Photorealist Paintings

My work "Roses II" is part of a new series of paintings inspired by different kinds of flowers, it is an opportunity to deeply study their textures and colors. During my career as...

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...

Triumphal arch. 2023. Oil on canvas, 45x70 cm Hyperrealistic atrwork with Triumphal arch 1976 Born: Jurmala, Latvia 1987–1994 Rozental’s Art School, Riga, Latvia 1998 Bachelor of Ar...

Incredible American school signed realist portrait painting. Oil on panel with gold leaf. Framed. Signed. Image size, 18.5H x 11L.

"Vertigo" is a trompe l'oeil painting of a comic clipping of Daredevil on tightrope taped on wall. The arts have been an integral part of Anthony Mastromatteo’s life for over 25 yea...

White sand beach painting Original, one-of-a-kind, hand painted, inspired by the view of The Bahamas and Turks And Caicos Islands seen from the airplane in my last vacation there. ...

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...

Denim Jeans and high heeled shoes Photorealist painter Cindy Press. Works by Cindy can be seen in Bloomingdales NYC Shoe Dept. Photorealist Figurative Pai...

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...

Artist: Ian Hornak Title: Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden Year: 1977 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso Size: 42 x 60 inches (106.68 x 152....

:: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: bottom...

White peonies in a cold color :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: Elena Podmarkova...

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...

Glenn Ness is recognized for his photorealistic oil paintings of vacant backyards, landscapes, urban streets, and interiors. Ness’s compositions are flooded with his signature warm l...

Wine Enologist Claude Wolf - Mid Century Portrait A stately mid-century portrait of Claude Wolf (1904-1973), a vintner Enologist by Abel George Warshawsky...

Serse creates drawings by erasure. He covers a sheet of paper with a dense layer of graphite, then ''draws'' on its surface with an eraser. Using photos as his point of departure, Serse renders mountains, bodies of water and trees from the shades of gray that emerge as he plies his eraser. The resulting image is mounted on aluminum. This image has a powerful presence because of the composition and the clarity of its realism. Serse was born in 1952 in San Polo di Piave. He lives and works in Trieste. The artist has produced over the years an extraordinary series of images that have been included in the book “Drawing”, edited by Phaidon Press. These also owed him the participation in significant national and international exhibitions such as: Parkview Museum in Beijing and Singapore (2018 - 2019); Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, Italy (2018); Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (2013); Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rimini, Italy (2012); Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’archéologie, Besançon, France (2010); Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (2007); De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, Belgium (2006); III Biennial of Valencia, Spain (2005); S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium (2004); Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City, Mexico (2002); Center for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy (2002); Kunstverein Augsburg , Augsburg, Germany (2000); Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, Belgium (1999); Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy (1997). Amongst the institutions that hosted his most recent solo shows include: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Etienne Métropole, Saint-Etienne, France (2014); Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy (2015), Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, China (2017) and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba (2017 - 2018). Source: Galleria Continua SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Water Veils, Modern Studio, Shanghai, CN 2017 Serse, Tan Guobin Museum, Changsha, CN Aquí todo está abierto. Nada es cercano, nada es lejano, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, CU 2016 Serse, as far the eyes can see, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2015 L’Esperienza del paesaggio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT Paysage Analogue dessins 1994-2014, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de SaintÈtienne Métropole, Saint-Ètienne, FR 2014 Serse, Galleria Continua Beijing, CN 2013 Disegnare per ordini e numeri, Galleria Giuseppe Pero, Milano, IT 2012 Puro disegno. Disegni 1997-2012, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT Matité, Studio Carlotta Pesce, Bologna, IT Serse - “Koh-i-noor”, FAR – Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rimini, IT 2010 Geometriche dissolvenze, Ex Pescheria- Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, IT Disegni in Scala, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR Gemme, architetture, riflessi, Galleria Contemporaneo, Venice, IT 2009 Serse, Galleria Civica Segantini, Arco, IT 2008 Fotographite, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT Stoiceia (Elements), Casa Natale di Leonardo, Vinci / Cecchi wine cellars, Castellina in Chianti, IT 2007 Diamonds, Tim Van Laere gallery, Antwerp, BE 2006 La natura del disegno, De Garage Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen, BE Il cielo sopra il Cremlino, Galleria Lipanjepuntin, Rome, IT Astratto naturale, Gallerie Plurima, Udine, IT 2005 Umanak, il luogo dove il cuore fa silenzio, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT 2004 Paesaggio adottivo, Villa Manin – Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Spazio FVG, Codroipo, IT Bella figura, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Genève, CH Astratto naturale, Het Domein Museum, Sittard, NL 2003 Naturam ipsam imitandam esse, non artificem, Van Laere Contemporay Art, Antwerp, BE 2002 Serse, Guy Bartschi Gallery, Genève, CH 2001 Serse, Casa Musumeci Greco, Rome, IT 2000 Serse, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT Serse, Galleria Modulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbone, Portugal FIAC, Special project, Paris, FR 1999 Serse, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT Serse, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA Rinascimento-Nascimento: Serse -Van Eyck, Musée de Beaux Arts, Gent, BE Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE 1998 Serse, Galleria Albert Baronian, Bruxelles, BE Acqua, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT Serse, Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, IT Serse, Kunst Mitte Berlin, Berlin, DE 1997 Serse, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT G.Paolini, Serse. Storie della pittura, Galleria Milleventi, Turin, IT 1996 Serse, Galleria Lörhl, Mönchengladbach, DE Paesaggio Adottivo, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT 1994 Notti Bianche, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, IT 1993 Aria di Parigi, Galleria Romberg, Latina, IT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Beijing, CN 2018 Intriguing Uncertainties, curated by Lorand Hegyi, Parkview Museum, Singapore, SG Il Terzo Giorno, curated by Didi Bozzini, Palazzo del Governatore, Parma, IT 2017 L'immagine situata, curated by Denis Viva, Casa Furlan, Pordenone, IT 2016 Caveau, Siena, IT Perditiva, Aria Art Gallery, Florence, IT 2015 Follia Continua!, Le CENTQUATRE - Paris, FR Flow_1, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT Master Drawings New York, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, USA 2014 Krobylos un groviglio di segni. Da Parmigianino a Kentridge, FAR Fabbrica Arte Rimini moderna e contemporanea, Rimini, IT Biennale del Disegno, Rimini, IT Galleria continua, Beijing, CN 2013 Museo illuminato. Arte contemporanea e percorsi museali. Corrispondenze d'arte 2, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, IT Donation Florence Et Daniel Guerlain, Centre Pompidou, Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, FR 2012 Future, Landscape. A changing exhibition, Forte Marghera, Venezia, IT 2011 Made in Filandia, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano, IT Ma dici a me?, SPAC FVG, Friuli Venezia Giulia, IT De l’arbre à la forêt, Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beyrouth, Liban Fratelli d’Italia, Associazione Culturale Maniera, Rome, IT 2010 Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain, dessins contemporains, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archèologie de Besancon, Besancon, FR STILL IMAGE, contemporary italian paintings, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2009 Isola Mondo, Torre Massimiliana, Isola Sant’Erasmo, Venice, IT 2008 Plurima 35°, Galleria Plurima, Udine, IT 2007 Ouverture, Galleria Continua / Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel, FR Arte Italiana: 1968 – 2007 Pittura, Palazzo Reale, Milan, IT Wundergarten - Il giardino delle meraviglie, innesti tra arte e botanica, Orto Botanico di Palermo, IT One Colour, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2005 Water (Without you I'm not), 3rd Biennial of Valencia, Valencia, ES Altri fantasmi, galleria in Arco, Torino, IT Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, CN 2004 Questi fantasmi, 1000 Eventi, Milan, IT Demi-Tour, SMAK, Gent, BE 2003 Metropolis, Stamperia dell’Arancio, Grottammare, IT Models & Mavericks, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, NL 2002 Intimate Immensity, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, MX The Image Regained, Museo Cantonale d’Arte Contemporanea, Lugano, CH Continuità, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT 2001 Volume 1, Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp, BE 2000 Paesaggi fluttuanti, Santuario Oropa, Biella, IT Paesaggi italiani...

Michael Beck (American, b. 1943) Watercolor painting on paper, 1986 "First Fruits", Hand signed, dated and titled along lower margins Gallery label verso, Matted and framed under plexiglass, Dimensions: 38"h x 58"w (sight), 48"h x 67"w (frame) Provenance: Property from a Major Corporate Art Collection; Corporate Art Directions, NYC Michael Beck (b. 1943) ( American Photo Realist artist) was born in San Diego California. In 1971, he attended the California College of Arts and Crafts and was awarded the James D. Phelan Award in the Visual Arts, juried by artists Wayne Thiebaud and June Livingston. In June of 2014, he was awarded a Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation award. Michael Beck was part of the early Photo Realist Movement in California among other contemporaries like Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham and Richard Estes and Audrey Flack. Choosing vintage childrens toys as his subject matter. Michael Beck’s artwork stands out for its distinct subjects of toys and objects from a previous era. These unique items include vintage rocking horses...

Portrait of Lila, oil on canvas 47 3/4 in x 31 in 2015

Inspired by the geometric landscape of his hometown Thomas Roese has created a photorealist series using acrylic, graphite and colored pencil. Since graduating from the Cleveland ...

Summer Garden Study VI by Dylan Lloyd [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Linen Board Image size: H:30 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:20 c...

A contemporary realist oil painting by American artist A.J. Fries. Artist’s Statement: My paintings are less about the images or scenes that they depict and more about my state o...

When I go out I stop at places where I can see scenes that I like for some reason. I am usually struck by the effect of the light in that place at that moment, or by the composition ...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Banyan Tree: Variation VI (Jamaica) Year: 1981 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 42 x 60 inches Condition: Excellen...

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...

Mia Bergeron's (US based) "New" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle with the morning light of sunrise Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cul...

Kathleen Piunti (1928 - 2016) The Cardozo, Miami Beach, Florida, 1995 Oil on canvas 32 x 60 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Uptown Gallery, New ...

Gregory Block's (US based) "Sticky Bun" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry topped with candied pecans and sticky glaze. Gregor...

"Emeralds" is a photorealist contemporary seascape of waves crashing on the Northeastern U.S. coast Frame Dimensions 15.75 x 23.75in Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU's...

Warm sunset over the ocean. Blue water, sea, ocean, waves, sun glare on the water, clear warm sky, warm sand, beach create an atmosphere of relaxation and romance. Light flickers on ...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles -- Artist Statement Nothing But Neon, 2021 I see beauty in old neon signs. I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the h...

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...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. His "City Paintings" have a very realistic color palette, very true to life. His colors are...

Glare on the waves. Blue water, ocean shine, glare on the water, small waves create an atmosphere of relaxation, romance. Made in the style of realism. Part of a permanent series of ...

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

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

Servat creates a juxtaposition between the modern world with the helmet numbered 72 and the timeless natural world with the red birds. The helmet floats in space above a pedestal whi...

Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is large-scale unimaginably realistic, stunningly beautiful, and delightful images of food. Currently available are this mouth-watering slice of cherry pie...

Unknown man on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sig...

Dylan Lloyd Island Path Diptych Original Oil Paintings on Canvas Oil Paint on Canvas Board Framed in a White Box Frames Image size: H 30cm x W 20cm x D 0.5...

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

"Rack Them Up" is part of my Glitch series which combines realism that blends with digital aesthetics This series is based on photos that I made and combined with some graphic effec...

Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Ladew Topiaries" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting. About the artist: Adrienne Stein (b. 1986) is an award winning artist living and working...

Original ocean painting with pink sand beach, inspired by the Elafonisi beach on the Crete Island in Greece Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of therapy f...

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...

American Photorealist Ian Hornak’s stunning depiction of a tropical landscape is framed by back-lit palm trees and clouds illuminated with the setting sun. The painting is signed, ti...

Very finely executed American super realist nature abstract. Pastel on canvas. Framed. Label verso.

A large original painting of the LeMans 24-hour winning car from 1971. The is a Porsche 917K Salzburg, created on 92x73cm stretched canvas using acrylic paint, partially airbrushed. ...

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

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 ...

Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Vast" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the faint glow of a candle cast in blue darkness. Mia Bergeron's interest in art was cultivated ...

My painting of a US-spec 1967 Jaguar E Type (XKE) S1 convertible (dhc), painted using acrylic paint onto stretched canvas measuring approx 26" x 22". :: Paint...

Acrylic paint on stretched canvas, I present my painting of a Chevrolet Nomad. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by...

Portrait of mu sister in law, relaxing. I wanted to capture her dreamy and slightly melancholic mood :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...

DETAILS: Oil on canvas, size 20X28X1.5 inches - 50X70X4 cm - Sides are painted to match the painting SUPPORT: gallery canvas, wrapped around the sides and stapled to the back SIGNA...

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...

"The Triumph" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on panel in 2024 that depicts a colorful top. This artwork is framed in a simple...

"Into the Deep" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on panel in 2024. This artwork is framed in a simple, black frame and is ready...

An astonishing work of photorealism. I think it speaks for itself, right? In fact, it's probably hard to tell from the pics that it's not a photograph. The artist, Jim Thomson, has p...

Ronnie Hedge's artwork, "Return to Earth," masterfully captures the tranquility and grandeur of one of nature's most iconic landscapes—the Grand Canyon. Through his hyperrealistic te...

Eva Carzul’s artwork, “The Glory of Real Estate,” ingeniously infuses humor as the artist shares her personal experiences with the viewer. With one hand clutching keys to an undisclo...