A Blending Into - Realism Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas, 36x60
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Signed on Verso. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a quest to observe a...
Canvas, Oil
ETHEREAL- Blue Water / Female Swimmer / Floating Free / Photorealism
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Signed on the back in pencil "Eric Zener" Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in b...
Canvas, Oil
$72,000Sale Price|20% Off
SELF - Contemporary Realism / Swimmer / Waterscape / Male Figure
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Canvas, Oil
$58,000
ABOVE IT ALL - Contemporary Realism / Male Figure Swimmer / Ladder Journey Sky
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Canvas, Oil
SUMMER RIPPLE - Contemporary / Figurative / Swimmer
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Canvas, Oil
HOW TO BE HAPPY - Underwater Photorealism / Female Swimmer / Large Portrait
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Canvas, Oil
PATHWAYS - Abstract Landscape / Branches and Tree / Blue and Brown
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Eric Zener Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Canvas, Oil
RED GROVE - Realism / Mixed Media / Landscape
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Resin Piece by Eric Zener. Signed on the back "Eric Zener" Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on ti...
Resin, Mixed Media
Much Clearer Down Below
By Eric Zener
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Oil paint on canvas
Canvas, Oil
Unwinding
By Eric Zener
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Oil paint on canvas
Canvas, Oil
Deep Angel II
By Eric Zener
Located in Boston, MA
Multiple layers of metal leaf, photography, pigment and resin are combined resulting in a uniquely luminous surface. Eric Zener is known worldwide for his figurative underwater and ...
Resin, Photographic Film, Ink, Mixed Media
Golden Summer II
By Eric Zener
Located in Kansas City, MO
41" x 78" inches resin mixed media and gold leaf Eric Zener has been painting for over 25 years and is best known for his paintings featuring water.
Gold Leaf
Taking Flight
By Eric Zener
Located in Kansas City, MO
33.5" x 41" inches resin mixed media and gold leaf Eric Zener has been painting for over 25 years and is best known for his paintings featuring water.
Gold Leaf
All the Therapy You Will Ever Need #1
By Eric Zener
Located in Kansas City, MO
15.5" x 20.5" inches resin mixed media Eric Zener has been painting for over 25 years and is best known for his paintings featuring water.
Resin, Mixed Media
Blissful Descent Study II
By Eric Zener
Located in Kansas City, MO
20.5" x 28.5" inches resin mixed media Eric Zener has been painting for over 25 years and is best known for his paintings featuring water.
Resin, Mixed Media
Sold
H 88 in W 66 in
Unbound, Contemporary Realist Painting, Oil, Figurative, Swimmer, Ocean, Blue
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
The viewer senses the joy of weightlessness and the freedom that comes with a day at the pool or even on the beach. Eric Zener's paintings fuse bright Realist painting techniques wi...
Canvas, Oil
Where I End and You Begin
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Canvas, Oil
Gentle Exhale
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Memories Rising
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Yearning For More
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Sold
H 50 in W 44 in
ENVELOP - Contemporary Figurative Realism / Swimmer / Diver / Water
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener. The painting is signed.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 44 in W 88 in
REJOINING, photo-realism, landscape, dense forest, grey sky, green, vivid color
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener.
Canvas, Oil
In the Stillness
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil Painting by Eric Zener of a woman swimming in a pool, viewed from under the water.
Oil, Canvas
A Clear Opening Ahead
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, Oregon) is an American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools.
Canvas, Oil
Letting Go
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, Oregon) is an American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools.
Oil
Deep Voyager
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Canvas, Oil
Blissful Descent
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Canvas, Oil
Breaking the Surface Tension
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Canvas, Oil
Lotus
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Oil, Canvas
Thin Line Study II
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Mixed Media, Resin
LOOKING AHEAD, man in water, photorealism, underwater, swimmer
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Resin, Mixed Media
Rotation
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas, Painting of a female floating in shallow water. Exhibiting in Zener's solo show.
Canvas, Oil
Falling Forever Rising Forever
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting depicting a woman under the ocean water.
Canvas, Oil
Summer Escape Hatch
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil on Canvas painting depicting a splash of poolwater.
Canvas, Oil
Reaching for More
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
A female swimmer diving underwater.
Oil, Canvas
POW!
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Transparent pigment (photobased) print and paint suspended in three layers of resin.
Ready, Set, Go!
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
triptych - on three wood panels. Oil Paint and Transparent Pigment (photobased)Print. 27" x 61.5" over all for all three panels. Client decide the amount of space between panels when...
White Cloak
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Blue Smile
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Ah!
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Photo based pigment print suspended in resin, manipulated with oil paint, over gilt wood panel.
Arc IV
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Sold
H 30.75 in W 41 in
AWE, women with body underwater, shades of blue, shades of green, bright bikini
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
A swimming woman figure, viewed from under the water. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and b...
Mixed Media, Resin
EPHEMERA I, Swimmer, Blue Water, Pool, Bubbles, Female Form
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in the water.
Canvas, Oil
Man Rising Up, Grey
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Mixed Media, Resin
Round and Round We Go
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water.
Mixed Media, Resin
Sold
H 30.75 in W 41 in
AWE, women with body underwater, shades of blue, shades of green, bright bikini
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
A swimming woman figure, viewed from under the water. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and b...
Resin, Mixed Media
How to be Happy
By Eric Zener
Located in Boston, MA
Eric Zener, "How to be Happy," is an original oil on canvas painting from his water series.
Canvas, Oil
Blue Portal"
By Eric Zener
Located in Boston, MA
Eric Zener, "Blue Portal," is an original mixed media on panel from his water - swimming pool series.
Ink, Mixed Media, Photographic Film, Resin
Unraveling
By Eric Zener
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Photorealistic rendering in oil on canvas, a female figure floating on her back is viewed from below the water's surface, invoking a feeling of relaxation.
Oil
Staying Afloat I
By Eric Zener
Located in Kansas City, MO
20.5" x 17" inches resin mixed media with silver leaf Eric Zener has been painting for over 25 years and is best known for his paintings featuring water.
Silver
Tightrope
By Eric Zener
Located in Boston, MA
Eric Zener, "Tightrope," is an original mixed media on panel from his water - swimmer series.
Mixed Media
$800
H 24 in W 35.5 in
Muse (a young novice in colorful swim suit struggles thru a pool of blue)
By Art Werger
Located in New Orleans, LA
Muse is #43 of 45. It depicts a young woman in a colorful swimsuit doing her best to swim through the blue waters of the pool. Her mouth is pursed and the bubbles flow out. I sold ...
Etching
"Exhale" by Brian O'Neill, Oil painting, Male Nude
By Brian O'Neill
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Exhale" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude male figure stooped over and keeling on the ground, with his back exposed and bowing his...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$19,000
H 43 in W 53 in D 1.5 in
Summer Solstice: Photo-Realist Figurative Oil Paining of Two Swimmers in Aqua
By Samantha French
Located in Hudson, NY
"Summer Solstice", this photo-realist painting of a man and a woman swimming in a pool is painted by Hudson Valley artist, Samantha French made in 2024 oil on canvas, 43 x 53 inches ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,033Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 27.56 in D 0.99 in
Male Swimmer in Blue Pool, Realist Oil Painting on Canvas
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A male swimmer seen from above moves through luminous blue water in this realist swimming pool oil painting on canvas by Raúl Álvarez. Painted in 2017 and titled Pool I, the work fi...
Oil, Canvas
$17,000
H 48 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Weightless, Timeless: Oil Painting of Two Women Swimming in Pool
By Samantha French
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal figurative photo-realist painting of women swimming in an aqua blue pool "Weightless, Timeless," painted by Hudson Valley artist, Samantha French, is 2019 oil on canvas, ...
Canvas, Oil
$4,180
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Underwater Swimmer, Realist Oil Painting on Wood with Orange Bikini
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A female swimmer in an orange bikini appears suspended in deep blue and violet water in this large realist oil painting on wood by Raúl Álvarez. Painted in 2022 and titled Gravitate...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,610Sale Price|30% Off
H 31.89 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Underwater Surfer, Realist Oil and Acrylic Painting on Wood, Blue Reflections
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A female surfer stretches beneath blue ocean water in this realist oil and acrylic spray painting on wood by Raúl Álvarez. Created in 2023 and titled Espera VI, the work belongs to ...
Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$5,342
H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
Unbound-original figurative Contemporary Realism waterscape oil painting
By Abi Whitlock
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Acrylic
Immersed, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Abi Whitlock
Located in Yardley, PA
Light is shattered into thousands of twinkling points by the swirling currents. It seems to illuminate the drifting form of the swimmer from both above and below. This work is pai...
Acrylic
Waves of Freedom
By DARIA DUDOCHNYKOVA
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Waves of Freedom" captures the moment when water washes away all constraints and expectations, allowing the soul to breathe freely. Each brushstroke symbolizes the journey toward in...
Oil, Wood Panel
$6,152
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
The Fall XVI - Contemporary Figurative and Expressive Oil Painting, Seascape
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
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 c...
Oil, Canvas
DIVE
By DARIA DUDOCHNYKOVA
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Be like water, my friend" by Bruce Lee. When Lee said "be like water," he called upon people to embrace flexibility and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances. He asserted ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,691
H 39.77 in W 29.93 in D 1.19 in
Exhale, Original 101 x 76 realism Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed Seascape Art
By Eva Volf
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
$4,395
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Origin- Original Canvas Painting, Hyperrealistic Figurative Underwater Art
By Abi Whitlock
Located in London, Chelsea
Gallery service: Complimentary worldwide shipping is offered, with Signet Contemporary Art covering all tariffs, customs duties and import taxes, making international collecting simp...
Canvas, Acrylic
$12,200
H 56 in W 56 in
Blue Reflections - Large Blue Bather Swimmer Pool Original Figurative Painting
By Elise Remender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elise Remender captures the romantic glamour of a bygone era in her contemporary figurative paintings that blend classical fine art and contemporary pop realism. Fantasy, mid-century...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,293Sale Price|30% Off
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.58 in
Female Surfer in Blue Water, Realist Oil and Acrylic Painting on Wood
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A female surfer rests against her board beneath blue water in this realist oil and acrylic spray painting on wood by Raúl Álvarez. Titled Espera V and created in 2023, the square wo...
Oil, Wood Panel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$450,000
H 132 in W 87.5 in D 8 in
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a li...
Oil
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
Copper
$351,655
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
$45,985
H 44 in W 54 in D 2 in
Portrait of Putti Playing - French 17th century art Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning French 17th century Old Master oil painting is by Baroque artist Laurent de la Hyre. It was painted circa 1645 and has excellent provenance from Christie's. The painti...
Oil
$12,000
H 24 in W 36 in
My Inner Sanctum - Nude Woman Reclining On Chair w/ Cats, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting situates Bruno Surdo within the long tradition of the domestic nude while engaging modern precedents such as Balthus. A reclining female figure occupies a worn armchair...
Canvas, Oil
$2,268,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 38.5 in W 29.25 in
Kees Van Dongen Circus Performers 1900s Vintage Vibrant Figure Fauvist Signed
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Artistes du Cirque" is an original painting in ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper by leading Fauvist artist Kees Van Dongen, signed in the lower right. In the piece, two circ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$106,000
H 90 in W 144 in
Bannack Horses: Contemporary Landscape Painting in Oil and Encaustic
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Encaustic, Oil, Canvas
$1,650,000
H 49.38 in W 57 in D 6 in
Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Located in New Orleans, LA
William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent (Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children) Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on masonite. This is a pivotal work in deep and radiant cobalt blue from 1950. It dipicts calligraphic and hieroglyph structures over a grid and pyramidal base by the firs...
Masonite, Acrylic
The Courtship, Success Magazine Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00" Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, New York Literature: Success Magaz...
Canvas, Oil
$205,582Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
Large English Porcelain Dinner Service, Minton, circa 1845
Located in New York, NY
With a soft turquoise ground, painted with a fine spray of flowers, with gilt scroll and dash borders. Comprising pair of covered tureens and stands, pair of vegetable tureens, well ...
Porcelain
$277,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
$4,519
H 59.06 in W 35.44 in D 0.79 in
Camouflage - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting
By Daniel Wimmer
Located in Hallein, AT
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...
Oil
"Sunday in the Park, 1910"
By Cyprien Eugène Boulet
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Cyprien-Eugène Boulet (1877 - 1927)
Canvas, Oil
Eric Zener is a self-taught Photorealist artist recognized for his figure paintings of lone subjects often submerged in swimming pools.
Zener employs water as a metaphorical tool to express renewal and personal transformation. It speaks to the collective desire in all of us to retreat from the noise of the world, challenging the shallow, surface-level questions and concerns that frame our daily lives. Additionally, Zener works across a broad spectrum of materials, including paint, silver leaf, and resin, to create texture, depth, and dimensionality in his work.
Zener’s work has been exhibited in the United States, and internationally, for over 25 years. His solo exhibition history has largely been with his long-standing dealers in San Francisco and New York. Additionally, Zener has had numerous shows in Asia, Australia and Europe. Eric’s work has been featured and reviewed extensively in art magazines and other publications. Apart from gallery representation his work has also been included in museum shows and international residency programs.
Find original Eric Zener art on 1stDibs.
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.