Face Still-life Paintings
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Tribal Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Charcoal, Ink, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Mahogany, Acrylic, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Jose H. Alvarenga illustrates a still life of a vintage milkmaid ornament. "I found this lovely figurine on eBay and decided to buy it and paint it," shares Jose. A rare and unique decoration that implies elegance in its simplicity. He highlights the rustic quality of its costume, face, and posture.
About the Artist
Jose’s soft still life paintings are like visual puns. He creates relationships between objects that evoke both amusement and contemplation in the viewer. By devising a clever dialogue between objects, Jose turns a still life into a story. Jose utilizes a classical realist style with a gentle nod to surrealism through his unique subject selections. He is inspired by everyday objects, particularly those with a quality of nostalgia, memory, or humor. Jose paints out of his Los Angeles area apartment, where he also enjoys playing the keyboard and reading art books.
Words that describe this painting: still life, classical realism, milkmaid, elegance, peasant, Harnett, milkmaid, Vermeer, small, oilpaint, classical, figurine, vintage, still life, classical, oil painting, beige
The Milkmaid...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Modern Paintings
Wood, Oil
Early 20th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Early 2000s Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Still-life Paintings
Oil
1970s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
1990s Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
1990s Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Board, Oil
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Panel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen, Panel
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1990s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil