Diane Flick is a Bay Area artist who paints quirky portraits of robots with a playful color palette and masterful realism. Diane Flick majored in art during college and went on to graduate school, receiving her MA in humanities with a creative study emphasis in 2001. Each of Diane’s robots expresses its own humanlike and idiosyncratic personality. From an early age, she had a fascination with inanimate objects and often imagined what they would be like with human characteristics. Her portfolio explores the human experience through non-human subjects.
The Narrowing Down of Molly Hinglebottom, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A girl with a yellow Gerbera daisy for a head holds an orange refrigerator with human limbs in one hand and a cupcake topped with a telephone on the other. This...
Oil
Pippin Bumble's Favorite Time of Day, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A robot elephant balances an heirloom tomato and a pot of daisy flower on its head. This is artist Diane Flick's first painting using AI-generated reference p...
Oil
The Slow Ride of Millie Tinker, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An ostrich glides forward on colorful roller skates, balancing a gramophone, books, and an apple on its back. Headphones rest over its ears, and a carrot dang...
Oil
The Think Piece, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Stacked like rocks on the shore, artist Diane Flick plays with scale, color, texture, and joyful imagery—creating a quirky, awkward, and jovial childlike ba...
Oil
Good Things, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Dwelling in a space of absolute simplicity, free from endless mental chatter, seems quite appealing. A tiny robot with a die is captivated by what exists befo...
Oil
Cookie, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A 'bot's best friend is his hedgehog," says Diane Flick. "Fill in the blanks with various other creature comforts and random additions, and we have the makin...
Mixed Media
Scooter, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Make true your spirit through solidarity with your sisters and brothers, and by doing super studly things," says Diane Flick of this playful scene. Her latest series of ink and watercolor drawings adds more characters to her invented universe where robots befriend animals and devour delicious treats. These diminutive drawings work well on their own, or tell a great story in groups of three or five.
About the Artist
Diane Flick is a Bay Area artist who paints quirky portraits of robots with a playful color palette and masterful realism. Each of Diane’s robots expresses its own humanlike and idiosyncratic personality. From an early age, she had a fascination with inanimate objects and often imagined what they would be like with human characteristics. Her portfolio explores the human experience through non-human subjects.
Words that describe this painting: robot, weightlifting, skateboard, pop surrealism, Eric Joyner...
Mixed Media
Peanut, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A true gift sparks joy in my heart and a craving for jelly," says Diane Flick of this playful scene. Her latest series of ink and watercolor drawings adds more characters to her invented universe where robots befriend animals and devour delicious treats. These diminutive drawings work well on their own, or tell a great story in groups of three or five.
About the Artist
Diane Flick is a Bay Area artist who paints quirky portraits of robots with a playful color palette and masterful realism. Each of Diane’s robots expresses its own humanlike and idiosyncratic personality. From an early age, she had a fascination with inanimate objects and often imagined what they would be like with human characteristics. Her portfolio explores the human experience through non-human subjects.
Words that describe this painting: robot, peanut, gift, present, pop surrealism, Eric...
Mixed Media
The Ecstasy of Colonel Picklebottom, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Diane Flick presents a glimpse into someone else's image of utopia. "Colonel Picklebottom's otherworldly dream persists only to exist," says Diane. In ...
Oil
Bixby's Compromise, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A white chicken with a quirky stack of objects on its head balances on a unicycle. The pile includes a coffee cup, a potted plant, an egg, a toy truck, books,...
Oil
High Noon at the Stardust Grogshop, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Around noon on a Friday, a tiny rider in a pink tutu balances atop a green dinosaur adorned with a yellow daisy. They navigate the ta...
Oil
Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...
Oil
The Human Condition, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece blends collaged pages from an old novel with translucent oil glazes as a background. The subjects—a primate, a tennis ball, and a shoe—are rendered in opaque and calm tones. The piece delves into the human condition...
Mixed Media
'Bots Best Friend
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is made of hand cut and torn paper adhered to a cradled masonite panel with matte medium. It is the first collage in the 'Bots series. What starte...
Mixed Media
Roger That, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I love that we can turn sheets of paper into an afternoon of soaring adventures over tropical islands, with terrible beasts and beautiful waterfalls, with our...
Mixed Media
Friend
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
On a blue-sky day, two friends meet up and talk about everything. One is logical, lightening quick, and forthright. The other is simple, intuitive and uninhi...
Mixed Media
YiJian Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Caprice 3"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Caprice 3 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: YiJian Wang...
Canvas, Oil
$800Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 11 in D 1.75 in
A Rose for My Faithful Fiend, Collage on Medal , 11 x 11, Blotter, Custom Frame
By Inez Storer
Located in Houston, TX
A Rose for A Friend by Inez Storer is oil on medal with mixed media. It is 11 x 11 and mounted on a wooden display box so there i s no need for a fr...
Metal
$2,084
H 25.6 in W 21.66 in D 0.99 in
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON- Original people surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
$8,850
H 22 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
"Watermelon by the Sea" surrealistic still life on the beach, Florida
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Watermelon by the Sea" is a surrealistic still life on the beach. Ackrill takes inspiration from his beach surroundings in Florida. Artist Bio Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,330Sale Price|26% Off
H 39.38 in W 31.89 in
Hunting Still Life oil on canvas painting
By Josep Serrasanta
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title of the Artwork: Hunting Still Life Artist: Josep Serrasanta (1916-1998) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.37 x 31.89 in Date: 1949 Artistic Movement: Romantic Realism wit...
Canvas, Oil
$900
H 11 in W 14 in
"Cabbage Patch Kids" (2025) Original Surrealist Animal Still-Life, Oil Painting
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Cabbage Patch Kids" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas. This piece is framed at 16.5" x 19.5". Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical ...
Linen, Oil
$3,325
H 22 in Dm 22 in
Bluebird, Tulip Petals - Framed Botanical Flowers & Birds Still Life Painting
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The figurative surrealistic paintings of Carlos Gamez de Francisco are heavily influenced by his Cuban upbringing in a Russian-governed academic setting. This presence exposed Franci...
Canvas, Acrylic
$450
H 8 in W 8 in D 0.7 in
"The Tiny Explorer", Surreal, Bird, Flowers, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Oil Painting
By Anita Zotkina
Located in Franklin, MA
Anita Zotkina’s “The Tiny Explorer” is an 8 × 8 × 0.7 inch oil on canvas painted in 2025. This intimate work captures a young yellow bird looking upward in quiet curiosity, surrounde...
Canvas, Oil
$597
H 1.19 in Dm 18.12 in
Unicorn Pigeon - Original contemporary artwork - surrealistic animal painting
By JJ Galloway
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
$528
H 1.19 in Dm 11.82 in
Banana Bangs - Original contemporary artwork - surrealistic animal painting
By JJ Galloway
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
$9,000
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
"Yggdrasil" (2025) Original Surrealist Landscape and Still-Life, Oil Painting
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Yggdrasil" is an original oil painting on stretched canvas. Artist Statement: This painting is part of my "Magical Realism" series. Yggdrasil is the tree of life ce...
Linen, Oil
$528
H 1.19 in Dm 11.82 in
Fruit Pancake Top - Original contemporary artwork - surrealistic animal painting
By JJ Galloway
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil
Fancy Meeting You Here, Oil Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"'So, what’s your sign?', 'You come here often?', or 'Can I buy you a drink?', are some lines one would never hear in this situation, in this setting, and wit...
Oil
Zarnoz, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A kindness shared among strangers blurs boundaries between those with heartbeats and those without," says Diane Flick. Her latest series of ink and watercolo...
Mixed Media
Swinger, Original Painting
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"If I could be anywhere in the world, doing anything at all, without condition, without effort, without justification, it would be this, right here, right now...
Mixed Media
Cole
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This artwork was joyfully created exclusively for the 2018 UGallery Ornamental Artworks Collection. Each painting comes gift-wrapped and includes a petite eas...
Oil
Stretch
By Diane Flick
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This artwork was joyfully created exclusively for the 2018 UGallery Ornamental Artworks Collection. Each painting comes gift-wrapped and includes a petite eas...
Oil