Diane Flick Art
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.
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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 ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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"The silence is broken only by the occasional mechanical slurp of tongue on lolly, flutter of paper-thin wing and hum of hovering metal body," says Diane Flic...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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,...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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 ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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Artist Diane Flick paints a surrealist scene of home appliances descending the sky in parachutes. The first in her playful Anthromorphic Vintage Appliance series. "They love, they ponder, they tire, they argue, they weave intricate and colorful tapestries, and they skydive," narrates Diane. She depicts a vivid, calm, and symmetrically centered visual style drawing influence from Wes Anderson.
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: parachuting, parachute, refrigerator, phone, telephone, television, vintage, appliances, Wes Anderson, sky, calm, serene, surrealism, silly, Eric Joyner...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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"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...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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"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...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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"A kindness shared among strangers blurs boundaries between those with heartbeats and those without," says Diane Flick. Her latest series of ink and watercolo...
21st Century and Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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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...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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"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...
21st Century and Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Diane Flick Art
Panel, Oil
1960s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Oil, Board
Early 2000s Expressionist Diane Flick Art
Metal
1940s Impressionist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Old Masters Diane Flick Art
Oil
2010s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Panel, Oil
2010s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
2010s Pop Art Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Diane Flick Art
Canvas, Oil
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"'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...
21st Century and Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Oil
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"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...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Mixed Media
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This artwork was joyfully created exclusively for the 2018 UGallery Ornamental Artworks Collection. Each painting comes gift-wrapped and includes a petite eas...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Oil
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This artwork was joyfully created exclusively for the 2018 UGallery Ornamental Artworks Collection. Each painting comes gift-wrapped and includes a petite eas...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Diane Flick Art
Oil