Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Ocean Light is an original figurative painting by artist Bill Bate. It features two figures underwater in this atmospheric composition and colour palette. Bill Bate was interested in...

"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...

Master painter Bruno Surdo brings humor to the painting "Trick or Treat". His classically posed figures sport various Halloween costumes and stand in front of a factory. The painting is framed in a simple black frame. Bruno Surdo Trick or Treat oil on panel 18h x 24w in 45.72h x 60.96w cm BRS046 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...

Katrina Revenaugh Stai Fuori dal Mio Giardino Numero 3 Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel Year: 2024 Size: 10 x 8 x 1.75 inches Signed: On Verso ...

This original drawing by artist Ellen Williams is one in a series of elegant minimal nude studies, using a singular line to interpret the curves of a body. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: C...

Oil on board painting by polish painter Maria Prokop

Acrylic on canvas Irakli Chikovani is a Georgian artist born in 1985 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2010, he was graduated from Tbilisi State Academy. He is member in ...

Andrew S. Conklin Artist Statement—Motion Capture Studio Series Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a figurative painter. Conklin's paintings are a product of his ...

Skirr VII is an original figurative painting by artist Henry Walsh. The scene captures a sweet depiction of a man pulling a sleigh with his child on. Henry Walsh artist's works are a...

"A common black plastic garbage bag, set against a lush, verdant landscape, is elevated in significance by a meticulously painted trompe-l'œil gilt wood frame rendered directly onto ...

This beautiful original artwork entitled "Bowie Life" was realized by the Italian artist EMPHI in 2018. Oil paint on canvas. Hand-signed on the lower right. Certificate of authent...

Acrylic & oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for se...

One day, the son of the artist Planted a medlar pit in the garden in front of their house. Becoming Medlar, it stood out in the view of the workshop window till it became an inspiration of the artist. One summer, when it was covered day after day with countless medlars, it became the subject of a botanical canvas by Andrée de Frémont...

Gurucharan Singh - Untitled - 30 x 22 inches (Unframed Size ) Acrylic on Fabriano Paper ( Framed & Delivered ) Born 1949 Exhibitions : Selected...

Gordon Hunt Chit Chat Swim Original Seascape Painting Oil Paint on Deep Edge Canvas Size: 50 cm x 50 cm x 4 cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication ...

Josette Dubost is a French artist born in 1936 who lives & works in Solliès-Pont, France.

‘Last Resort’ (White Horse) by Georgie Dowling [2021] original and hand signed by the artist Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 c...

Soldiers and Rabbits from the Waiting with Walls series John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1971 Oil on Canvas, signed lower left Size: 59 x 60 in. (149...

"Divine Seed and Ascension" is a visual masterpiece that instantly intrigues with its symbolic and poetic composition. At its center stands a man, a figure shrouded in a raincoat, ev...

A peaceful landscape scene in shades of light blue with pale yellow and ivory, this encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with oil, pigments from Morocco and India, volcanic ash fro...

"Tenderness" Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian painter and graphic known for his d...

Kirstyn Wright is a wildlife and Western artist focusing on Texas and Southwestern imagery. She grew up an hour northwest of Fort Worth in the ranching and rodeo community of Wise Co...

Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...

Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...

"InstaDiva 3" Painting 47" x 39" inch by Yevhenii Shapovalov ATT: SHIPS ROLLED IN TUBE ABOUT: Yevhenii Shapovalov is a highly talented Ukrainian...

An original contemporary painting by American artist Bruce Adams.

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. ...

Mixed media on canvas Irakli Chikovani is a Georgian artist born in 1985 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2010, he was graduated from Tbilisi State Academy. He is member ...

A Rhode Island native, I earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Since then I’ve worked as a freelance artist, decorative painter, teacher and master painter at a folk art c...

Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...

"Feeding the Fish" is an original oil painting by Contemporary realist Megan Eisenberg about snorkeling in the beautiful tropical water of the Cayman I...

Uday Mondal - Untitled, 13 x 19 inches (unframed size) Acrylic & Pastel on Paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : His paintings present details of the society in a responsible, lucid and coherent fashion. They are thought-provoking and give a new perspective to art. The most interesting things about his artworks are that they transcend politics, religion, and gender striking a chord with the viewers. About the Artist and his work : Born : 1976. Education : 1999 : BFA in Painting from the Indian Art College, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata 2002 : MFA in Painting from MS University, Baroda. Solo Shows : 2006 : Gallery Beyond, Mumbai 2005 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai 2001 : Solo Show at Baroda. Group Shows : 2010 : IMA Foundation, London & Jehangir Art Gallery by Pink Ginger Arts, Mumbai 2009 : ‘Art Expo’ Mumbai ; ‘Cutting Chai’ curated by Sandhya Bordewekar, Sarjan Art Gallery, Baroda & Online show ‘IMA foundation’ London. 2008 & 09 : ‘Spandan IV’ Gallery Articulate, Yash Birla Group, Mumbai 2006,07 & 08 : ‘Summer Show’ CIMA Art Gallery, Kolkata 2008 : ‘Emerging India’ Henry Moore Gallery, London by Art Alive Gallery 2007 : ‘Singapore Art Fest’, Singapore ; “Synchrome 4’ Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai & Akar Prakar, Kolkata & ‘Reality Bytes’ three men show...

"Cheiftain" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times...

Michael Tole says of his work… This painting reimagines the moment when Cleopatra contemplates suicide after her battlefield loss to Octavian. In this revisionist history, Cleopatr...

Greg Singley , born 1950- Artist Statement: When the sun sets in the desert South West, things appear. This is the nature of what touches me about that la...

Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...

Winter Hare by Jennifer Jokhoo [2021] limited_edition Linocut Edition number 14 Image size: H:11.5 cm x W:12 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15.5 cm x W:16 cm x D:.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 5 layer linocut printed with eco friendly safe wash printing inks on Fabriano paper. Inspired by country walks with our dog during winter and my love of the British wildlife. Berries are in abundance in early Winter, my favourites are: rosehips, hawthorn, Ivy and Yew. I enjoy watching the yellow star like umbel flowers...

Rose Freymuth-Frazier Wise Ones oil on linen 32h x 50w in 81.28h x 127w cm RFF059 Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary explorati...

This piece is not framed. Raluca Vulcan is a French-Romanian artist who likes to express the life and sensitivity of the human body, mostly through nudes and portraits.

Matthew Crane is a figurative painter whose work seeks to find a balance between violence and grace. As a self taught artist, Matthew merges abstract exp...

A farm stands before you on the horizon. A windmill majestically slices the blue sky. A bird, painted in taut brushstrokes, struts on a branch. These are tranquil images; horizon far...

Carnival. Paper, wood, watercolor, 53x75 cm Atis Ievins (1946) The exhibition by artist Atis Ieviņš reminds the very origins of serigraphy technique in Latvian art in the time of th...

Night (Nude on Armchair 2). Part of my "Nude on Armchair" series. Original painting. size 39x23in / 100x60cm . Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging, from Florida, US. See...

This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Ellen Williams Rose VIII Or...

MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...

The Bawdy Wind that Kisses All it meets by Rosie Phipps [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper Image size: H:10 cm x W:26 cm Complete Size of...

Oil on canvas Karine Bartoli was born in 1971 in Ajaccio. She enrolled at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Marseille where she graduated in 1997. Since then she has ...

Un Jour au L’autre by Dylan Lloyd [2022] original Oil on Canvas Image size: H:75 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:75 cm x W:60 cm x D:2.5cm Frame Size: H:67 cm x W:...

America Martin "Woman and Water Lilies" Acrylic on Linen 53.5 x 96.5 in. Framed Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration f...

"Bridgehampton Birch" by Erin Tice is an elegant mixed-media artwork that masterfully combines torn paper and oil paint on canvas. This abstract collage features a textured composition of warm, earthy tones interwoven with crisp whites, evoking the organic beauty and structure of birch trees. Perfect for contemporary or transitional interiors, this piece adds depth, sophistication, and a natural touch to any space. Elevate your art collection with "Bridgehampton Birch," a timeless creation by Erin Tice. Erin Donahue...

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 ...

Pampa Panwar - Autumn Hop Scotch - 40 x 30 inches ( unframed size ) Mixed Media on Canvas ( ROLLED AND DOOR DELIVERED ) Style : Her work in mixed media meanders around nature and...

René Romero Schuler is an American painter and sculptor who creates powerful images that speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human being...

Oil on canvas Lana Devidze is a Georgian artist born in 1992 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her art transforms familiar objects and scenes, offering viewers a unique persp...

Nicola Magrin was born in Milan in 1978. In 2004 he graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan with a thesis on Miquel Barceló. In 2008 he was selected for a three...

Artists are often isolated, but long for an idealized golden era, “La Boheme”. Frequently an artist's closest encounter with “La Boheme” is nothing more than drinking at a bar...

Clementine Chan is famous Hong Kong artist and illustrator. Born in Hong Kong, Clementine graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong major in Journalism. She studied past...

Malaga Shadows is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Started Plein Air and finished in the Artist's studio this painting is of Malaga's Old City. It is Very early spring, the s...