Photorealist Figurative Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
"Convergence" by David Cheifetz, Surreal Oil Painting (2025)
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Convergence" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman converging with a city.
About the Artist:
David is an internationally acclaimed and collec...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Coming Forward - Figurative painting, Water, Plants, Blue, Green, Nude
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Coming Forward, 2023
Oil on canvas
77 H x 54 W cm
30 5/16 H x 21 17/64 W cm
Carmen Belean’s "Coming Forward" captures a serene, sunlit moment in a tropical setting, inviting viewer...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"1965 Ford Mustang Grill - Dynasty Green" by Shan Fannin, Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
"1965 Ford Mustang Grill - Dynasty Green" by Shan Fannin is an original acrylic painting depicting a close up view of a Mustang ornament cast in blue light.
Born 1969 in California,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Telescoping #2 (Large Photorealist Oil Painting of a Red & White Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a fire engine red and white industrial crane against a bright sky blue background
69 x 48 x 2 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed verso, "Joseph E. Richards"
Hangs with wire installed on the back
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1992. The artist painted this piece when he was 71 years old during a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, industrial cranes. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richards was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The red and white crane, painted with extreme detail and focus, vividly contrasts against a bright blue sky. Areas of brown rust, attesting to the machine's power and longevity, are captured with immaculate precision.
Since the painting has a very smooth surface, one could easily confuse this painting with a photograph. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with pre-installed wire. The artist's signature is located on the back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boatyard Lift (Photo-realist Oil Painting of a Red & Yellow Crane on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a crimson red and yellow industrial boatyard lift against a bright sky blue background
47 x 31 x 2 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed verso, "Joseph E. Richards"
Hangs with wire installed on the back
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 2001. The artist painted this piece when he was 71 years old during a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, industrial cranes. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richards was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The red and yellow crane, painted with extreme detail and focus, vividly contrasts against a bright blue sky. Areas of brown rust, attesting to the machine's power and longevity, are captured with immaculate precision.
Since the painting has a very smooth surface, one could easily mistake this painting with a photograph. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with pre-installed wire. The artist's signature is located on the back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength.
Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland.
Resume:
Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sky 53" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 53" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a pastel blue and purple sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
"The Ocean's Lions", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "The Ocean's Lions" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a group of striped Lionfish in an underwater setting.
Artist Statement:
I am a...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Masked" (2023) by Pegah Samaie, Original Oil Painting, Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Masked" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman's face with floating fabric flowers that partially obstruct her features
About the Arti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Vaca", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Vaca" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with yellow and blue graffiti in the background.
About the ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beyond Childhood, Figure, Contemporary Art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Beyond Childhood
Sise: 41.5x55 inches, (105x140 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind,
He swims in the still blue water, his joy knows no bounds. The sun shines down on him and he is filled with the light of childhood. His wrinkles are gone, his hair is gone, but he is still young...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Féith", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Féith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird perched on a fountains with red floral designs in the background.
A...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Daffodil Fields English Landscape Painting by Contemporary Photorealist Artist
By Nicholas Smith
Located in Preston, GB
Daffodil Fields English Landscape Painting by Contemporary Photorealist Artist, Nicholas Smith.
Art measures 8.5 x 3.5 inches
Frame measures 11.5 x 6....
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pecan Pie (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 17/150 lower right. Canvas size 44 x 55 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sky 60" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 60" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lotus No. 35 (Photorealist Still Life Painting of Green & Brown Lotus Plant)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photorealist still life painting of green lotus flower petals and a brown lotus pod against a light blue background
oil on canvas, 16 x 16 inches, 17 x 17 inches in dark wood moulding
Signed lower left
Painted with the exactness of a still life photograph, this hard edge realist painting by artist Frank DiPetiro features a brown lotus pod with lush green leaves on a pale grey-blue background. Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are utilized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting.
About the artist:
Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Engine 101" Dalmatian NYFD Super realism Oil on Canvas, 2020 Fantasy painting
Located in Southampton, NY
When viewing a painting by Matthew Grabelsky you can immediately see the great technical skill required, the sense of humor and the concept of the pa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Repose" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Emma Hirst (US based) "Repose" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and yellow butterfly perched on a white background peacefully.
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large Still Life Photorealism Acrylic Painting Candy Canes in Vase Photo Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Wildbank (American, b. 1948)
Photorealist Still Life Painting "Candy Sticks",
Acrylic on canvas
Signed in bottom right corner recto
Charles Bourke Wildbank, native New Yor...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Reveille, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Reveille" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts green reeds of Sweet Flag sprouting from the shallows of a pond filled with the blue reflecti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Superchip (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 39/150 lower right. Canvas size 38 x 50 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lowell Nesbitt, "Tulipa Hybrida, " Photorealist Painting, 1976
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Beacon" Figurative Narrative
Located in San Antonio, TX
Samuel Wilson
(Born 1986)
San Antonio, TX
Image Size: 24 x 60
Medium: Oil
"Beacon"
When you see them in person you will say UNBELIEVEABLE.
From his series
"Being Human" vs. "Human B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Anonymous Collaborators", Hyper-realistic, oil painting, graffiti landscape
By Jessica Hess
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original oil painting on canvas by Jessica Hess measuring 30in x 30in.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Jessica Hess now lives and works in San Francisco, Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" (2022) By Shan Fannin, Original Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" is an acrylic painting that depicts a red 1959 Red BMW Isetta 300.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings v...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Board
Brazil - 21st Century, Figurative Painting, Green, Flag, Bikini Bottom
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Brazil, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed, front right middle)
14.96 H x 18.11 W in.
38 H x 46 W cm.
The contemporary society is seen as an "extra-wrapped" society by the artist Mihai Flor...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Breath" (2024), Original Oil Portrait by Megan Elizabeth Read
Located in Denver, CO
Megan Elizabeth Read's "Breath" is an original, handmade oil painting created in 2024 depicts a closeup female face with motion blur with hyper realistic hands encircling her face.
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Mid Century Portrait of Raymond L. Hanson, Large-Scale Photo-Realist Figurative
By W.S. Bylityplis
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Portrait of Raymond L. Hanson, Large-Scale Photo-Realist Figurative
Refined and austere large-scale by W.S. Bylityplis (American/France, 19th-20th Century), dated 1963 with California crest. This photo-realistic portrait depicts the subject, Raymond L. Hanson, with impressive realistic detail.
Signed and dated lower right corner.
Unframed. Measures: 48"H x 36"W.
About the artist:
W.S. Bylityplis (American/France, 19th-20th Century), was an illustration and portrait artist during the 19th and early 20th century.
About the subject:
Portrait subject Raymond Hanson, was a lawyer whom establish the Hanson...
Category
1960s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Gardenia, Photorealist Flower Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"See the Last Village of Words" Oil painting 40" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"See the Last Village of Words" Oil painting 40" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on linen
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Baugh's work can be described as narrative impressionistic realis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Of Ships and Men" - Nautical Trompe l'Oeil Composition in Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
"Of Ships and Men" - Nautical Trompe l'Oeil Composition in Oil on Board
Maritime still life by Russell Tripp (American, 1942-2025). This hyper-realistic painting captures a collecti...
Category
1990s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Insatiable" Contemporary Hyperrealism Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Insatiable" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a man in a suit being bombarded by sugary donuts while holding a daisy adorned with a bumblebee. The hyp...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Baker's Dozen", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Baker's Dozen" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts twelve glazed donuts in a white pastry box.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Asia Major
Located in Natchez, MS
Santibañez Servat works his magic in creating this stunning example of photorealism, with his brand of the surreal. The artist works in thin layers of oil paint diluted with linseed oil to create an old world master portrait of a Japanese woman. The background inspired by his interpretation of Shunga, Japanese erotic woodblock prints.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York Times (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 36/150 lower right. Canvas size 44 x 55 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd, Contemporary painting, botanical art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil on Linen Board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
"Halo" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Halo" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle creating a halo around its form.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cul...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
Farm in the Woods at Winter in the English Countryside with Warm Brown Colours
Located in Preston, GB
Farm in the Woods at Winter in the English Countryside with Warm Brown Colours by 20th Century British Artist, Christopher Osborne.
Art measures 12 x 8 inches
Frame measures 16 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 030 (Hammer and Iron)
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original diptych painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's Untitled series.
Each work measure 24" x 24' and comes framed in a silver meta...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Luminalia" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Luminalia" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a candle with a dusky evening sky.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wax
Walking Distance
By Cindy Press
Located in East Hampton, NY
Denim Jeans and high heeled shoes
Photorealist painter Cindy Press.
Works by Cindy can be seen in Bloomingdales NYC Shoe Dept.
Photorealist Figurative Pai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Piccillo Dancer Hyperrealism Black and White (Dancer with Chick) Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original graphite, oil paint and collage on canvas by American contemporary artist Joseph Piccillo.
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Graphite
"Owl/Búho". Contemporary, Realism, hyperrealims, figurative, bright, vivid, anim
Located in MADRID, ES
Contemporary, Realism, hyperrealims, figurative, bright, vivid, animal
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wonder Woman (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 24/150 lower right. Canvas size 38 x 50 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Minimalist Pop Art Oil Painting – White Inflated Condom with Soft Reflections
By María Magán
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This minimalist pop art oil painting captures a delicate white inflated condom reimagined as a luminous bubble, floating on a serene, pale background. Using refined oil techniques, t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Hyperrealist Large Portrait Film Noir Strip Film Still Black White
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original painting by American contemporary conceptual painter Bruce Adams from the artist's new Untitled series.
The “Untitled,” series draws from a variety of visual and histori...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Driving in the Rain II", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Driving in the Rain II" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a car windshield which obscures...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tennis Shoes - Framed Contemporary Pink Figurative Fashion Shoes Diptych Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in 1982 in Manzanillo, Cuba, artist Darwin Estacio Martinez honed his artistic skills at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts "El Alba" in Holguin, and furthered his education ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Garlic Scapes" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Garlic Scapes" is a handmade, original oil painting that hyper realistically depicts curly sprouts of garlic with a dark background....
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Strawberry Sundae" Large Photo Realist Ptg., Ice Cream Parfait & Whipped Cream
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is large-scale, unimaginably realistic, stunningly beautiful and delightful images of food. Currently available are this gorgeous strawberry parfait sundae, a mouth-watering slice of cherry pie with vanilla ice cream, a delicious slice of cherry cheesecake and bowl of berries with whipped cream:
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Strawberry Sundae"
2018
Oil on Wood Panel
39.75 x 34.25 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in dark wood.
The artist has also completed many commissioned food paintings including the Canadian Government's request for images of 5 of Canada's favorite foods which subsequently became stamp images - and The Cheesecake Factory's two commissions for their corporate headquarters and the owners' Malibu beach house.
A quote from the artist:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.”
Mary Ellen Johnson
Johnson further describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food. Sold works include paintings of PB & J sandwiches, pancakes with blueberries and syrup, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles and sushi, among others. Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and over the top technical skill that renders these works so overwhelmingly appealing!
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: 1989, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Swamp Thing (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 8/150 lower right. Canvas size 38 x 48 inches. Canvas is not stretched.
Artwork is in excellent con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cracker Jacks (huge original painting)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated lower front by Doug Bloodworth. Canvas size 48 x 60 x 2 inches (stretched).
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of au...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pequena Italia (Little Italy) NYC
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting.
Jesús Navarro was born in Jerez, (Cadiz), located in southern Spain, in 1952. By the age of tw...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ciruelas / Plums". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative
Located in MADRID, ES
"Ciruelas / Plums". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative, hyperrealism, photorealim
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Sandía / Watermelon". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative
Located in MADRID, ES
"Sandía / Watermelon". Contemporary, Realism, food, figurative, hyperrealism, photorealim
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Serenity with Tea-original impressionism portrait painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Serenity with Tea" by James Zamora invites viewers into a wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Tuck
By Glenn Ness
Located in Fairfield, CT
Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s compositions are flooded with his signature warm l...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Old Black Woman - Contemporary, Blue, Green, Tigers, Black, Lady, Dream
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Old Black Woman, 2019
Oil on canvas
55 1/8 H x 47 1/4 W in.
140 H x 120 W cm
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and inter...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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