Photorealist Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
A touch of a Dream Portrait Contemporary art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: A touch of a Dream,
Sise: 45.5x54 inches, (115x137 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
"A touch of a dream" ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Weekend, Figurative, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Weekend,
Sise: 43.5x51 inches, (110x130 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
This charming oil painting will add a touch of whimsy to any space. Painted in bright yellow-green tones, "Weekend" features children sitting on the...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bahamas Harbour Island pink sand beach, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pink sand beach painting - inspired by the amazing Harbour Island beach in the Bahamas Dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety, painting is a form of thera...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Crucifixion- Self Portrait With Marc Chagall, Painting, Acrylic on MDF
Located in Yardley, PA
On this painting you see me looking at Marc Chagall's 1938 painting White Crucifixion. The painting dramatically calls attention to the persecutio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Italy, Garden, Coming Rain, Oil Painting by Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ian Hornak, American (1944 - 2002)
Title: Italy, Garden, Coming Rain
Year: 1970
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso
Image Size: 28.75 x 38 in. (73.03 x 96.52 cm)
Canvas Siz...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Candy Eyes issue #2 - 21st Century, Portrait, Red, Green Eyes, Figurative, Woman
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Candy Eyes issue #2, 2010
Oil on canvas (Signed front upper left corner)
13 4/5 H × 10 1/5 W in
35 H × 26 W cm
Through his works, Mihai Florea equally satirizes, the one who produce...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Camera Obscura", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surface Dive, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
The swimmers identity is warped and masked by submersion in water. This work is painted on a deep-edge, gallery-wrapped canvas. The painting continues around the edge of the canva...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Sky
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Mubaraq Yusuf is a rising star in the contemporary art scene, known for his ability to blend traditional techniques with modern themes. "Blue Sky" is a testament to his unique vision...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wordsworth in the Tropics, Hyper-realist Painting by Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hannah's Mirror, Variation #3: The Expulsion from Eden
By Ian Hornak
Located in Long Island City, NY
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....
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Arrival" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Arrival" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face, with dark hair, arching back as she looks upwards in the darkness
Mia Bergero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Corks
By Johannes Wessmark
Located in Boca Raton, FL
OPAC, the Organization of Photorealist Artists and Collectors, presents Johanness Wessmark, who often been called the Thomas Arvid of Sweden. Johannes has perfected the photorealistic portrayal of all things wine, be it corks, bottles, labels, storage units and racks.
His work is shown throughout Europe and North America at such important galleries and shows as Galleri Backlund, Galleri Sjöhästen, Gallery Eklund, Gallery Knud Grothe, Gallery Nord, Gallery Oscar, Affordable Art Fair, All Media Fine Art Exhibit, Älvängen, ArtHouse Karlstad, Clarion Hotell Plaza, EngGården Gallery, Fowlerville Fair, Frykenstrand Hote, Gothenburg Book Fair, IGOR´s 9th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Karlstad Hospital Gallery, Kil Art-association, Konstfrämjandet Eskilstuna, Konstfrämjandet Karlstad, Konstfrämjandet Västerås, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Los Angeles Artshow, Melon Festival Art Show, National Watercolor Show, No White Walls, Malmö, Pfizer Art Association, Red Wine & Brew Opera House Show, Sillegården, Västra Ämtervik, Spånga Art-association, Speed Art Design, Mariestad, Stjärnfors Grinder Gallery, Sundsbergs Gård, Sunne, Tierps Art-association, Värmlands Artist Association and Värmlands Museum.
Artist Statement:
Traditional photorealists who have impacted me include Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Charles Bell, Tom Blackwell, Chuck Close, Robert Cottingham, Don Eddy, Audrey Flack, Ron Kleeman, Richard McLean, John Salt and Ben Schonzeit. More recent photorealist influences include Pedro Campos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1980s Vintage American Street Scene Painting, Landscape with Taxi Cabs
By Val Lewton
Located in Surfside, FL
Val Edwin Lewton (May 23, 1937 – April 24, 2015) was a painter and museum exhibition designer. As an artist, he created Realist acrylic paintings and watercolors of urban and suburban scenes, predominantly in the Washington, D.C., area, where he lived and exhibited.
Val Lewton was born May 23, 1937, in Santa Monica, California. His father, also named Val Lewton, produced a string of successful and influential B movies for RKO Pictures, including Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943). His mother, Ruth Knapp, was a painter and teacher of autistic children.
He graduated in 1959 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and earned a master's degree in fine arts from Claremont University in 1962. After moving to Washington, D.C., he served on the staff of the Smithsonian American Art Museum for 32 years, simultaneously maintaining a career as a painter in his own right.
Lewton died in 2015s oon afterwards, exhibitions of his paintings were planned for the Katzen Arts Center (June 17 – August 13, 2017) and Addison/Ripley Fine Art (June 3 – July 8, 2017).
Chiefly known for his landscapes, Lewton generally depicted cities and suburbs with a detached, impersonal sensibility. Writing about his watercolors in Arts magazine in 1980, Harry Rand observed, “Either by implication or statement, personalities are absent from Lewton’s work; there is hardly a sense of the lives that move through those spaces he describes.” The critic compared the artist to Fairfield Porter, Edward Hopper, and Charles Sheeler.
Lewton painted from a young age. On a family trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, he discovered the work of Henri Matisse, an encounter that permanently influenced his artistic vision. In the early 1960s, Lewton lived in southern California and taught art classes at the University of California Riverside. During this period, he was inspired by the paintings of Roger Kuntz...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Love Triangle No. 1, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Love Triangle No. 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open box of donuts with rainbow sprinkles.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, M...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Carn Gloose, Hot and Sunny Twinkly Seas By Maggie LaPorte Banks
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Acrylic on linen
Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size: H:53 cm x W:53 cm x D:5cm
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Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
This Is My Paradise, Painting, Acrylic on Metal
Located in Yardley, PA
In this painting, I explored the serenity and depth of oceanic expanses. Using acrylics and resin, I harnessed a blend of minimalism and semi-abstract styles to capture the dynamic u...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Glistening Tide' Contemporary seascape painting of the beach, waves, blue
By LINARES
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Glistening Tides' truly conveys Linares amazing attention to detail. The sea foam is extraordinary and the beautiful detailing in the water and skis. Like looking through a window. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" (Original Acrylic Painting)
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
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 ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Located in Riga, LV
In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects
Liga Purmale (1948)
Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis R...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Sunset
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sunset' by artist Mimi Jensen, who uses bold colors to depict theatrically lit objects. The painting measures 30 x 40 inches and is professionally framed in a contemporary ebonized ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Located in Fairfield, CT
Her oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peaceful beach, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Unique ocean and beach paintings with gold sand and frothy splashing waves, inspired by the Turks And Caicos Islands Ocean Seascape Painting with gold sand beach and frothy white sp...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ken Otsuka, "Autumn Pond", Realistic Fall Rocky Shore Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ken Otsuka
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This photorealistic nature scene "Autumn Pond" by artist Ken Otsuka is a 20x24 original oil painting on canvas. It depicts a pond in autumn, reflecting the...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Homage to Redon, Ian Hornak - Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
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...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Cherry Cheesecake" Large Photo-Realist Painting, Slice and Bright Red Cherries
Located in Wellesley, MA
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 delicious slice of cherry cheesecake, a slice of cherry pie with vanilla ice cream, an equally gorgeous strawberry parfait sundae, and a bowl of mixed berries with whipped cream:
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Cherry Cheesecake"
2010
Oil on Wood Panel
38 x 27.5 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in dark wood.
THE BACKGROUND IS A VERY LIGHT CREAM
SOLID COLOR WITH THE SHADOW.
The artist has also completed many commissioned food paintings including the Canadian Government's request for images of 5 of Canada's favorite foods which subsequently became stamp images - and The Cheesecake Factory's two commissions for their corporate headquarters and the owners' Malibu beach house.
A quote from the artist:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.”
Mary Ellen Johnson
Johnson further describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food. Sold works include paintings of PB & J sandwiches, pancakes with blueberries and syrup, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles and sushi, among others. Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and over the top technical skill that renders these works so overwhelmingly appealing!
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: 1989, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Becoming" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Becoming" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as a lit candle appears in its mouth.
Mia Bergeron's int...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rigging the Line
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
The subtle and brilliant work of art is meticulously hand painted by Lynette Cook, who realistically depicts scenes that she sees during her morning walks through the city, yet her paintings tend to reveal more than what initially meets the eye.
Exterior facades of urban dwellings that are both architecturally complex — and mundane — are the focus of Cook’s Shadows and Silhouettes series of contemporary photorealistic acrylic paintings that capture San Francisco and other Northern California towns and convey the stories of their inhabitants. The paintings often feature the rhythmic dark-light dance of light traveling through wrought-iron balconies and inner-city fire escapes, and captures that which is universal and connects all people in their elemental desire to create a sense of home.
'Rigging the Line...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Eight Men Working", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Eight Men Working" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers laying fresh cement in th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"A Long Day's Work", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "A Long Day's Work" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts construction workers gathering around a pit in the street lined with caut...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Window
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mimi Jensen uses bold colors to depict theatrically lit objects. Her paintings invite speculation into possible metaphors – California Home+Design magazine
Ms. Jensen is a Still Li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mickey Frome, "Westbound Across the Early Morning Sky, " Oil on Canvas, 2003
By Mickey Frome
Located in Long Island City, NY
This photorealistic oil painting on canvas was created by self-taught American artist Mickey Frome. Frome is greatly interested in hyperrealistic representations of cars, trucks, mot...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
V and M Delicatessen
By Charles Ford
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that shows the great lighting and shadows of New ...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
RAM C&N RR -Steel Bridge, Chicago Skyscraper, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
I’ve always been attracted to the built environment. Bridges are a great subject. Each one is specially engineered to solve the problem of how to get across the void. While usually n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"New" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
"Being" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Being" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as it swallows a lit candle.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Timeless Beauty, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original, one-of-a-kind, hand-painted, inspired by the aerial view of The Bahamas and Turks And Caicos Islands from my last vacation there Dealing with depression, PTSD, and anxiety...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Ritual" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Ritual" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the glow of a lit candle glowing red against a dark background.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Panel
The Creations 2., Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
All universal life is GOD’s masterpiece. The intricate details that highlight living qualities - pedals, veins, feathers, scales, skin, and fur are all in alignment with GOD’s e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Calabazas, Still Life Oil Painting by Armando Ahuatzi, 1995
By Armando Ahuatzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
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
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cool and Calm", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Pegah Samaie's (CA based) "Cool and Calm" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman holding a pink ice-cream cone with a pink background....
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Chocolate Cruller" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Chocolate Cruller" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cruller pastry covered with a chocolate glaze.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Waterfall with Spray and Shrubs" Small Landscape with Waterfall, Sky, Greenery
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Waterfall with Spray and Shrubs," Oil on Panel, 12 x 12 x 3/4 inches, is a meticulously painted rendition of a waterfall on a summer day. The top half of the painting is dominate...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Berries and Cream" Photo-Realist Still Life 3 Fruits in Glass Compote on Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
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 is this gorgeous bowl of raspberries, blueberries and strawberries with whipped cream, a mouth-watering slice of cherry pie with vanilla ice cream, an equally amazing strawberry parfait sundae, and a delicious slice of cherry cheesecake:
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Berries and Cream"
Oil on Wood Panel
24 x 20 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in white wood.
The artist has also completed many commissioned food paintings including the Canadian Government's request for images of 5 of Canada's favorite foods which subsequently became stamp images - and The Cheesecake Factory's two commissions for their corporate headquarters and the owners' Malibu beach house.
A quote from the artist:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.”
Mary Ellen Johnson
Johnson further describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food. Sold works include paintings of PB & J sandwiches, pancakes with blueberries and syrup, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles and sushi, among others. Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and over the top technical skill that renders these works so overwhelmingly appealing!
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: 1989, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Carpenter Bee
Located in Denver, CO
Carpenter Bee, 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fat Man, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Unknown man on the beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sig...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Powdered Jelly" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Powdered Jelly" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a powdered donut with a white background.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Coconut Cream" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Coconut Cream" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry dotted with a textured topping.
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Missouri, in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Iced Cruller" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Iced Cruller" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pastry filles with ridges and translucent frosting.
Gregory was born in Kansas City,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ken Orton, "Mandrake" Rainbow Glass Bottle Still Life Photorealist Oil Painting
By Ken Orton
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Ken Orton's "Mandrake" is a 54x36 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring multiple antique bottles and jars. The bottles range in size, color and shape, the most prominent of is Presto jar. Light from the background adds depth and interest to the composition, and the warm orange tones shining through the foreground glass compliments the subtle soft blues and greens within the clear glass. The artist chooses to paint larger than life still lives, cropping in closely and creating a fish-eye lens effect 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...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anne Wolff, "And They're Off", Equine Racing Oil Painting on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing painting "And They're Off" by artist Anne Wolff is a 27x36 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a nose to nose line up of four race horses in colorful sil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rain on Windshield", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Rain on Windshield" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cascading pattern of rain drops on a windshield that partly obscures t...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Afternoon Light - Looking Through the Parking Lot, Oil Painting by Mickey Frome
By Mickey Frome
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mickey Frome
Title: Afternoon Light - Looking Through The Parking Lot
Year: 2002
Medium: Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, Signed lr
Size: 34 x 44 inches
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Annecy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - )
Title: Annecy
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 50 in. x 60 in. (127 cm x 152.4 cm)
Frame Size: 57 x 67 inches
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"There Is No Room For Subtle Things" trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clips
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"There Is No Room For Subtle Things" is a trompe l'oeil oil painting of comic clips taped to a red wall.
Recently, it feels like there is no room for complexity in our world. You e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Stephanie Serpick, A New Fall 16, 2018, Oil On Panel, 18 x 24 inches, Realism
Located in Darien, CT
Intimate paintings represented by unmade beds and tossed sheets, absent of any human evidence, on intentionally blank, somewhat rough backgrounds. The empty bed in these paintings represents a place for grief, isolation or healing. As such, the work speaks to our shared feeling of grief, with the understanding that while we all suffer in our individual ways, suffering is universal.
Source material for this work are photographs the artist has both taken and found, and the intimate size of the paintings references the intimate nature of the subject matter. The backgrounds of the paintings are repeatedly painted and sanded, to create a frame and backdrop for the bedding that is flat, yet rough with work and time. The bedding itself is seen from different perspectives, but still indicates a scene of desolation and despair.
While the series began in the fall of 2016, recent events—including the pandemic—have provided a new dimension to the work and have compelled Serpick to consider the themes in light of these events. Our forced isolation and the challenges it has brought to our physical and mental health provides an additional shared experience from which to consider grief and eventual healing.
Biography
Stephanie Serpick is a painter whose work explores themes of isolation, grief, and healing.
Her work has been shown in various exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally, and she is a fellow at several residencies, most notably at the Florence Trust Studios in London, MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, and the Vermont Studio Center, where she was awarded a full fellowship and stipend to attend.
Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Sweet Lorraine Gallery in Brooklyn, the College of Southern Nevada, and a two-person exhibition at The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute at the Museum of Art at Pratt in Utica NY...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Stephanie Serpick, A New Fall 1, 2017, Oil On Panel, 16 x 20 inches, Realism
Located in Darien, CT
Intimate paintings represented by unmade beds and tossed sheets, absent of any human evidence, on intentionally blank, somewhat rough backgrounds. The empty bed in these paintings represents a place for grief, isolation or healing. As such, the work speaks to our shared feeling of grief, with the understanding that while we all suffer in our individual ways, suffering is universal.
Source material for this work are photographs the artist has both taken and found, and the intimate size of the paintings references the intimate nature of the subject matter. The backgrounds of the paintings are repeatedly painted and sanded, to create a frame and backdrop for the bedding that is flat, yet rough with work and time. The bedding itself is seen from different perspectives, but still indicates a scene of desolation and despair.
While the series began in the fall of 2016, recent events—including the pandemic—have provided a new dimension to the work and have compelled Serpick to consider the themes in light of these events. Our forced isolation and the challenges it has brought to our physical and mental health provides an additional shared experience from which to consider grief and eventual healing.
Biography
Stephanie Serpick is a painter whose work explores themes of isolation, grief, and healing.
Her work has been shown in various exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally, and she is a fellow at several residencies, most notably at the Florence Trust Studios in London, MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts, and the Vermont Studio Center, where she was awarded a full fellowship and stipend to attend.
Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Sweet Lorraine Gallery in Brooklyn, the College of Southern Nevada, and a two-person exhibition at The Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute at the Museum of Art at Pratt in Utica NY...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"One for Solitude", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's (US based) "One for Solitude" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wood paneled rustic interior complete with a checkered...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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