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Monarch Butterflies 3, Original Painting
Monarch Butterflies 3, Original Painting

Monarch Butterflies 3, Original Painting

By Natasha Tayles

Located in San Francisco, CA

colorful.Words that describe this painting: butterflies, insect, animal, fun, playful, happy

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nikko Blue, Original Painting
Nikko Blue, Original Painting

Nikko Blue, Original Painting

By Kira Yustak

Located in San Francisco, CA

, floral, garden, butterfly, summer, season, insect, blooms, flora, primitive, acrylic painting, blue

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Harvest. No.2, Oil Painting
Harvest. No.2, Oil Painting

Harvest. No.2, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

insects animate the quiet arrangement. A marble tabletop holds a variety of ripe produce, while delicate

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fine Japanese Scroll Painting Depicting Insects, Early 19th Century
Fine Japanese Scroll Painting Depicting Insects, Early 19th Century

Fine Japanese Scroll Painting Depicting Insects, Early 19th Century

Located in Roma, IT

19th Century. This long horizontal scroll vividly depicts a lively procession of insects, including

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Meissen Genre Group, The Discovered Lover, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, ca 1870
Meissen Genre Group, The Discovered Lover, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, ca 1870

Meissen Genre Group, The Discovered Lover, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, ca 1870

By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain

Located in Vienna, AT

with gold-decorated rocaille ornamentation and delicate bird and insect paintings: The lady of the

Category

Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Orange Tea with Honey, Original Painting
Orange Tea with Honey, Original Painting

Orange Tea with Honey, Original Painting

By Dwight Smith

Located in San Francisco, CA

, honey bee, tea bag, vertical, fruit, insect, still life, realism, watercolor painting, orange

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2007

$13,800

H 24.02 in W 18 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

fish, leaves, basketball nets, grim reapers, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2008

$63,250

H 59.85 in W 47.64 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

a printmaker, Josh Smith has become known for expressive figurative and abstract paintings that

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2008

$11,500

H 20.01 in W 15.63 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital images of previous pieces, which he then exhaustively

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Balloons

Anne SiemsBalloons, 2025

$14,300

H 60 in W 40 in D 2 in

Balloons

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Birdish

Anne SiemsBirdish, 2025

$9,400

H 36 in W 36 in

Birdish

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Lifesaver
Lifesaver

Anne SiemsLifesaver, 2025

$9,100

H 40 in W 30 in

Lifesaver

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

, she moved to Seattle, WA. Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Trainer
Trainer

Anne SiemsTrainer, 2025

$10,400

H 40 in W 40 in

Trainer

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

, she moved to Seattle, WA. Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Queen II
Queen II

Anne SiemsQueen II, 2025

$2,800

H 29.5 in W 22 in

Queen II

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

, she moved to Seattle, WA. Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Village Fish Pond
Village Fish Pond

Joseph PaquetVillage Fish Pond, 2018

$3,400

H 13 in W 16.5 in D 2 in

Village Fish Pond

By Joseph Paquet

Located in Pasadena, CA

Artist Statement "Another remote village where time seemed to stand still. Only the sound of insects to

Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Swallowtail, Oil Painting
Swallowtail, Oil Painting

Karen BartonSwallowtail, Oil Painting, 2025

$1,100

H 16 in W 16 in D 1.6 in

Swallowtail, Oil Painting

By Karen Barton

Located in San Francisco, CA

baking artisanal breads.Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, spring, summer

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

In Flight Together, Original Painting
In Flight Together, Original Painting

In Flight Together, Original Painting

By Scott Dykema

Located in San Francisco, CA

. Outlined with gold metal leaf, they glow softly against a vibrant turquoise background. This painting is

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2010

$74,750

H 48 in W 35.99 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

, leaves, basketball nets, grim reapers, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Massif Central

Josh SmithMassif Central, 2020

$5,175

H 51.19 in W 51.19 in

Massif Central

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital images of previous pieces, which he then

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2007

$57,500

H 48.04 in W 35.91 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital images of previous pieces, which he then

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Untitled

Josh SmithUntitled, 2004

$57,500

H 59.85 in W 48.04 in

Untitled

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital images of previous pieces, which he then

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Untitled (from the White Columns portfolio)

Untitled (from the White Columns portfolio)

By Josh Smith

Located in London, GB

nets, grim reapers, skeletons, and insects. Many of his paintings incorporate digital images of

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Boxer Posse

Anne SiemsBoxer Posse, 2025

$2,800

H 30 in W 22 in

Boxer Posse

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Cast Brassknuckles

Cast Brassknuckles

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA. My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect

Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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Insect Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate insect painting for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Photorealist version. Making the right choice when shopping for an insect painting may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add an insect painting to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, black, brown, white and more. An insect painting from Katarzyna Swinarska, Hannah Hanlon, David Konigsberg, Augustina Droze and Margot Glass — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Insect Painting?

An insect painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,733, while the lowest priced sells for $222 and the highest can go for as much as $22,000.