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
"Flowers with Vessel 4" (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 still-life of dark red carnations balanced in a small vase, cast in shadows.
Megan El...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ma... I Want to Swim!, Photorealist Painting by Wai Ming
By Ming Wai
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wai Ming, Chinese/American (1938 - )
Title: I Want to Swim
Year: 1985
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso
Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Frame Size: 35 x 2...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Allegheny Cemetery", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Allegheny Cemetery" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an angel statue in a cemetery at dawn.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 198...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Pink Jewel" (2022) by Pegah Samaie, Original Oil Painting, Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "The Pink Jewel" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman's face in shadows. She is wearing an elaborate earring.
About the Artist:
Pega...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Sticky Bun" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Sticky Bun" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry topped with candied pecans and sticky glaze.
Gregor...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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Located in Natchez, MS
Servat creates a juxtaposition between the modern world with the helmet numbered 72 and the timeless natural world with the red birds. The helmet floats in space above a pedestal whi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
The Glory of Real Estate
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Eva Carzul’s artwork, “The Glory of Real Estate,” ingeniously infuses humor as the artist shares her personal experiences with the viewer. With one hand clutching keys to an undisclo...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Trio" (2022) By Dianne L. Massey Dunbar, Original Oil Still Life Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Trio" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of a McDonald's meal.
About the artist:
When Di...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ian Hornak
Title: Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden
Year: 1977
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso
Size: 42 x 60 inches (106.68 x 152....
Category
1970s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rush Hour" Large 38x50" Super Realism painting of vintage Tin Toys PLUS toys
Located in Southampton, NY
This large Super realism painting by New York artist Cesar Santander Is one of his masterpieces. It is titled "Rush Hour," and measures 38 x50".
Painted in 2001, it is signed, titled, and dated on the verso and is acrylic on canvas and wood panel.
Making this listing very Special, we have also included in this offering, all of the tin toys that inspired this painting and they are in a clear box with mirrors on the 2 sides, the back and the bottom of the lucite box
and can be displayed along side the painting just how the toys are featured in the painting. You can see an image of that mirrored box in this listing.
Santander first sets up the layout of these vintage tin toys...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Candy Eyes issue #2 - 21st Century, Portrait, Red, Green Eyes, Figurative, Woman
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Candy Eyes issue #2, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
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
"Flowers with Vessel 5" (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 still-life of dark red carnations balanced in a small vase, cast in shadows.
Megan El...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"A Moment in Time", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Moment in Time" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts Times Square in New York City bustling wit...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Blue Sky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Mubaraq Yusuf is a rising star in the contemporary art scene, known for his ability to blend traditional techniques with modern themes. "Blue Sky" is a testament to his unique vision...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Unbearable Lightness of Being. 2019, canvas, oil, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Unbearable Lightness of Being. 2019, canvas, oil, 25x25 cm
Abeltina Barbara (1988)
graduated in 2017 from the Art Academy of Latvia with a Master’s degree in painting. She also hol...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" (Original Acrylic Painting)
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" is an acrylic painting that depicts a Ford Mustang Emblem.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Large Photo Realist Pop Art Watercolor Painting Children's Toys Teddy Bear Block
By Michael Beck
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Beck (American, b. 1943)
Watercolor painting on paper, 1986
"First Fruits",
Hand signed, dated and titled along lower margins
Gallery label verso,
Matted and framed under plexiglass,
Dimensions: 38"h x 58"w (sight), 48"h x 67"w (frame)
Provenance: Property from a Major Corporate Art Collection; Corporate Art Directions, NYC
Michael Beck (b. 1943) ( American Photo Realist artist) was born in San Diego California. In 1971, he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and was awarded the James D. Phelan Award in the Visual Arts, juried by artists Wayne Thiebaud and June Livingston. In June of 2014, he was awarded a Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation award.
Michael Beck was part of the early Photo Realist Movement in California among other contemporaries like Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham and Richard Estes and Audrey Flack. Choosing vintage childrens toys as his subject matter. Michael Beck’s artwork stands out for its distinct subjects of toys and objects from a previous era. These unique items include vintage rocking horses...
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Being" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Being" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as it swallows a lit candle.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Self portrait. 2019, canvas, oil, 40x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Self portrait. 2019, canvas, oil, 40x30 cm
Abeltina Barbara (1988)
graduated in 2017 from the Art Academy of Latvia with a Master’s degree in painting. She also holds a Master’s de...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tied Up", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "Tied Up" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wood paneled rustic fishing boat with all its gear and fittings...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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
"Cool and Calm", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Cool and Calm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman holding a pink ice-cream cone with a pink background....
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Electric Dreams of Uncanny Things, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Arbiter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted, fiery still life with bright colors.
About the Artist:
David is an internationally accla...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Scraping", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Scraping" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a construction worker smoothing freshly poured cement in a developing urban landscape.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mickey Frome, "Westbound Across the Early Morning Sky, " Oil on Canvas, 2003
By Mickey Frome
Located in Long Island City, NY
This photorealistic oil painting on canvas was created by self-taught American artist Mickey Frome. Frome is greatly interested in hyperrealistic representations of cars, trucks, mot...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rain on Windshield", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Rain on Windshield" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a windshield that partly obscures t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Chocolate Cruller" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Chocolate Cruller" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cruller pastry covered with a chocolate glaze.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
V and M Delicatessen
By Charles Ford
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that shows the great lighting and shadows of New ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Stack One (Parlor), " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Stack One (Parlor)" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a tall stack of five glazed donuts, with toppings, piled on top of each other.
A...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Stream, Oil on Canvas Painting by Lowell Nesbitt, 1982
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
"Cement and Tree Shadows", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Cement and Tree Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in the shade of a tree wit...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sound 6616" Lush Woman's Lips & Elements Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Roh Jae-soon
Located in New York, NY
A stunning oil painting depicting a beautiful woman's lips. It is done in a photo realistic style which is executed effortlessly by the artist. The deep pink and contrast of darkness...
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
"Old Dirty Bastard" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Old Dirty Bastard" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with chocolate and peanut butter.
Gregory was born in Kansas City,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Becoming" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Becoming" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as a lit candle appears in its mouth.
Mia Bergeron's int...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"King's Highway Deep", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "King's Highway Deep" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a dirt trail leading into the forest where fall has s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Butterfingering" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Butterfingering" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a donut topped with butterfinger topping.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Window 2
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary realist oil painting by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
My paintings are less about the images or scenes that they depict and more about my state o...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Vast" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Vast" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the faint glow of a candle cast in blue darkness.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
"Return" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Return" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle glowing black and blue.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated early on, beginning with continuous exposure to visual works through her parents' graphic design firm in New York City. In 1998, Mia studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. After taking foundational courses at RISD, Mia decided to pursue a more traditional education. In 2002-2005, Mia studied and taught at The Charles H...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
"Transcendence" Figurative Narrative "Being Human" vs "Human Being"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Samuel Wilson
(Born 1986)
San Antonio, TX
Image Size: 24 x 48
Medium: Oil on Canvas
"Transcendence"
When you see them in person you will say UNBELIEVEAB...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ritual" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Ritual" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle glowing red against a dark background.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
"Powdered Jelly" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Powdered Jelly" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a powdered donut with a white background.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Mariposa Monarca / Monarch butterfly". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurativ
Located in MADRID, ES
"Mariposa Moarca / Monarch butterfly". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurative
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Eight Men Working", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Eight Men Working" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Long Day's Work", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Long Day's Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers gathering around a pit in the street lined with caut...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Raindrops", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Raindrops" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of ripples in a puddle from a heavy rainfall.
About the art...
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2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary figurative acrylic painting macabre female subjects dark signed
By Yonder Castillo
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Two sisters wrapped in webbings and covered in spiders. This artist has dove deep into the fear of arachnophobia. When looking at this piece people at first spot the dew on the webbi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Tourists in Rome
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
Tourists in Rome is a large-scale painting capturing a contemporary scene aboard an open-top tour bus navigating the streets of the Eternal City. The viewer’s gaze is drawn toward th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Al Pasino, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Al Pacino is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. The portrait is painted in oil on linen canvas. Realism. It is varnished, the sides are painted in the color of the painti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Selfie (triptych), Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Janos Kujbus
Located in Yardley, PA
Original work - 3 big paintings (triptych) in contemporary pop art style from hungarian artist Janos Kujbus. Story about artwork: "Sometimes I feel we live a strange life. We d...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In These Shoes
Located in London, GB
In These Shoes
A super sexy oil on linen provocative BDSM painting of a sexy woman wearing Louboutin heels.
Martin Allen is a London based artist. Marti...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"I Believe in Ghosts" is a contemporary trompe l'oeil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"I Believe in Ghosts" is a contemporary trompe l'oeil painting of words scrambled with Casper the Friendly Ghost.
The ghost in this case is not just Casper the Friendly Ghost, howe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Where You Touched Me, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Where You Touched Me... Flowers Bloomed. The painting represents a woman and her feelings. It makes us think about our actions and how they affect others. :: Painting :: Photoreal...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Guardian
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
$3,500
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting II" Figurative Oil Painting 55" x 39" inch by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
By Yousra Hafad
Located in Culver City, CA
"Lady in Waiting I" Figurative Oil Painting 47" x 35" in by Yousra Hafad
Yousra Hafad is a young artist who excels in portraiture and particularly the me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oceanic Pearls
By Ben Weiner
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oceanic Pearls is an oil painting on prepared paper, sheet size 15.75 x 22 inches, signed, titled and dated verso, 'Ben Weiner Oceanic Pearls 2019' and framed in a contemporary white frame.
Connecting two opposing styles—abstraction and photorealism—Ben Weiner creates hyper-detailed, lush paintings and videos of extremely magnified consumer products, including hair gel, chemical food additives, and deodorant. In his work, he presents such meticulously rendered, close-up views of his subjects that they read as pure abstractions. A through-line in Weiner’s various bodies of work is contemporary culture’s obsession with bodily enhancement through chemical products—whether by using hair products or taking illegal drugs.
"My paintings of pearls and hair gel merge varied notions of art as creation with biological and mythological concepts of creation. Visually, the pearls seem to emerge from the hair gel, suggesting biological processes such as cellular division, or the primordial soup that preceded life on earth. The all-over, abstract qualities of the hair gel recall the abstract expressionists’ concepts of the sublime art object and art as a transcendent act of creation. Additionally, the pearl itself is a naturally produced object of profound beauty. I use it to symbolize my understanding of creation as a feminine power, intrinsically linked to beauty (as in Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus). Finally, the pearls are an ode to Audrey Flack, one of my early artistic influences." - Ben Weiner
Ben Charles Weiner (b. 1980) is a New York based contemporary artist. His work bridges the seemingly opposite styles of hyperrealism, and process-based abstraction. Mr. Weiner has exhibited his work widely in the US and internationally, at institutions including The Carnegie Art Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, and The Tarble Art Center. His work is in public collections including Microsoft, Sammlung/Collection, Progressive Insurance, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Photorealist figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, Bruce Adams, James Van Fossan, and Mia Bergeron. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $228 and tops out at $100,000, while the average work sells for $3,000.