Contemporary Portrait Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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Style: Contemporary
Ice Coffee Bombshell 3 - Neutral Beige Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A walk. Surrealistic, Fantasy Oil Painting on Board, Polish art
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Artwork depicts wide variety of fantastical creatures in a abstract landscape. Scene takes place du...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sky Before the Storm, Dreamy Urban Landscapes Diptych, Purple, Blue, Black, Rock
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such as inequality, emptiness, borders, balance, misalignment, or periphery.
Details:
Title: Sky Before The Storm
Medium: Acrylic and Spray Painting on Papyrus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Tug of War
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is David Shevlino's magnetic 'Tug of War', oil on canvas, 43 x 65 inches, painted in 2022, created with a minimal range of colors, and featuring the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$23,200 Sale Price
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AT THE BEACH - Modern Women Portrait, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Marzena Ślusarczyk
Located in Salzburg, AT
The patient waiting for Bresson's “decisive moment” characterizes the pictures of the young Polish painter Marzena Slusarczyk. The compositions of her works have the magic of a successful photography. Often with a powerful neckline, they use expressive foreshortened perspectives and unusual versions and they take us into an intimate dimension of the women portrayed.
However, Slusarczyk's pictures are mainly emotions captured on canvas, and this is what makes her works so special. The women she paints perform normal, banal activities in everyday life. But they are the key to reading the feelings of the female figures lost in thought. The lack of clarity in the artist's pictures allows the viewer to make their own interpretations. As the painter herself emphasizes, the aim of playing with the audience is to awaken the viewer's imagination and imagination so that they notice the seemingly invisible.
This mystery and the unspoken are reminiscent of the paintings by Michelangelo Caravaggio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Soul Brothers
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Soul Brother is an original acrylic painting by Emmanuel Daniel created on a primed canvas of 48 diameters. Soul Brother was completed in December 2022...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Under One Umbrella
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This artwork depicts two friends standing together beneath a single umbrella. This scene symbolizes the strength and comfort we find in unity and support.
Just like these two friend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Had to tell you- 21st Century Contemporary Narrative Painting, Mother & daughter
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Anna Maria Vargiu
Had to tell you
180 x 180 cm
oil on canvas
Anna Maria Vargiu can be called a great talent with her just 30 years.
This paintings she made together with four other...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Onka (Numbering) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Expressionist, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest Lover by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
Anne Siems has created this stunning watercolor on Strathmore Cold press paper.
All archival materials.
Paper size: 24x18 inches
Suggested Frame size: 30x24x1.5 inch
ANNE SIEMS
(...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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"Sunset Soiree, a Sunset Walk" woman donning baskets walking into sunset
By Janice Frame
Located in Edgartown, MA
"As an African-American artist in today’s world, I embody the vast differences found in our collective backgrounds. I view them as cultural assets. We are always self discovering and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Board
Hello Sailor, original painting, portrait, abstract, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
From the 'Petite Portraits' series,' Hello Sailor' is a contemporary portrait with a dose of vintage charm. A small work with a big presence painted in acrylic paint and complemented...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Figurative/Portrait/Boxers/Sport_Earth Tones_KO, America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"KO"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
105 x 50 in.
106.5 x 51.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$21,600 Sale Price
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Adedoyin (Royalty has become Sweet)
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Olu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yoel Benharrouche - The Wise Man of Time - Oil on Canvas
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Yoel Benharrouche
Oil on Canvas
Title: The Wise Man of Time
Dimensions: 33 x 24 cm
Framed dimensions: 73 x 63 cm
Signed
"Spirit must meet with matter. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Headdress Profile
Located in Chicago, IL
Kent Williams’ work melds the rigor of technical prowess with the iconoclast’s impulse to disrupt. Juxtaposing beautifully rendered classical forms with elements of abstraction and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Female Nude Figure, Woman in Mint by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Mint"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 72 inches
41.5 x 73.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Grace Kelly Icon X /// Contemporary Street Pop Painting Actress Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Grace Kelly Icon X"
Series: Icon
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso
Year: 2024
Medium: Ori...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Figurative_Animals_Birds From The Wind_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Birds From The Wind"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
49.5 x 49.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiratio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$14,800 Sale Price
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My Help Has Come
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"My Help Has Come" is a captivating fabric collage painting created by the talented artist Agwunwa Theophilus. The artwork depicts a lady looking upward with a sense of gratitude, he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas
Tiana - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, femi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Frequency Of A Loving Heart - Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Texture Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the rhythmic world of Amadou Opa Bathily, where tradition meets contemporary artistry. This 35-inch high by 36-inch wide mixed-media original textural artwork, "The Frequen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Portrait Of A Young Woman 2 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance
Located in Salzburg, AT
Portrait Of A Young Woman 2 - Figurative Oil Painting, New Renaissance
Contemporary painting oil on canvas
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Morenike Afrofuture
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
In "Morenike Afrofuture," Ekele Francis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Solemn Promise
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This work is meant to cherish and embrace love and give love to those who definitely deserve love from every individual. The inspiration from this work is from personal experience at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Western Horse Oil Painting on Canvas 50Hx72W Horse Portrait Art
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
White Western Horse Oil 50H x 72W"
Unstretched (Rolled) Canvas.
Stretching is free upon Request.
Artist Irena Orlov. Signed
Certificate for authenti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
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Terra Nullis-21st Century Contemporary Iconic Painting of a Girl in blue dress
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This 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
Materials
Copper
Sisters Bond
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gold III - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K's floral portrait is consuming and empowering. Inspired by strong, feminine women, she creates pop-realisti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Edith - 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Oil Painting of a Woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist Jantien de Boer (1984, Classical Academy for Painting Groningen) The artist likes to tell a story in her paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Memories - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gazing at Lebanese American artist Sally K's floral portrait is consuming and empowering. Inspired by strong, feminine women, she creates pop-realistic paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Board
Badinter by Christophe Dupety - Portrait painting, politician, vivid background
Located in Paris, FR
Badinter is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
This painting features Robert Badinter, a well-known person best recognized for his opposition to the death penalty...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Why Does Love Fade Away? -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Girl with a butterfly. Contemporary Small Scale Oil Painting, Polish artist
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Figurative oil on board painting in brass frame placed under plexiglass by Polish artist living in the USA, Monika Rossa. Frame is an integral part of the painting. Artwork depicts s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Brass
Such a Situation ... - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Existentialism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Kotlicki is a constantly searching artist. Treading his own path, aiming at defining himself, giving his work a clear identity, he came across the avant-garde. He would back off the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of Justen - Oil Painting of Man Wearing a Beanie on Dripping Background
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
**This artwork is on exhibition and if purchased will be available to ship after June 15, 2025
A young man faces forward, staring longingly and contemplatively in a manner which bot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hobby - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Woman Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Faith
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Faith', created by artist Diana Tremaine, who paints people in a unique style that bridges abstraction with figuration. Water-blue with red and white paint lushly applied in this provocative work featuring a man in a pool with signature loose juicy brushwork for which the artist is best known.
'Faith', 60 x 40 inch painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,950
MUNECA
Located in Aventura, FL
Limited edition linocut on paper. Hand signed and numbered lower front Angel Botello. From the edition of 60. Frame size approx 29.75 x 26.5 inches (frame molding may have some m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linocut
$5,962 Sale Price
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Kings of the Renaissance Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art oriental art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed
Unique work
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI
" Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were accustomed from the previous deliberately art brut exhibition by Mohammad ARIYAEI. The Iranian painter's imagination moves serenely from the wildest frenzy to the meditative calm of great, fabulous stories. The artist then took pleasure in pouring the volcanic torrent of his barbaric figures onto the delicate latticework with which he is accustomed to lining his backgrounds with the patience of an illuminating monk. Already sweetness and paroxysm coexisted. Now gentleness wins. The trained imagination of the painter, yet spontaneously bubbling, by instinct as much as by erudition, has no difficulty in reconnecting with the abundant oriental tradition of the thousand and one nights, which, like a long underground river, resurfaces at the light of his painting. Spring renewal of traditions still alive. Systematic filling of space, a sort of oriental version of the Riches Heures...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstraction - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Colorful, Dynamic
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful oil on canvas abstract painting by Polish artist Monika Rossa. Artwork is a gestural abstraction, there are many dynamic shapes and composition consists of many...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dimitri Likissas - Salvator Mundi, Painting 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Inside Out
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Head Wrap
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Head wrap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Nothing But Human - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Passionate Hug, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Obeka Simon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Day of Confessions. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Day of Confessions” conveys the sense of vulnerability and inner strength that arise at the moment of revelation. The woman in the foreground is holding not just champa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne. Ink and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Reclining Girl in Traditional Dress, Oil Painting by Di Li Feng
By Di Li Feng
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Di Li Feng, Chinese (1958 - )
Title: Reclining Girl in Traditional Dress
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 38 x 51 in. (96.52 x 129.54 cm)
Frame Size:...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Yellow & Blue Expressionist Portrait Oil Painting "Untitled"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Unique, large, abstracted portrait oil painting on Belgian linen canvas, stretched on a timber support frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sunday in Recife, Figurative Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Sunday in Recife, 2020-2021 by Ramonn Vieitez
Oil, acrylic, 24k gold leaf and pink Dutch leaf on canvas
Size: 39.3 H x 26.7 W in.
Unique
Signed on the back by the artist
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Ramonn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vision
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Painting
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, this is not a print or other type of copy.
Signed on the front side and accompanied by a Certificate of Auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Waiting
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.
-Luanne Rice
Painting
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mnemosyne - XXI Century Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting Portrait Warm Tones
By Boguslaw Jagiello
Located in Warsaw, PL
Boguslaw Jagiello is a Polish artist born in 1960. He went to the Academy of Fine Arts of Poznan and studied at the Faculty of painting, graphic arts and sculpture. In 1984, he obtai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Someone / Never Met
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
A portrait of a man. Acrylic on paper 14 x 11 inches unframed and 15 x 12 inches framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and featuring real and imagined ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pasqualina - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Marco Fariello in 2023, depicting a dominican woman.
Excellent condition.
Certificate of authenticity by the Artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Lincoln" Portrait
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Purple Lincoln
Series: Abraham Lincoln
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16"
Framed Dimensions: 23" x 19"
Signature: Signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beach Boys- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of boys playing on the beach
By Mitzy Renooy
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Mitzy Renooy
Beach Boys
65x 80 cm ( frame included in price and size)
acrylic paint on 12 wooden panels all in one frame together.
Mitzy Renooy, a former camera woman for national ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Sistas" Figurative, Portraits, Words, Frontal, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
“Sistas” is a portrait collection of strong, intelligent women who look capable of taking on and managing whatever life has to hand them. That they are visually beautiful is actually beside the point for Henry has managed to capture in paint their inner beauty flowing from their eyes and features. Henry has sensitively revealed each individual’s personality. These are women you want to know and from whom you want to feel their power.
Henry says that, “Painting is like breathing for me. I do so daily and appreciate my gift and ability. Perfection drives me as I create each piece. It must be unique. It must stand out, and is not complete until that special quality is achieved in my eyes.”
Being able to create is an essential part of my life. It is an extension of my innermost thoughts and imagination. My primary focus of art is realism--using oils and acrylics. Occasionally, I switch mediums and design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects I am looking for. Many of my pieces have been derived from my attraction to Art Deco and Ethnic designs. I am not satisfied until each piece, regardless of the medium or size, has reached the highest possible level of aesthetic quality and craftsmanship I can give it.
I have enjoyed creating art since childhood. While a student at Martin Luther King Jr. high school in Detroit, I created and presented a portrait to then Mayor Coleman A. Young. A scholarship from Center for Creative Studies now the College for Creative Studies afforded me the opportunity to work towards and receive a BA in Fine Arts. Faculty and graduates of CCS include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, Philip Pearlstein, Charles McGee (nationally recognized African American sculptor of animal and dancing spirits), Philip Pearlstein (2000 Honorary Doctorate, Modern Realism style), John Louis Krieger (American Modern), William Girard (American Modern), and Charles Culver.
Mr. Heading understands the joy found in art and how it affects a young person's heart. He has shared his love for art as a mentor/teacher at the Virgil L. Carr Center in Detroit, Michigan. Students not only grew in their art experience, but also exhibited at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
Winning the 2013 MI Great Artist Competition was an honor for Mr. Heading. He is thankful to Park West Gallery owner Albert Scaglione and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson for the opportunity. Mr. Heading has been featured on ASPIRE TV, shows at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the National Conference of Artists and other numerous galleries. In addition, he is a book illustrator. His murals create a beautiful focal point and conversation piece on the walls of homes, churches and health care facilities. His art and furniture is enjoyed and treasured by collectors across the United States and Canada. Kohei Suzuki, the former Mayor of Toyota City, Japan has a box designed by Henry. Mr. Heading's work is part of the major TCF Convention Center's permanent collection located in the downtown business district in Detroit, Michigan.
His first attempt at mosaic tile was creating a Tiger sculpture to benefit the Detroit Tigers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Acrylic
Whisper in the Dark - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
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This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Adebayo Taiwo, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunday - Contemporary Art, Skull, Figurative Painting, 21st Century, Yellow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Sunday, 2010
acrylic on canvas
27 9/16 H x 23 5/8 W in.
70 H x 60 W cm
The artwork was exhibited in the solo show "Christ" from 2011.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary portrait 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 portrait 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, orange, purple, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nemo Jantzen, America Martin, Jack Graves III, and Timothy Archer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 2 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $88 and tops out at $430,743, while the average work sells for $4,000.