Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, New York. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter and art educator. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her work in mural projects, mixed media installations and sculptures. With over 14 years of experience in the industry, she has worked extensively with architects and designers nationwide during every phase of a project. Droze has worked with a variety of public art agencies including the Chicago Public Art Group, the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, the Indianapolis Arts Council, Cleveland Public Art and numerous municipalities as well as large corporations, including the Forbes Company. She also completed a large-scale mixed media mural in Nagpur, India on the facade of a government complex. Droze’s paintings can be seen in galleries and collections across the country.
Decadent - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon the...
Canvas, Oil
Lost with Peacocks - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Lost with Peacocks” bursts with life and color, showcasing a dynamic gathering of peacocks amidst a lavish bed of roses. The peacocks, elegantly poised, display their iridescent fea...
Canvas, Oil
Will and Desire - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Erupt - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Companions - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Companions” is made using oil and embroidery on canvas. It is part of the latest series created by the American artist Augustina Droze. Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses ...
Canvas, Oil, Thread, Yarn
Reproach - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon...
Canvas, Thread, Oil
Sirens - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Sirens” tapestry of surrealism and symbolism. It showcases a central human figure intricately adorned with a mosaic of colorful patterns, seamlessly blending into a lush, fantastica...
Canvas, Oil
Zodiac Flora - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Zodiac Flora” is a mesmerizing fusion of nature and surrealism, depicting a fantastical scene where fauna and flora coexist harmoniously in a dreamlike landscape. Dominated by vivid...
Canvas, Oil
The Discovery - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“The Discovery” is an enchanting tableau of the natural world, brimming with dynamic movement and vivid color. At its heart, an assortment of exotic animals—flamingo, leopard, and pa...
Canvas, Oil
Lost with Monkeys - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Lost with Monkeys” an enchanting fusion of natural beauty and surrealism, where monkeys are intricately dressed in vibrantly colored, oversized floral costumes. Each animal is adorn...
Canvas, Oil
Athena - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Athena” presents a vibrant and surreal composition centered around a classical bust adorned with intricate blue floral patterns. The headpiece, an ornate golden helmet, features tin...
Canvas, Oil
Decadent - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Decadent” masterfully merges nature with intricate design. Dominating the composition is a bird enveloped in delicate blue floral patterns reminiscent of fine porcelain, a striking ...
Canvas, Oil
Dragon Nebula - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Dragon Nebula” features a majestic dragon intricately woven from an array of lush flowers, demonstrating a seamless blend of fantasy and nature. The dragon's scales are crafted from...
Canvas, Oil
Philippines - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Philippines” presents an enchanting surreal scene where nature flourishes in symphonic harmony. At the heart is a vibrant bouquet of pink and red blossoms, interspersed with exotic ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,098
Dreamscape with Two Birds - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Azureca - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon the...
Canvas, Oil, Thread
Feast - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Parrots with Pearls - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Purple Riders - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon the...
Canvas, Thread, Oil
Twist - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Twist” juxtaposes nature’s splendor, merging birds, butterflies, and starfish in a stunning composition. Dominated by a central bird, likely a cockatiel, the piece features intricat...
Canvas, Oil
Rosa - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
The Dance - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“The Dance” presents a dynamic interplay of nature and imagination. Dominated by two origami-inspired birds, the scene bursts with color and movement. The left bird, adorned in deep,...
Canvas, Oil
Muse with Rabbits - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Mustang - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Mustang” features a horse intricately adorned with vibrant, swirling red patterns that cover its entire visage, merging seamlessly with the blue floral background. The artist skillf...
Canvas, Oil
Emerging - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The contemporary artist Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon ...
Canvas, Oil
Lost with Crocodiles - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Lost with Crocodiles” vividly depicts a surreal gathering of intricately textured crocodile figures, each showcasing a unique, vibrant color palette. Nestled amidst lush waves of ro...
Canvas, Oil
$16,000
H 38.94 in W 32.94 in
Reflections of the Jungle /// Big Cat Tiger India Asia Wildlife Animal Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Reflections of the Jungle" Series: Wildlife *Signed by Sehring lower right Circa: 1995 Medium: Original Oil Paintin...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Wait Nearby
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$1,721
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 1.58 in
- 21st Century Contemporary realistic Painting of a bird
By Ria Koreman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ria Koreman Wren 30 x 24 cm (framed included in price 35 x 29 cm) Ria Korenman paints what many people overlook: the magic in everyday life. Especially birds, with a soft spot for t...
Canvas, Oil
Nectar
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$600
H 16 in W 16 in D 1 in
Run Bun Run Oil Painting on Cotton Canvas, Contemporary, Framed
By Evy Olsen Halvorsen
Located in Kingston, WA
This is a fanciful image of a child exploring the world and finding delight in the nature around her, surprise and simple pleasures
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,721
H 11.82 in W 9.45 in D 1.58 in
Blue tit - 21st Century Contemporary realistic Painting of a bird
By Ria Koreman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Ria Koreman Blue tit 30 x 24 cm (framed included in price 35 x 29 cm) Ria Korenman paints what many people overlook: the magic in everyday life. Especially birds, with a soft spot f...
Canvas, Oil
$7,900
H 48 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Woven Jungle - Landscape Nature Painting With Animals By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Woven Jungle - Landscape Nature Painting With Animals By Marc Zimmerman This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. This large tropical jungle painting depict...
Canvas, Oil
$3,570
H 33 in W 26 in D 1 in
"Octopus" Oil painting 33" x 26" inch by Alina Shimova
By Alina Shimova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Octopus" Oil painting 33" x 26" inch by Alina Shimova PURE SOUL series Shimova cares about the conservation of the fauna. She draws public attention to the problems of animals, e...
Canvas, Oil
Moment
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$2,200
H 38 in W 58 in D 1.5 in
"Wild Horses, " Oil Painting by Zoa Ace, Horses and Shells
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Wild Horses" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting seven horses with a coyote in the distance. The piece is on gallery wrapped stretched canvas and is...
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 64 in W 66.5 in
Nature's Web of Dependency - Large Scale Oil Painting with Animals and People
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting exemplifies Bruno Surdo’s synthesis of Renaissance figuration, Northern allegory, and psychological symbolism. Female figures twist and overlap beneath a lattice of tree branches, while animals—a lamb, fox, squirrel, hummingbird—inhabit the same compressed pictorial space. The interlocking limbs and diagonals recall High Renaissance and Mannerist strategies of sculptural composition, and Surdo’s atelier training is evident in the anatomical precision and volumetric modeling of flesh. Yet the scene feels intentionally dense and claustrophobic. Rather than a pastoral idyll, the forest becomes charged—alive with tension, concealment, and layered meaning. The symbolic animals situate the work within a long art historical lineage. The lamb evokes innocence or sacrifice; the fox suggests cunning and instinct; birds often signify fragility or spirit; the spider embedded in the branches recalls vanitas traditions of the Dutch Golden Age, where small creatures signal mortality and hidden threat. However, the background introduces an additional, more psychological register: the partially obscured eye and the numbers 3, 5, and 7. These are not naturalistic elements; they intrude like fragments from another realm. Their presence subtly aligns with Jungian thought—an area of interest for Surdo—where numbers function as archetypal structures of order within the psyche. In Jungian symbolism, such numbers carry qualitative meaning rather than mere quantity, suggesting stages, wholeness, embodiment, or cycles of psychic development. Their appearance within the forest—traditionally a metaphor for the unconscious—suggests the mind’s attempt to map or structure instinctual terrain. The eye, half-hidden behind branches, intensifies this reading. It can be understood as a symbol of awareness or consciousness emerging from within the thicket of instinct. Rather than divine omniscience, it feels psychological—an archetypal “watcher” embedded in the natural world. The forest thus becomes more than environment; it reads as psychic landscape. Surdo collapses civilization and instinct, rational structure and animal impulse, into a single visual field. Within his broader oeuvre—often concerned with the tension between performance and authenticity, order and chaos—this work becomes a contemporary myth of the psyche. Renaissance form provides authority and structure, while allegorical animals and Jungian symbols suggest the layered architecture of the unconscious. The result is a painting that feels timeless yet inwardly modern: a meditation on innocence, predation, awareness, and the hidden numerical and symbolic frameworks through which the human mind seeks to understand its own wilderness. Bruno Surdo Nature's Web of Dependency oil on canvas 64h x 66.50w in 162.56h x 168.91w cm BRS082 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden...
Canvas, Oil
Shuai Liu Animal Original Oil Painting "Chant Goose"
By Shuai liu
Located in New York, NY
Title: Chant Goose Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is...
Canvas, Oil
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H 35.44 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in
Lovers - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Lovers” masterfully blends nature and surrealism, featuring two entwined flamingos with vibrant pink plumage that miraculously transform into lush, blooming roses. The flamingos' el...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 20 in D 1 in
Contemporary Photorealist Painting Snake Butterfly Animal Colorful Beetles frame
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Beijing, China and Barcelona Spain. This painting is from a new series of watercolor paintings begun by the artist during the quarantine. Sh...
Paper, Watercolor
Netting # 2
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Beijing, China. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art thro...
Canvas, Oil
Insects in a Mound
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze creates optically powerful paintings of sumptuous color and mandala-like symmetrical compositions. These paintings depict small arran...
Canvas, Oil
Arrangement with Blowfish
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Canvas, Oil
Feather
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Oil, Wood
Crawfish in a Drop
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Canvas, Oil
Arrangement with Parakeets
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Canvas, Oil
Two Blowfish
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Canvas, Oil
Goldfish in a Ring
By Augustina Droze
Located in Buffalo, NY
Augustina Droze is an artist based in Buffalo, NY. She works primarily as a public artist and muralist as well as a painter. Droze is familiar with large scale public art through her...
Canvas, Oil