Items Similar to Like Romeo, Original Signed Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 7
Sarah JacobsLike Romeo, Original Signed Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting2022
2022
About the Item
Like Romeo, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting
43" x 33" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil, Copper Alloy, and Print on Canvas
Hand-signed by the artist.
This mixed media portrait by artist Sarah Jacobs features a man with a cheerful expression looking out towards the viewer with his hands raised near his face in a playful gesture. His smiling face is framed by the yellow petals of a sunflower, acting as a halo around the crown of his head. The subjecct is both dressed in, and otherwise surrounded by, an amass of nature-inspired patterning featuring orchids, roses, and tomatoes that blur the line of the figure's corporeal reality with the world around him. This style is very reminiscent of the works by contemporary portrait painter Kehinde Wiley.
Artist Commentary:
My very talented model, Andrew, is a playwright. I designed two patterns for this. Purple orchids and particularly the the national flower of Colombia, the Cattleya trianae orchid, are his mother’s favorite flowers. The other pattern's motifs are tomatoes and roses because of the idea of throwing tomatoes at the stage for a bad performance or giving roses on opening night for a good one, since Andrew is a playwright. The metal leaf “halo” is in the shape of a sunflower, Andrew’s favorite flower. The way that the folds in the shirt are painted on top of the pattern instead of the patterns bending with the folds references Medieval European painters’ way of painting fabric to go with the halo.
About the Artist:
Sarah Jacobs is a contemporary artist. Her work has been exhibited in the US and in Europe and she has taken part in artist residencies in Grimma, Germany, Cali, Colombia, and Taos, New Mexico. She has won multiple grants, including the Arts Council England Grant, and her work can be found in public and private collections in the US, UK, and Hong Kong. She has had solo and two person exhibitions in New York City, London, Wrocław, Poland and Bristol, England, among other cities. Born in 1984, Jacobs was raised in Littlestown, Pennsylvania. She was educated in Art History at Gettysburg College and received her MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 2010. There she studied under Joyce Kozloff and Timothy App. Jacobs moved back to the USA in 2014 after 3 years living in London and Bristol, UK where she became a naturalized British citizen.
- Creator:Sarah Jacobs
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 43 in (109.22 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Boston, MA
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
5.0
Gold Seller
These expertly vetted sellers are highly rated and consistently exceed customer expectations.
Established in 2009
1stDibs seller since 2021
75 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 3 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Pittsburgh, PA
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 7 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Infinity Cartoon, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Portrait PaintingLocated in Boston, MAInfinity Cartoon, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting 44" x 32" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil, Acrylic, Flashe, Thread, and Print on Canvas This mixed media portrait by artist Sarah Jacobs...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Color, Thread, Acrylic, Vinyl
- Atlas Served, Original Contemporary Playful Surrealist Narrative Oil PaintingLocated in Boston, MAAtlas Served, Original Contemporary Playful Surrealist Narrative Painting 49" x 28" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil and Print on Canvas A humorous work by artist Sarah Jacobs...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Color
- Bask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait PaintingLocated in Boston, MABask, Original Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Mixed Media Portrait Painting 42" x 33" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil and Print on Canvas This mixed media portrait by artist Sarah Jacobs...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil, Color
- Latin Lady, Original Signed Contemporary Expressionist Figurative PaintingBy Sharon SiebenLocated in Boston, MALatin Lady, Original Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Painting, 2021 30" x 15" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Mixed Media and Acrylic on Paper bonded to a Wood Panel Hand-signed by the artist. ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
- Trifectious, Realist Figurative Painting, 2016By Alexa De Los ReyesLocated in Boston, MAArtist Commentary: I am captivated with how reflections and refractions caught in underwater photographs seem to expose hidden aspects of people's characters. I photograph friends an...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Anubis, Oil Painting on Canvas, 2016By Alexa De Los ReyesLocated in Boston, MAArtist Commentary: This painting captures a young boy during a contemplative moment in a lake. It is part of an ongoing series of paintings of figures underwater, as I am fascinated ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
You May Also Like
- Senza Titolo 4 Oil Paint on Copper Portrait In StockBy Giovanni Tommasi FerroniLocated in Utrecht, NLSenza Titolo 4 Oil Paint on Copper Portrait In Stock Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsCopper
- "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on CopperBy Jed JacksonLocated in St. Louis, MOJed Jackson was born in Fayette, Arkansas. Throughout his education, he studied under artists such as Janet Fish, Fairfield Porter, and Leland Bell, and reaps influence from the “gri...Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCopper, Metal
- Terra Nullis-21st Century Contemporary Iconic Painting of a Girl in blue dressBy Pam HawkesLocated in Nuenen, Noord BrabantThis British artist is new to the Netherlands, her work is now a household name in the rest of the world. We understand why. A painting by Pam Hawkes is something remarkable. At th...Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCopper
- Hortus Conclusus- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a GirlBy Pam HawkesLocated in Nuenen, Noord BrabantThis remarkable painting is made by Pam Hawkes. This British artist is new to the Netherlands, her work is now a household name in the rest of the world. We're proud to represent her...Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
MaterialsCopper
- "Sexy", Framed, Contemporary, Oil, Portrait, Painting, on CopperBy Jed JacksonLocated in St. Louis, MOJed Jackson was born in Fayette, Arkansas. Throughout his education, he studied under artists such as Janet Fish, Fairfield Porter, and Leland Bell, and reaps influence from the “gritty realism” of artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jacques Louis David, and early Edgar Degas, and the work of his contemporaries including John Currin and David Salle. Jackson is currently the Chairman of the Art Department at University of Memphis in Tennessee and is the author of the book “Art: A Comparative Study.” Jackson’s paintings are modern mythological allegories, rich with subtle innuendos, political dissent, and emotional ambiguity. Gleaning inspiration from fashion magazines, movies, the literary world, and a plethora of other twentieth century cultural sources, Jackson incorporates these images and ideas with a keen sense of color to create paintings that are simultaneously rich in content and aesthetically dynamic. Selected Collections American General Finance Co., Evansville, IN Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Evansville, IN Bucknell University, Bucknell, PA Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY Indiana State University, Terre Haute...Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
MaterialsMetal, Copper
- Elements EtruscoLocated in Miami, FLA. Laurenti has been exhibiting since 1984 universal, visionary and contemporary paintings. His images bring back to us through his colors, landscapes and personalities that have exi...Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
MaterialsGold Leaf
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Signed Painting Yellow
Surrealist Signed
Original Signed Painting New York City
Figurative Painting Face
Gestural Figurative
British Figurative Paintings
Maryland Painting
Paintings Of Maryland
Baltimore Paintings
Painting Crown
Painting Colombia
Painting Of Head Face
Contemporary Medieval
Copper Face
Flower Head Painting
Surrealist Heads
Surrealist Flower Painting
Good Bad Other