$1,000
Buoys Blue-Orange (Circular Nautical Still Life Photo of Ocean Buoys on White)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Nautical color still life photograph of blue and orange buoys on a white background archival pigment print, edition of 10 20 x 20 inch paper size with 16 inch diameter image size Th...
Archival Pigment
Buoy 5509
By Robert Zappalorti
Located in Greenwich, CT
Trompe l'oeil/Still Life painting
Oil, Panel
"Gone Fishing" contemporary buoy painting by Adam Umbach
By Adam Umbach
Located in Greenwich, CT
Signed verso Adam Umbach, b. 1986 Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern masters...
Enamel
John Mansueto, "Buoy Post" 14x11, Marine Nautical Acrylic Painting on Panel
By John Mansueto
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece "Buoy Post" is a 14x11 acrylic painting on wood panel by the artist John Mansueto. Featured is a striking contract between a deep black background and colorful buoys hangi...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$6,300
"Where the Sea Knocks" nautical diptych oil painting of multicolored buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Pig Hide Bait - Maine Harbor Landscape Orange Boat Buoys Bird Glove, 2023
By Matt Barter
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on board, a harbor landscape with a neon orange boat in seagreen water in the upper left corner is set alongside a still life arrangement of fish...
Oil, Board
$14,600
"Fantastic Floats" a rainbow of buoys tied up against a wooden boathouse
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
$4,006
Ladies at the Beach, Charlie Mackesy, Vintage Watercolour, Hat, Fashion, Dress
By Charlie Mackesy
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
The scene captures a moment of playful motion: one figure is shown mid‑jump from a small walled platform, her legs and dress lifting with the buoyant energy of the moment, while the ...
Watercolor
Lifebuoy, Portrait, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
By Anatoly Varvarov Viktorovich
Located in Granada Hills, CA
In the painting "Lifebuoy" we see a boy swimming towards a life buoy. The photo-negative effect and red-blue tones give the painting an interesting and unique look.
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
A Winter Journey (B&W) by David Yarrow
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
The engine smoke coming from the 1920 ferry’s chimney gives a sense of travel, the aged ferry itself gives a sense of timelessness and meanwhile the fresh snow on the car deck, on th...
Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
A Winter Journey (Colour) by David Yarrow
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
The engine smoke coming from the 1920 ferry’s chimney gives a sense of travel, the aged ferry itself gives a sense of timelessness and meanwhile the fresh snow on the car deck, on th...
Archival Pigment
$16,000
"Beach Party" framed Contemporary Surrealist painting, mountain lion, seagull
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
In this beach party, poolside theme, a cocktail with an umbrella, beer bottles and guacamole and chips complete the composition with an open magazine and a life ring buoy. This large...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Ronald Reagan in Tugboat Annie Sails Again Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
He is depicted here smiling at the camera through a life buoy for the film "Tugboat Annie Sails Again".
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
Sold
H 59 in W 59 in
"Las Orange" photorealist oil painting of distressed orange life buoy, chingles
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 60 in W 60 in
"Life Buoy" oil painting of a white lifebuoy hanging on a dark shingled wall
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
"Buoys"
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Old Wooden Buoy
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
John Morfis was born in Glen Cove, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetica...
Oil
Red and White Buoy
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Red and White Buoy” is one of the largest canvases Morfis has ever painted.
Oil
Sold
H 18 in W 34 in
"Autumn Buoys" photorealistic oil painting of red, yellow and white buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Photorealistic oil painting of orange, red and white buoys. Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 16 in W 47 in
"Buoys on October" oil painting of red, orange and yellow buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Oil painting of red, orange and yellow buoys. Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 26 in W 20 in
"Weathered Buoys" diptych oil painting of multicolored red and orange buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 39 in W 39 in
"Buoys 2022" photorealist oil painting of blue and green buoys close up
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 20 in W 60 in
"Summer Buoys" Oil painting of bright red orange, yellow, white, and blue buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 35 in W 51 in
"Buoy Bouquet" photorealist oil painting of blue, white and green buoys on linen
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 38 in W 58 in
"Crayola" photorealistic oil painting of colorful buoys against shingles
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Photorealistic oil painting of colorful buoys against shingles. Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 16 in W 47 in
"Gold and Blues" oil painting of colorful buoys against shingles
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Oil painting of colorful buoys leaned against shingles. Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 32 in W 63 in
"Shades of Gray" oil painting of black, white and grey buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Oil painting of black, white and gray buoys. Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 36 in W 48 in
"Fisherman's Pride" a photorealist landscape of fishing buoys in vibrant tones
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 40 in W 10 in
"The Last Catch" a vivid blue array of fisherman buoys resting
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 24 in W 32 in D 1.75 in
Corea Harbor Maine, Yellow Buoys Blue Gloves Orange Boat Shells Seagreen Water
By Matt Barter
Located in Kent, CT
A harbor landscape with a neon orange boat in seagreen water in the upper left corner is set alongside a still life arrangement of fisherman's objects, including blue bait gloves, le...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 50 in W 36 in
"Awaiting The Catch" oil painting of hanging buoy and closures in blue and white
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Oil
Sold
H 35 in W 63 in
"Classic Blues" oil painting of lined up buoys in shades of blue and white
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 35 in W 57.5 in
"Buoys" keepers of the sea in hues of blue and green lean against tired wood
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Sun Dappled Buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
Michel Brosseau was born in Nantes and has lived in Bordeaux for many years. Both cities are on the Atlantic coast of France and have rich maritime histories, highlighted by prospero...
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 20 in W 60 in
"Menemsha Buoys" oil painting of blue, green, and white buoys
By Michel Brosseau
Located in Edgartown, MA
At the heart of his work is an awareness of the austerity of life—at sea and ashore—and the different ways humanity reacts to nature.
Linen, Oil
Blue Buoy
By Glenn Ness
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Floating By 2022 8" x 10" oil on canvas (framed) “Painting is a way for me to tell stories, celebrating our need to connect to each other and to our surroundings. It is not enough f...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 20 in W 20 in
Bobbers (Contemporary Nautical Still Life Photo of Fishing Bobbers on White)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Nautical color still life photograph of colorful fishing bobbers on a white background archival pigment print, edition of 10 20 x 20 inch paper size with 16 inch diameter image size ...
Archival Pigment
$2,800
H 18 in W 24 in D 1 in
Darling, Oil, Acrylic, Sailboat, Textured, Water, Beach House, Blue, Sailing
By Jason Wright
Located in Riverdale, NY
Darling by artist Jason Wright is a textured oil and acrylic painting on wood panel. It is 18x24, framed. This sailboat image is richly layered and created with a palette knife. J...
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gone Fishing, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A weathered wooden boathouse rests quietly above calm, gray water. A bright green bicycle leans against its side, hinting at the presence of someone who has ste...
Watercolor
$900
H 9 in W 12 in D 0.1 in
Barnegat Light Fishing Boats (Plein Air), Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
By Mark Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein Air painting of commercial fishing boats at Viking Village in Barnegat Light. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...
Oil
$2,800
H 36 in W 24 in
"Something Special" - Contemporary Acrylic Barn Painting on Canvas
By Justin Wheatley
Located in Denver, CO
Justin Wheatley was born and raised in Clinton, Utah. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Utah State University with an emphasis in drawing and painting, and a Masters of Arts fro...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,600
H 35 in W 29 in D 1 in
Korean Bowl. Still life Painting, Oil on canvas, Contemporary
By Christopher T Terry
Located in Miami Beach, FL
When an artist works with more conventional still life subjects, they focus primarily on the formal properties of the painting, such as color relationships, form, proportions, and ot...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American artist James Koenig created in 1944.
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
H 24 in W 24 in
"Sea Salt" a striking figurative painting of a glowing fisherman
By Debbie Miller
Located in Edgartown, MA
About the Artist 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 paint...
Oil
$1,000
H 20 in W 20 in
Chain Link (Nautical Minimalist Circle-Shaped Archival Pigment Print)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
archival pigment print, edition of 20 image is 16 inches in diameter This minimalist circular archival pigment print depiccting a rusted length of chain is the work of Hudson Valley...
Archival Pigment
Truman Toland " Tools of The Trade "
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century Truman Toland " Tools of The Trade " Oil on Canvas
Canvas, Oil
$1,500
H 12.75 in W 12.75 in D 1.75 in
"Tidepool" - Serene Abstract Painting on Wood Panel - Blue Palette with Orange
By Lee Cox
Located in Carmel, CA
Lee Cox (American, born 1941) "Tidepool" 2024 Acrylic Paint, Wood Panel The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. "Tidepool" feels like a moment paused just below the surf...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$2,100Sale Price|40% Off
H 25 in W 35 in D 2 in
"Of Ships and Men" - Nautical Trompe l'Oeil Composition in Oil on Board
By Russell Tripp
Located in Soquel, CA
"Of Ships and Men" - Nautical Trompe l'Oeil Composition in Oil on Board Maritime still life by Russell Tripp (American, 1942-2025). This hyper-realistic painting captures a collecti...
Oil, Board
$3,440Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.75 in W 17.5 in
Things With Tops - small, orange, minimalist, still life on plexiglass
By David Cantine
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two rectangular shapes one in painterly brown the other in dark navy are topped with white and beige. These enigmatic and humorously titled "things with tops" are contrasting outcrop...
Plexiglass, Acrylic
$2,850
H 28.75 in W 46 in D 1 in
Plaster Clouds (Still Life Photograph of Light Orange Wall with White Plaster)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary still life photograph of faint orange wall with white plaster patches archival pigment print, ed 2 of 10 22.25 x 40 inches unframed 28.75 x 46 inches in dark wood frame...
Archival Pigment
$3,788
H 19.69 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Found objects - 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting with Shells
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,520Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.75 in W 41.5 in D 1.5 in
Teal and Orange Abstract Painting with Chine Colle and Watercolor
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A vibrant contemporary teal and orange painting (Monotype) and found object collage composition of stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (American, ...
Paper, Watercolor
Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers and plants that were the subject of their work.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
When shopping for a still-life painting, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.
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