coloured townscapes, though in recent years, she has gone on to develop her art to include more figurative work, focusin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Aurum 22 -Decorative Flowers Birds Animal Painting Gold Contemporary Circles
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, creating geometrical patterns and graphic i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Nine Lives VIII", Orange Cat Leaping in Front of Gold Tinsel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Nine Lives VIII" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 23.5" x 27.5"...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Gifts of Autumn - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting 'Gifts of autumn', realized by Elena Mardashova in 2023.
On canvas, dimension 50 x 60 cm.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 5 - Series Final Fantasy, Modern Figurative Painting With Dogs
Located in Salzburg, AT
Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Tree sparrow - 21st Century Contemporary realistic Painting of a bird
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ria Koreman
Kingfisher
30 x 20 cm (framed included in price 35 x 25 cm)
Ria Korenman paints what many people overlook: the magic in everyday life. Especially birds, with a soft spot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horseman of the Sun
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
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Profile
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Profile
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tortoise
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
Acrylic on canvas
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Parasaurolophus, 2019; dinosaur, miniature oil painting on wood panel
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil, xerox transfer, and holographic foil on wood panel
Orange parasaurolophus (2019) by Alexis Kandra
Animal painting, miniature oil painting
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Metal
Golden Bull
Located in New York, NY
oil and gold leaf on wood panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Belle- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Portraitpainting of a Cat
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Adriana van Zoest
Belle
21 x 30 cm
Framed in a black wooden frame: 32 x 42 cm
Oil paint on wood panel
Dutch artist, painter, Adriana van Zoest, lives and works in Warmenhuizen, in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Guardians" Contemporary Oil Monkey Eyes Post-Cubist Abstract Whimsical Animal
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
"Guardians" Contemporary Oil Monkey Eyes Post-Cubist Abstract Whimsical Animal
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951)
"Guardians"
24 x 19 inches
Oil on Canvas
Signed, dated 1995, titled, and numbered "JEM0668" to verso.
A Certificate of Authenticity from Hunt Slonem Studio attached.
Unframed
Provenance: From a New York City Collection.
BIO
Hunt Slonem was born in Kittery, Maine in 1951. His fascination with exotica imprinted during his childhood in Hawaii and experience as a foreign exchange student in Managua, Nicaragua. Slonem received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University of Louisiana and studied painting at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Since 1977, Slonem soloed in over one hundred fifty exhibitions at prestigious galleries. His work is exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Over fifty museums internationally include his work in their collections, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums. Corporate collections include American Telephone and Telegraph, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citibank, Continental Airlines, Goldman Sachs Co., IBM Corporation, Marriot Corporation, Paine Webber, Inc., Port Authority, and Readers Digest Inc. He won the 1991 National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Painting, and McDowell Fellowships in 1986, 1984 and 1983.
Since 1973, Slonem has lived and worked in New York City in his legendary loft with his seventy pet birds. The birds are his models. So enmeshed and unique are his aviary, studio, lifestyle and painting, that Slonem has been featured on television a dozen times and in numerous articles. In his 1993 essay, the late Henry Geldzahler describes, "The visual field of Hunt Slonem's paintings is a continuum accented by ovals of varying shape and colors that it turns out are birds." The birds evolved from Slonem's early paintings of saints as well as inspiration from the pioneers of bird imagery in painting, including Fabritsius, Heade and Audubon. Audubon shot one hundred birds...
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nearly Camouflaged Cow IV" Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Nearly Camouflaged Cow IV" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by Joshua Brown, depicting a closeup of a cow with a prominently pink nose. This playful work features careful brus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Bear Art, Bear Painting Fine Art Mixed Media Canvas 38x56"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Bear Art, Bear Painting Fine Art
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas
Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic
Pengbin Yang Signed Original Oil On Canvas "White Goat"
Located in New York, NY
Title: White Goat
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Rabbit (Left), America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Blue Rabbit (Left)"
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-based...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Two Black Drums - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Mulberry Paper of Two Fish
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Jeff Conroy is an avid fisherman. He is also an accomplished artist. He brought these two disciplines together by learning the art of Gyotaku Painting. After having caught ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
Located in Hudson, NY
Hummingbird Augury (Circular Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing of Golden Hummingbird and Stars on Indian Handmade Cotton Paper by Kahn & Selesnick)
11 inch diameter unframed
pastel, conte c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Bird with moon - Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Animal, Grotesque
Located in Warsaw, PL
Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Summer Charolias Dr. #1
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
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Where Love Shapes The Soul - 21st Century. Contemporary, Portrait, Modern Couple
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Disruption - resilience rising above chaos during difficult times
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Disruption', created by Diana Tremaine, who uses swans as a metaphor for beauty and resilience rising above chaos during difficult times. Rich colors — blue, cream, burgundy and whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Standing Horse, Olive and Coral', Large Equestrian, Stanford, Brown, Yale
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'R.S.' for Robert Schlegel (American, 1947-2021), additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Standing Horse' and dated 2014.
A substa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Morning Glory No. 1 (Bees, Birch Panel, Botanicals, Butterflies, Floral, Gold)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Morning Glory No. 1
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Birch Panel with a UV Matte Varnish with Natural Wood Edges.
Year: 2022
Size: 24×24in
Signed: O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Panel
"Five Nearly Camouflaged Zebra" Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Five Nearly Camouflaged Zebra" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by Joshua Brown, depicting a dazzle of zebra looking directly at the viewer. This playful work features careful...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Light Blue and Silver Butterflies Oil Painting on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Blue Ascension Cleo
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
Monsoon Recollect
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Monsoon Recollect
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 21"
Framed Dimensions: 32" x 25"
Framed Dimensions:
Signature: Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Balance of Things
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
The Mudders, original 15x30 contemporary equestrian landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
And the race is on! The mudders are running full throttle through the mud drenched race track in hopes of achieving glory! The jockeys are mounted--perched-- with heels down, lifted off of the horses backs and they seek to gain advantage. This contemporary equestrian landscape is packed with excitement and elegance, painted by professional portrait artist Joseph Sundwall of New York. Sundwall grew up in Chicago where his artistic talents were recognized early on. He studied his trade at the Kansas City Art Institute, the famed Art Students League and National Academy of Design in NYC followed by added training in London at the St. Oswald Studios. He developed an exceptional ability to create figurative compositions as well as portraiture to significant acclaim having refined his techniques with famed portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lynn's Cheetah #2
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
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
Octopus - Oil Paint by Adriano Pompa - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Octopus - 2019 - mixed media on canvas applied on cardboard (oil painting, china ink and paint) - 28 cm x 45,5 cm - original frame designed by the author ( 37 cm x 59 cm ).
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ray-finned Blue Waters. Beautiful Watercolor Detailed Fish Painting
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 check out 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
"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Harvest Dreams" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach-Martucci's "Harvest Dreams" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a field mouse standing on a small jack o'lantern as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gold Sea Turtles on Off White Splash
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"First Fall", Contemporary, Chickadee, Bird, White, Oil, Acrylic, Painting, 2017
Located in Natick, MA
Sargent Walker's "First Fall" is a soft black, white and gray painting in oil, acrylic, birch bark and graphite. Softly falling snowflakes are collaged in birch bark. An upright hand in graphite summons, or sends, a small chickadee bird...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
Contemporary, sentimental painting of a Shit Tzu with graphite drawings
Located in Charleston, US
"Shih Tzu" a sentimental dog painting by Robert Zakanitch a founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970's believes in painting subjects of beauty with delicate patterns as well as animals. This Shih Tzu dog charms along with Zakanitch's graphite drawings depicting the dog in different positions. Zakanitch was an original exhibitor at Holly Solomon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Graphite
Hoot 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hoot 4
Series: Birds
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Uni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tabby Cat, original painting, portrait, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Tabby Cat With its strong and confident brushstrokes, Tabby Cat captures the essence of a poised and self-assured feline. The cat sits calmly, facing the viewer with a gentle yet ass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Out of the Gates, 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
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Deconstructed
Located in Bozeman, MT
This whimsically tall painting is a portrait of a black bear. There is a golden blue sky with clouds behind the bear's head. "Deconstructed" is hand written on the light gold frame. The painting is done in oils, and the frame is included with the painting.
Biography
Robert McCauley was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He graduated from Western Washington University in 1969, and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Washington State University in 1972. Throughout his career, McCauley has earned many prestigious awards including a Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982 and the Illinois Arts Council in 1999. McCauley also enjoyed a long and distinguished career as professor and Chairman of the Art Department at Rockford College in Illinois. Robert McCauley has created a mode of realism that is haunting and full of ambiguity. His distinctive animals manage to seem literal and symbolic at the same time, the viewer is suspended between these realms.
Wild Life
"We are losing our relationship with Nature. I aspire to re-tether some of the connections." -Robert McCauley
Robert McCauley is an important 21st century American artist, and history will remember him as such. But in order to understand why, we first must consider where he is from and how he got here.
A little less than a decade ago, McCauley was featured at a major exhibition in Chicago and he was quoted as saying then, "I think you spend all your life trying to find the right form for the content you have within you." Urban, Midwestern visitors who viewed the show were enthralled.
Make no mistake about the source of McCauley's inner content: He is a product of America's greatest forest-the mighty aboriginal stands of fir, spruce, cedar and redwoods growing in the Pacific Northwest. Those skyscraping canopies once reservoired a breathtaking array of ecological richness and diversity, from streams choked with spawning salmon to massive grizzliesl wapiti and deer haunting the understories, raptors screeching through the misty, arboreal heavens, and the loom of an ever-present ocean.
As the totem poles and amulets of native peoples attest, the life forces of nature there are planted indelibly into the human psyche. Robert McCauley's too.
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, Alexis Rockman, Annie Coe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Encounter - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Koi Pond on 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. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
"Quirky Quack" Fluffy duckling waddling to the foreground
Located in Edgartown, MA
“I am inspired by the simple everyday interaction of the animals in their environment: the way the light dances across the form, the harmony of color relationships and the shapes of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manassas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Manassas
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: U...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting On Canvas And Textures With Animals And Fantasy Figures. "Goodbye"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Mixed media oil painting on canvas, featuring a human figure intertwined with various animal forms. Vibrant colors and abstract shapes with a fantastic human figure. It represents th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Golden Pond
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Golden Pond
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
June Rider (black & white, horse, animal painting, patterns)
Located in New York, NY
Oil and ink on panel
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Snowy Mountains
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
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Shadows Dancing by Rene Gonzalez - forest landscape painting, fox, red, nature
Located in Paris, FR
Shadows Dancing is an acrylic painting on canvas by artist René Gonzalez representing two men sitting in a cave surrounded by a groupe of foxes.
Dimensions are 75 × 50 cm (29.6 x 19...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crow Walking - 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
Psychi 9 - The Soul, oil paint on paper, orange contemporary whimsical butterfly
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful whimsical original butterfly painting on watercolor paper, currently floated on a matboard, ready to be frame. Painting does not include frame. One of the Owls fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Oil
Lavender
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lavender
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 11.5" x 8.5"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 12"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sardines with Lemon, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts a two juicy sardines with a slice of lemon on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tiputa Pass Snorkel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Painting a coral reef, especially one as phenomenally healthy as the one at Tiputa Pass, Rangiroa, has unique challenges. The spawning of triggerfish there attracts swarms of trigge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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