American Realist Paintings
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
Provocative hyperrealist oil painting created with breathtaking detail. Artist David Shepherd used water and flowers to create a feeling of life, and to serve...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Linen, Oil
Artist Comments
Colorado summer evening. A couple walks a path alongside a pond while their dog plays by the water. Warm light from the right illuminates the house and surrou...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In this dramatic seascape, Jesse Aldana describes a stormy evening on the coast near Santa Barbara, CA. A cloudburst races acros...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting, David depicts a model holding plastic to her face. The work is meant as a commentary on global warming and a need to plan fo...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Shuxing Fan exhibits a picturesque sunset from a neighborhood park in classical painting style. He captures the last rays of...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"Common Ravens are a friendly lot, hanging around in large groups at an abundant food source or pairing off to wander as a couple," ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
"Traveling in England's Cotswolds region, I sought out a number of impressive gardens designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown," shares artist Mandy Main. "This estate, Croome Court, has a colorful history, including its 1979 purchase by John Lennon for use as a Hare Krishna...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
"A thick layer of clouds begins to loosen its grip on the Malibu coast as the restless autumn sea besets a pier of stone," describes artist Jesse Aldana. Beam...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"A late morning on a Malibu beach finds the tide nearly at its peak and the usually broad sands founder in a creamy froth," says artist Jesse Aldana. Sunlight...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"As foggy headlands shift shape on the horizon, redwoods materialize out of a palette of grays and blues in this painting of California's Big Sur," says artis...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"Hope is the belief that things will work, most especially when it seems otherwise," says artist Jo Galang. "Deep, never wavering hope is what we need to clin...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
An uplifting, light-filled landscape that combines old world realism with a modern aesthetic. Cumulus clouds gather at the horizon and sweep upward across the sky, enlivening the landscape. The cool blues of the sky contrast with the warm oranges and ochres of the hills. The long horizontal format gives a contemporary feel and a sense of calm.
About the Artist
Mandy Main is an art historian and landscape painter based in the Southern California desert. She has long been passionate about 19th Century American landscape paintings, which has been influential in her artistic practice. Mandy works in series, generally three paintings at a time. Her process begins with a vision of a place she has been, but she takes creative liberties with the aesthetic details. The artist is captivated by light and shadow, and strives to instill her work with moody drama through the representation of these elements. Using layers of paint and glazes, Mandy achieves mesmerizing atmospheric depth, encouraging the viewer to gaze and be still.
Words that describe this painting: landscape, realism, nature, clouds, sky, sunlight, countryside, panoramic, hills , landscape, realism, representational, oil painting, blue
Golden Hills...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The sky and sea converge in artist Jenn Williamson's arresting panoramic piece. She explores light and darkness, searching for beauty in quiet, unnoticed places, thus creating a spiritual oasis. "I painted this piece during a season of spiritual and personal awakening from a season of trials," shares Jenn. She expresses the peace and tranquility in her soul for which she is genuinely grateful.
About the Artist
Jenn Williamson expertly evokes the scenery of British Columbia in her soft abstract landscapes. She utilizes defining horizontal and vertical strokes, coupled with a skillful handling of color, to create significant depth in each piece. Her paintings, though abstracted, clearly convey the atmospheric attributes of the scene–rain, wind, clouds, fog. Jenn’s muted color palette transports the viewer to the Canadian west coast...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A delicate portrait of a Canada goose against a pastel backdrop. "Spending time alone in nature is something I take advantage of whenever possible," shares ar...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
Artist Jesse Aldana paints a dramatic shoreline view of the Santa Monica Bay. A surfer lines up a final ride as evening deepens under heavy blanket clouds. In...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This piece was inspired by the desire to linger near or in warm tropical waters, watching the mesmerizing patterns of light refractions as they move with the currents.
About the Artist
Laura Browning...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage," says artist David Shepherd. He presents a vibrant, realistic piece of a face covered in vibrant flowers. A prismatic light...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Kent Sullivan expresses a marshland drenched in a warm sunset. "In the Evening crickets start to chirp and the glow of lat...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s American Realist Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
Artist Comments
"Considered symbols of luck, Koi fish are known for their tenacity to swim rushing streams and waterfalls until they reach their goal," says artist Candice Eisenfeld. "They are determined and they never give up. Symbolic in Buddhism, they represent courage and strength."
About the Artist
As an American exploring issues of identity, artist Candice Eisenfeld paints through the lens of the first American art movement, the Hudson River School. Rather than depicting a specific locale, Candice’s artwork evokes a sense of place. These "inner landscapes" are invented, and often reference photographs taken during travels in southern Appalachia and the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mountains. Whether real or imagined, her paintings are influenced by the Dutch Masters, Tonalists, and Chinese painting. Produced on a single wooden panel, the ethereal landscapes are often joined with segments of aqueous color fields which act as commentary for the landscapes, like the chorus in a Greek play. The crisp, hard edges separating the landscapes from the color fields command a sense of order in an otherwise fluid and painterly surface. With two or three sections of the panel competing for attention, the painting creates multiple focal points. Candice's art has been displayed in embassies in Namibia and Belarus, held in the collections of Norwest Bank and Northwest Airlines...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
"These two friends were at the Santa Fe rodeo grounds, early in the morning, just after they were fed," shares artist Heather Foster. "They were relaxed toget...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd paints a hyperrealistic image of an eye surrounded by dewy magnolias in full bloom. He explores the idea of united humanity by obscuring the identity of his subject. "As we move forward in history, we move past the limitations of gender and race to see all people as equal and able to have a voice in society and be seen as beautiful," says David. The piece draws a symbolic comparison between the uniqueness of every flower and the singularity of a person.
About the Artist
Canadian artist David Shepherd fuses techniques from both old and modern masters to create contemporary interpretations of the human form. While offering strong nods to pop art and cubism, the work remains grounded by David’s training in 19th Century academic realism. Combining discrete techniques within a single tableau is initially jarring to the viewer, creating an unexpected visual complexity in the work and demonstrating the artist’s breadth of skills. “I think in the future we will be much more interested in works of art that show a mastery of multiple styles,†says David. Each artwork effectually suggests the surreal nature of human existence within a convoluted modern society.
Words that describe this painting: flower, floral, portrait, child, realism, hyperrealism, photorealism, eye, beauty, rainbow, bright, love, petals, detailed, oilpaint, people, people, flora, realism, oil painting, white
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
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