Artist Rafael Saldarriaga brings elements of his native Colombia into vivid focus by way of bright still lifes and figurative portraits with darker, more somber tones. Whether capturing a bowl of oranges with realistic clarity or depicting an otherworldly basket of apples on a table against the backdrop of dry prairie, Saldarriaga creates work with a unique essence.
Born in Medellín, Colombia, Saldarriaga graduated from the School of Urban and Architectural Design at Pontifical Bolivarian University in 1983. He began his journey to being a painter in 1984 and moved to the United States in 1993, settling in New Mexico for a couple of years. From 1994 to 1995, Saldarriaga performed live drawings at Hardwood Hoffman Studio in Albuquerque. He then relocated to Hawaii and, from 1997 to 1998, did live drawings for the Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center on Maui.
Throughout his career, Saldarriaga has exhibited in solo and group shows, including the 1996 Sapporo International Art Festival in Japan, in which he won the Premier Prix du Public award.
After his time in Hawaii, Saldarriaga moved to New York City, where he also performed live drawings and exhibited his work from 1998 to 1999. He later moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he currently lives and works, creating more wonderful still lifes and surrealist figurative work.
On 1stDibs, explore a wide selection of Rafael Saldarriaga’s still life, figurative and landscape paintings.
Abstract Composition, Large Oil lPainting on Canvas
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Abstract Composition 2024 Large abstract with texture, artist signed and titled. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. Aft...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$24,000Sale Price|20% Off
Large Yellow Lilies By The Window New York
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Yellow Lilies By The Window New York From the artist studio in Chelsea New York. Rafael Saldarriaga was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. Af...
Canvas, Oil
Basket Of Oranges In The Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Basket of oranges in the landscape. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established...
Canvas, Oil
Alstroemeria Yellow Lilys In The Basket large oil painting
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Alstroemeria Yellow Lilys Still Life oil painting. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After l...
Canvas, Oil
Tropical Fruit In The Basket
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Tropical Fruits In the Basket. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established his residency in New York City. He studied in Live de Zulateqi's Art Academy and also graduated from the school of Architecture and Urban Design with Pontificia Bolivariana University. In 1984 he became a full-time painter. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005- Galleria de Arte El Taller, Medellin, Colombia 2003-4 Notes in Color, Colombian Center Gallery, New York City 2000- Artist on the Scene, AMC Gallery, New York City 2000- Bodegones, Colombian Government Trade Bureau, New York City 1998- Still Life, United Nations Secretarial Bldg., New York City Bodegones, Consulate General of Colombia, New York City 1999-01. Open Studio, New York, NY 1985- Club Campestre, Cali Colombia 1984-93- Open Studio, Medellín, Colombia 1976- Academia de Arte Libe de Zulategi y Mejia, Medellín, Colombia GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Open Studios, New York, NY 2005. Latin American Expressions, The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, CT 2004. Latin American Art Exhibition, Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, NY 2008 Latin American Art Exhibition, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, FL 2001. Drawings and Photographs, Gunter Knob Studio, New York City 1999. New House Galleries for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY . Selected Latin Artists, Art Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey . Chelsea Art Walk, New York, NY 1998. AT&T Latino Art Festival 1998, Queens, NY . Latin American Art in the 90s, St. Johns University, Jamaica, New York . Chelsea Art Festival, New York City . The Belle Arts Gala, NE Gallery, New York City 1997. Hui No’eau Visual Art Center Open Studio, Maui, Hawaii . Colombia in New York, Euroamerica Gallery, New York City . Gran Prix...
Canvas, Oil
White Lilys Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
White Lily Naranjas And Oranges 2021 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii establishe...
Canvas, Oil
Basket Full Of Flowers
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Basket full of flowers, Artist signed, mixed media, oil on canvas. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in Ne...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Still Life With Oranges In The Basket
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life with Oranges in the basket at night, framed. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico a...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Oranges
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life with oranges canvas size 16x20 framed 22.5x26.5 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United St...
Oil, Canvas
Rosadas In The Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Rosadas 2022 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established his residency in New Y...
Canvas, Oil
$28,000Sale Price|20% Off
Lilies In East Village New York
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lilies in East Village New York. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established his residency in New York City. He studied in Live de Zulateqi's Art Academy and also graduated from the school of Architecture and Urban Design with Pontificia Bolivariana University. In 1984 he became a full-time painter. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2005- Galleria de Arte El Taller, Medellin, Colombia 2003-4 Notes in Color, Colombian Center Gallery, New York City 2000- Artist on the Scene, AMC Gallery, New York City 2000- Bodegones, Colombian Government Trade Bureau, New York City 1998- Still Life, United Nations Secretarial Bldg., New York City Bodegones, Consulate General of Colombia, New York City 1999-01. Open Studio, New York, NY 1985- Club Campestre, Cali Colombia 1984-93- Open Studio, Medellín, Colombia 1976- Academia de Arte Libe de Zulategi y Mejia, Medellín, Colombia GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Open Studios, New York, NY 2005. Latin American Expressions, The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, CT 2004. Latin American Art Exhibition, Wally Findlay Galleries, New York, NY 2008 Latin American Art Exhibition, Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, FL 2001. Drawings and Photographs, Gunter Knob Studio, New York City 1999. New House Galleries for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY . Selected Latin Artists, Art Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey . Chelsea Art Walk, New York, NY 1998. AT&T Latino Art Festival 1998, Queens, NY . Latin American Art in the 90s, St. Johns University, Jamaica, New York . Chelsea Art Festival, New York City . The Belle Arts Gala, NE Gallery, New York City 1997. Hui No’eau Visual Art Center Open Studio, Maui, Hawaii . Colombia in New York, Euroamerica Gallery, New York City . Gran Prix...
Canvas, Oil
Pink Chrysanthemums In The Basket
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Basket Full Of Pink Chrysanthemums 2021 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After livin...
Canvas, Oil
White Chrysanthemums And Oranges
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
White Chrysanthemums and oranges. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established ...
Canvas, Oil
Oranges In The Basket
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life with oranges in the basket. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii establi...
Canvas, Oil
Red Lily Love And Passion
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Red Lily Love And Passion 2022 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established his ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Still Life With Lilys
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lilys 2022 RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established his residency in New Yo...
Canvas, Oil
$436
H 6.7 in W 5.91 in D 1.19 in
Highland Cow & Otter Pocket Painting 2c, diptych, original painting, still-life
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Sloe Berries (Pale Blue) 2c (canvas size 7x7cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paint...
Canvas, Oil
Blackbird's Egg Blue Pocket Painting 5
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blue blackbird's Egg 5 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroq...
Canvas, Oil
$218
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.99 in
Pocket Ladybird 2, Original painting, Still life, Insect
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ladybird 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still lif...
Canvas, Oil
$436
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.79 in
Clementine Small & Green Fig Pocket Painting, Set of 2, original painting
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Small Clementine 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life
By John White Alexander
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
John White Alexander's graceful depictions of beautiful women earned him critical acclaim both in Europe and America. However, his career did not get off to an easy start—Alexander b...
Canvas, Oil
$218
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.79 in
Plum Juicy Pocket Painting 2c, original painting, oil paint, still life, nature
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Juicy Plum 2c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still ...
Canvas, Oil
$218
H 6.7 in W 5.91 in D 1.19 in
Pear Blush Pocket Painting 10c, original painting, still-life
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blush Pear 10c (canvas size 5x7cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a ...
Canvas, Oil
Old Iron Kettle with Apples, 16x24" oil on linen, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Old Iron Kettle with Apples by Lu Haskew Oil 16x24" image size 24x32" Framed ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go ...
Canvas, Oil
$218
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 0.79 in
Lime Pocket Painting 4c, original painting, still-life, nature
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Lime 4c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life p...
Canvas, Oil
Golden Maximo Turquoise
By Carlos Mercado
Located in San Juan, PR
Mixed Media Photography , hand painted C-Print mounted on a gold acrylic mirror enclosed on a Plexiglass box In this new series Mercado big format as a medium to intervene Jack Del...
Acrylic, Canvas, Neon Light, Spray Paint, Photogram
Pocket Green Gooseberry 2 c
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Green Gooseberry 2 c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque...
Canvas, Oil
$4,447
H 29.53 in W 25.6 in D 1.58 in
Christina Gschwantner Vivid Gestures – Contemporary Abstract Painting Bright New
By Christina Gschwantner
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Contemporary abstract painting with vivid gestures and bright colors. Bold strokes of red, yellow, violet, and white emerge with energy against a muted ground, creating a powerful ba...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Oranges In The Basket Between Palm Trees
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Oranges In The Basket Between Palm Trees RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii establ...
Canvas, Oil
Pink Ranunculus Flowers In The Basket
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pink Ranunculus flowers in the basket, oil painting. White floater frame. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After livin...
Canvas, Oil
Red Perennial With Oranges In The Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Red Perennial with oranges in the landscape, oil painting. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Lillies With Oranges In The Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Lillies With Oranges In The Landscape oil painting. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Me...
Canvas, Oil
Calla Lily Cartuchos En Paisaje
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cartuchos En Paisaje Calla Lily RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii established ...
Canvas, Oil
Wall Of Oranges
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Wall of Oranges, 48x48 Contemporary Pointillist style. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico an...
Canvas, Oil
Fruit Basket In The Landscape
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Still Life with Fruits in the basket. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii est...
Canvas, Oil
Sill Life with Red Lilies
By Rafael Saldarriaga
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Still Life with Red Lilies in Landscape. RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living i...
Oil, Canvas