Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 13

Renata Palubinskas
"Adam and Eve Triptych" Contemporary Surrealism with Hieronymous Bosch Attitude

2018

About the Item

"Adam & Eve Triptych" is a contemporary painting with surrealist elements such as the eyes in the clouds, the unknown and unknowable creatures painted and the biblical scene alluded to by the title. There is a definite Hieronymus Bosch attitude expressed by the creature in the first panel and the last panel. The sweetest creature is Eve as a very young, but nonetheless, suspicious and perhaps manipulative woman. Renata Palubinskas was born in 1968 in Kaunas, Lithuania, at the time still in the Soviet Union as the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. She received her diploma in Fine Art and Restoration from St. Zukas Technium of Applied Arts in 1989. After working at the M.K. Ciurlionis State Museum of Art, she emigrated to the United States in the 1990s, basing herself in Detroit. Renata's work rethinks historic iconography while intentionally addressing the modern world through a new perspective. The characters in her paintings are often caught between the struggle of good and evil. That struggle represents the choice of trying to obtain immediate gratification or realization of the self, and the haunting life experiences with latent possibilities for death. Renata uses schematic compositions with purposefully positioned figures and other visual elements. To attract attention to the most significant figures, she often ornate their garments with intricate patterns. They are typically placed in either a serene landscape or an interior setting with a threatening presence around them. Her work has been exhibited in Collected Detroit, the Devos Convention Center, the Scarab Club, the Arka Gallery in Vilnius, the Monkute Mars Museum, the Oakland University Gallery, the Charles Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, the Byron Roche Gallery, and Gallerie Camille.
More From This SellerView All
  • Jerome Paul Within Figurative "The Three Men Each at Their Windows Light"
    Located in Detroit, MI
    Jerome Witkin is an American figurative artist whose paintings deal with political, social and cultural themes, along with serious portraiture that melds...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Ron Lukas Portrait "Annie Hall" Woody Allen Movie Character
    Located in Detroit, MI
    SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Annie Hall” is a brilliant complicated mixed media piece composed of disparate parts and pieces that together make up a successful whole similar to the Woody All...
    Category

    1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

  • "Statue of Liberty" American Icon, Oil Painting, Triptych
    By Artis Lane
    Located in Detroit, MI
    All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice & Metaphysics. In my work I strive to heal, uplift and inspire viewers and collectors to find perfection in their own being. - Artis Lane "Statue of Liberty" is a painting by the Canadian, Ms. Lane, who has adopted the United States as her home country. She has used a cool blue tone to give the statue a more sculptural aspect in paint. The Statue of Liberty is an American Icon...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Esther Before the King" Biblical Scene in Contemporary Setting, Drama, Colors
    Located in Detroit, MI
    SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This captivating painting by an unknown artist takes the famous 17th century painting Esther before Ahasuerus by Artemisia Gentileschi and recontextualizes it for the modern era. In the original Old Testament story as depicted by Gentileschi, Esther, the Jewish wife of the king Ahasuerus went to him without being summoned after the king ordered the execution of all Jewish people in the Persian Empire. She asked him to spare her people, breaking court etiquette and risking almost certain death before fainting before the king. In this work we have the king of his house in his yellow recliner...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Steven Goodfellow Figurative Oil Painting Primary Micro Pointillism
    Located in Detroit, MI
    SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Stephen Goodfellow's figurative paintings can be read as a narrative puzzle that are a challenge to pick apart. In this painting both characters are smiling suggesting something pleasant has happened or is about to happen. There is much more going on: sink full of forgotten dirty dishes...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Stephen Goodfellow Figurative Oil on Canvas Primary Micro Pointillism
    Located in Detroit, MI
    SALE ONE WEEK ONLY Stephen Goodfellow's figurative paintings can be read as a narrative puzzle and are a challenge to pick apart. We are at the beg...
    Category

    Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like
  • Small Humming Bird- Purple - Oil painting by English Artist Jamel Akib
    By Jamel Akib
    Located in Battle, East Sussex
    Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Humming Bird No.2- Pink - Oil painting by English Artist Jamel Akib
    By Jamel Akib
    Located in Battle, East Sussex
    Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Humming Bird II
    By Jamel Akib
    Located in Battle, East Sussex
    Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Untitled (Jai Lai)
    Located in Beverly Hills, CA
    Provenance: Ibid Projects Private collection, Los Angeles
    Category

    Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Sounds of the Harp, 2024, oil, ink and foil on canvas 80x120 cm
    Located in Jerusalem, IL
    Sounds of the Harp, 2024 oil, ink and foil on canvas 80x120 cm Yonatan Zohar was born in 2000 in Jerusalem, Israel where he lives with his wife. His Talmudic studies occupy most of...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Foil

  • Autoretrato
    Located in Miami, FL
    n/a
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All