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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: American Realist
The Low Season
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the idea of emptiness, as both a suggestion of solitude and as a state rife with the possibility of change and fulfillment. As a painter, he seeks out familiar, evocative scenes and concentrates on capturing the stillness of an empty room or vacant chair. His paintings can be seen as solitary, or as simply aberrant pauses between moments of frantic activity.
The works are imbued with a quality of light that brings simple, content-rich objects into sharp focus. Condron attempts to establish not so much a connection to a chair or a room, but the feeling created by the wide embrace of emptiness. Ultimately, Condron creates scenes - part representation of real places, part invention from deep in his mind. The openness of his works invites the viewer to share the moment of quiet with him. By choosing places that seem to have been abruptly vacated, he attempts to awaken a connection to the moment before, or to the quietude he preserves inside himself in the form of memories.
Matt Condron was born in 1967 in Simi Valley...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Southland Booths
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the idea of emptiness, as both a suggestion of solitude and as a state rife with the possibility of change and fulfillment. As a painter, he seeks out familiar, evocative scenes and concentrates on capturing the stillness of an empty room or vacant chair. His paintings can be seen as solitary, or as simply aberrant pauses between moments of frantic activity.
The works are imbued with a quality of light that brings simple, content-rich objects into sharp focus. Condron attempts to establish not so much a connection to a chair or a room, but the feeling created by the wide embrace of emptiness. Ultimately, Condron creates scenes - part representation of real places, part invention from deep in his mind. The openness of his works invites the viewer to share the moment of quiet with him. By choosing places that seem to have been abruptly vacated, he attempts to awaken a connection to the moment before, or to the quietude he preserves inside himself in the form of memories.
Matt Condron was born in 1967 in Simi Valley...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Car
Located in Singapore, SG
"Antique cars look solid even though they are a little worn or damaged with age and time. And in the distance, there is the magnificent structure of the dark-coloured Borobudur templ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Shaving Brush
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painted Cave
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking ocean scene / landscape in early evening light. 'Painted Cave, 2023
oil on canvas, 24 x 48 inches, Here, deep blue water with filtered light at the edge of the sea is ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Lure
Located in Wenham, MA
An original oil painting on linen panel of an antique fishing lure, framed in a hand-made frame by one of New York's finest frame makers.
Master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Katherine Reclining with iMac - original female realist still life portraiture
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a composition of portraiture and a still life arrangement presented in an interior scene. The artist applies traditional rea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Social Distancing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented By George Billis Gallery. As the practitioner of a non-verbal art, Jarvis Wilcox’s first objective is to intrigue the viewer into spending enough time with the painting t...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers in terracotta pot - Still life Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Unsigned
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
70,5 x 48 x 4,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Gardenias in Juliska Vase" - Still Life - American Realist Painting - botanical
By Sarah Lamb
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Gardenias in Juliska Vase" is a still life painting featuring hues of green, white, and dark blue.
Sarah Lamb is inspired by the work of John Singer Sar...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gin and Tonic" - oil painting, contemporary realist, cocktail seaside with lime
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Realist painter, Steven Levin. Here, Levin depicts a still life that transports viewers to a tropical island with his realist image of gin and...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Girl with iMac, Skull and KAWS - original realist still life portraiture artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a composition of portraiture and a still life arrangement presented in an interior scene. The artist applies traditional realist paint work to an environment which references modern subject matter. Rendering directly from life, Conklin imparts an original artwork that is imbued with narrative and character. This piece is painted in oils on linen, hand signed by the artist and ready to be displayed.
Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a visual artist, painter and draftsman. He studied painting and design at Chicago’s American Academy of Art and painting and printmaking at the National Academy of Design School in New York City. Conklin received additional instruction from portraitist Aaron Shikler and painter and illustrator David Levine. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Conklin’s figurative paintings have been exhibited throughout the USA and have won him a number of major awards. He has shown work at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in NYC, The Terra Museum of American Art, Fairfield University, and the National Academy of Design, where he received a Julius Hallgarten Prize. A three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Conklin has also won a John F. and Anna Lee Stacey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Pair of Brick Wall Paintings the Size of a Wall
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large contemporary paintings depicting a brick wall and window in a realist style. The paintings measure 72 x 30.5 inches each and are in basic wood-slat frames.
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lilacs and Book" - contemporary realist painting, purple flora and literature
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Steven Levin continues his "Books and Butterflies" series with this still-life. Butterflies flit around cut lilacs and an open book. The wings of the butterf...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Homage to David Bowie - original celebrity realist still life portrait oil human
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a composition of a beguiling mix of portraiture and a still life arrangement, suggesting a celebration of the renowned David...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Nina Reclining with Guitar - original female realist still life portraiture oil
Located in London, Chelsea
Contemporary figurative painter Andrew S. Conklin creates a composition of portraiture and a still life arrangement presented in an interior scene. The artist applies traditional realist paint work to an environment which references modern subject matter. Rendering directly from life, Conklin imparts an original artwork that is imbued with narrative and character. This piece is painted in oils on panel, hand signed by the artist and ready to be displayed.
Andrew S. Conklin, a native of Chicago, Illinois, is a visual artist, painter and draftsman. He studied painting and design at Chicago’s American Academy of Art and painting and printmaking at the National Academy of Design School in New York City. Conklin received additional instruction from portraitist Aaron Shikler and painter and illustrator David Levine. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Conklin’s figurative paintings have been exhibited throughout the USA and have won him a number of major awards. He has shown work at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in NYC, The Terra Museum of American Art, Fairfield University, and the National Academy of Design, where he received a Julius Hallgarten Prize. A three-time recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Conklin has also won a John F. and Anna Lee Stacey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Blue Teapot and Roses, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster paints a realistic still life of a teapot and flowers. White roses blossom, some with open petals and some still in their colorful buds. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fruit at the window
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige wooden frame
62 x 71 x 4.3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
14 Sisters
Located in Greenwich, CT
This painting by Jenness Cortez features recreations of the following works, clockwise from upper left:
1. “Girl with a Red Hat,” Johannes Vermeer, 1665-1670, Collection of National Gallery, Washington,
DC
2. “Daughters of Revolution,” Grant Wood, 1932, Collection of Cincinnati Art Museum,
Cincinnati, OH
3. “Arrangement in Gray and Black-Number One,” James McNeill Whistler, 1871, Collection of
Musee d’Orsay, Paris
4. “The Gleaners,” Jean Francois Millet, 1890, Collection of Musee d’Orsay, Paris
5. “Sha-Ko-Ka” (”Mint,” A Pretty Girl), George Catlin, c.1832, Collection of Smithsonian American
Art Museum,Washington, DC
6. “Atalanta” (Bronze sculpture), Paul Manship, 1921, Collection of Smithsonian American Art
Museum, Washington DC
7. “Purple Robe and Anemones,” Henri Matisse, 1937, Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art,
Baltimore, MD
8. “Parvati,” South Indian Bronze...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Rockaway's Playland
Located in Burlingame, CA
New iconic American painting, Rockaway's Playland, by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings and watercolors. Torlakson’s photorealism subject matter and imagery have centered on “every day” America including trucks, railways, amusement parks, waterfronts, fireworks booths, deserted drive-in theaters and coastal landscapes. His oil paintings, watercolors, aquatint etchings and drawings have been exhibited nationally since 1971 within United States and Internationally, with works housed in the permanent collections of many American Museums, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oakland Museum of California, Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum; New York Public Library’s print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chesapeake Oysters
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Though I live in Texas, I consider Virginia my home and long for the shellfish I would get from the Chesapeake Bay. Since I can no longer eat oysters there, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Peonies with Locket" contemporary surrealist still life painting, sunset
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A moody and surrealistic still life of peonies. While the scene seems to take place outside, the reflection in the vase reveals a window with light streaming into a dark room. As alw...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Lotus Bowl
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Flowers in Vases
Located in Milford, NH
A fine still life oil painting with flowers in vases by American artist Everett Lloyd Bryant (1864-1945). Bryant was raised in Galion, Ohio, and s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rainbow Harvest, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jinny Tomozy presents a realistic still life of vibrant and colorful produce - an intimate look at the gardener's prize. "I can not resist the bounty of a fresh harvest," says Jinny. The saturated hues of the fruits that have been nurtured all summer finally come to reveal themselves. The shine of the plump globes displays a dance of highlights among the gathering.
About the Artist
Artist Jinny Tomozy reveals the most tender aspects of nature through the sculptural forms of flowers. Her strikingly realistic floral watercolors connect us to the familiar emotions we experience in viewing the spectacular or mundane circumstances of this place we call home. "I am captivated by light touching a surface, the nuances of a shadow, interplays of color, and of other complex facets of our visual world," shares Jinny. After twenty-two years as a teacher of foundations in art education and placing her creative aspirations on hold, she now pursues art full-time and spends more of her days painting and creating. Jinny captures tangible feelings of space and time in her studio at Reno Art Works. In this non-profit gallery, a community of eleven artists works in an emerging art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Sake Bottle
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crabapples
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery in NYC. Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Still Life with Ornament
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with S
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Escaping, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints a realistic image of lotuses with a subtle spatial illusion. He shows the beauty of the flower's mysterious c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Gold Cup
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Domino
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Four Vintage Cameras
Located in Fairfield, CT
Stott’s work is almost object portraiture, applying traditional still life compositions and lighting but ventures beyond time honored subject m...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shroud 3
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Green Landscape" Realist Oil on Canvas Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Landscape"
c. 1970s
Oil on canvas
Gold gilt framed 28"x2"x19"
Signed in paint lower right
Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history.
CV
EDUCATION:
Chicago Academy Of Fine Art
San Antonio Art Institute
MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR:
Freelance graphic design and illustration
Instructor of painting and illustration
Landscape, figurative and abstract painting
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art)
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals:
New York Society of Illustrators
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators
San Francisco Society of Illustrators
Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club
Houston Artist's Guild
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light.
Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American
Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest.
ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS:
Oil Companies:
Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company.
Industrial:
Hughes Tool Company, General Electric, United States Steel, Phelps Dodge, Sylvania Television,
Texas Gulf Sulphur, Litton Industries, Houston Lighting and Power Company, International Business Machines.
Institutional:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United
States Air Force, United States Department of the Interior,
American Petroleum Institute, New York Stock Exchange, National Broadcasting
Company, American Iron and Steel Institute, CBS Broadcasting Company,
Vanguard Recording Company, Diners Club, Stanford Research Institute,
Victoria Station, Neiman Marcus, Bank of America, Automobile Club of Southern California,
Airlines:
TWA, British West Indies Airlines, Pan American Airlines...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blooming, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha displays an exquisite white lotus in stark focus and realistic detail. The flower flourishes with velvety white petals and tender pink tips. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Amaryllis, American Realist Artist, Floral Painting, Representational, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
Red Amaryllis is painted in the style of American Realism. Red Amaryllis has a custom archival frame.Red amaryllis symbolizes passion, love and attraction.
According to Greek mythology, the amaryllis originated from the love Amaryllis had for Alteo. Amaryllis, a maiden, fell in love with the shepherd Alteo. He was strong and handsome, and had a passion for flowers. To learn how to win his affection, Amaryllis went to the Oracle of Delphi for advice.
On the Oracle’s orders, she stood in front of Alteo’s house for thirty nights piercing her heart with a golden arrow. On the thirtieth night, a beautiful flower grew from her blood and helped her win Alteo’s love.
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Gary J. Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award winning artist in the style of Realism and floral paintings He received training from the Houston Museum of Fine Arts School of Art.
He specializes in representational art with an emphasis on the human figure and florals as seen in Monika's Lilies. He was a finalist in The Artist's Magazine International Art Competition, an Award of Excellence winner in the Manhattan Arts Magazine Competition, finalist in Hunting Art...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
A view of the Third Avenue El (elevated railway) at 28th Street, New York. Signed lower left. Titled verso. c. 1940. oil on board c. 1940, 27.875 h × 21.75 w inches.
BIO
Staats Cotsworth...
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The still life
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1990s Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swivel Chair
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Stott’s work is almost object portraiture, applying traditional still life compositions and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shroud 1
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Shape of Existence
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kathryn Keller's watercolor depiction of an everyday domestic scene, the kitchen sink.
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Of Rocks and Colors - Sulphur Shine, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Marie-Eve Champagne features a realistic image of beautiful yellow ore in mesmerizing crystalline clusters. An entry to her series of still-life minerals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orange Lily, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Nicole describes these bright lilies as bursting with juicy orange hues and the aroma of citrus. "The sweet taste of summer before...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life with Fruit, ' by Cletus Smith, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 21.5" x 17.25" watercolor on paper painting, 'Still Life with Fruit,' is by Oklahoma artist Cletus Smith. The subject matter include a brown b...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Horseshoe Crab on Light Blue
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A life size trompe l'oeil oil painting of a dried horseshoe crab. The background is painted with large textured brushstrokes, the light teal blue reflecting in the eye of the crab.
Framed in a black wooden frame with a silvery inner edge.
Framed Dimensions 26 x 21 inches
BIOGRAPHY
John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical.
With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown.
John’s first solo show took place in 2007 at the Ellen Traut Collection Gallery in Hartford, CT and was a near sell out. Since then John has had success up and down the northeastern coast of the United States working with various galleries and collectors. His work has also appeared in various group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Each painting, although a portrait of a tired hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Ushanka
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A still life of an ushanka, a type of hat with ear covers. Personett's textured fur and wood table invites the viewers to feel as if they are in the painting. The frayed edges of the strings of the hat suggests this is a well-worn garment, loved for many years.
Signed "Personett" lower right corner.
Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim.
Framed dimensions: 17 x 15 inches
Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel Personett works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenged of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes.
Artist Statement
My mother had studied advertising in college, so she knew a lot about arts and good craftsmanship. She did talks at my elementary school each week and on a different artist. I remember being very moved by the images of Van Gogh and Andrew Wyeth. At the Florence Academy I really liked Sargent, Sorolla, Willard Metcalf, Henri Fantin-Latour and Velazquez. At Odd Nerdrums I gained new respect for Rembrandt and was introduced to other Scandinavian painters like Edward Munch...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Thanksgivers
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. In my work I explore family objects as “families” of objects—individual silver heirlooms that are related to one another in a single collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Of Rocks and Colors - Galaxy, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Marie-Eve Champagne presents an enigmatic contrast between the sharp, crisp mineral and its translucent hues, full of softness and wonder. The series t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flowers in Red
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Artwork is done on cardboard, signed lower left. A certificate of authenticity is available.
Category
2010s Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Brass Oarlock
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A trompe l'oeil painting of a finely-crafted oarlock from a row boat. It hangs from a string on the wall; the excess string curling at the edge. Morfis masterfully creates the shadows of this object and the string.
Framed dimensions: 21.5 x 17.5 inches
John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical.
With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Mountain, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha pictures a lotus flower in realistic detail. The red mountain beyond renders a crimson glow on the soft green petals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red-Brown Teapot
By Russ Havard
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA --The process of endless building and reconfiguring transcends the mere physical and encompasses the spiritual and symbolic. The scars a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Branching out
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a tomato still life. On a neutral background sits a larger tomato and 6 smaller tomatoes still attached to a vine. The two groups are divided by a diagonal slash of branch.
Painting dimensions: 6 x 13 inches
Framed dimensions: 12 x 19 inches
John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical.
With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pansies in a Jar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis' Gallery in NYC. Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been alter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Plumbago
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery in NYC. Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most artists have given up “eyeballing” a subject as a drawing technique and have come to rely on photographs instead. Turnaround time for photographs is now virtually instant because of digital cameras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Red, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha pictures a plump red lotus blooming opposite a developing bud. He paints in his distinct style of realism that preser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
In Gratitude, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang says this piece was inspired by a lovely bouquet she received from her son and his girlfriend on Mother's Day. "It was so beautiful, and the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers and plants that were the subject of their work.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
When shopping for a still-life painting, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.