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Surf Scene with Cyclist / colorful California surf, sail, bike scene
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Surf Scene with Cyclist' depicted in this realist oil on canvas painting that bridges figuration
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Big Surf, Point Lobos' California Impressionism, Carmel Art Association, Taos
By Edward Norton Ward
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Society of American Impressionists; he is also a member of the California Art Club and has served as
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset Surfing California Landscape, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Tatyana Fogarty
Located in Yardley, PA
Surfing is a way of life in California for many and a spectator sport for others. Nothing
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Pacific Surf', California Plein Air Woman Artist, Santa Cruz, Carmel
By Jane McCullough
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Jane McCullough was an avid California plein air painter, exhibiting and took art classes at the Fresno
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surfing
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
. ABOUT THIS PIECE: French artist Ludwig Favre traveled to California to shoot the state's most iconic
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surfing
Surfing
H 32.9 in W 39.5 in
Glistening Wave, Oxnard, California, U.S.A – Anthony Friedkin, Ocean, Surfing
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Glistening Wave, Oxnard, California, U.S.A., 2000 Silver Gelatin
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Surf Fly
Located in New York, NY
Dylan Gordon is a photographer from the Central Coast of California. A childhood spent raising
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surf Fly
Surf Fly
H 26 in W 39.5 in
Surf Fly
Located in New York, NY
Born and raised on the Central Coast of California, Dylan was brought up raising horses, surfing
Category

2010s Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surf Fly
Surf Fly
H 26 in W 39.5 in
Shore Break, Zuma Beach, California, U.S.A. – Anthony Friedkin, Ocean, Surfing
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Shore Break, Zuma Beach, California, U.S.A. 1994 Silver Gelatin
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Sculpted Wave, Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.A. – Anthony Friedkin, Ocean, Surf
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Sculpted Wave, Hermosa Beach, California, U.S.A., 2005 Silver
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Evening Surf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Surf" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Evening Surf
Evening Surf
H 23.75 in W 27.85 in D 1.5 in
Surf & Sailboat
By Stephen Wright
Located in Fairfield, CT
transformational qualities of the Southern California surf.
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Surfboard, Topanga Beach, California, U.S.A. – Anthony Friedkin, Beach, Surf
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Old Surfboard, Topanga Beach, California, U.S.A., 1977 Silver
Category

1770s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Striped Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Striped Surf
Striped Surf
H 39.5 in W 29.6 in
Surfing Sunrise
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Surfing Sunrise
Surfing Sunrise
H 26.3 in W 39.5 in
Breaking Surf
By Sally Swatland
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
become an art major at Mount Saint Vincent College, study under Robert Schulz in the Art Students League
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Helio Wave #2, Zuma Beach, California, U.S.A. – Anthony Friedkin, Ocean, Surfing
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Helio Wave #2, Zuma Beach, California, U.S.A., 2010 Silver
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Morning Surf, Garrapata
Located in Pasadena, CA
" UNFRAMED: 8" x 8" Exhibited Monumental Miniatures 2022, September 29, 2022 - January 22, 2023, California
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Morning Surf, Garrapata
Morning Surf, Garrapata
H 14.25 in W 14.25 in D 1.75 in
Los Angeles Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
. ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Los Angeles Surf
Los Angeles Surf
H 26.2 in W 39.5 in
Huntington Beach Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Morning Beach Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Long Beach Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
. ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Long Beach Surf
Long Beach Surf
H 39.5 in W 29.6 in
Venice Beach Surf
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
. ABOUT THIS PIECE: French photographer Ludwig Favre recently road tripped to California. His pictures of
Category

2010s Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Shimmering Surf Heat
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday life in the sun
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Surf and Pines, Original Painting
By Kip Decker
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Monterey, Carmel, Monterey Bay, pines, surf, tree, sky, California, pine trees, wildflowers, water, ocean
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Surf" Type C Metallic Print
By Jen Zahigian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
California highway establishments and signage, revealing an appreciation for their dated aesthetic and patina
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Icelandic Surfing
By Ludwig Favre
Located in New York, NY
Ludwig Favre was born in Senlis, France in 1976. Favre now lives and works in Paris. Art history
Category

2010s Landscape Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper

Golden Surf; Leo Carrillo Beach
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
" Exhibited Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in California Art Club's "On Location
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Purple Surf, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Timon Sloane
Located in Yardley, PA
Timon painted this work after an early morning trip to the California coast, where the sea looked
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Crashing Surf" - Pacific Coast Seascape
By Steven Guy Bilodeau
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful plein-air seascape of crashing surf along the rocky Pacific coast by California artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Let's Go Surfing Uncle Pennybags!
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
!, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA California Visions, Long Beach Museum of Art
Category

2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Pacific Surf, San Diego', Worcester Art Museum School, San Bernadino College
By Richard Gabriel Chase
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Massachusetts, Chase first studied at the Worcester Art Museum School, later earning his degree from
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board, Graphite

Surf Patterns II, Pacific Ocean
By Chip Hooper
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Optium acrylic with frame). This is from the artist last, and final, body of work from the California
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Afternoon Foam and Surf; El Matador Beach, Malibu
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
at Pepperdine University in California Art Club's "On Location in Malibu 2024" May 11 - July 28, 2024
Category

2010s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Clarity, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
view of a sea gull sailing over the California surf. Werger has received over 250 awards in national
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Deep Surf, Laguna Beach - Mid Century Seascape
By Raphael G. Wolff
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Association, 1968. (Reference: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940")
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surf Patterns I, Pacific Ocean
By Chip Hooper
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Optium acrylic with frame). This is from the artist last, and final, body of work from the California
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Rock Star Surf Board Print by Michael Torquato deNicola
By Michael Torquato de Nicola
Located in Los Angeles, CA
showcased at The Museum of Architecture and Design,The Surfing Heritage Museum and the California Surf
Category

2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Pigment

Moon Beam Surf Board Print by Michael Torquato deNicola
By Michael Torquato de Nicola
Located in Los Angeles, CA
showcased at The Museum of Architecture and Design,The Surfing Heritage Museum and the California Surf
Category

2010s Street Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Pigment

Morning Surf, original 36x48 contemporary realist marine landscape
By Rinaldo Skalamera
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
appreciating the morning surf in this contemporary realist marine landscape. A natural paradise, the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th Century Pebble Beach Surf Seascape by Abel Warshawsky
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
20th century Plein Air seascape painting of crashing surf at Pebble Beach by listed California artist
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

The Surf Lodge - Figurative Vibrant Modern Love Original Painting
By Zabel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about feeling, she
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Invisible Surf", Large-Scale Impasto Abstract Dreamscape by Duane Bousfield
By Duane Bousfield
Located in Soquel, CA
California. Mr. Bousfield's art explores the relationship of meaning and abstraction. He has been a New York
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

George Barris, "Feeling the Surf, " hand signed
By George Barris
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Taken at the beach in Santa Monica, California 2 1/2 weeks before her death, this photograph is
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

'Tumultuous Surf' by Lori Poncsak - Bright Blue and Gray Abstract Expressionism
Located in Carmel, CA
. Her art has been commissioned for grand displays in Southern California, and she continues to broaden
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Autumnal San Francisco Cove and Surf with Whalers Shack circa 1900
Located in Soquel, CA
Autumnal San Francisco Cove and Surf with Whalers Shack circa 1900 Early California Tonalist
Category

1890s Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Sky & Surf - Abstracted Watercolor Landscape with Birds
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive watercolor landscape of an abstracted crashing surf swirling into a dreamy sky
Category

1980s American Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Forgotten Island of Santosha original vintage surfing movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
on the streets of Laguna Beach and Southern California. This original surfing poster is archival
Category

1970s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Brilliant Reflections; Rocky Point, Carmel, California
By Peter Adams
Located in Pasadena, CA
Point. I particularly love the perspective of looking down at the massive surf crashing on the jagged
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Loving You Is Surfing Waves - Impasto Thick Paint Blue Hearts Original Artwork
By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Market San Francisco, Arteria Gallery, California Art Palm Spring, Arteria Gallery
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Surf and Rocks at Sunset', Oakland College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
including at the Oakland Art Museum, the California Fairs, Frances Young Gallery (Marin) and in San
Category

1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Oil

Mid Century Crashing Surf on Rocks Seascape
By Margaret Esther Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century California seascape watercolor of the crashing surf on the rocky coast by Santa
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Waimea Bay, Hawaii 1964 Vintage Surfing Poster Mike Doyle champion surfer
Located in London, GB
Californian surf photographer Leroy Grannis (1917-2011). Born in California in 1941, Doyle was first
Category

1970s Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Circa 1970 photo poster of Surf by photographer LeRoy Grannis - Huntington Beach
By LeRoy Grannis
Located in PARIS, FR
municipality of Orange County, located in the southern part of the state of California, it is called Surf city
Category

1770s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper

'Pacific Surf at Sunset', Oakland Museum, Women Painters of the West, SWA, GGE
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
), the Golden Gate Exhibition (1939), the Society for Sanity in Art, California Palace of the Legion of
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fun California Bug/ X-Ray Print / Radiographic Photography / Nick Veasey
By Nick Veasey
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition 2 of 25 Acquired from artist's studio, signed recto X-Ray print of a California Bug with a surf
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Photography

Materials

C Print

Surf / Beach / Ocean Light Box BookScape Colorful Photograph Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
surfing, the ocean, the beach, The California Surf Project, A Brief History of Surfing, Surf Photography
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper

Breaking Wave - Venice Beach, California – Anthony Friedkin, Ocean, Wave, Water
By Anthony Friedkin
Located in Zurich, CH
Anthony FRIEDKIN (*1949, America) Breaking Wave, Venice Beach, California, U.S.A., 1978 Silver
Category

1770s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wine Me Up
By Brett Hammond - Pop Art
Located in Napa, CA
age, Hammond emulated Mad Magazine comic art before putting down roots in the skate/surf cultures of
Category

2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Wine Me Up
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
I'm All Ears
By Brett Hammond - Pop Art
Located in Napa, CA
age, Hammond emulated Mad Magazine comic art before putting down roots in the skate/surf cultures of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

I'm All Ears
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
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California Surf Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact piece of california surf art you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. You can easily find an example made in the abstract style, while we also have 51 abstract versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect item from our selection of california surf art may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 18th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right choice in our collection of california surf art for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, brown, blue and beige. There have been many interesting object in our assortment of california surf art examples over the years, but those made by Brett Hammond - Pop Art, Stefanie Schneider, Nimai Kesten, Ludwig Favre and Geoff Reinhard are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in paint, fabric and canvas, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a California Surf Art?

The average selling price for a piece of california surf art we offer is $2,200, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $135,000 for the highest priced.