Alexandre Schaller Art

Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...

This original framed figurative painting by Natasha Lelenco blends surreal portraiture with botanical elements, capturing the essence of nature, transf...

Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...

Brett Hammond’s spray-painted canvas panels pay homage to pop art traditions as he explores his own interests in satire, drama, and romantic tension. Above all, his work is smart, fu...

Kawaii portrait painting with emoji eyes and ornate oval frame exploring digital identity, self-performance and the visual language of contemporary communication. Yellow Emoji is a unique portrait painting by Natasha Lelenco from her ongoing You Are The One series, a body of work investigating how identity is constructed, stylized and consumed within contemporary image culture. The painting depicts a frontal female portrait rendered in saturated yellow tones and framed within an ornate oval structure painted in the same luminous color. The figure's most striking feature is her emoji-like eyes, which transform a traditional painted portrait into an image suspended between human presence and digital representation. These simplified symbols of emotion introduce the visual vocabulary of social media, messaging platforms and online communication into the language of contemporary portraiture. Throughout the You Are The One series, Lelenco explores the relationship between individuality and repetition. Faces appear simultaneously unique and standardized, echoing the ways identities are continuously performed, filtered and circulated through digital networks. In Yellow Emoji, the direct gaze, symmetrical composition and intense chromatic palette reinforce this tension between personal expression and visual coding. The ornate oval frame plays a fundamental role in the work. Referencing historical portrait traditions while being painted in an artificial monochromatic yellow, it creates a dialogue between classical representation and contemporary screen culture. The frame functions as a threshold between past and present, between the physical object and the endless flow of digital images. Executed with acrylic paint, spray paint and Posca markers on canvas, the work combines meticulous portrait painting with the graphic immediacy of contemporary visual culture. The result is a figurative portrait that operates simultaneously as painting, icon and reflection on the mechanisms through which identity is seen, shared and interpreted today. Part of Natasha Lelenco's broader investigation into digital identity, visual repetition and symbolic portraiture, this work is particularly suited for collectors interested in portrait painting, pop surrealism, digital culture, kawaii aesthetics and contemporary figurative art. Original Title: Yellow Emoji Series: You Are The One Medium: Acrylic, Spray Paint and Posca Markers on Canvas Frame: Ornate Oval Frame Painted...

"10:45 am" is an acrylic painting on canvas created from life and inspired by David Hockney’s Californian aesthetic. The composition presents a female figure seen from behind, standi...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Loyal Pal Year: 1994 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled and dated on stretchers Size: 72 inches, Diameter

Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a girl standing on the shoreline, sh...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Private Showing Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas on board, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 24 x 52 inches

Artist: Peter Max, German/American (1937) Title: Profile Year: 1986 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed u.r. Size: 40 in. x 30 in. (101.6 cm x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 49.5 x 39.5 inches

Contemporary pop art inspired pixelated rendition of a detail from Leonardo da Vinci's renowned painting, the "Mona Lisa." Similar to pointillism, the individual hand-painted blocks...

Contemporary pop art inspired pixelated portrait of iconic movie actress Marilyn Monroe. Similar to pointillism, the individual hand-painted blocks of color come together to form the...