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Nipponite Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting of a Nipponite fossil (a type of nautilus which swirls randomly rather than in spiral) on
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Marsupite Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of fossil marsupite from museum specimen on 300 lb cold press paper. Working
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Bostrychoceras Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Bostrychoceras Fossil from museum specimen, watercolor on 300 lb cold press paper. Working as a
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dinosaur Skin Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
paleontology--fossils are messages from the past and our future. My goal in painting is to present fossils in
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dinosaur Tooth Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
our future. My goal in painting is to present fossils in a visually interesting way to encourage
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dinosaur Vertebra Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of a museum specimen dinosaur vertebra fossil on 300 lb cold press paper
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ceratodus Tooth Plates Fossil, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of Ceratodus tooth plates fossils, from museum specimen, on 300 lb cold press
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Fossils, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Zanzinger
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Fossils" is an oil painting that depicts nude forms suspended in
Category

2010s Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Acrylic Figurative Painting: 'Aaak Fossil Fuel'
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
years. Each of his paintings is a composition of numerous layers, executed without any modern trickery
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fossil
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Wooden frame with glass pane 51.5 x 38.5 x 1.5 cm
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Crayon, India Ink

Fossil
Fossil
H 14.38 in W 9.06 in D 0.12 in
Fossil Feud
By Karen Hackenberg
Located in Lincoln, MA
oil on canvas
Category

2010s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fossil Feud
H 23.5 in W 29.5 in
"FOSSILS", Abstract Painting, Yellow Iron Oxide, Ochre, Acrylic, Crystalline
By Jeffrey Kurland
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "FOSSILS" by Jeffrey Kurland is acrylic paint on canvas measuring 88
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Trace Fossil Leaf, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of a leaf trace fossil from a museum specimen, on 300 lb cold press paper
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Fossil Dinosaur Ribs, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of a museum specimen dinosaur rib section, on 300 lb cold press paper
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Fossil Oil Painting
By Amanda Besl
Located in Buffalo, NY
Cyanotype inspired painting of lush blue and white botanicals. Fossil (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Living Fossils, oil painting & acrylic on panel, figurative, sea animals
By Alexis Kandra
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Living Fossils" by Alexis Kandra is an original oil painting with black metal foil measuring 36" H
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Fossil Conifer Seed Cone, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
--fossils are messages from the past and our future. My goal in painting is to present fossils in a
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

At Sea Between Fossils & Satellites (large-scale textured painting sand organic)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites" is a large-scaled textured mixed-media painting that
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Marine Reptile Vertebra Fossil Bed, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor painting of a museum specimen marine reptile vertebra fossil bed on 300 lb cold press
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Still Life with Fossil
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Anita Amani Dorp - "Fossils Lizard" - timelessness & permanence nature art
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Anita Amani Dorp - "Fossils Lizard". Amani Dorp has been fascinated by the perfection and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Anita Amani Dorp - "Fossils Fish" - timelessness & permanence nature art
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Anita Amani Dorp - "Fossils Fish". Amani Dorp has been fascinated by the perfection and grandness
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

"Blue Fossil" Gerome Kamrowski, Abstract Surrealist, Biomorphic Expressionism
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski Blue Fossil, 1960 Acrylic and styrofoam on board 17 x 46 inches Gerome Kamrowski
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Foam, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Fall, Fossil Bend
By Anne C. Weary
Located in Dallas, TX
“Anne Weary, who grew up as a Texas cowgirl, is at home in the outdoors and knows its ways and its language. There is a sort of very quiet but very powerful mysticism in her work, a ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Fall, Fossil Bend
H 10.75 in W 14.25 in
French Contemporary Art by M.-P. Autonne - Fossiles de Rêve
By Marie-Pierre Autonne
Located in Paris, IDF
graphic designer. She later decided to devote herself to painting. Marie-Pierre Autonne's work is in the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Mixed Media

"Fossil Fuel" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Cityscape of Clowns Driving Cars
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel surrealist painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The piece features a
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fossils and shells" Oil cm. 100 x 120 Yellow, Brown 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Giacomo Soffiantino (Turin 1929 - Turin, 2013) He taught at the artistic high school and at the Albertina Academy in Turin. He was a pupil of Francesco Menzio, Aldo Bertini and Mario...
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 7 (blue organic copper abstract texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 7" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 9 (blue vibrant abstract art deco texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 9" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

"At the Threshold To The Belly Of The Beast (Jaws)" - irregular shape, fossil
By Andrew Herzog
Located in Atlanta, GA
and designer creating works that manifest as paintings, installations, interventions, films
Category

2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Archival Paper, Pigment

Petrified Dragonfly - Late 20th Century Oil Abstract Piece - George De Goya
By George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
. Keywords: Abstract, 20th century, mid, late, 1970s, art, paintin...
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fossil Bay, Mentone
By Arthur Streeton
Located in Sydney, NSW
, Sydney Exhibited Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Arthur Streeton, Landscape with variations
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fossil by Lara Miralles Ivars
Located in MADRID, ES
Fossil by Lara Miralles Ivars
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Fossil by Lara Miralles Ivars
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Quadrillion Tiny Fossils
By Brian Stinemetz
Located in New York, NY
Fossils, the artist explores the space between digital precision and the imperfection of the human hand
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fossil Air
By Gloriane Harris
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fossils in Space by Patrice Rouge, Abstract Expressionism, Acrylic Painting
By Patrice Rouge
Located in Naples, FL
Rouge's contemporary perspective bridges mid-century abstract expressionism with today's approaches to abstraction and design. His vivid and alluring canvases have a timeless quality...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Empty Spaces Between Fossils III
By Angelina Nasso
Located in New York, NY
disks appear to float on the smooth surfaces of her paintings. Brilliant in color, her works employ a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Empty Spaces Between Fossils II
By Angelina Nasso
Located in New York, NY
disks appear to float on the smooth surfaces of her paintings. Brilliant in color, her works employ a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Water Fossil, oil on canvas, 36" x 72"
By Perry Burns
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is a great "over the couch" painting for a modern coastal home. The surface has been sanded
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rib Cage 2", Embossed Pigmented Flax Paper-Pulp Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pigmented flax, embossed pulp painting of fossils from our early ancestors; artist-made paper, pulp
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Pigment

Ammonite Fossil
By Mitchell Lonas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incised, painted aluminum.
Fossil II
By Christopher Langstroth
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Thick impasto style application of paint, vibrant colours, sophisticated abstract portrait.
Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fossil Structures, New Forest Oil Painting, Claire wiltsher, Original artwork
By Claire Wiltsher
Located in Deddington, GB
Claire Wiltsher's original seascape, landscape painting called Fossil Structures is an oil and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Fossil" - Contemporary Abstract Art
By Jacqueline Jandrell
Located in West Hollywood, CA
to manifest in her paintings. Her paintings are abstract, visceral and intuitive, as she is drawn to
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Related Fragments/Fossils" Abstract Textured Organic Blue and Pink Painting
By McKie Trotter
Located in Houston, TX
painting is currently displayed in a wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 18 in. x W 44.125 in
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Casein, Board

Honeycomb Limestone - Ammonite Fossil
By Jim Stoker
Located in Dallas, TX
wildlife through his richly-colored paintings. In his love for the vivid and varied colors of native
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites, for Sybil" is a contemporary textured painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Bronze, Copper

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 1
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 1" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites 10
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 10" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 14 (blue stripes copper abstract texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 14" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 14 (blue stripes copper abstract texture)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 14" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 2 (texture bronze gold abstract geometry)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 2 (texture bronze gold abstract geometry)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 2 (texture bronze gold abstract geometry)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

At sea between fossils and satellites 2 (texture bronze gold abstract geometry)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea between Fossils and Satellites 2" is a textural and elemental abstract painting on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

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Fossil Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate fossil painting for your needs in our varied inventory. There are many Abstract, Contemporary and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking for a fossil painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. When looking for the right fossil painting for your space, you can search on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, black, blue and beige. A fossil painting from Melisa Taylor Metzger, Charles Geiger, Jacqueline Jandrell, Thomas John Carlson and Alexis Kandra — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, synthetic resin paint and acrylic paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, you can find a small fossil painting measuring 9 high and 11.82 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 72 across to better suit those in the market for a large fossil painting.

How Much is a Fossil Painting?

The average selling price for a fossil painting we offer is $3,250, while they’re typically $1,000 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.