Baby Paintings

This is not one of McMackin's widely available reproductions. This is the actual oil painting of the Canadian Snowboarder. Arrives framed. One cannot appreciate this beautiful painting on a computer screen. In real life, it is fantastic. Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games. Snowboarding was developed in the United States, inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing, and skiing. It became popular around the world, and was introduced as a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1991 and featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014.2 As of 2015, its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since. The first snowboards were developed in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. Dubbed the "snurfer" (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold about a million snurfers over the next decade.5 And, in 1966 alone, over half a million snurfers were sold. Modern snowboarding was pioneered by Tom Sims and Jake Burton Carpenter, who both contributed significant innovations and started influential companies. In February 1968, Poppen organized the first snurfing competition at a Michigan ski resort that attracted enthusiasts from all over the country.7 One of those early pioneers was Tom Sims, a devotee of skateboarding (a sport born in the 1950s when kids attached roller skate wheels to small boards that they steered by shifting their weight). In the 1960s, as an eighth grader in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Sims crafted a snowboard in his school shop class by gluing carpet to the top of a piece of wood and attaching aluminum sheeting to the bottom.8 He produced commercial snowboards in the mid-70s.9 Others experimented with board-on-snow configurations at this time, including Welsh skateboard enthusiasts Jon Roberts and Pete Matthews developed their own snowboards to use at their local dry ski slope. Also during this same period, in 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter, a Vermont native who had enjoyed snurfing since the age of 14, impressed the crowd at a Michigan snurfing competition with bindings he had designed to secure his feet to the board. That same year, he founded Burton Snowboards in Londonderry, Vermont.12 The "snowboards" were made of wooden planks that were flexible and had water ski foot traps. Very few people picked up snowboarding because the price of the board was considered too high at $38 and were not allowed on many ski hills, but eventually Burton would become the biggest snowboarding company in the business.13 Burton's early designs for boards with bindings became the dominant features in snowboarding. The first competitions to offer prize money were the National Snurfing Championship, held at Muskegon State Park in Muskegon, Michigan.14 In 1979, Jake Burton Carpenter came from Vermont to compete with a snowboard of his own design. There were protests about Jake entering with a non-snurfer board. Paul Graves, and others, advocated that Jake be allowed to race. A "modified" "Open" division was created and won by Jake as the sole entrant. That race was considered the first competition for snowboards and is the start of what became competitive snowboarding. Ken Kampenga, John Asmussen and Jim Trim placed first, second and third respectively in the Standard competition with best two combined times of 24.71, 25.02 and 25.41; and Jake Carpenter won prize money as the sole entrant in the "open" division with a time of 26.35.15 In 1980 the event moved to Pando Winter Sports Park near Grand Rapids, Michigan because of a lack of snow that year at the original venue. In the early 1980s, Aleksey Ostatnigrosh and Alexei Melnikov, two Snurfers from the Soviet Union, patented design changes to the Snurfer to allow jumping by attaching a bungee cord, a single footed binding to the Snurfer tail, and a two-foot binding design for improved control. As snowboarding became more popular in the 1970s and 1980s, pioneers such as Dimitrije Milovich (founder of Winterstick out of Salt Lake City, UT), Jake Burton Carpenter (founder of Burton Snowboards from Londonderry, Vermont), Tom Sims (founder of Sims Snowboards), David Kemper (founder of Kemper Snowboards) and Mike Olson...

David Paul Kay "Alpha" 2024 18x24 inches ink on paper, framed. About the Artist David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist based in New York City. With a focus on vibrant l...

Michael Tole is a figurative painter currently living in Tempe, AZ with his wife and daughters. A Texas native, most of his 20 year long career was spent in Dallas. After relocating to Tempe, his work experienced a significant shift from photo-based paintings of retail interiors to fantastical figurative inventions based on pop culture imagery he has encountered via his two daughters’ taste in music videos, and his proximity to Southern California and it’s particular brand of Disney-esque hedonism. Mr. Tole’s career includes shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Miami. His work has been reviewed in Art Forum International...

KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...

Oil on board

It is said that Marbling (his painting technique) originated in Japan in the 12th Century. Mikael has been able to reinvent the technique existing for more than hundreds of years li...

From the series “Flag”; oil and graphite pencil on canvas; 50 x 80 cm. Every time that I come back home from a journey or a holiday, I always find, among the photographs that...

"In my paintings I take on the role of poet-painter, creating sentimental and idealized landscapes that are devoid of any figures or formal devices traditionally used to tell a story...

Disco! :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Location: front ...

Warmth radiates from a gentle mix of soft, billowing clouds and the glow of a sunset sky, enveloping the viewer in a serene setting. The scene presents a youthful gaze filled with cu...

Baes Emile Brussels 1879 – 1953 Paris Belgian Painter Female Nude Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 65 x 54 cm Biography: Baes Emile was b...

Elephant in the Room II - smoke on paper, framed on a contemporary box frame - all archival materials. Artwork size: 32x32 inches Frame size: 36x3...

By Gustav Likan 24" x 30" Oil on Canvas

"Welcome to my Party!" Acrylic and paper on canvas. 4ft x 4ft This square 48" inch high by 48" inch wide original mixed media painting on canvas is stretched and ready to hang. The ...

Slade loves to rest on the arm of that big old chair. :: Painting :: Fine Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: ...

This painting is part of a series by Ralph Verano. Painted on wood panel with acrylic paints and coated with a polyurethane varnish. The piece comes ready to hang with mounting ...

Bright colors and gestural paint-strokes exaggerate the shape of a nude woman hanging over bunches of pillows :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certi...

Oil on canvas inspire by nature, travels and other observations. My abstract paintings are all about creating excitement for the viewer through concentrated exploration. Each paintin...

This painting is oil enamel on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the art...

20 x 20 A slightly unsettling scene of the back of a boy in a half shuttered window of a Provencal farmhouse. What's going on? :: Painting :: Surrealism :: This piece comes with an ...

Painting inspired by "The Raven". :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Y...

This painting is acrylic on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Ieri Pnoi Life Giving Source, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 60 cm The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Greece. Dimitr...

Ieri Pnoi Angel of Ephemeral Immortality, 2018 Acrylic on canvas 120 x 60 cm The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Gree...

John "CRASH" Matos Under the Wire Spray Paint on Canvas 36 inches x 36 inches Graffiti Art, Street Art, Urban Art, Figurative, Human Eye, Portrait, Abstract vs Figurative Born John Matos in 1961, CRASH was raised in the Bronx, New York. At the age of 13, he began following the older teens from his neighborhood to the train yards and began bombing. Taking the name “CRASH” after he accidentally crashed the computer in his school, his name began appearing on trains circulating all throughout New York City. By 1980, he began transitioning from train yards to galleries. He curated the groundbreaking "Graffiti Art Success for America" at Fashion MODA, launching the graffiti movement that has remained very active through today. CRASH’s career took off and he saw instant popularity throughout Europe and America, and eventually Asia. CRASH has been part of numerous museum and gallery shows around the world focusing on Graffiti and Street Art, and has works in many permanent museum collections. Visually iconic, he has partnered with many companies for projects including Absolut Vodka, Fender Guitars...

Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...

The original poster project in gouache by Y. Adam for the Jamboree International in London in 1953 stands as a vivid testament to the spirit of camaraderie and international collabor...

An original oil painting on block canvas by the Artist James Shipton. Here James aims to capture the beauty and elegance of the female whilst capturing the human emotions. The pa...

There is something surreal in the long shadows, the missing faces, the shrouded objects, but it is a true report from the bus stop on Murray Avenue near Forward when there was still ...

Summary of features: oil on thick paper - Paper weight: 290 gr/mq - Finishing: protective varnish- Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2019 - Surface of the paper: rough. :: Pa...

Remember when you could get a really good Mai Tai and show? :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...

Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist and educator based in Nashville, TN. Brown earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. During her time there...

Oil on canvas Keti Shapatava is a Georgian artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was introduced to the world of art at Anastasia Virseladze Art Gymnasium ...

Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. This painting tells the happiness of children travelin...

Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist and educator based in Nashville, TN. Brown earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. During her time there...

A face that could arrive from another dimension. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Y...

Oil on canvas, Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses oil on canvas. She had he...

KEJ is a French artist born in 1959 who lives & works in Paris, France. He is considered to belong to the movement of Figuration Libre & Outsider Art. His works are referenced in the...

It sings songs only a dog can hear. :: Painting :: Metaphysical :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed:...

acrylic on unprimed canvas :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signatur...

This pink oriental poppy against the dark background pops off the canvas. Poppies are my favorite flower to paint. :: Painting :: Modern :: This piece comes with an official certific...

By Pep Suari 39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas

Francesco Minuti, is an Italian Painter. ( Cosenza, 11/05/1992 ) Minuti, after his Diploma, graduated at the Academy of fine Arts. As a painter, he ha...

Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing. Study to Scale Mural Sketch for “Evolution of Textile Production” East. All,...

Oil on paper Xia Fu-Ning is a Chinese artist born in 1962 in Nanjing. He was once a professor in the Department of Fine Arts during 1980s in Tianjin Polytechnic University and curre...

This is an original oil painting, on a natural brown canvas stretched onto board, sealed, primed and painted with the highest quality oil paints. It comes with vintage wooden fram...

after: Joseph Shuster’s Action Comics #1 Cover (1938) and #19 Burning Flesh from Wally Wood’s, Bob Powell’s, and Norm Saunders’ Mars Attacks trading cards (1962) Framed: 9h x 9w in Continuing the exploration of Superman’s role as extraterrestrial anomaly – an alien who’s also a friend, I spent time considering how important one’s actions (on a singular occasion, in sum, alone, in collaboration with others, etc.) are in determining overall “goodness” or social value. In literally his first exposure to any reader, on the cover of Action Comics #1, Superman is shown smashing a large car against a rock, while three well-dressed men run away in fear. Taken by itself the image presents a deranged, super-strong vandal. It’s only upon reading the full narrative that we understand Superman’s action to be part of a rescue mission and the men to be gangster villains. When we allow Superman to be considered as an individual, responsible for his own actions, and over a series of events, rather than one incident, we find our hero. But when I offer Superman another alien (this one up to no good), and deny any exposure to a fuller understanding of circumstance, it’s much more difficult to separate Superman’s destructive actions from those of his new companion. Better Alone Than in Bad Company...

"Face Of My Muse" is a portrait painting by the South African - French artist Leith Ridley. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Portrait, Contemporary Edition : Uniq...

The advancement of technology changes the map of people's professions and sources of livelihood, will result in the disappearance of many professions and will require high specializa...

Just in time for Christmas! This snowman has given himself a wonderful challenge of trimming an iceberg down to an ice sculpture of Santa. His dress and occupation earned him the nam...

Oil on canvas

I'm a child of New England in the 60's. I grew up in Boston, and spent my summers at my grandfather's house on Cape Cod and on my dad's boat on Nantucket. I have such fond memorie...

"Red tomato" is a still-life painting by Ivan Roussev. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: oil painting STYLE: Impressionist, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately ...

In the wake of a sailing vessel being wrecked on a reef a group of rescuers prepare to enter their boat and save the crew from the grasp of the sea. This seascape painting has been c...

Cartoons, blockbuster movies, and a cheeky religiosity fill this painting with deep symbolistic treasure. Bringing together memories and colors from his childhood in Puerto Rico with...

The painting "Breath of the Mountains" transports us to the magical world of the Transcarpathian Mountains after the rain, when nature regenerates and breathes new life. The canvas d...

Acrylics on canvas

Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Dimensions include the frame. The painting and the frame are in an age-appropriate condition. Canvas has two small holes. These can be professionally restor...

DO DAISIES FLICK? ( ¿Parpadean las margaritas? ), Oil on linen by Chico Montilla. Measurements in centimeters (H) 100 x (W) 81 x (D) 2 cm. / In inches 39.37 x 31.89 x 0.79 " Expres...

Oil on canvas Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the Scho...