Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers) Year: circa 1963 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good P...

Rachel Linnemeier's "All Dogs" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a purple Tamagotchi toy on a green background. About the Artist: Born in 1...

Shan Fannin's (US based) "Always Sunny - Volkswagen Type 2 Samba" is an acrylic painting that depicts a Volkswagen Type 2 Samba. Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fann...

Marc Dennis is an American artist known for his hyper-realistic paintings that celebrate the subversive potential of art history, beauty and humor. In his "Desserts with Hair" seri...

Large, photo-realist painting on canvas featuring a fire engine red and white industrial crane against a bright sky blue background 69 x 48 x 2 inches oil on canvas, thin wood stripping signed verso, "Joseph E. Richards" Hangs with wire installed on the back Excellent condition, ready to hang as is This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1992. The artist painted this piece when he was 71 years old during a long career of painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life. This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, industrial cranes. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richards was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The red and white crane, painted with extreme detail and focus, vividly contrasts against a bright blue sky. Areas of brown rust, attesting to the machine's power and longevity, are captured with immaculate precision. Since the painting has a very smooth surface, one could easily confuse this painting with a photograph. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork. The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with pre-installed wire. The artist's signature is located on the back of the canvas. About the artist: Joseph Richards...

Provenance: Madison Gallery (Madison Connecticut) bears their label verso. Hunting and fishing cabin themed artwork in a hyper realist or photo realist style. James Carter (Born 194...

Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Vegetables Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....

"Michelle #2" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting on a houndstooth patterned pillow, and clutching anoth...

Shan Fannin's (US based) "Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" is an acrylic painting that depicts a Ford Mustang Emblem. Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings ...

15 years into her painting career, Daryl Gortner’s clarity of vision, talent and skill are admired by loyal patrons and avid collectors of her work. "Wonderlust" is the title of the...

'A Tribute to Adeline' depicts a historic San Francisco building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade of the building with inset window panes. The subtle and br...

Large, vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of industrial red ball and steel grey crane on a sky blue background by Joseph Richards oil on canvas,...

Sheri Farabaugh's "Pure Gold" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts the white and golden flowers of a yucca plant blossoming. Artist Stat...

'Afternoon Delights' depicts a historic San Francisco building with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the facade of the building with an ins...

'Faded' depicts Chinese immigrant woman looking out from the window of her Chinatown home. The building is covered with cascading shadows that are created from the building's metal...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Homage to Redon Year: 1997 Medium: Oil on panel Size: 20 x 16 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed by artist, recto. Provenance: Estate o...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Grapes & Jug" by Heidi Von Faber immerses the viewer in a worl...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In Lemon Jelly Marmalade, Heidi Von Faber captures the delicat...

'January Light' depicts an historic San Francisco home with warm sunlight and shadows cascading across the window pane. The subtle and brilliant work of art is meticulously hand pain...

Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.

James Tormey (American, 1938-2017) "Candyland (Mixed Bowl)" on table with white tablecloth cover. Oil Painting on Canvas. Hand signed lower right. Measures approx. - 32" high x 37" wide, total with frame - 37 1/2" high x 42 1/2" wide. James J Tormey, NYC artist, He was born in Brooklyn in 1938. As a young man he moved to Manhattan where he lived and worked for more than 60 years. James Tormey studied at the Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, and at Columbia University and worked in advertising for several years while he painted part time. In the 1960s he supported himself as a photographer, covering openings and events for the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City. For many years he was represented by the Madison Avenue Gallery, in New York City, where he had numerous one-man shows. He has also exhibited in Japan and Germany. The artist makes his home in Manhattan and is represented by the Uptown Gallery, also in New York City. James Tormey paints still lifes of traditional subject matter: fruit, vegetables, or eggs appear in bowls or on surfaces illuminated by powerful directional light. Tormey builds stronger and more precise meaning into his work by exploring how the backgrounds and settings for his still lifes can convey particular ideas. In his recent work, for instance, he painted a series of images in which fruit—a traditional still-life subject—is placed in architectural settings or frames that we usually associate with religious imagery. In Icon, for instance, the artist painted a red cabbage and placed it inside a Renaissance-style frame that he built and decorated himself. Instead of being presented with a saint or a Madonna within such a context, we are given a fully realized, but quite ordinary, vegetable. Tormey’s painting technique involves great care from the beginning. He works in his apartment in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in a meticulously clean space equipped with a very solid easel and a large glass palette on a painting table. For reference he uses photographs he has taken of still-life setups in conjunction with pictures of architectural or other settings he has collected over the years. “I start with a careful graphite drawing right on the canvas,” he explains. These days he uses lightweight cotton duck, although much of his earlier work was done on smoother surfaces. Once the graphite line is established, the artist makes a thin monochrome version of the image with a dull green. “I don’t add anything to the paint other than turpentine,” he explains. “I don’t use oil or glazing mediums because I don’t like shine. The turpentine dulls the paint, which suits what I’m doing.” Once the green layer has dried, the artist applies a second thin layer in a warm brown using burnt sienna or burnt umber. “In all these stages I’m working from dark to light,” he says, “so that I’m always getting a rendered, three-dimensional image.” Tormey works on two or three paintings at a time to allow for sufficient drying time between layers. “I also like the way one painting seems to talk to another,” he says. “It makes for a richer process.” Once he starts working in full color on the image, he continues slowly, applying many thin layers and gradually achieving subtle tonal and color shifts until his forms burst with three-dimensional life. “I work with a very dry brush,” explains the artist. Many of Tormey’s paintings contain dark backgrounds, some of which are pure black—something that can present its own technical problems. “I don’t want those backgrounds to feel present,” he says. “I want them to simply drop out.” Because he doesn’t want any shine on his work he doesn’t use varnish. It’s not surprising that Tormey’s work, with its heavy contrasts and smooth tonal transitions, is strongly influenced by photography. Tormey worked as a photographer for some years, and when he began doing still lifes he often photographed them against black backgrounds. His work was also published as fine art cards, posters, and fine art Giclee prints. He pioneered the "larger-than-life" still-life with his work combining traditional subject matter with a contemporary interpretation that produces startling images of heroic proportions. Light reflected and transmitted lends the natural objects, which are the subjects, a quality which may evoke in the viewer clarity of vision and a delight in the forms of the natural world around them. His work conveys a powerful positive philosophy and he once said "I believe the only way we can come to terms with the world is if we look at it as it really is." He believed that artists should take responsibility for the meaning their works carry and stated that "there are definite ideas behind my paintings". He studied at Pratt Institute and Columbia University and worked in advertising and as a photographer before turning to full-time painting. His paintings were exhibited in dozens of galleries around the country, in Germany and Japan and are now seen in numerous public and private collections. While he was not officially part of the Photorealism art...

Photorealistic painting of a 1970 Stingray, a classic muscle car. Includes both a red and a blue version of this well known vehicle. Kelley is able to capture even the smallest details of the cars, all the way down to the writing on the tires. Signed, titled, and dated on the back. Currently not framed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Cheryl Kelley...

Artist: Gustavo Schmidt Title: Tres Bolsas de Papel en Diagonal Year: 2014 Medium: Oil on Canvas with Varnish, signed l.r. Size: 36 x 48 inches

Oracle 2016 Oil on Panel 9" x 12" unframed 16 1/2" x 19 1/4" framed Taxidermy monkey head sits atop a brick wrapped in plastic. Many of the artist's ...

Photorealistic still life street scene that features an American flag and resist sticker in the window of a home. Brown with red, white and blue. The street numbers are 8102 (2018 in...

Woman doing yoga, stretching, leaf, torn paper color composition featured in this delightful still life oil on canvas painting. In this series of trompe-l'œil oil paintings, Willard...

Artist: Armando Ahuatzi, Mexican Title: Calabazas Year: 1995 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 18.5 x 27 inches Frame Size: 29 x 37.5 inches

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Hudson River Landscape) Untitled Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 12.5 x 10 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of ...

This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...

OPAC, the Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors, presents Cesar Santander Crayon Composition Number One Original Oil Painting 16" x 16" original painting on board. T...

colorful ribbons Oil on canvas Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can...

Heather Neill's (US based) "Camera Obscura" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an old fashion camera with an open bird cage as steam from...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Nocturne I: White Peacock, Black Cockatoo Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic on Panel, with Artist Painted Frame Size: 58 x...

Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - ) Title: Texas Exotic Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 56 x 59.5 in. (142.24 x 151.13 cm) Frame: 57 x 61 inches

Ken Orton's "Patent Image" is a 40x60 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring a grouping of crystal clear jars and bottles. Included in ...

A bold Abstract painting by Chilean-born artist Gustavo Schmidt. The red colors seem to jump off the blue background in this oil painting. Wrapped Package and Irises Gustavo Schmid...

A beautiful realist painting of a rose by American Artist, Lowell Nesbitt who was great inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, Ameri...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, and Silver Pitcher Year: 1998 Medium: Oil on Panel, with Artist Paint...

Contemporary Still Life painting 'Still life with Red Grapes' is a beautiful composed work that would sit in any interior setting. Higueras has added such fine detail to every inch of the canvas. At the age of 21, in 1994, when the dexterity in his hands reached...

Gregory Block's "Bouquet" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts pink rose blooms with baby's breath and green foliage with a contrasting black background. About the ar...

Artist: Steven Jones, American Title: The Silver Bowl Year: 2001 Medium: Oil on Linen on Panel, signed, titled, and dated verso Size: 42 x 60 inches Frame Size: 43.5 x 62 inches

'Clementines & Roses' is a fabulous example of Lijftogt's work. Such amazing eye for detail is what makes this piece such a knockout piece. A beautiful colour palette has been used t...

A Photorealist Still Life painting of three paper bags and a glass sphere on a table by Chilean-born artist Gustavo Schmidt. Tres Bolsas y Esfera de cristal Gustavo Schmidt, Chilean...

Vintage American school trompe l'oeil corn still life oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Possibly faintly signed lower right. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 22"L x 24"H.

LeMat Debut by celebrated realist painter Ken Orton is a commanding 36 x 48 inch oil on canvas that fuses photorealistic technique with cinematic storytelling. At first glance, it’s ...

Scott Fraser's "Mollie's Spoons" is an oil painting created in 2020 that depicts varying fine silver spoons scattered across a warm grey surface. About ...

Heather Neill's (US based) "Last of the Season" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a suspended tomato with the hand of a gardener with glove. A yellow bird is hovering nearby. Artist Autobiography: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1958, my family moved every two years thereafter from California to NJ to PA, and back and forth in-between coming to rest for a while in Swarthmore, PA for the high school years then off to Connecticut College as an art major. The only formal training I have is from my college years, when I focused mainly on black and white, finding refuge in the pencil and printmaking process. I went to Boston after college. Worked in the Harvard Sq. Coop as a picture framer and ended up managing their custom-framing department for most of the 80’s. I left there to move to Muddy Creek Forks, a tiny self-contained village in a remote holler of Pennsylvania where I lived in the abandoned general store (post office, train station and hotel all in one building) and spent the next 5 or 6 years as a traditional chairmaker. Sitting on my shaving horse with my drawknife (using only hand tools) I made Shaker style ladder-back chairs and made the rounds of juried craft shows and museums. I can’t count the number of odd jobs that have put bread on the table since then, but they include farm hand, carpenter, bookbinder, vest maker, stripper at a three woman printing company and picture framer off and on for 25 years. My easel has been set up in every one of the 26 places I have lived so far. As of 2001 I now paint full time and divide my time between my log cabin and adjoining studio along the Little Conewago Creek in Manchester, PA and the open studio of Martha’s Vineyard, MA. By the time I decided to give painting my full time efforts I was well into my early forties. My partner of twenty years is a hospice nurse and living with her has taught me that life is short...

Ken Orton's "Tonic" is a 36x54 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring multiple antique bottles. The bottles range in size, color and shape, some of which are filled with red, yellow, green, or blue liquid. The artist chooses to paint larger than life still lives, cropping in closely for more impact. Every detail from the reflections on the table, to the illusion of the raised letters on the bottles, is painted masterfully. About the artist: Ken Orton has dedicated his life to painting. His childhood was spent drawing the urban, industrial surroundings of Birmingham, England. At the Birmingham and then Manchester Colleges of Art he studied Art Education and after six years teaching in England accepted an offer to head the arts program at the Joan Miro Centro de Arte of the Baleares International School in Mallorca, Spain. For the next twenty years he would introduce the concepts of pictorial composition, color theory and draftsmanship to his students. Many of these students would go on to achieve great success in the many branches of the arts, architecture and music and remain close friends with their teacher to this day. An integral part of Orton’s perspective training for his students was the study of the ellipse. He often used glass cylinders to demonstrate how the perceived ellipses generated by variations in the circle's relationship to the eye-line could be used as a powerful tool in creating the appearance of a third dimension on a two dimensional surface. Later, after he had moved to America in 1999, he discovered a treasure trove of antique mason jars...

OPAC, the Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors, presents Cesar Santander Goldfish With Matisse Detail Original Oil Painting 16" x 16" original painting on board. Th...

Heather Neill's (US based) "Tied Up" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wood paneled rustic fishing boat with all its gear and fittings...

Dylan Lloyd Island Path IV Original Oil Painting on Canvas Oil Paint on Canvas Framed in a White Box Frame Image size: H 30cm x W 24cm x D 0.5cm Framed Siz...

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Vivid, bold, and strikingly fresh, Lime Light is an oil on boa...

A technical masterpiece, Santibanez exhibits his prowess in creating amphoras of different sizes hanging in space in front of a striped background. The pottery, examples of indigenou...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt Title: Lemons and Limes on Quilt Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 39 in. x 48 in. (99.06 cm x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 40.25 ...

'Lemons on a Yellow Plate' is a fabulous example of Lijftogt's work. Such amazing eye for detail is what makes this piece such a knockout piece. A beautiful colour palette has been u...

Artist: Lourdes Leon, Mexican Title: Paper and Rope Year: 2002 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 28.5 x 29 inches Frame Size: 35.5 x 36.5 inches

Gregory Block's "Botanicals No. 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of yellow and white blooms with a blue and clear bottle. About the artist: Greg...

OPAC, the Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors, presents Cesar Santander Dancers and Musicians (Torn Up Picasso) Original Oil Painting Please watch video 12" x 16" o...

Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich Title: Totem, Sise: 43x27.5 inches, (110x70 cm) Medium: Oil on Canvas Hand painted, original, one of a kind. This oil painting, entitled "Totem"...