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Figurative Paintings For Sale
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Night Walk Figurative Joan Brown and Manuel Neri
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large-scale, Bay Area Figurative School painting of a couple, dog and clown by Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004). Signed "...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

May Valley
Located in Miami, FL
May Valley is a colorful painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist, while she was in Seychelles for art residency. The artist uses bright green tons colors in ...
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1980s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Exotic Sunshine
Located in Miami, FL
Exotic Sunshine is a painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist. This piece is a part of a flower series, defined by their distinct bright colors, satiny, silky...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled #3
Located in New York, NY
Kathy Grayson explores how day-to-day transitions from analog to digital media affect traditional painting. Fascinated by the transformations of meaning that occur when pictorial tec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Resort" Original Oil Painting 36 in x 36 in
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"The Resort" 2019 Oil on canvas 36 in x 36 in 1.5 in deep Welcome to the "Resort"... In the spirit of HBO's the "White Lotus" this seaside painting makes me think about a story. W...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Champagne Rose
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Logos, Ethos
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: Logos, Ethos Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30" x 1.5" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Pr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Beautiful monster 1 orange, blue, breasts, doll, futuristic, innocence, vulnerab
Located in London, GB
This work is about… This is a surrealist painting which formed itself through associations.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Here i am
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence Title: Here i am Date: 2023 Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas Unframed Dimensions: 60" x 48" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Cheers
Located in New York, NY
Emilie Arnoux hails from Normandy, France. From a young age, she became fascinated by the ocean and the laid back lifestyle surf-culture engenders. Her work captures the divine energ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Triple Catenary: canvas painting w/ multi-colored arc lines on pink & green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Paula Cahill's linear abstract compositions are often comprised of a single, luminous line that meanders, changes color, and seamlessly connects back to itself. This piece combines C...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Vinyl

Fever Nurse vs CowBoy, After Prince
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Stainless Steel

One day from Rickshaws Life rickshaw, ultramarine, green, violet, orange, giants
Located in London, GB
A vision of Paradise which was frozen and even a snake is leaving it. Although the moment is numb, there is a beauty in it.
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Packed Spring Landscape
Located in Malmo, SE
Free shipment worldwide. Painted on the sides.No frame needed. Signature: signed and dated in the right corner and titled at the verso. Reality or fantasy? What is the difference ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Matrix
Located in Miami, FL
Silvio Porzionato Matrix Oil on canvas 78.7 x 55.1 inches (200 x 140 cm)
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

M Red Red, vermilion, cadmium, microsoft, part of microsoft, elephant, foot
Located in London, GB
This work is about… energy and fun, a masquerade of a man wearing an elephant’s costume and also a red part of a Microsoft symbol
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

America, Larger Than Life
Located in New York, NY
Pop Art. Americana. Flag with vintage memorabilia. Ephemera, Oil, Acrylic, Resin on Panel. About the Artist: John Joseph Hanright is a conte...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Resin, Oil, Acrylic

“Inner Portrait” - figurative, teal dark blue acrylic painting, Figurative
Located in London, GB
Inner Portrait is a series conceived of more than 30 paintings that came to life in 2018 and 2019. This project revolves around the idea of self-exploration and will implement a mixt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Acrylic

Tropical Monster green, celestial, blue, monster, creatures, mystery, breasts
Located in London, GB
A Tropical Monster is from the Indian Ocean, surrounded by fish and partly fish itself, eating people like popcorn. All my underwater monsters are fears of hidden danger, but what ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Carmelo Niño, Amantes con escena, 2019, 200 x 400 cm, 78.7 x 157.4 in.
Located in Miami, FL
Carmelo Niño Amantes con escena, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 400 cm 78.7 x 157.4 in. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed b...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

SELF - Contemporary Realism / Swimmer / Waterscape / Male Figure
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Blue Pool 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Indiana Love
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig first recognized his creative drive via crayons on his parents' walls, ...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Stainless Steel

Red Indiana Love, 91 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig first recognized his creative drive via crayons on his parents' walls, like many inspired young artis...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Red Indiana Love, 122 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1971 in San Bernardino, California and raised in the Atlanta area, Craig first recognized his creative drive via crayons on his parents' walls, like many inspired young artis...
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Stainless Steel

Pansy IV
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
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2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

“Children of the World, Red World”
Located in Southampton, NY
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Salvador/American artist, Oscar Molina. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso. Executed in 2019....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Children of the World, Red World 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Salvador/American artist, Oscar Molina. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso. Executed in 2019....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Fallen Goddess" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Fallen Goddess" Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s designs reveals a glamorous, feminine, provoc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hibiscus IX
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Ginger Lilies IV
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Running Men
Located in Long Island City, NY
Running Men by Krzysztof Kokoryn, Polish (1964) Date: 2002 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower margin Size: 31 x 40 in. (78.74 x 101.6 cm) Frame Size: 37 x 45 inches
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ascoltando I Fulmini Listening to Lightning
Located in Rye, NY
With these pieces Mattia is painting a self-portrait in a unique and creative way without the typical technique of using paint with brush strokes. Mattia starts by creating molds then ice sculptures with color...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"TOTÉM DE GRITOS", MesoAmerican, Mexico, myth, gods, totem, Aztec, Mayan, dream
Located in Toronto, Ontario
TOTÉM DE GRITOS, an oil painting on canvas by Anna Ortiz, measures 48" high x 40" wide. Totém de Gritos is recent work and characteristic of the artist's practice – the palette is re...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Magenta IV, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Magenta IV" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko. Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I beli...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue I, Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Blue I" is an original oil painting on canvas by the artist Clovis Pareiko. Beauty and aesthetic have always been a major concern for me. I focus my energy on it because I believe ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Harlequin. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Blue Harleking - a beautiful piece from Berlins' Harleking series. This mesmerising painting is cooler and more sculptural in its construct. The sculptural quality & cooler palette d...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Red Element on Green-1.0
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on canvas. Unique, 1 of 1 piece. Cerj Lalonde moves smoothly from the canvas to the camera, from computers to installations, producing and showcasing an extraordinarily rich and complex body of work created during the last 30 years. His purpose is to pursue a direct, and, in each case, a different communication with the spectator. It can be said that Lalonde works as a team with himself, not only to develop his artwork, but also to sharpen his personal ideas about contemporary culture, trends... Lalonde is putting a lot of time, energy and thought into his new media and technology productive structure, where he can directly address his issues... His paintings, installations, photographs and web pages, are intended to function each in its own way, as an overt revision and critique of the contemporary art system, as they establish parallel dialogues between the artist, the public, and the curatorial values. "Lalonde, the painter" Cerj Lalonde works his painting with a conceptual approach, as an attempt to restate the validity of painting as a practice per-se. His abstract language ranges from lyric abstractionist pieces to many personal interpretations on art history masterpieces, as specific reflections upon geometric abstract paintings like Malevich´s black square series, or Albers study of color, among others. Lalonde holds many layers as an artist. His years of experience as a painter and thirst for art history and critique have helped him develop into a consciously literate artist. Formally, his domain of techniques ranges from drawing, printing, and primarily acrylic painting by means of a wild contrasting palette. But more than any type of formalism, Lalonde´s work is a strong statement about painting itself and how he approaches abstraction from a conceptual viewpoint. His paintings celebrate the power and meaning of color and texture, the imperative voice of contrast and stridence, and the million of possible solutions for a white canvas. I also see in his artwork a psychoanalytical interpretation of art, and a curiously unintentional approach to oriental philosophy appears throughout his multi sized body of work. In many of his canvas, the presence of the square has been integrated as an element of equilibrium and unity to the soul of the artwork itself. Lalonde is specifically interested in the qualities of painting as a media: “What Painting and only Painting can do”. Of all arts, painting is perhaps the most intimate and personal of art languages. It reaches the viewer at a last phase, in the gallery, or museum, or exhibition space. In the meanwhile, there is a time frame between the moment when the artist finishes his work and it gets shown. This space of time is silence. It can be said that the gap between the act of painting and its way out of the studio has had Lalonde wondering about other strategies of approaching the viewer, the critic, and to challenge the art world as a system. New media's and technology In his body of work related to the Internet, the use of language can be established as the first notable addition where the silent scream that comes from his paintings invades the screen and transforms it into words. We can feel the imperative urge to communicate. Lalonde addresses everyone and no one, and a certain/uncertain dialogue is established between him and the anonymous viewer/Web surfer/browser who reads it. Lalonde has produced multiple web sites. With this media, he has taken over a physical/nonphysical space to express his ideas about the act of seeing, of looking, and getting intoxicated by the gaze, by the sight, by the cognitive look, and the subjective one. Another interesting aspect is the inclusion of his images as an artist in several ways. For example, in SELF PORTRAIT AS A FAMOUS ARTIST he presents himself in all the archetypical attire of the romanticized representation of the artist. Lalonde has reverted all his irony and sarcasm as images that appear as brushstrokes on his Web sites. Another image that frequently appears is the sweet face of a very young woman, who looks at the browser with sweetness and nostalgia. As websites are build through layers, Lalonde has as well, constructed layers of impact, thought, and reflection, by means of the multiplicity of images that appear, ranging from his own paintings, installations, portraits, and text. He is interested in what defines art, who validates artwork, how artist’s success has a strong pull to media and critic dependency. Lalonde points out these issues as loud as a silent scream. Phrases such as the Dominance of Curatorial Ideology, Global Mono Cultural Art Discourse or Hegemony of the Global Curatorial Class are samples of titles that frame parts of his Web visual discourses. In his installations and performances such as THE NO SHOW, and WORKING TO BECOME RICH AND FAMOUS SO YOU CAN LOVE ME FOREVER, Lalonde discusses the notion of the self and identity, the artist as a social figure, and the severe critique of the contemporary art system, and society at large. He questions the validity and the ideology of the curatorial establishment, the marketing methods, and the issues of the self - as he queries the conventional paradigm of the artist. On his Web pages, Lalonde metamorphoses from an anonymous painter in his studio to a more public personae. His gaze looks at the viewer, his open mouth screams and questions the browser constantly, sometimes as an outsider and sometimes from the hypothetical voice of the viewer’s conscience. In SEEING, a photographic installation that can be considered as a milestone in his work, he presents a dark room that has many different sized eyes that are looking at the viewer. An interesting aspect of Lalonde’s digital work is the presence of a perpetual reflection that not only shows the act of seeing itself, but in a more profound way it presents the subconscious mind of the viewer. He inverts his role of an artist and establishes a dialogue with the unconscious of the spectator, both through his installations and digital art work...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Sally - Contemporary Female Portrait of Sally Kristen Ride (Teal + Yellow)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Sally" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can see her murals...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Stencil

Robert Loughlin Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Oil Male Portrait "The Smiths"
By Robert Loughlin
Located in New York, NY
Robert Loughlin Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Oil Male Portrait "The Smiths" The 19 x25 oil on metal is signed and titled "The Smiths" on the ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

Red Manga
Located in Miami, FL
Silvio Porzionato Red Manga Oil on canvas 98.4 x 74.8 in Portrait
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Make it Happen - Contemporary Pop Street Art of Black Woman (Blue+Green)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Make it Happen" is a collage painting on canvas by LA-based street artist Amy Smith. She is best known for her empowering images of women and motivational text pieces. You can see h...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Stencil

Girl with a Rooster - Oil Figurative Painting Colors Brown Blue White Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Girl with a rooster" is an oil painting by the impressionist Maestro Volodymyr Nosan. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 3 kg. The painting has no frame. His paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, pure energy, peace and beauty represented by the vast creative power of his talent.” Dear art lovers, if you like the art of maestro Volodymyr Nosan, please click the link to follow this artist and art gallery Snow Pearl to discover all our artists and beautiful artworks. Thank you so much! we appreciate your interest to our work. Maestro NOSAN VOLODYMYR...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Umi III
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Umi II
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Slowlight
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Pine by the Sea
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Palma
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Oil

Muskokan
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Kaian
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens when I am outside in large open spaces. Painted images act as a tool. I respond to the spaces my art suggests. That response is usually non-verbal. I am interested in the experience of non-duality that “getting lost” in big spaces can sometimes produce for me. The paintings have gone through a range of artistic treatments with the recent years seeing a focus on space, light, textures, atmosphere and distance. My landscape paintings are made from memory, not from on-site drawings or photographs. I use memory as a filtering agent to remove non-essential visual elements. When a work is successful, it must have a sense of poetry. There is nothing “new...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Cloud Indigo
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Mangrove II
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Yerba
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Windjam II
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Windjam
Located in Montreal, Quebec
My painting is an inquiry. I make images as a way of responding to experiences that are important to me. Experiences that help me to understand why I’m in this world often happens wh...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Lady Reaching for the Sun, Oil Painting by Huong
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Huong Title: Lady Reaching for the Sun Year: 1994 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Frame Size: 65 x 47 inches ; 119 x 165 cm
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

DONDA Shirt
Located in Missouri, MO
Signed, Dated, Titled Verso BIO: Daniel Jefferson AKA "Bipolar Holiday" is a self-taught street artist. A native of St. Louis, he grew up in North St. Louis County in the cities of Normandy and Hazelwood. By the age of 3, he was drawing and painting alongside his father and together they shared studios and collaborations into his mid-20s. His father grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and his mother in St. Louis. Expounding on his family history, Holiday speaks of his Quaker and Native American ancestry - along with his father, who is black, and his mother who is white - as forming his multiracial identity and upbringing. He expresses “not always fitting in,” - being neither “this nor that” - and residing on the margins between the social constructs of race. This emotional state is reflected in his artistic output. He cautions us to see that, while the subject matter of his work is not always a direct depiction of his experience of race, his existence as a person of color propels him and bears directly on his artistic focus and choice of materials, along with the application and gesture in each work. Anger and sadness are part of it – also love, joy, pride and humility. The artist often signs his work with a mark inspired by the ancient Egyptian Eye of Horas – a symbol of power, protection, and health. Throughout his career, Bipolar Holiday has been both a solo practitioner and a collaborator. Tagging as King Dee and later Melo, he worked variously in the St. Louis area from the mid- 1990s to early 2000s. In the 1990s, he painted with the then St. Louis-based graffiti artist Nick Miller and his crew. Choice spots ranged from free standing concrete walls on abandoned property to temporary fencing along construction sites. The artist's compositions contained expressive line and figural elements – human faces, eyes – and the ethereal and allegorical – angel, devil motifs, etc. Later, he moved his artistic focus to a more studio-based form starting in the early 2000s. Holiday had his first show alongside his father’s work at Urbis-Orbis Gallery in downtown St. Louis in 2003. Coming full circle, he occasionally works in a few items of collage or spontaneous marks made by his daughter during her early childhood. Bipolar Holiday has exhibited his work both locally and globally including St. Louis, New York, Grand Rapids and Antwerp. In 2019, he was featured in a four-page spread of JMG Lifestyle Magazine and a large-scale work whet to the Isabis Art Expo in 2019. St. Louis Magazine listed “Bipolar Holiday: Kyoto Girls” when the Walker-Cunningham Fine Art pop-up exhibit was named to the A-List in July 2020. Holiday's work can be found in numerous private and public collections. He lives in St. Louis City...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Forgive Them Nigo
Located in Missouri, MO
Signed, Dated, Titled Verso BIO: Daniel Jefferson AKA "Bipolar Holiday" is a self-taught street artist. A native of St. Louis, he grew up in North St. Louis County in the cities of Normandy and Hazelwood. By the age of 3, he was drawing and painting alongside his father and together they shared studios and collaborations into his mid-20s. His father grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and his mother in St. Louis. Expounding on his family history, Holiday speaks of his Quaker and Native American ancestry - along with his father, who is black, and his mother who is white - as forming his multiracial identity and upbringing. He expresses “not always fitting in,” - being neither “this nor that” - and residing on the margins between the social constructs of race. This emotional state is reflected in his artistic output. He cautions us to see that, while the subject matter of his work is not always a direct depiction of his experience of race, his existence as a person of color propels him and bears directly on his artistic focus and choice of materials, along with the application and gesture in each work. Anger and sadness are part of it – also love, joy, pride and humility. The artist often signs his work with a mark inspired by the ancient Egyptian Eye of Horas – a symbol of power, protection, and health. Throughout his career, Bipolar Holiday has been both a solo practitioner and a collaborator. Tagging as King Dee and later Melo, he worked variously in the St. Louis area from the mid- 1990s to early 2000s. In the 1990s, he painted with the then St. Louis-based graffiti artist Nick Miller and his crew. Choice spots ranged from free standing concrete walls on abandoned property to temporary fencing along construction sites. The artist's compositions contained expressive line and figural elements – human faces, eyes – and the ethereal and allegorical – angel, devil motifs, etc. Later, he moved his artistic focus to a more studio-based form starting in the early 2000s. Holiday had his first show alongside his father’s work at Urbis-Orbis Gallery in downtown St. Louis in 2003. Coming full circle, he occasionally works in a few items of collage or spontaneous marks made by his daughter during her early childhood. Bipolar Holiday has exhibited his work both locally and globally including St. Louis, New York, Grand Rapids and Antwerp. In 2019, he was featured in a four-page spread of JMG Lifestyle Magazine and a large-scale work whet to the Isabis Art Expo in 2019. St. Louis Magazine listed “Bipolar Holiday: Kyoto Girls” when the Walker-Cunningham Fine Art pop-up exhibit was named to the A-List in July 2020. Holiday's work can be found in numerous private and public collections. He lives in St. Louis City...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

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