Hand Paintings

This painting, Belief, distills Bruno Surdo’s larger concerns into a single, commanding image. The seated elder figure, cropped so that the face is only partially visible, becomes le...

I Love Funny, 2010 Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse) 47.24 H x 39.37 W in. 100 H x 120 W cm “Buckle up” is a series of ten works that have as the main theme a fashion accessory: the...

Jeanine Donkers Note to self 30 x 40 cm ( framed included in price) Measurement with included frame: 34 x 44 cm Oil on wood panel Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world filled wi...

In the captivating artwork titled "Comfort Zone," artist John Ali masterfully captures the essence of introspection and the complex interplay between identity and personal space. The...

The inspiration for Daniel Wimmer’s art consistently stems from the human body. He is particularly fascinated by the beautiful colors of the skin and is constantly searching for intr...

Jeanine Donkers Fire IV 20 x 20 cm ( framed included in price) Measurement with included frame: 24 x 24 cm Oil on wood panel Jeanine Donkers' paintings offer a world filled with fa...

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The cropped composition, which omits the boxer's head and most of his torso, forces attention onto his motion and bright gloves. His muscle, posture, and gestur...

Colossal Hand - Colossal Head - Colossal Foot (Triptych), 2003 Acrylic on canvas (Signed on front) 78 7/10 H × 236 1/5 W in (78 7/10 H × 78 7/10 W in eac...

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KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Lawrence...

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube. This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. In t...

Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authent...

KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...

Kimberly Dow's "Push" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a portrait of a female model pushing against a beam as the wind whips her brown hair across her face.

Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...

You will receive this painting stretched, with painted edges and completely ready for hanging. Framing is not obligatory and depends only on your preference. The "Sweet Home" seri...

Kate Brinkworth’s technical practice involves staging carefully lit still-life compositions, photographing them with varied focus and angles, then meticulously translating them into ...

Anonymous Self Portrait Collage 4 2019 Signed and dated on label, verso Ink, graphite, acrylic, and Mylar on 300 lb. hot-pressed watercolor paper mo...

"Mirrored Touch" by Linda Delahaye (France based) is an original oil on linen depicting a woman having a serene, introspective moment at her mirror. Born: 1980, Canada Lives and wor...

Mid-century Surrealist oil on board depicting War and Peace by Belgian Artist, Willy Smitz. Signed and dated bottom right with his recognisable triangular motif ( initialed WS ), in ...

In Always in Rock Mode, the iconic rock and roll hand gesture — a sign of rebellion, affirmation and performative identity — is reimagined through an organic, vegetal form, displacin...

"Scarlet Serpentines" (2019) by Denise Dambrackas is an original mixed-media painting that depicts a child holding a mouse with a snake coiled around them. This painting measures 25....

The "Moments" series tells a visual story of life’s events—both big and small—that stay with us and warm the soul. Each painting is available individually, yet all the works in this...

Shana Levenson's (US based) "Inner Peace" is an oil painting that depicts a female wearing a lace covering with a floating origami bird above her outstretched hand. Artist Bio/stat...

Karl Hartman depicts a surreal prairie scene in which a human hand gently cradles a horned toad amid tall grasses beneath an expansive sky. The intimacy of the gesture contrasts with...

Alexandra Manukyan's " Silent Melody" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a female model with white feathers on her dark hair, as she...

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. ...

"Silent Bonds" is a touching depiction of human connection. Six graceful hands, illustrated in gentle monochrome tones on a textured white canvas, are entwined by a single red thread...

Aixa Oliveras' (US based) "The Light Within" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a model's hands curling around the petals of red and pink...

Suzy Smith's "Lady in Red" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine figure, in a formal red gown holding a cigarette. About the Artis...

"Two Handed - Michelengeli", oil on linen is a profound mediation on the hands of the late pianist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. The artist's statement reg...

MJ Lindo's "In One Ear, Out the Other" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman running her long blue acrylic fingernails through her short ...

Ben Duke The Miracles #3 (Hands), A Personal Delusional Solution oil on canvas 36h x 36w in 91.44h x 91.44w cm BSD038 Ben Duke b. 1977 Louisville, KY Education 2006 M.F.A., Mary...

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Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Kamil Lisek. The artwork depicts a man holding paintbrush, concentrated on creation proccess. There is palette in forn...

Oil on canvas, Lana Abesadze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She works primarily in oil painting and drawing. Her practice centers on the ...

This 24 x 17 inch oil on canvas painting by British artist Michael Hlousek-Nagle, is titled ''The Hidden Language.' . The work depicts a portrait of a young female and a butterfly. It is a 1/2 length portrait, thus her lower half is not visible, only her lower chest and up, although it is not totally clear where her body is cut off by the composition, as she wears a black turtle neck...

(Grin and Bare it: Taking it in Stride, Part 1) Watercolor on heavy paper, 2024 Signed lower right on the face of the bag (see photo) Condition: Mint, never framed Image/Sheet size: ...

“Hold On II” (2025) Charcoal and Acrylic on Canvas 100 x 70 cm / 39.3 x 27.6 in Original work by Ritchelly Oliveira (Brazil, b. 1993) “Hold On II” is a compelling exploration of emo...

Gentlemen Agreement - Contemporary Pop Art Painting Ralf Schmidt: "One of the ideas behind the creation of this image was corrupt arms deals around the world: The background scene i...

The Pearl Fisher (Reflections series) This gesture is the moment of final choice, when in the silence of the morning, a woman defines the measure of her own radiance. In the concludi...

J Louis is both an heir and a heretic; carrying on a rich artistic tradition while subtly challenging its conventions. Evoking the lush atmospherics of Impress...

George Washington's dentures, painted from historical references. They were made from animal and human teeth. William Blake (b. 1991) Brother’s Bones Beside Exhibition Summary(2025)...

Oil on canvas Rachel Yedid is a French multidisciplinary artist born in 1977 who lives and works between Paris, France & Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up marked by a severe autoimmune...

This piece titled "En Nombre de Dios" is an original artwork made from mixed media on canvas on wood by Calo Rosa. This piece measures 12”h x 12”w. (In the name of the father)In man...

This painting reveals Bruno Surdo’s fluency in merging Renaissance figure painting with Symbolist and Pre-Raphaelite sensibilities. A young woman lies nestled in a field of daisies, wrapped in soft drapery and cradling a red book to her chest, while a monarch butterfly hovers near her hand. The composition recalls the reclining female figures of Titian and Giorgione, yet the setting shifts from mythological landscape to an immersive, almost Edenic field of flowers. Surdo’s atelier training is evident in the sculptural modeling of the body and the careful handling of light across skin and fabric. The figure possesses the volumetric presence of High Renaissance painting, yet she is embedded in a richly detailed natural environment that feels intimate rather than grand. Art historically, the work resonates strongly with the Pre-Raphaelites—particularly artists like John Everett Millais and John William Waterhouse—whose depictions of women in lush floral settings combined realism with poetic symbolism. The daisies traditionally symbolize innocence and purity, while the butterfly evokes transformation, the soul, and ephemerality—motifs frequently explored in Symbolist painting. The red book introduces narrative ambiguity: knowledge, memory, or interior life held protectively against the body. Unlike Surdo’s more theatrical mythological or urban allegories, this composition feels contemplative and inward. Yet it still aligns with his broader practice of grounding contemporary psychological states in the language of art history. The painting becomes a meditation on introspection, metamorphosis, and the quiet tension between innocence and awakening, rendered with the authority of classical draftsmanship and layered with 19th-century poetic symbolism. Bruno Surdo Connected Souls oil on canvas 24h x 36w in 60.96h x 91.44w cm BRS124 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...

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Expansion of Consciousness. 2018, oil on canvas, 160x100cm Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of Latvia 1998 ...

"DROPS" is an original acrylic on canvas by Jim Houser measuring 8in x 8in. ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currently resides....

Woman with a glass.2019. Oil on canvas, 45x45 cm Normunds Braslinsh (1962) Born 1962 in Riga, Latvia 1980–1986 Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department 1973–1980 Janis Rozentāls Riga Secondary School of Art Has participated in photo exhibitions since 2002 A professional photographer for art editions since 1989 Has participated in exhibitions since 1980 Pedagogical Experience Since 2004 Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art 1998 Associate Professor at the Latvian Academy of Art Since 1997 a teacher at the Master Studio of Figurative Painting, Latvian Academy of Art Since 1988 a teacher at the Drawing Department, Latvian Academy of Art Solo exhibitions 2008 Normunds Brasliņš...

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Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...

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EDUARDO CHILLIDA (1924-2002) "Sin título" signed, with the artist's monogram and dated "CHILLIDA / - 58" (lower right) ink on paper 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.5 cm.) framed: 19-1/4 x ...

KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...

"Jaime #1" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting on a patterned bed, in a pale light dressed in casual att...

"Laura #1" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting contently in bed, in a pale light dressed in casual attir...

"Michelle #2" By Rebecca Mason Adams is a beautiful original photorealist acrylic on canvas painting, depicting a woman resting on a houndstooth patterned pillow, and clutching anoth...

"Take Only What You Need" is an original work by Stephen Namara, a Kenyan-born, African-American artist renowned for his expressive paintings and masterful drawings rendered in ink, ...