Paul Medina Paintings

American, b. 1951

Paul Medina is an Oklahoma artist who has been making art for over 40 years. He has always worked in a mixed media format, saying he was “much too restless” to be confined to any one medium. Part of the joy of making art is the struggle through the unknown of materials and new tools. The main search of diverse mediums has been to find the right combination to express his concepts in the best possible way. His themes have remained constant through the years. Capturing human truths, the ether that binds us all in countless ways, has been the overriding goal of Medina’s work. Through the late seventies and on into the early nineties, Medina flourished as a gallery artist. He was represented throughout the United States; doing many one and two person shows each year. Besides the many galleries that represented Medina over the years, he also exhibited at the Oklahoma Museum of Art, The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Throughout his commercial success, he amassed collectors from all over the world including writer Judith Blume of New York, the late actor, Robin William of San Francisco, and Yannick Noah of Paris, France to name a few. In the early nineties came a crucial period for Medina. He took a break from the gallery business and concentrated on developing a more personal approach to art making and refining his craft. This period created a body of work that continues to this day. Each piece tries to encapsulate how the artist feels about the world and the subtle emotions that we all share. Today, Medina continues to try new things, working with clay and wood and creates painting using acrylic paints and other mixed mediums. He keeps busy with numerous commissions and occasionally exhibits locally and in surrounding states. Paul Medina is mainly of Spanish and French descent. Although not raised in the traditional ethnic heritage of his ancestors, his work, in many ways, reflects the artistic traditions of those cultures. He has spent his life learning of these cultures that have, without doubt, marked his work in striking way.

Artist: Paul Medina

Paul Medina'Safe Place #1, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022, 2022

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'Safe Place #1, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022

By Paul Medina

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

"Safe Place #1", a mixed media canvas measuring 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches, was part of Medina's solo exhibition, "Spaces In Between." The work features three male Cardinals perched on briar branches rendered in blues and greens against an orange sky. The vignetting of darker colors at the bottom corners sweeps up along the left and right margins to cradle the bottom two Cardinals...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Paul Medina'Calm in the Briar, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2021

$3,125

'Calm in the Briar, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting

By Paul Medina

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 36" x 36" x 1.5" 2021 mixed media on canvas work by Paul Medina is from his "Roses and Thorns" series reflecting on grief. The soft pink roses and lavender flowers embody the ho...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Oil

Paul Medina'Mid-Autumn, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022, 2022

$3,250

'Mid-Autumn, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022

By Paul Medina

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This square-format mixed media landscape painting on canvas by Paul Medina, 'Mid-Autumn, from 2022, measures 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches. Several species of birds...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Irena OrlovAbstract Landscape Mixed Media Canvas Painting 45x45" The clarity of a shore, 2019

$7,800

H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in

Abstract Landscape Mixed Media Canvas Painting 45x45" The clarity of a shore

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Jenny DayNearly Somewhere 001, 2015

$1,750

H 12 in W 36 in

Nearly Somewhere 001

By Jenny Day

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jenny Day is a painter who divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She paints a fragmented space, examining human demand and the effects of environmental d...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Lesley Anne SpowartOn Golden Pond, Contemporary Mixed Media Landscape Painting, Vibrant Lake Scene, 2026

$14,000

H 52 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

On Golden Pond, Contemporary Mixed Media Landscape Painting, Vibrant Lake Scene

By Lesley Anne Spowart

Located in Carmel, CA

Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "On Golden Pond" 2026 Oil paint, oil stick, and acrylic paint on canvas, stretcher bars Signed bottom left corner and on verso. "On Golden ...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Acrylic, Oil Crayon

Luis Miguel Valdes Luis Miguel Valdes large charcoal on canvas 10x30 feet (see making-of video ), 2016

$130,000

H 118 in W 393 in

Luis Miguel Valdes large charcoal on canvas 10x30 feet (see making-of video )

By Luis Miguel Valdes

Located in Miami, FL

(Added new images and video of the creation process, enjoy it) Author: Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuban, 1949) Title: Symphony La Siempre Habana Size: 305x1015 cm. (10x30 ft.) Medium: Charc...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Claire Denarie-SoffiettiLarge Colourful French Impressionistic Landscape Painting "Bol d'Air", 2025

$32,500

H 59.06 in W 59.06 in D 1.19 in

Large Colourful French Impressionistic Landscape Painting "Bol d'Air"

By Claire Denarie-Soffietti

Located in Cape Town, ZA

A unique, large scale figurative painting with a vivid, exotic background. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists, yet is undeniably contemporary, with an u...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Irena OrlovThe Blue Sea Wave, Coastal Contemporary Painting Mixed Media Canvas 45x45", 2020

$7,800

H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in

The Blue Sea Wave, Coastal Contemporary Painting Mixed Media Canvas 45x45"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Claire Denarie-SoffiettiLarge Colourful French Impressionistic Figurative Painting "Feu de Paille", 2025

$30,000

H 55.12 in W 51.19 in D 1.19 in

Large Colourful French Impressionistic Figurative Painting "Feu de Paille"

By Claire Denarie-Soffietti

Located in Cape Town, ZA

A unique, large scale figurative painting with a vivid, exotic, leafy background. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists, yet is undeniably contemporary, wi...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Irena OrlovRomantic Peony Shabby Chic Pink Gray Mixed Medium on Canvas 36x48", 2019

$7,500

H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in

Romantic Peony Shabby Chic Pink Gray Mixed Medium on Canvas 36x48"

By Irena Orlov

Located in Los Angeles, CA

One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Mixed Media

Jenny DayTwo Plagues / One House, 2017

$10,000

H 54 in W 72 in

Two Plagues / One House

By Jenny Day

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jenny Day is a painter who divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She paints a fragmented space, examining human demand and the effects of environmental d...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Jenny DayToxic, 2016

$3,750

H 36 in W 36 in

Toxic

By Jenny Day

Located in New Orleans, LA

Jenny Day is a painter who divides her time between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona. She paints a fragmented space, examining human demand and the effects of environmental d...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic, Pencil

Max GottliebLarge Soft Coloured Pink Ethereal Seaside Figurative Painting "Timeless Motion", 2023

$4,555

H 59.85 in W 47.64 in D 1.58 in

Large Soft Coloured Pink Ethereal Seaside Figurative Painting "Timeless Motion"

By Max Gottlieb

Located in Cape Town, ZA

As Gottlieb draws heavily from his work and experience in film, this artwork captures a fleeting moment of human joy at the ocean’s edge — children at play, bodies suspended mid-moti...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Claire Denarie-SoffiettiColourful Exotic Landscape Painting "Through the Grapevine", 2019

$9,000

H 47.25 in W 35.44 in D 1.97 in

Colourful Exotic Landscape Painting "Through the Grapevine"

By Claire Denarie-Soffietti

Located in Cape Town, ZA

A unique, medium to large scale exotic landscape painting with vivid colours and details. The painting style shows influences from the post-i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Previously Available Items

Paul Medina'Safe Place #4, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022, 2022

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H 30 in W 30 in D 1.5 in

'Safe Place #4, ' by Paul Medina, Mixed Media on Canvas Painting, 2022

By Paul Medina

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This 30 x 30 inch mixed media on canvas painting is part of Paul Medina's "Briar Series." A dark crow-like bird is perched within a tangle of briar branches rendered in greens and oc...

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2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Paul Medina'After the Tears, ' Floral Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, by Paul Medina, 2019

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H 36 in W 24 in D 2 in

'After the Tears, ' Floral Mixed Media Painting on Canvas, by Paul Medina

By Paul Medina

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This acrylic painting and varnished photo collage on canvas by Paul Medina features pink and white painted roses falling from the top of the canvas over a green mosaic collaged backg...

Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Medina Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

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