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Art Subject: Sea Life
Meteors- 21st Century painting of a nude woman laying.
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniela Astone Meteors 110 x 140 cm Oil on canvas Daniela Astone works and lives in Florence. For years she was a teacher on the famous Florence Art Academy. Since 2022 she fulltim...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1960's French Post-Impressionist Oil Trout Painting On A Plate Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Trout Painting by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) stamped verso oil painting on board, unframed board: 22 x 18 inches Colors: Red colors, brown, grey...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life in the Manner of Renoir, Signed Alberti
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Kitchen Still Life), 20th century Oil on canvas 11 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 17 x 21 1/2 x 1 in. Signed lower right: Alberti
Category

20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Being Koi", (2023) Original Oil Painting by Calvin Lai, Koi Fish
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Being Koi" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts koi fish swimming. Artist Bio: Calvin Lai's art is a mixture of medicine, meditation, and pe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

"Calcium" (2025) by Patrick Nevins, Oil On Board Shell Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Created by artist Patrick Nevins in 2025, “Calcium” is an original, handmade oil on board that forms part of his engaging Elements Series. Measuring 6 x 6 x 0.12 inches, and presente...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Kikusui - Japanese Gyotaku Painting of Orange Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Lobster on the Kitchen Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lobster by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1978 canvas: 15 x 18 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large priva...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Kaleidoskope Underwater Painting was created underwater at the depth of 7.6m
Located in Zofingen, AG
Kaleidoscope is an original oil painting created underwater at a depth of 7.6 meters by artist Olga Nikitina, a pioneer in the rare and physically demanding practice of underwater pa...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Fish, Aqua, Handmade Artwork Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2010 Style: Contemporary Art Title: Fish Size: 27.5" x...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"9 Koi 23" Bright Orange, Yellow, Red, White Koi Swimming in Blue/Green Water
Located in Wellesley, MA
"9 Koi 23" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades o...
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Above the Beach - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The walrus, an impressively large Arctic animal dominates the canvas in this expressive abstract painting by Rick Rivet. The Metis artist has acquired an international reputation for...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Melt the Butter" portrait of vintage woman with lobster
Located in Edgartown, MA
Calleri’s early influences were primarily the great American Illustrators such as N.C. Wyeth, Norman Rock- well, and J.C. Leyendecker, as well as Renaissance painters and the Masters...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French School - Octopus walk (Large) NSWE - Oil Post Impressionist MAK
Located in Zofingen, AG
Octopus Walk NSWE Serie of octopus walking...swimming. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch Sustainability: Wooden frame ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Congregation - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

A Brace Of Salmon By The Rover Spey, Scotland 19th Century John Bucknell RUSSELL
Located in Blackwater, GB
A Brace Of Salmon By The Rover Spey, Scotland, 19th Century John Bucknell RUSSELL (1819-1893) Large 19th Century Scottish still life of a brace of Salmon by the River Spey, oil on ...
Category

19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Oysters, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Bring your beach memories indoors! Fun contemporary depiction of oyster shells. Lots of drips and textures. Rich coral merges with soft grey blue. Great for beach house or casual d...
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Still Life Of Fish, dates 1931 by Jacques Rothenbach
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Of Fish, dates 1931 by Jacques Rothenbach Large 1931 French School still life of fish in a kitchen, oil on canvas by Jacques Rothenbach. Excellent quality and condition early 20th century study of the fish painted...
Category

Early 20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

From the Deep Blue
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A beautiful trompe l'oeil painting.
Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Fish Commute Hour" - 1995 Original Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fish Commute Hour" - 1995 Original Acrylic on Canvas Original acrylic painting titled "Fish Commute Hour" by Carmel artist Elaine Good (American, 1931-2016). A colorful school of f...
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Cream Cannoli" Contemporary Dutch Fine Realist Painting of Still-Life Pastry
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of great importance in his work as a goldsmith, proved of great value in painting his realistic still life’s. In "Cream Cannoli" the artist's attention to fine detail is traceable in the way he painted the sprinkle of powdered sugar...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sardines with Lemon, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts a two juicy sardines with a slice of lemon on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Fred, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Fred" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Humboldt squid, in hues of brown and grey, floating on the white background. Mia Bergeron's in...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Listen, Shell, oil painting on copper, Style of Realism, Florence, Sound of Sea
Located in Houston, TX
Listen is inspired by the moment you put your ear to a shell and hear the sound f the sea. If you are silent and close your eyes and believe, you may hear it. The Painting is experi...
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Copper

Seeker
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Seeker" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a Banded Butterflyfish that has been harpooned by an arrow and orange ban...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Seashell Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor of seashells by Northern California artist Barbara I. Gibson (American, 20th Century).Signed "Barbara Gibson" and dated "1990" lower right. Presented in mat. Unfr...
Category

1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Big Mack Attack - Striped Bass Eating a Mackerel, Watercolor on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A large striped bass is about to devour two small mackerel in Jeff Conroy's watercolor entitled "Big Mack Attack". The fish are painted with the preci...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Contemporary oil painting photorealism koi fish water reflection signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Koi Fish II" is an original oil painting on linen by Leslie Parke. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This hyper-realist painting depicts a school of multi-colored koi ...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Reunion - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Vintage Two Blue Goldfish
By Vittorio Guidotti
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor of two blue fish painting by Florence, Italy artist Vittorio Guidotti. Unsigned. "Original watercolor by Vittorio Guidotti" on ve...
Category

1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Creeping Blue Ring - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Still Life with Fishes - Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Fishes is an original oil painting on wood panel realized around 1935 by an anonymous artist of the Italian school of the XIX century. A wonderful still life with a ...
Category

1930s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hermit Crab on the Sand in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hermit Crab on the Sand in Acrylic on Paper Vibrant "portrait" of a hermit crab by Federico Leon de la Vega (Mexican, 20th Century). Signed "Leon de la Vega" in the lower right co...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Gold Sea Turtles on Off White Splash
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Lemon Meringue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a simple white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches. Jeff Conroy Lemon Meringue sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 12.50h x 18.25w in 31.75h x 46.35w cm JEC118 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

"4 Koi 22" - Brightly Colored Koi Fish Underwater - red/orange/yellow/blue/green
Located in Wellesley, MA
"4 Koi 22" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades o...
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White Palm - Contemporary Minimalist Still Life Painting of Shell in Grey + Pink
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Pearce is a British painter. After travelling widely throughout the 1980s, Pearce returned to settle and work near Padstow in Cornwall. As a self-taught artist, he sought insp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Kerstin McGregor (1962-2012) - Contemporary Oil, Exotic Birds in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful abstract-expressionist study of two exotic birds in profile. Unsigned. Acquired with a collection of signed works. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dolphin
Located in Zofingen, AG
Dolphins are still hunted and killed. They also face threats from habitat loss and marine pollution. Dolphins are kept in captivity and trained to perform tricks. I would love them t...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Encounter - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Koi Pond on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. W...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Big Red Bug - Gyotaku Red Lobster Painting on Marbled Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Locals know them as "bugs". A small bug is a one pound lobster. Artist Jeff Conroy was able to print this "bug" - a behemoth weighing in at almost 8 pounds aptly named "Big Bug". The artist uses a style of gyotaku printing which uses various inks directly on a fish (or in this case, a lobster) and then "prints" it to paper. Here he has used acrylic to print this monster on mulberry paper. This work is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Big Red Bug...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Plum Crooked Carp - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Fish on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a Gyotaku method painting of a fish on a textured mulberry paper background. This fish impression using minimal color is akin to a fossil. The fish is then hand painted in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

'Still Life with Wine', California Modernist, Santa Cruz, University of Maine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Taylor' for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968) and painted circa 2000. This listed California artist first studied art at the College of the Atlantic in Bal ...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Still Life with Mediterranean Seafood, Jacques Madyol, Brussels 1871 – 1950
Located in Knokke, BE
Still Life with Mediterranean Seafood Madyol Jacques Brussels 1871 – 1950, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left, verso inscribed "Poissons de la Méditerranée" Expo Jan. 84...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"11 Oysters" abstract mixed media painting of oysters in black, white and gold
Located in Edgartown, MA
“Never taking anything for granted, I am so grateful to be able to paint every day.” Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding wit...
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

Painting Flemish school 17th century Oil canvas Still life fishes blueberries
Located in PARIS, FR
Flemish school of the 17th century Oil on canvas 52 x 60 cm (66 x 76 cm with the frame) Very beautiful old frame in gilded wood Good condition (a few repaints and craquelures) The style of our painting reminds the first period of Flemish still life of the 17th century, very descriptive and meticulous. We think of painters such as Osias Beert, Jacob van Es and Clara Peeters...
Category

17th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still life with fish. 1996, cardboard, oil, 49x120 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Arturs Nikitins (born 1936) - painter, graphic artist. 1962 – graduated from the Latvian Art Academy, Graphic Department with the diploma work “The workers of Novorosijsk” under th...
Category

1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Two Black Drums - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Mulberry Paper of Two Fish
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Jeff Conroy is an avid fisherman. He is also an accomplished artist. He brought these two disciplines together by learning the art of Gyotaku Painting. After having caught ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Dancing in the divebar
Located in Boston, MA
As we navigating our daily lives, we must face thoughts, anxieties, joys and emotions from all three of these tenses, and often at the same time. Seemingly opposite emotions -- lust...
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Wax, Oil

Studio 54 - Grape - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Humberto da Silva Fernandes (1937-2005)Clipper Ship Large Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an amazing original oil painting on canvas of the famous Portuguese-American painter, Humberto da Silva Fernandes (1937-2005) depic...
Category

1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jellyfish, Contemporary, Stylised, Fish
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by snorkelling in the Mediterranean , observing jellyfish peacefully drifting with the current. This painting is textured and aqueous. The gesso base applied with broad swee...
Category

2010s Art Deco Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Hot Rod" oil painting of a fisherman holding a bluefin tuna on the sea
Located in Edgartown, MA
A Rhode Island native, I earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Since then I’ve worked as a freelance artist, decorative painter, teacher and master painter at a folk art c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Leibniz Universe 3U - Contemporary and colorful underwater scene, Oil on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Gian Marco Capraro is fascinated by altered universes, dream states and idyllic states of being. Leibniz was a philosopher who wrote and deeply explored t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Lemmon Twist Ammonite - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A 65 million year old sea creature is captured here through the art of Gyotaku by Jeff Conroy. After inking and taking impressions of a reproduction fossil Ammonite shell and combini...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Touch of Green, surrealist egg tempera on panel still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Safranek's Touch of Green calls back to 17th century Dutch still lifes. Filled with humor and complexity, Safranek's rather const...
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Puppypus - Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Conch with glass
Located in CAMPO REAL, ES
With these objects I have worked for two years in a short series of still lifes. Treating the perspective inside the painting as a trompe l'oeil seemed to me an interesting idea. in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

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