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Style: American Realist
Approaching Storm, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"In this painting, a cold winter storm rolls in from the Pacific," shares artist Jesse Aldana. "The icy blue water and sky are accented with warm notes of clo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

378, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Heather Foster encountered this inquisitive subject while painting en plein air. "This nosy California girl wanted to be front and center to see what t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Little Island Tulips at Sunset, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This is a view of the underside of Little Island, an artificial park designed by Thomas Heatherwick off the West Side of Manhattan," shares artist Nick Savid...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skeletal Remains
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I love these dead pines that overlook the ocean, their texture, the way the branches stretch out like arms and fingers out to the sea, and the alternating li...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Petite Cheesecake
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A Still life painting of a small cheesecake, adorned with strawberries, blueberries, and cream. Placed upon a layer of parchment paper, against a grey backdrop. Sarah Lamb is known for her poetic still lifes that utilize classical painting techniques, yet are very contemporary in mood. Framed dimensions: 17 x 25 inches Sarah Lamb is a talented and dynamic realist painter. With classical skill—and through transparency, depth and texture—she captures the minute details of everyday objects in her dramatic still lifes and luscious landscapes. She makes us love the familiar and see beauty in the mundane. Born in Petersburg, VA, with a passion for art and an appreciation for the past, Sarah spent a semester at the Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy before graduating from Brenau Women’s College with a BS degree in Studio Art in 1993. Following a summer workshop in Santa Fe, NM with renowned classical painter Jacob Collins, she spent two years painting at The Ecole Albert Defois in the Loire Valley with classical realist artist Ted Seth Jacobs. In 1997 she moved to New York and spent the next 6 years studying and painting under Jacob Collins at the Water Street Atelier. During this time, she had successful one-woman shows in major galleries in Atlanta, Houston, and San Francisco and was represented in art galleries in Alexandria, VA, St. Simon’s Island and Gainesville, GA, Sag Harbor, NY and Madison, CT. More recently, she has had sell-out, one-woman shows at the Spanierman Gallery in NY, the Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, TX and the John Pence Gallery in San Francisco. She has been featured in magazines such as American Artists, American Art Collector and Southwest Art as one of America’s most talented young painters. British-born art critic, John A. Parks, wrote that “Sarah Lamb brings to her work a robustly sensual grasp of the world. Her keenness of eye and joyful brush make the whole enterprise feel freshly alive as she reminds us what the really wonderful things in life are.” Sarah splits her time between Houston, Texas and in Pennsylvania's Brandywine Valley with her husband, artist, David Larned...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Pale Purple Tulips, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"I would describe this still life of tulips as uncommon, novel, and intriguing," says artist Nicole Lamothe. "I was initially attracted to the striped leaves ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"American Busker" Street Performer in San Francisco California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Samuel Wilson (1986-Present) Texas Artist Image Size: 30 x 40 Medium: Oil "American Busker" When you see the paintings below in photos you will say WOW! When you see them in person ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mother's Day Bouquet, Oil Painting
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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

Whispers of Spring, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
While on a summer hike in the woods, Jo discovered this stream and small pool of water. She says she couldn't resist stopping and dipping her feet in the cool...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Two Godwits at Night, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"These two glowing marbled godwits are painted at the edge of the surf on a soft late evening on a Santa Barbara beach," sh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Book Cliffs Near Green River No 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Steeped in the Bay Area figurative movement, Mary Robertson's oeuvre focuses on Northern California's Russian River, and its beaches, umbrellas, floats and figures. Her western lands...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Irreversibility (vintage old car wreck nostalgia light blue auto oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, car portrait, car accident, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, old car wreck...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At the Clinton Station Diner, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The Clinton Station Diner is one of New Jersey's landmark diners. I was seated in this particular room that is actually a salvaged train dining car. I could n...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism The painting measures 10 x 12 inches. Framed, the work is 13 1/4 x 15 1/...
Category

1930s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Great White Hunter, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Who knew that Snowy Egrets at the beach hunted beetles?" says artist Emil Morhardt. "This one was stealthily sneaking up on some...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Serene Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realist gouache painting of a serene coastal landscape by Texas artist William Hoey. Circa 1970s. Gold Frame. Dimensions of painting without frame: 9 in. H x 12 in. W Artist Biogr...
Category

1970s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Simple Beauty" colorful flower still life with orange, purple, and blue
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Simple Beauty" is a colorful flower still life with orange, purple, and blue Artist Bio Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also recei...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Sleepy Willet
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Willets are usually at the edge of the surf, poking into the wet sand as they follow each wave in and out. This one, when I came on him, was standing above th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Forest Bathing , landscape oil painting, in the Realism style, Texas artist
Located in Houston, TX
Aspen Grove in the Rocky Mountains depicts on of Colorado's most popular landscapes in the style of Realist painting. The artist use the natural beauty of Colorado as scenes for his Realist paintings. The artist brings us deep into the painting Forest Bathing. Almost an escape from the world. The artist is a regional landscape painter working in oils and pastels whose subject matter varies from the mountains and desert of west Texas to the wetlands along the Texas coast...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Dollass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, our gallery will donate 10% of our commission from this sale to the Kansas City Artists Coalition, which has been supporting local Kansas City Artists for the past 40 years. The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC), is a non-profit, artist-centered, artist-run alternative space, supporting artists at every level in their career through exhibitions, continuing education and artist studios. Artist: Joseph Broghammer Title: “Dollass” Materials : Chalk pastel and pencil on Arches Paper Date : 2018 Dimensions : 42 x 43 in. Omaha based artist Joseph Broghammer is as much of a storyteller as he is an artist. His one-of-a-kind pastel drawings in “Animals” are chronicles of his life. The creatures Broghammer creates are vehicles to uncover the varying characteristics of the artist’s personal identity. Hence, Broghammer’s “Animals” translates as a flowing stream of consciousness. The different birds and livestock staring back at the viewer are ornamented with iconographic symbols – small surprises along the way. These trinkets are keys to understanding the stories Broghammer is sharing. Broghammer began mastering his “dry painting” technique during his B.F.A. in Visual Art at the University of South Dakota. He graduated in 1986 and a year later went on to study his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin. In 2009, he studied at Creative Capital in Omaha, Nebraska. As storytellers often do, Broghammer later went on to become an educator himself, teaching at WhyArts? and becoming an Artist Assistant at Vera Mercer...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Coastal Farm Landscape - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Coastal Farm Landscape. Oil on canvas painting, created in 1972 by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Torla...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer. After Rain., Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A refreshing basket of juicy red apples after a rainstorm. Raindrops slowly dry under the warm sun as leaves rustle in the cool wind. Artist Nikolay Rizhankov...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Pair of Curlews, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"These two long-billed curlews are gazing at us with an unmistakable curiosity," says artist Emil Morhardt. "Like many shorebirds, when I sat on the beach qui...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rockaway Shell
Located in Burlingame, CA
Rockaway Shell - an iconic American painting depicting a Shell Gasoline Station by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Barn
By Ted Larsen
Located in White Plains, NY
'Blue Barn' 2004 by American artist, Ted Larsen. Pastel on paper, 28.75 x 41 in. (paper) 42 x 53.5 in. (frame). This pastel work on paper features a forest o...
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Unwinding, Surreal Green Pastoral Contemporary American Realist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
"Wind-up" is a surreal oil painting on wood that invites viewers into a quiet, dreamlike landscape. Painted in rich greens with soft gradients of light, the work features a rhythmic ...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Writer
Located in New York, NY
Signed (lower right): Quincy
Category

20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Grande Serre / oil on canvas - contemporary lush Parisian garden scene
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary and mysterious oil painting inspired by 'La Grande Serre' gardens in Paris, France, at dusk. The lush work in mainly forrest greens with floating flowers and splashes of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dead Pine Evening, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I've painted this scene a couple of times before. There a lots of dead pines facing the channel that separates the coast of Maine from Grand Manan Island, exc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Aspen Light" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Aspen Light" is an oil painting that depicts dense cluster of aspens turning with colorful yellow leaves whose thick canopy blo...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Silent Bliss, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The Coquitlam River near Jo's home in British Columbia is a favorite painting subject. She enjoys regularly walking the riverbanks from one end to the other w...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Eugene Meeks English oil painting of a woman at a well titled "Roma", dated 1871
Located in New York, NY
Antique Guy Meeks oil painting of a woman at a well. Signed lower right: G Meeks, Roma, 1871 Framed dimensions: 24 1/2 x 21 in.
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1960s "Mountain Side" Watercolor Landscape California Gold Country Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Thelma Corbin Moody AbEx Mountain Side c. 1960's Watercolor on Arches Paper 29.5" x 22", Unframed Thelma Corbin Moody (1908-1986) of Modesto, CA....
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"City Gates, Fez" plein air painting of ppl at the edge of a village in Morocco
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"City Gates, Fez" is a plein air painting of ppl at the edge of a village in Morocco. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. E...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

The Corner Deli
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The setting is the Corner Deli on Kenmare Street in Soho, New York, across the street from Lt. Petrosino Square. I was interested i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Migrants
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Migrants' by Willard Dixon. These paintings are generally taken from small black and white newspaper photos from Willard Dixon’s daily reading of the news. He changes the images somewhat by cropping them, taking things out, adding color, etc. But the image is definitely something seen originally by someone else. “I must say”, says Dixon, “I have rather strong feelings about these images myself. I see them at least in part as an homage to the intrepid photographers on the front lines who are telling truth to the world about what’s actually going on out there.” Willard Dixon Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2020: Evening Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Schooner Off Shore
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1964 Michael Harrell focuses on capturing natural light in both landscapes and cityscapes while working with nautical themes, especially ...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Weathertop
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Kent Sullivan draws ideas for paintings from a variety of sources - plein air sessions, photography, videos, memory, and sketches...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Emilio's, Photorealist Oil Painting by Harry McCormick
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Harry McCormick from 1990. A quiet scene of a young woman sitting in a restaurant with dramatic lighting. Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) Title: Emil...
Category

1980s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Sentry's Vigil, Framed Oil Painting by Stanley Borack
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Stanley Borack, American (1927 - ) Title: The Sentry's Vigil Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 22 x 27 inches Frame: 33 x 37 inches
Category

1970s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cow Palace - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cow Palace' , 24 x 36 inches, iconic still life, architectural oil on canvas painting, from internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, whose work depicts majesty in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gapstow Bridge at Dusk in Snow
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed dimensions: 24 x 30 inches Framed dimensions: 30 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she st...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Native American Portrait, American Western Art Oil Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Native American Portrait, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An unfinished...
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1970s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Night Doorway, dark, mysterious urban architectural oil painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Night Doorway, Oil on panel, nocturne Park Slope, Brooklyn Dr. Rowland S. Russell PhD. writes about his experience directly witnessing Greg's practice as a “plein air” artist: Whet...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Late Summer, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973) Title: Late Summer Medium: Oil on Board, signed Size: 16.5 in. x 12.5 in. (41.91 cm x 31.75 cm) Frame Size: 20 x 16 inches
Category

1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Holding, Surreal Landscape Painting, Green Field with Fence, Small Art
Located in New York, NY
Laura Von Rosk’s Holding (2024) from her evocative Fence series, invites viewers into a surreal landscape where order and tension meet in delicate balance. Featured in the Pushing Bo...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Panel

Running Girl, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973) Title: Running Girl Year: circa 1965 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 31 x 27 inc...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Running Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed dimensions: 30 x 40 inches Framed dimensions: 37 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches Born in January of 1947, David Bareford began his study of art in high school in Warren, New Jersey und...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Fireboat with Flag
Located in Burlingame, CA
A rare and very early oil and wax medium painting from American artist, Kim Frohisn, who is generally associated with the West Coast's Bay Area Figurative movement, started by Elmer ...
Category

20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wax

Burgundy, Teal & Pink Study
Located in Fairfield, CT
The artist has traveled around the world, painting on location. He is fascinated with subtle light effects and expressive painterly surfaces, focusing on interiors or cityscapes. His...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Deep Shadows
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bill Shaddix – American (1931- ) Title: Deep Shadows Year: circa 1980 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed size: 27 x 31 inches...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
Category

1950s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Gouache, Pencil

"Warm Night In Portofino" Oil Painting by Tom Swimm
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Glowing lights and warm purple and lavenders highlight this inviting Italian night scene, "Warm Night In Portofino," a superb example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Little Girl and Dog on Shovel" blue white trompe l'oeil oil painting of antique
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Little Girl and Dog on Shovel" is a blue, white and red trompe l'oeil oil painting of a child's beach shovel. An antique from the Ohio Art Company, which ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Spanish Carnations
Located in Denver, CO
Flora in Vase, with red interior
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Red and White Fuchsia
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic painting of white, red, and pink "Swingtime" varietal of fuchsia flowers, hanging from a vine on grey art board by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). Signed by the artist in the ...
Category

1980s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Illustration Board

Brant Point Morning Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also s...
Category

2010s American Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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