Contemporary Still-life 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
Bird of Paradise
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have earned their place in the nation's museums and the Canadian art canon.
The Barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, forms a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has repeatedly visited over the course of his career.
Completed in 2021, this exemplary painting introduces Pachter's flowers. This new series began early on in the pandemic and focuses on an entirely new subject for the artist. Realized in a time of uncertainty and despair, this body of work is remarkably optimistic.
As with the best of his work, Pachter's charming imagery presents a new narrative on Canadiana, this time detailing the diverse flora encountered in his close surroundings.
This confident painting features the profile of a Bird of Paradise...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Strawberry Very Ripe & Blackberry Very Pocket Painting, diptych, original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Very Ripe Strawberry 6c (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The wild grass Caroline Veith Contemporary drawing flora red art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on tracing paper
hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic
Three birds - 21st Century Still-life painting of a box with three stuffed birds
By Bart Koning
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting is made by Dutch artist Bart Koning who lives and works in Krefeld, Germany.
Shortly after his studies at “De Rietveld academie” in Amsterdam the artist left for Germa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vanilla Cupcake
Located in Fairfield, CT
I like to think that my food paintings are a bit of a time capsule... especially the foods in their package. I like to explore the contrast between a wrapper and the edible that is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Golden Apple" - Contemporary Landscape Still-Life Painting in Gray and Yellow
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954)
"Golden Apple" 2019
Oil Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In “Golden Apple,” Steven...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Floral Still Life - Roses Lilies Pink Red Flowers in Blue Vase on Green, 2017
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary botanical still life painting in oil on linen with flowers in a dark blue vase from Francis Sills' 2017 series of Flora Paintings. The flowers, a pink rose and a white l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Orange Fingers - Abstract Vibrant Playful Cheetos Still Life Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Balconies of the sky III by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting
Located in Paris, FR
Balconies of the sky III is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 100 × 130 cm (39.4 × 51.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mason Jar with Dandelions - Contemporary Still Life Yellow Flowers Orange, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary still life painting with yellow dandelions and pink echinacea flowers in a mason jar against a luminous orange and dark charcoal black background. Signed on recto, sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Nectar" 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer
Nectar, 2025
Pressed foliage, , Durabrite prints, 12K gold leaf, beads, acrylic on Ampersand panel
16 x 12 in.
(pal260)
Marilla Palmer lives and works in Brooklyn, NY...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Manganese Blue with Neon - small, red, pink, floral, still life, oil on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single neon-red bloom pops from the background in this lively still life by Jernnifer Hornyak. Known for her non-traditional florals and her inspired palette— Hornyak’s flowers sit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Flame Vine Screen
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Flame Vine Screen', by Gary Bukovnik. Watercolor on mulberry, 14 1/4 x 68 inches, 2019. Hand painted folding screen created with watercolor on mulberry paper within a minimal dark w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rowan and Peaches -contemporary still-life colourful table oil painting
Located in London, GB
Of Polish descent and now living in London, Ania Pieniazek creates bold, bright art full of everyday joy and pleasure. Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Paul Gauguin and Zbyslaw Marek Mac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ROSE-RIMMED - Realism / Contemporary Kitchen Still Life / Potatoes
By Janet Rickus
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Janet Rickus.
Janet Rickus (b. 1949, Chicopee, MA) received her education from Central Connecticut State University. However, when it comes to painting she ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fragility, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant yellow rose blooms at the center, its layered petals unfolding with warmth and life. A black-and-white gingham ribbon ties around the stem, creating a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Paradise, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A bold bird of paradise stands out with vivid orange and red petals against a background of dense handwritten script. The contrast between the tropical vibrancy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Good Morning" (2024) by Carrie Goller, Original Encaustic Painting of Bird
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Good Morning" (2024) is an original, mixed media using encaustic and oil on wood panel that depicts a hummingbird and a bumblebee flying towards a sunflow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Peonies - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Peony Flowers Teacup Glove, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary botanical still life oil painting on panel with magenta, pink, white and dark purple peonies in a mustard ochre colored vase, a blue glove and white teacup against a w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pomegranate Tableau & Apple Wild Painting, Set of 2, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Chiaroscuro Pomegranate Tableau is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outer Reaches XVI
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON, Geoffrey (b.1945)
Outer Reaches XVI
1998
29.5 x 42.0 cm
Oil on board, Unframed
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemouth College of Art in the 1960’s, before a career in ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$553 Sale Price
20% Off
Yellow tulips in a tall vase 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yellow tulips in a tall vase 1' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
It’s Like A Jungle Sometimes - Mid-Century Modern Art
Located in Manchester, GB
Hello Marine, It’s Like A Jungle Sometimes, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
Original artwork
120 x 100 cm ( 47.24 x 39.37 in )
Signed by the artist
Parisian artist HelloMarine has spent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Canvas
Proud Vegetables - Table Still Life White Flowers Lettuce Carrots Pear, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on panel, purple flowers in a glass vase sit on a wooden table with the spoils of an autumn harvest spread across the table, green lea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Heaven in a Wild Flower- Katharina Husslein Botanical Flower Still life Painting
Located in DE
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
This is a beautiful large botanical oil painting of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TOP OF THE HILL
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original oil on masonite painting. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$11,520 Sale Price
40% Off
Diptych Petunia
Located in Zofingen, AG
The abstract diptych Petunia is a visual metaphor for lightness, motion, and warmth. Inspired by the natural sway of petunia blossoms in the breeze, this artwork transforms fleeting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Let's Talk, Original painting, London, Cityscape
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Depiction of the Walkie Talkie building opposite The Shard across the river Thames Short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition 2023
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
20 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Take Me Home Wind - Abstract Expressive Sailboat Still-Life Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Peace in the Garden
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Peace in the Garden' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and siz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hat Party - Colorful Floral Impressionist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebrate intricate details. By skillfully applying layers of texture, Newsome brings forth paintings that exude depth and vitality.
This one-of-a-kind 14-inch high by 11-inch wide mixed-media artwork is created with acrylic and pencil on watercolor paper. This artwork is not framed. The artist signed it on the front and back and it comes with a certificate of authenticity from the art gallery. Convenient shipping is available for those in the local Los Angeles area. Affordable worldwide shipping is available for U.S. and international art collectors.
Newsome employs a fluid technique that breathes life into the artwork, allowing movement to dance across the painting. From the explosive energy and grace of the animals depicted to the meticulous details capturing fleeting moments in time, Newsome's skillful hand guides us through a mesmerizing visual journey. Newsome says about her work: “Painting is my passion; I enjoy the process of capturing something beautiful and organic while creating contrast with vibrant and pastel colors combined with quiet spaces and bold mark-making. My subject matter is often plants or animals that make me feel empowered or inspired as metaphors for my own life experiences.”
Born in the picturesque landscapes of Columbus, Georgia, and nurtured on a quaint farm in Alabama, Kelly Newsome's artistic journey is deeply intertwined with the rural charm that surrounded her formative years. From exploring the vast fields to immersing herself in the rich flora and fauna, Newsome's love for nature becomes not just an inspiration but a vivid thread woven into the canvas of her life and art. Kelly Newsome's artistic prowess began to flourish during her tenure at Troy University, where her commitment to the craft earned her sponsorship from Chroma's Atelier Interactive brand of paint. This significant milestone not only showcases Newsome's dedication but also aligns her with recognized brands, emphasizing the quality and uniqueness of her art. From gallery exhibitions at Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles to global art fairs and private acquisitions, Newsome's art now resonates on an international scale throughout the United States and beyond.
REPRESENTATION:
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Affordable Art Fair, Austin, TX, USA
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2023 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2022 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021 Liz Lane...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Bird's-eye view of an apple- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life painting
By JP Marsman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Bird's-eye view of an apple
46 x 40 cm
(Framed 56 x 50 cm)
Oil on wood panel
JP Marsman's cheerful and hyper-realistic paintings appeal to the imagination on several levels.
Artisan; the work is painted so realistically that everything seems 'touchable'. It seems to be 'there'...
Colour; the artist isn't afraid to go wild with color. This gives the still lifes a liveliness that is unique for 'still lifes'.
Combinations; the subjects that Jean Paul Marsman...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Yellow Folds" (2024) By Robin Hextrum, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Yellow Folds" is an oil painting that depicts a vibrant yellow and white flower on a black background. This painting is sold unframed, but is ready to han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beauty needs protection, Romanticization series
Located in Zofingen, AG
We often hear that beauty will save the world. But in truth, it can only save those who are able to see it.
In reality, beauty itself needs strength and protection — for it is often...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life of Flower
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Still Life of Flower, Oil on Board, depicting pink rose in glass jar on purple ground, signed lower right, wood frame. Image: 11" H x 11" W; frame:...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract, Beige and White, Reflective painting 'Flower Float no. 3'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Blue/Gold Mica Painting (Flower Float No. 3)' 2023 by Catherine Howe. Interference pigments, acrylic, glass micro beads, aluminum leaf, and whi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Foil
Still Life aux Legumes et Poisson
Located in Sheffield, MA
Georges Georoy
Belgium, 1906–1983
Still Life aux Legumes et Poisson
Oil on canvas
23 ¾ in. by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ¾ in. by 36 ¾ in.
Signed lower right
In a period Heydenryk frame
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Favorite Snack - Abstract Vibrant Playful Doritos Still Life Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Spilled Slurpee
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Birthday Cupcake
Located in Fairfield, CT
Framed size: 13x17"
Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Three Ages of Woman (after Gustav Klimt)
By Vera Barnett
Located in Dallas, TX
Vera Barnett has taken on a range of themes in her works, producing multiple series of paintings inspired by phobias, famous artworks, or most recently the written word in her exhibi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Find Your People" - Mixed media painting with bird & text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media painting by Adam Baranello.
Size 36 x 36 in. Offered unframed.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Baranello creates mus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Cozy Comfort, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A flower arrangement and a white pitcher rest on a table. A bowl of fruits rests between them while a book peeks from the corner. Behind the arrangement, a warm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
REUNION - Contemporary Realism / Balloon Dogs / Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Robert C. Jackson
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Orange Cluster with Blue - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jennifer Hornyak is one of Canada’s masterful abstract and figurative artists. Known internationally for her vivid color palettes, expressive form, and luscious textures, Hornyak has...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Who's Driving This Thing?", Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Who's Driving This Thing" is an acrylic painting that depicts yellow scorpion appendages with the body of a black car having been released from a glass jar.
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco.
ARTIST STATEMENT
We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling.
My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed.
My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today?
The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all.
I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Symbol of England., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
Whatever it is called, but this subject is known to most of the inhabitants of our world. This is exactly the same crown. The main crown of the British Empire. It is adorned with th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue with flowers- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi
Green with flowers
80 x 68 cm
Framed: 110 x 73 cm ( This frame is included)
Oil on wood panel
This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He like...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Chanel No. 5" Contemporary Realistic Perfume Framed Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Chanel No. 5" is a framed oil on canvas painting by Geoffrey Gersten. This vibrant pop art piece features a bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume, rendered with photorealistic precision an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Delicate Fire, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A single orange-red rose blooms vividly against a soft blue-toned background filled with a handwritten script. Subtle gradients bring depth to each petal, highl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red Anemones
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Red Anemones'. Watercolor on paper measuring 22 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. Currently unframed. Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Calm Sea
Located in Burlingame, CA
Calm Sea - The painting was created in 2025 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s wor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$10,000
Candyland Two Original Oil Paintings
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Two paintings, each one is 32″ x 48″. What a gift for the Candyland aficionado in the family.
One cannot appreciate these paintings on a computer screen; in real life, they are abs...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Precious Bouquet- Framed Colorful Textural Mixed Media Still Life Floral Artwork
By Lee Herring
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lee Herring is a contemporary painter specializing in vibrant, textured, and abstract landscapes that convey fleeting moments. Herring's energetic artworks are inspired by everyday m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Thistles. Contemporary Botanical Oil, Acrylic and Mixed-media on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary botanical mixed-media, oil and acrylic on board by Dutch artist Menno Modderman, signed and dated 2022 to the bottom right.
Working for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Board, Magazine Paper
Sea Foam 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sea Foam 2', 2022 is 47.25 x 35.5 inches, oil on linen painted by French-American artist Frédéric Choisel who explores the poetic intersection between nature and abstraction, drawin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Fragment, Still Life, Botanical Patterned Green, Yellow Fabric, Wooden Table
Located in Kent, CT
A floral patterned fabric with yellow flowers on light green lays atop a nondescript light wood table. The botanical patterned object is unexpectedly dramatic against a stark white w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cello- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Stille Painting of a Music Instrument
By Rein Pol
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rein Pol
Cello
93 x 120 cm ( Frame is included 107 x 134 cm)
Oil on wood panel, 1987
Looking at Rein Pol's work, it is first and foremost striking that the artist's subjects are very diverse. However, he was mainly known for his paintings 'with trains'. If you look further, you will see that Rein Pol has many sources of inspiration about which he can tell 'stories in paint'.
On the website of the Classical Academy in Groningen there is a beautiful teacher portrait of Rein Pol, the first part of this text comes from that site:
The fact that Rein Pol made paintings with trains in them gave him the stigma of being a train painter. The 'Blue Angel' is just one of many, often autobiographical, subjects in his paintings. This also applies to nature, landscape, persons and objects from his immediate environment, in which transience is an underlying theme. “As a child I was always drawing. The profession of art teacher appealed to me. It never occurred to me that I could become a painter.'
At the Minerva Academy, teachers such as Ger Siks and Matthijs Röling impressed him. Their influence is still noticeable in his paintings: the atmospheric of Röling and the alienating of Siks. After the academy Rein briefly taught at a secondary school. "Not an unqualified success! So when I was asked to come and teach at Minerva, I seized the opportunity with both hands. I have learned a lot myself from teaching academy students.'
A violin on fire, a train soaring to heaven, Romance at its best! The passion is in the details, the feathers of a dead bird, the drops on a misty mirror. And that passion is what Romanticism is all about.
Rein Pol has been working professionally as a painter since 1976. He always has a keen eye for the expressiveness of the apparently insignificant detail.
Every theme that Pol paints is depicted in a clear, harmonious composition with great attention to light, texture, spatial and color effects. The paintings are not intended as an exact copy of the reality around us, but as a representation of our own reality!
Hans van Seventer previously wrote: “The subjects of Rein Pol's paintings move between the ordinary and the absurd. He paints musical instruments as well as a bottle containing the fetus of a pig. Sometimes the smell of manure rises from his landscapes, then again a Groningen bum toils along the steep banks of a Norwegian fjord. His self-portraits form a collection in themselves: in the mirror of the bathroom, in a glass display case surrounded by 'gohst of the past', or simply with a jar of pickles as a sign of his dignity”.
With his work Pol is counted among the Northern Figuratives.
Rein Pol exhibits a lot in the Netherlands.
Abroad he exhibited in Germany, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and Indonesia.
With the so-called Zwiggelte Group in France, the United States, Canada and Australia.
Much of the painter's work is included in private collections. His paintings are also in the possession of, among others, the Drents Museum in Assen, the Smallingerland Museum in Drachten, the Free University of Amsterdam, the ING Collection and the Philips Collection...
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1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
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