Eric Zener is a self-taught Photorealist artist recognized for his figure paintings of lone subjects often submerged in swimming pools.
Zener employs water as a metaphorical tool to express renewal and personal transformation. It speaks to the collective desire in all of us to retreat from the noise of the world, challenging the shallow, surface-level questions and concerns that frame our daily lives. Additionally, Zener works across a broad spectrum of materials, including paint, silver leaf, and resin, to create texture, depth, and dimensionality in his work.
Zener’s work has been exhibited in the United States, and internationally, for over 25 years. His solo exhibition history has largely been with his long-standing dealers in San Francisco and New York. Additionally, Zener has had numerous shows in Asia, Australia and Europe. Eric’s work has been featured and reviewed extensively in art magazines and other publications. Apart from gallery representation his work has also been included in museum shows and international residency programs.
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Repose - Contemporary Oil Painting, Framed Seascape, Tranquil Blue, 60x70
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener In Zener’s view, through consciously observing the natural movement of water we may arrive at wisdom. “The ocean, in all its moods, becomes a vis...
Canvas, Oil
$72,000Sale Price|20% Off
SELF - Contemporary Realism / Swimmer / Waterscape / Male Figure
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. ...
Canvas, Oil
HOW TO BE HAPPY - Underwater Photorealism / Female Swimmer / Large Portrait
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in ...
Canvas, Oil
SUMMER RIPPLE - Contemporary / Figurative / Swimmer
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a qu...
Canvas, Oil
PATHWAYS - Abstract Landscape / Branches and Tree / Blue and Brown
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Eric Zener Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a...
Canvas, Oil
ETHEREAL- Blue Water / Female Swimmer / Floating Free / Photorealism
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. ...
Canvas, Oil
$58,000
ABOVE IT ALL - Contemporary Realism / Male Figure Swimmer / Ladder Journey Sky
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a que...
Canvas, Oil
A Blending Into - Realism Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas, 36x60
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Signed on Verso. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in a quest to observe a...
Canvas, Oil
$41,600Sale Price|20% Off
NIGHT PLUNGE II - Contemporary Realism / Water / Ocean / Deep Blue
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, OR) completed his BA in 1988 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. As an artist he has been engaged in ...
Canvas, Oil
$125
H 14 in W 11 in D 1 in
"Raining Cats and Dogs" - Contemporary Mixed-Media Collage on Wood
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Born in Rockford, Illinois, 1951 Zoa Ace creates figurative oil paintings that explore human relationships through theatrical narratives infused with symbolic animals and whimsical...
Canvas, Oil
$29,000
H 37.5 in W 37.5 in
Gratuitous Violence_Billy Schenck_Oil/Canvas_ Figurative/Text/Pop Western
By Billy Schenck
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
BILLY SCHENCK "Gratuitous Violence" Oil on Canvas 37.5 x 37.5 in. framed Billy Schenck utilizes specific frames of reference in his oil on canvas depictions of the American West, e...
Canvas, Oil
Window
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon is widely recognized for his calm, contemplative landscapes and skyscapes, paintings that hold stillness, clarity, and a quiet reverence for nature. In this exhibition,...
Canvas, Oil
Echoing Hidden Garden (HG224 Hidden Gardens)
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Created using a bright, rich palette, Hidden Gardens further explores Hirst’s obsession with lush landscapes and playing with perspective. These densely-layered works bridge traditio...
Oil, Canvas
$32,751
H 57.09 in W 83.86 in
The Connor Brothers The Truth Will Set You Free Oil Painting
By The Connor Brothers
Located in London, GB
The Truth Will Set You Free (Marine Painting). 2019 Oil on canvas 213 x 145 cm Framed The Connor Brothers, an artistic duo, are famous for their figures with sarcastic, playful and...
Canvas, Oil
$14,720
H 40.2 in W 47.2 in
Dimitri Likissas - Mubadala, Abu Dhabi (Tennis Court), Painting 2022
By Dimitri Likissas
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: Pop Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$25,000
H 55.12 in W 51.19 in D 1.19 in
Large Colourful Exotic Portrait and Landscape Painting "Chapeau!"
By Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, medium to large scale exotic landscape and portrait painting with vivid colours and details. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists and fauvists, ...
Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic
Moving Sky
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon is widely recognized for his calm, contemplative landscapes and skyscapes, paintings that hold stillness, clarity, and a quiet reverence for nature. In this exhibition,...
Canvas, Oil
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Portrait of a Shirtless Man
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Canvas, Oil
Jan Harr 'Cloud studies' oil on canvas painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Jan Harr (Norwegian b. 1945) Cloud studies oil on canvas signed JAN HARR (lower right) Canvas 15 x 18 ¼in. In a silver and black frame 18 1/4in H x 21 1/2 in L x 1 3/4in D Provenan...
Canvas, Oil
$11,305
H 44.89 in W 127.56 in
Myrdal, Norway by Calo Carratalá - Winter mountain landscape, snowy weather
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Myrdal, Norway is a unique oil on canvas painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 114 × 324 cm (44.9 × 127.6 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed a...
Canvas, Oil
$15,097
H 59.06 in W 118.12 in
Flamingos at Lake Manyara by Calo Carratalá - Large waterscape painting, birds
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Flamingos at Lake Manyara is a unique oil painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 150 × 300 cm (59.1 × 118.1 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 50 in W 44 in
ENVELOP - Contemporary Figurative Realism / Swimmer / Diver / Water
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Eric Zener. The painting is signed.
Canvas, Oil
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H 44 in W 88 in
REJOINING, photo-realism, landscape, dense forest, grey sky, green, vivid color
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener.
Canvas, Oil
LOOKING AHEAD, man in water, photorealism, underwater, swimmer
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psych...
Resin, Mixed Media
EPHEMERA I, Swimmer, Blue Water, Pool, Bubbles, Female Form
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in the water. A self-taught artist, Zener manipulates li...
Canvas, Oil
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H 88 in W 66 in
Unbound, Contemporary Realist Painting, Oil, Figurative, Swimmer, Ocean, Blue
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
In this painting, a large female swimmer comes into close-view as she rises from under the blue pool water towards the surface. The painting is similar to a large selfie or an underw...
Canvas, Oil
Where I End and You Begin
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psych...
Canvas, Oil
Deep Voyager
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psychologically ...
Canvas, Oil
A Clear Opening Ahead
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, Oregon) is an American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools. Zener is a self-taught ar...
Canvas, Oil
Breaking the Surface Tension
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psychologically ...
Canvas, Oil
Thin Line Study II
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic oil paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psychologica...
Mixed Media, Resin
Blissful Descent
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. Zener manipulates light to create psychologically ...
Canvas, Oil
Letting Go
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Eric Zener (b. 1966, Astoria, Oregon) is an American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools. Zener is a self-taught artist. His new series turns to large scale, bright yet enigmatic canvases based on amusement park water slides...
Oil