Aquatic Figurative Paintings

A graceful, fair-haired female figure swims with her back turned in inviting, dark midnight blue water. A round, luminous, glowing moon reflects on the water's rippling surface in th...

“Coral Gardens” is an interpretation of the experience we had in the Great Lagoon of Rangiroa, a pristine and tranquil spot in the South Pacific. To catch a sense of motion and flick...

Vasily Ryabchenko's "Contemplation n.2" (2023) is an original handmade landscape painting that depicts plants hanging over a stream. This piece perfectly captures the reflections and...

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...

On a recent trip to the Caribbean, Nansi and David were frequently surrounded by large shoals of Palometa fish, a privilege which inspired this painting, “Nude Ascending”. The motif, a nude swimmer interacting peacefully-almost spiritually-with ocean life, has become one of the trademarks of the husband and wife collaborative duo. Nansi Bielanski Gallup & David C. Gallup are fine artists living in Southern California and in the small island...

Jay Patel Betta Fish Acrylic on Board Year: 2022 Size: 12x10x1.5in Signed verso COA provided Ready to hang Ref.: 924802-1124 "A golden Betta meanders throu...

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...

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...

Painting with fishes, underwater world Nugzar Avtandilovich Kahiani was born in Poti, Georgia in 1952. He studied at the Art College named after Nikoladze. Then he went to serve in the Soviet Army from1970 to 1972. After completing his military service he entered the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry at the faculty of artistic metal, from which he graduated in 1986. During his studies, he has been actively engaged in painting. His favorite artists are Gauguin, El Greco, Botticelli, Turner and Picasso. Works of artistic stone He worked also with stone, cornelian and onyx. But his soul gravitated to bright and blustery color, and so he has became engaged in painting. At first his paintings were quiet, with muted tonal gamma. The color image was built on the play of hues and halftones. Such a careful elaboration of color educates the taste, sharpness and delicacy of vision. Gradually, the painter became more experienced, and his paintings acquired assurance and power of maturity, blooming in colorful brilliancy. Nugzar's color preferences The color of Nugzar’s paintings is deep and multi-layered. It is woven of infinite number of hues and filled with light. At first sight it may be difficult to recognize the shapes in the play of flickering color dabs. The figures appear gradually, they draw the first breath just before our eyes, crystallizing from the color heap. The painter is attracted by major tonality and motives that years ago could be called “the gallant feasts” - repasts, assiduities, music parties, and airings. After somewhat daemonic, infernal imagery of early paintings, it has appeared the theme of “Le joie de vivre,” the joy of life. Source of inspiration Born in the ancient Kolkhida, he keeps the blissful pagan feel of entirety and completeness of being. It is embodied almost literally in his favorite personage auroral gorgeous-bodied beauty of a girl. He grants these forms even to Olympian inhabitants - Aphrodite, Athene, Arthemide, let alone the Bacchants. I remember unwittingly that Niko Pirosmani similarly painted on his impoverished buckrams the luxurious prince repasts and languid, elephantine beauties. Working style But his style is not bounded by grotesque parody, as well as the irony is not the only aspect of his world outlook. In his landscapes we can catch the ecstatic admiration with Nature. In contradistinction to his favorite impressionists, he never paints from nature and never bears in mind the particular place. It is just a blooming Earth, studied very closely, so that the trees are cut by the edges of the painting, and at the same time it is a bird’s eye view revealing infinite, boundless spaces. Nougzar says that the landscape for him is first of all a color ensemble. He can just leaf through the illustrated journal, nourishing his eye with color in various combinations, and so get the impulse to create a ‘physical’ landscape image. Probably, his landscapes are no less fantastical than his figure compositions, but such is his talent, his mission - to make the world more beautiful and gentle than it is in reality. Exhibitions Nugzar Kakhiani is a matured and recognized master, as follows from the long list of his exhibitions and countries where his works reside. 1987 - Exhibition of Georgian Artists in the Museum of Ethnography, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1989 - Exhibition of Artists of Leningrad-Lenexpo, Russia 1990 - Exhibition of Van Gogh's memory, "Palette" , Russia 1991 - Exhibition Gallery Palette 1991 - Festival of Leningrad galleries in Manege, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 1992 - Exhibition at Gallery Pinatin, Berlin. 1993 - Exhibition of Piraeus, Athens, Greece. 1993 - Exhibition Gallery 47...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Downstream Riot" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts white and orange koi fish mingling and pressing together in the shallow blue water of a koi pon...

"Summer Sojourn 1" Woman in Orange Bikini Swimming with Reflections on Water “I have an open and free-wheeling approach to technique and material...

Acrylic and 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 ...

Contemporary teal toned underwater seascape painting of mermaid by Californian artist Elias Noah. The work features a central mermaid figure blowi...

With this painting von Morisse portrays a young man swimming peacefully in a green water Lake with his head above the water. It symbolizes the 90% of the ...

"August Pond" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a handmade oil painting that depicts a collection of lily pads and flowers resting on a clear blue pond. Sheri Fara...

Shelli Langdale's "Horse with Jellyfish" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white horse with pink jellyfish cast in blue light. This piece is unframed yet ready to ...

"Waterfall 4" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shade...

Like almost all of us, I grew up fearing sharks and hoping never to meet one. We still see it everywhere, the image of the blood-thirsty man eater, stalking us in the shadows. The ...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Driftwood and Fish Oil on panel Signed lower right 9.25 x 23.5 inches 14 x 28.25 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explore...

' La Nuit ' 2013 oil on canvas 70 w x 60 h cm signed on reverse by artist. Unique work. About the artist : Katherine Russell is a London based Painter....

Two Dolphins is an original contemporary artworks realized by Robert Lewis (1941) in 1990s Acrylic on Canvas. Hand signed on the lower left margin Includes a contemporary white wo...

On a recent trip to the Tuamotu Islands (our Honeymoon, incidentally) we signed up for an eco-tour to snorkel with Black-Tip Reef Sharks in the Rangiroa Lagoon. While swimming with ...

Vasily Ryabchenko's "Contemplation n.1" (2023) is an original handmade landscape painting that depicts plants hanging over a stream. This piece perfectly captures the reflections and...

Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: A touch of a Dream, Sise: 45.5x54 inches, (115x137 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. "A touch of a dream" ...

"Deciduous in yelow" (Caducas en amarillo), Acrylic and mixed media on panel, 120x40 cm. Allegory of autumn where cold tones are contrasted with the warmth of deciduous leaves. Volu...

Oil on canvas Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization “Language of Art". In 2002, he finished Iakob Nikoladze Art College in Tbilisi. In 1998, in the period of his study at Art College, Giorgi Kukhalashvili created his work titled “Entering Jerusalem"which outlined his artistic aspirations and interest in the religious topics. Later in 2000, he finished his painting “Christmas Mystery"which up to the present day occupies special place in his creative work. In 2005, in parallel of his study at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts Giorgi Kukhalashvili opened his studio in old Tbilisi...

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...

"Somewhere there .. before sunrise" is a painting by Maestro Milena Mladenova. The painting is unframed. Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, lov...

Being responsible for a loved one, we, out of great and excessive love, try to control the situation in all manifestations of his life. Forgetting that mistakes sculpting out the cha...

Acrylic on canvas Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the C...

Oil on canvas

Under The Sea Series Nº 18. Úbeda. Oil fantasy orange green underwater landscape. Transparencies effect. Oil on paper, Dimensions: (H) 34 cm. / 13.39 in. (W) 21...

The work of Gian Marco Capraro mixes the old master's imagery mostly religious with a fresh technique, blurring some of the main characters, evoking a sense of mystery. The bold bright colours of the fish in this painting, make the fish stand...

Mixed media, acrylic, pigments on canvas

Acrylic on canvas Carlos Sablòn Perez is a Cuban artist born in 1981 who lives & works in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. His talent is quickly recognized in the four corners of the C...

Oil on canvas Hiromi Sengoku is a Japanese artist born in 1982 who lives and works in London, UK. Since 2008, she participated regularly to solo exhibitions in Japan and participate...

The work of Gian Marco Capraro mixes the old master's imagery mostly religious with a fresh technique, blurring some of the main characters, evoking a sense of mystery. The bold bright colours of the fish in this painting, make the fish stand...

The work of Gian Marco Capraro mixes the old master's imagery mostly religious with a fresh technique, blurring some of the main characters, evoking a sense of mystery. The bold bright colours of the fish in this painting, make the fish stand...

Colorful blue toned aquatic painting by Texas-based artist Robert Sandman. The work features many exotic fish swimming in a coral reef as they all turn to face a cross that has begun...

Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 22.5 x 30 inches (unframed size) Watercolor on thick imported paper (Unframed & Delivered Internationally) In this vibrant watercolor, Kartick Cha...

Chattrapati Dutta - A Bone of Contention - 24 x 30 inches (without frame) Acrylic on Canvas Chattrapati Dutta is one of the leading contemporary artist of Bengal and currently ser...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Outside Choice Year: 1984 Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas, signed l.l. and verso Size: 34 x 96 in. (86.36 x 243.84 cm) Fram...

With Into the Deep Blue Sea, Nova Scotia-born, New Brunswick-based artist Colleen Wolstenholme presents a series of deep sea oil paintings and ink drawings, accompanied by a tent ins...

Oil on canvas

Another study of human behaviour. Artwork done at the 90´s . Inspired by the dramatic scenes of the famous spanish master Francisco Goya :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece come...

Oil on canvas “Everything that surrounds me affects me. Memories, politics, nature, people, a dry leaf on the ground, music and books.” Corvengi’s works explore his version of a lo...