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Bill Bate Nude Paintings

British, b. 1962

Bill Bate is a contemporary figurative artist. He was trained at the prestigious Central Saint Martins School of Art in London and developed the knowledge and understanding of his practice. His atmospheric paintings focus both on the uses of dramatic lighting and above all on the human form and are emotional responses to the body in movement, at rest, and the body observed. Bate's work has a broad range of influences from Caravaggio to Alma Tadema and Rothko.

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Artist: Bill Bate
Ocean Figures - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Ocean Figures - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Ocean Figures - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morphosis II Oil Paint on Canvas by Bill Bate
Morphosis II Oil Paint on Canvas by Bill Bate

Morphosis II Oil Paint on Canvas by Bill Bate

By Bill Bate

Located in Deddington, GB

‘Morphosis II’ has been painted by the artist, Bill Bate, using oil paint on canvas. This painting started out as a single figure but has been heavily reworked evolving into a scene...

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2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surface
Surface

Surface

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Right Place
Right Place

Right Place

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Genesis
Genesis

Genesis

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morphosis II underwater painting , blue painting , sea painting, people painting
Morphosis II underwater painting , blue painting , sea painting, people painting

Morphosis II underwater painting , blue painting , sea painting, people painting

By Bill Bate

Located in Deddington, GB

'Morphosis II' has been painted by the artist, Bill Bate, using oil paint on canvas. This painting started out as a single figure but has been heavily reworked evolving into a scen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Journey
Journey

Journey

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mortehoe Sun: Oil Paint on Canvas

Mortehoe Sun: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Referential- Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Referential- Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Referential- Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Calm Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Calm Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Calm Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tresaith Coast: Oil Paint on Canvas

Tresaith Coast: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Clear Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nude: Oil Paint on Canvas
Clear Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nude: Oil Paint on Canvas

Clear Blue - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nude: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fusion - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Fusion - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Fusion - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Inner Voice - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Inner Voice - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Inner Voice - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elements & Senses - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas
Elements & Senses - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

Elements & Senses - Atmospheric, Other-worldly Nudes: Oil Paint on Canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Turmoil  -orange and yellow underwater figurative painting oil on canvas
Turmoil  -orange and yellow underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

Turmoil -orange and yellow underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing but it is t...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Screwe Moral - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2025

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By Elena Mardashova

Located in Roma, IT

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The Abyss - Original Oil Painting of Nude Figures Wandering Into a Body of Water
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Located in Chicago, IL

This beautiful grouping of nude figures wandering into the abyss are seen from behind in various states of undress. Master painter Bruno Surdo creates compelling and mysterious narratives in his classically inspired artworks. Bruno Surdo The Abyss oil on canvas 24h x 48w in 60.96h x 121.92w cm Bruno A. Surdo b. 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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 Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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Adjacent Worlds  Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal
Adjacent Worlds  Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal

Adjacent Worlds Female Nude with Braids Looking at Her Reflection Thru a Portal

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

A female nude stares at what we are to believe is her reflection yet at closer look we see what looks like a cosmic portal. Is she really staring at her reflection or is this an adjacent world as Bruno would suggest with it's title? Bruno Surdo Adjacent Worlds oil on canvas 60h x 36w in 152h x 91w cm BRS068 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 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...

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Eros and Psyche in L.A.

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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Venus - Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed, 21st Century

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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"Making Space" Lauren Rinaldi, oil painting, figurative, nude

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

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By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

The dramatic luminescence of Bill Bate’s other-worldly figures are evocative, atmospheric and mesmerising. From the depths of the ocean to celestial heights, the rich pigmentation o...

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2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Azure (Ascension) - contemporary underwater nude figures
Blue Azure (Ascension) - contemporary underwater nude figures

Blue Azure (Ascension) - contemporary underwater nude figures

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: ‘I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing but it is the body itself that interests me rather than the activities in particular. It is the physicality of the form and the beauty of the athletic figure that makes me want to paint. I usually have an idea of how I want the painting to look but in some pieces the original idea moves into something else and I leave some of the older workings, the initial sketches and drawing...

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2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glow - contemporary under water nude figures oil painting
Glow - contemporary under water nude figures oil painting

Glow - contemporary under water nude figures oil painting

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: ‘I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden

Bill BateGolden, 2018

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H 36.23 in W 48.04 in

Golden

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: 'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silent Blue - blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas
Silent Blue - blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

Silent Blue - blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: 'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Resonance - contemporary underwater blue woman figure oil painting
Resonance - contemporary underwater blue woman figure oil painting

Resonance - contemporary underwater blue woman figure oil painting

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: 'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shimmer ll

Bill BateShimmer ll, 2018

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H 36.23 in W 48.04 in

Shimmer ll

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

Bill Bate: 'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Luminescence  -blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas
Luminescence  -blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

Luminescence -blue and green underwater figurative painting oil on canvas

By Bill Bate

Located in London, GB

'I have always been inspired by the human figure and the effect light has upon it. I have used various ways of portraying the body such as dance, swimming and also boxing but it is t...

Category

2010s Contemporary Bill Bate Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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