$1,455
Seeing the Forest - Abstract Nature Birds Still Life Oil Panting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Oil, Canvas
$3,275
Stronger Together - Underwater Figurative Ocean Outdoor Swimmer Oil Panting
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
Periphery - Luminous Glowing Colorful Figurative Surrealist Oil Painting on Wood
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
Life in Color - Original Abstract Colorful Vibrant Birds Oil Painting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
Confront - Large Signed Oil Painting on Canvas Figurative Surrealist Ocean Scene
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Oil, Canvas
The Dreamer - Surrealistic Nighttime Bird in Flight Owl Oil Painting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
$4,700
The Upside - Blue Water Original Figurative Swimmer Oil Painting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Oil, Canvas
Comfort Zone: Study - Ocean Underwater Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Michelle Fillmore discovered her passion for oil painting while pursuing her studies at the University of Las Vegas, where she earned a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Oil, Canvas
$1,975
Forward Motion - Surrealistic Hawk in Flight Original Oil Painting on Canvas
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Board, Oil
The Escape Artist - Tall Figurative Landscape Painting Woman Enjoying Birds Sky
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,625
Light - Original Oil Painting Figurative Realism Ocean Fish Deep Sea Swimming
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
$1,775
Recovery - Original Oil Painting on Canvas Streets of San Francisco Runner
By Michelle Fillmore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bay Area artist Michelle Fillmore found her love of oil painting at the University of Las Vegas, where she graduated with a BA in Painting and Drawing in 2015.
Canvas, Oil
$6,200
H 20 in W 16 in
"The Bather" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait, Nude
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "The Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude female in a landscape, bathed in light, with a towel draped around her. The painting ...
Oil, Panel
$2,850
H 36 in W 60 in
Morning Blooming - Butter Yellow Floral Landscape Mixed Media Art on Canvas
By Amber Goldhammer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Canvas, Latex, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$1,508
H 20 in W 39.5 in
Large Nude Oil Painting, Vintage Female Reclining Nude, Post-Impressionist Nude
By Georges-Pierre Guinegault
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large 1970's female reclining nude by renown French artist, Georges Pierre Guinegault (1893 – 1983) who is famous for his nudes. This fabulous oil on stretched canvas is signed in t...
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Floating Weightlessly - Oil painting of nude female swimmer, turquoise sea water
By Anastasia Gklava
Located in Dallas, TX
"Floating Weightlessly" is a stunning oil painting of a beautiful nude swimmer, floating through expansive turquoise waters. Artist Anastasia Gklava's oil painting technique is fresh...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,089
H 4.73 in W 6.7 in D 0.04 in
Kristine DeBell - Vintage Photo by Helmut Newton - 1970s
By Helmut Newton
Located in Roma, IT
Kristine DeBell is a vintage photo, realized b Helmut Newton in the 1970s. The artwork represent fashion model and actress in 1970s.
Photographic Paper
$928
H 31.89 in W 21.26 in D 0.99 in
Nude Woman - Oil Paint attr. Edgar Stoebel - Mid-20th Century
By Edgar Stoëbel
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an artwork attribuited to Edgar Stoebel (1909-2001). 81 x 45 cm; no frame. Oil painting on canvas. Good conditions.
Canvas, Oil
Anew
By Elizabeth Geisler
Located in Burlingame, CA
Elizabeth Geisler is best known for contemporary paintings of water that bridge realism and abstraction. At close range, her surfaces appear loose and painterly, while from a distanc...
Acrylic, Panel
Summer Swim
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
BE WATER
By DARIA DUDOCHNYKOVA
Located in Zofingen, AG
She floats where silence begins — just beneath the skin of the water. Her form is neither here nor gone, dissolving into rhythm and light. There is no past, no edge, no name — only t...
Oil, Wood Panel
$34,560
H 70.8 in W 48 in D 0.1 in
Aventure d'une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
By Uwe Ommer
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
Color, Archival Pigment
$800
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Wild Things (Till Death do us Part) - 2005 50x50cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs, Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory #...
Parchment Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
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
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
$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
$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
$5,100
H 22 in W 30 in
"Slide Right (Paper)" figurative oil painting of swimmer underwater red swimsuit
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Oil, Paper
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