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Both Above and Below Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary
Both Above and Below Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary

Both Above and Below Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Compass Rose Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010-
Compass Rose Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010-

Compass Rose Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010-

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Impossible Abyss Which Separates the Two Sides
The Impossible Abyss Which Separates the Two Sides

The Impossible Abyss Which Separates the Two Sides

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Of a Difference in Which the Differences Are Inseparable
Of a Difference in Which the Differences Are Inseparable

Of a Difference in Which the Differences Are Inseparable

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Polar Opposites: A Complementary Relationship in Mixed Media Art
Polar Opposites: A Complementary Relationship in Mixed Media Art

Polar Opposites: A Complementary Relationship in Mixed Media Art

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Bringing Together Two Realities: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood
Bringing Together Two Realities: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood

Bringing Together Two Realities: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Between Them Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+
Between Them Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+

Between Them Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

To Hang In Between: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage on Wood, 2010+

To Hang In Between: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage on Wood, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Drawing in Water, Contemporary Mixed Media on Archival Paper, 2010+

Drawing in Water, Contemporary Mixed Media on Archival Paper, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Taking Place Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, Ink on Archival Paper

Taking Place Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, Ink on Archival Paper

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Footprints Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary Art

Footprints Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary Art

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Heart World Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+
Heart World Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+

Heart World Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Shadow Economy: Contemporary Mixed Media and Oil on Wood

Shadow Economy: Contemporary Mixed Media and Oil on Wood

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Nine of Us Worked Things Out: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood
The Nine of Us Worked Things Out: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood

The Nine of Us Worked Things Out: Contemporary Mixed Media on Wood

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Fatigue of the Conquest: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper

The Fatigue of the Conquest: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

The Sky Was A Doorway, Contemporary Mixed Media, Oil on Wood, 2010+

The Sky Was A Doorway, Contemporary Mixed Media, Oil on Wood, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

We Were Sledgehaulers Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary
We Were Sledgehaulers Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary

We Were Sledgehaulers Mixed Media Collage, Oil on Wood, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

We Came in Sight of the Barrier: Mixed Media Collage, 2010-
We Came in Sight of the Barrier: Mixed Media Collage, 2010-

We Came in Sight of the Barrier: Mixed Media Collage, 2010-

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Little Yelcho: Mixed Media Collage on Wood, Contemporary Art
The Little Yelcho: Mixed Media Collage on Wood, Contemporary Art

The Little Yelcho: Mixed Media Collage on Wood, Contemporary Art

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Contemporary Mixed Media Collage: Instead of a Narrow Bight
Contemporary Mixed Media Collage: Instead of a Narrow Bight

Contemporary Mixed Media Collage: Instead of a Narrow Bight

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Steam From Our Own Small Funnel, Contemporary Mixed Media, 2010+
The Steam From Our Own Small Funnel, Contemporary Mixed Media, 2010+

The Steam From Our Own Small Funnel, Contemporary Mixed Media, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

They Surveyed the Mountain Peak as a Philosophical
They Surveyed the Mountain Peak as a Philosophical

They Surveyed the Mountain Peak as a Philosophical

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Second Flight: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
The Second Flight: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

The Second Flight: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Undercurrents: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
Undercurrents: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

Undercurrents: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Into Mystery Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
Into Mystery Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

Into Mystery Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Geological Markers Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
Geological Markers Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

Geological Markers Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Plume of Nationalism: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, 2010
The Plume of Nationalism: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, 2010

The Plume of Nationalism: Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper, 2010

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Launching Strategy Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
Launching Strategy Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

Launching Strategy Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Aerial Exploration Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
Aerial Exploration Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

Aerial Exploration Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Territory Over Land Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010+, Unframed
Territory Over Land Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010+, Unframed

Territory Over Land Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010+, Unframed

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Captain Cook’s Legacy Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010-
Captain Cook’s Legacy Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010-

Captain Cook’s Legacy Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary, 2010-

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

No Such Border: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary
No Such Border: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

No Such Border: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Architecture of the Anthropocene: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage
Architecture of the Anthropocene: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage

Architecture of the Anthropocene: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Mine At Last: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

Mine At Last: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Ghost in the Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+
Ghost in the Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

Ghost in the Land: Mixed Media Collage on Archival Paper, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Henson and Peary: Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary Art, 2010+
Henson and Peary: Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary Art, 2010+

Henson and Peary: Mixed Media Collage, Contemporary Art, 2010+

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

The Forward March Loses Ground: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage
The Forward March Loses Ground: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage

The Forward March Loses Ground: Contemporary Mixed Media Collage

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Paper, Magazine Paper

Long Haul Mixed Media Collage on Photographic Paper, Contemporary
Long Haul Mixed Media Collage on Photographic Paper, Contemporary

Long Haul Mixed Media Collage on Photographic Paper, Contemporary

By Jessica Houston

Located in Montreal, Quebec

“Captain Cook’s Legacy” more directly confronts an official portrait of Cook with the torn-in eyes from what can only be described as the explorer’s anonymous dark Other.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Photographic Paper

Untitled (Newfoundland, #0847)

Untitled (Newfoundland, #0847)

By Steve Giovinco

Located in New York, NY

About the artist: Steve Giovinco creates digital photographs of dark landscapes, and intimate portraits. His series “Between” consists of quiet, poetic scenes captured at twilight or...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Roblin, Canada, #3380)

Untitled (Roblin, Canada, #3380)

By Steve Giovinco

Located in New York, NY

About the artist: Steve Giovinco creates digital photographs of dark landscapes, and intimate portraits. His series “Between” consists of quiet, poetic scenes captured at twilight or...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (New Hope, PA, #6331)

Untitled (New Hope, PA, #6331)

By Steve Giovinco

Located in New York, NY

About the artist: Steve Giovinco creates digital photographs of dark landscapes, and intimate portraits. His series “Between” consists of quiet, poetic scenes captured at twilight or...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Untitled (Beijing, #5707)

Untitled (Beijing, #5707)

By Steve Giovinco

Located in New York, NY

About the artist: Steve Giovinco creates digital photographs of dark landscapes, and intimate portraits. His series “Between” consists of quiet, poetic scenes captured at twilight or...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Albert", 1994

"Albert", 1994

By Jose Picayo

Located in Hudson, NY

portrait, sad man, melancholy, pensive, dark, men, male, man, fashion, portrait, Sepia Tone, black and white, portrait, melancholy, male, black & white, face Born in Havana, Cuba in...

Category

1990s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern

Located in Landshut, BY

Perhaps the night, My foolish tremors, or the gleaming light, Lent power to that Portrait dark and quaint, — A Portrait such as Rembrandt loved to paint, — The likeness of a Nun.

Category

Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

Circe 2
Circe 2

Circe 2

By Will Barnet

Located in San Francisco, CA

His early work is decidedly social realist, with sullen portraits done in dark tonalities that suggest both the struggle of the depression era and the hope in the simple love of fami...

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Venus Disarming Cupid" after François Boucher
French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Venus Disarming Cupid" after François Boucher

French 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Venus Disarming Cupid" after François Boucher

By François Boucher

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These intimate family scenes are contrasting to the licentious style seen in his Odalisque portraits. The dark-haired version of the Odalisque portraits prompted claims by the art...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Plywood

Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Triumph of Flora" Attr. Ferdinand Wagner II
Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Triumph of Flora" Attr. Ferdinand Wagner II

Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Triumph of Flora" Attr. Ferdinand Wagner II

By Ferdinand Wagner II 1

Located in Los Angeles, CA

These intimate family scenes are contrasting to the licentious style seen in his Odalisque portraits. The dark-haired version of the Odalisque portraits prompted claims by the art...

Category

Antique 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Paintings

Materials

Giltwood, Canvas

Alberto Giacometti -  Original Lithograph
Alberto Giacometti -  Original Lithograph

Alberto Giacometti - Original Lithograph

By Alberto Giacometti

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

He also undertook a series of dark, intense portraits of family members—primarily his wife, Annette (whom he married in 1949), and his brother Diego—and well-known friends such as Je...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph 1979, Realist Portrait, Pink V-Neck
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph 1979, Realist Portrait, Pink V-Neck

WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph 1979, Realist Portrait, Pink V-Neck

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Union City, NJ

WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR is a sensitive, realistically drawn portrait of a long dark haired serious young woman wearing a rose pink V-neck blouse, cool green background behind her, her s...

Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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How Much is a Dark Portrait?

The price for a dark portrait in our collection starts at $213 and tops out at $59,500 with the average selling for $2,030.