Stephen Namara is an American Contemporary figurative artist born in 1953. He is known for creating skillful drawings and paintings of people, still-life objects and contemporary landscapes and has been exhibiting in the U.S. since 1980 while evolving his unique style. His masterful drawing abilities, together with his involved research into his subjects, have enabled Namara to produce a highly acclaimed body of work that is held in major corporate, state and university collections, and he is the recipient of numerous, important drawing prizes. Namara’s images are often autobiographical snapshots of moments in his life, and they speak directly to viewers without the need for words. The work provides space within which we can experience our own mental and emotional reactions to the images, forms and movements, without the need for academic explanation. The non-narrative imagery that he employs enables our attention to dwell on the formal and material aspects of the art, and this encourages a reflective approach to our perceptions.
Tangerines
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tangerines - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life drawing / mixed media work, created with watercolor and dry pigment and conte crayon on paper that is 30...
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pigment
Sockeye
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sockeye - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life acrylic on canvas painting, 22 x 28 inches unframed and professionally framed in maple measuring 22 3/4 x 2...
Canvas, Acrylic
Take Only What You Need
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Take Only What You Need" is an original work by Stephen Namara, a Kenyan-born, African-American artist renowned for his expressive paintings and masterful drawings rendered in ink, ...
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment
Pears / mixed media quiet still life, framed
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pears - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life drawing / mixed media work, created with dry pigment and conte crayon on 350 pound archival rag paper that is...
Conté, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pigment
Different But Not Less
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Archival Paper, Crayon
$10,000
Pear
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pear - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life oil and collage painting on wood panel, 48 x 48 inches. The work has a quiet overall presence. Artist signed, ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Sangfroid
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Archival Paper, Pigment
The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'The Evolution of a Portrait, no. 2' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and ma...
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea
When Life is Still / watermelon and cherries - Magic Realism
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Still Life with Watermelon and Cherries - Magic Realism still life oil painting in neutral grey with white and red. Larger than life cherries and sliced ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Apple and Evelyn / figurative work on paper - gorgeous
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Apple and Evelyn is a stunningly gorgeous original work of art from Kenyan born American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings creat...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pigment
White Phalaenopsis Orchid
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'White Phalaenopsis Orchid' appears to glow from within in this oil on wood stil life painting by Stephen Namara, who is known for creating skillfu...
Wood, Oil
Openings (Catherine) / figurative work, contemporary woman
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Openings (Catherine)' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawin...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pigment
Skyline Road
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Skyline Road' is Thiebaud and Diebenkorn-esq with its broad, steep street inspired by the unique light and hills of Northern California. Highly contemporary landscape with a jolt of...
Canvas, Oil
No Results Found for Find My Friends
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
No Results Found for 'Find My Friends' - exquisite highly contemporary still life oil and collage (a San Francisco map) on canvas, 48 x 48 inches. There is also pages (archival pape...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Untitled (Callas)
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Untitled (Callas)' is an original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist. Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic e...
Archival Paper, Pigment, Ink
LiLu, (You chose to look)
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'LiLu, (You chose to look)' is an original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist. Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His ar...
Archival Paper, Pigment, Watercolor
$6,800
Snip
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Crayon, Archival Paper
What's at Stake (shoe box template)
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Watercolor
Silent Gestures
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Silent Gestures' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings cr...
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea
Fragmented
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Fagmented', A sublime d drawing. A brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings with...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pigment
Face and Body / figurative work, woman in a museum
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Face and Body is a stunningly gorgeous original work of art from Kenyan born American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings created ...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pigment
The Migrator / oil on canvas
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'The Migrator' is a contemporary landscape with a jolt of urbana by way of tire tracks that abruptly end where the mountains meet the sea, in this classic Western highway scene featu...
Canvas, Oil
Lagunitas Road / oil on canvas
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Lagunitas Road' is a highly contemporary landscape with a jolt of urbana by way of metal swirling reflections around a lone tree. Simple, elegant palette of greens and rich browns w...
Canvas, Oil
$661Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.5 in W 10.5 in
Bowl of Pink Roses Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 8.5 x 10.5 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; ...
Watercolor
$2,000
H 17 in W 17 in
Dog Years - Brightly Colored Self Portrait of Artist as a Aqua Colored Dog
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions. Raya, like every productive artist, is a collection of actions, utopias and talents. He is an acrylic painter and a muralist; an installation artist and a practitioner of the theory of the fragment as a synthesis of the whole; he is Chicano but his work has no passport; he is an obsessive self-portraitist (I, as the multiplicity locked within the I) and his an advocate of his community (in the fullest sense of the world); his is from Chicago and - being a nation onto himself - is a native of his art education; his yearns for the Tijuana of tomorrow while being a full-fledged inhabitant of the Tijuana of half a century back; he admires high-tech while being a fan of Frida Kahlo. --Carlos Monsivais Marcos Raya Dog Years oil on canvas 17h x 17w in 43.18h x 43.18w cm MSR054 Marcos Raya brings together old and new works in a variety of media that mostly explores the sociological impact of technological change. His paintings, collages and installations present an idiosyncratic hybrid of Mexican folklore...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,690
H 17 in W 17 in
"Sky Flower Reflection, " Original Mixed Media Watercolor signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sky Flower Reflection" is an original watercolor and piece by David Barnett, signed along the bottom edge. The piece incorporates a dried rose in the center with circles of watercol...
Mixed Media, Watercolor
$194Sale Price|30% Off
H 3.25 in W 2.5 in D 0.5 in
Mid 19th Century English silhouette portrait of a lady in a night cap
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very skillfully painted ink on paper silhouette, unusually with the sitter appearing to be dress in her nightcap. Very Dickensian! English School, 19th Century Portrait of a lady ...
Paper, Ink
$528
H 8.27 in W 11.7 in D 0.08 in
Original-Meeting Van Gogh-Study Master Series-British Awarded Artist-Ink Drawing
Located in London, GB
This drawing studied of Van Gogh's self-portrait at his Solo exhibition " Poets and Lovers" in National Gallery, London, 2024. Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old mast...
Archival Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Charcoal, Ink
$1,050Sale Price|25% Off
H 15 in W 11 in
'Portrait of a Young Navajo', Native American, Arizona, California Woman artist
By Victoria Creech Stewart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Creech PSWC' and created circa 1975 A compelling pastel study showing the subject dressed in brightly-colored ceremonial robes and gazing past the viewer. An eleg...
Pastel, Archival Paper
$1,800
H 19.5 in W 9.25 in
"Path to Joy" Portrait in Ink, Gouache and Acrylic on Paper with Deckle Edge
By Kevin Snipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Path to Joy" is an original piece by Kevin Snipes made from ink, gouache, and acrylic on paper. This piece measures 19.5”h x 9.25”w and is signed en verso. Kevin Snipes (he/him) is...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
$583Sale Price|30% Off
H 14.97 in W 12.8 in
'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie' French School (1956)
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie', gouache and ink on art paper, French School (1956). Step into the world of mid-20th century European art with a striking portrait that capture...
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$625
H 22.05 in W 26.58 in
Jo Haran, Jewel Heads in Darkness, Contemporary Floral Art, Mixed Media Art
By Jo Haran
Located in Deddington, GB
Jewel Heads in Darkness [2021] Original Flowers Gouache, watercolour ink and gesso. Image size: H:53 cm x W:64 cm Paper Size: H:56 cm x W:67.5 cm x D:0.01cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 'Jewel Heads in Darkness' is an original painting by Jo Haran. "I wanted to try and capture the frailty of anemones nestled in darkness. I used jewel colours....strong pink, yellow, hints of ultramarine and neon green as a contrast to the moody foliage backdrop." 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them" - Henri Matisse. "I have been painting flowers for over 20 years as an artist and as a senior textile designer selling prints to clients internationally including Valentino, Leonard, Paul and Joe and high street brands such as Topshop and Marks and Spencer...
Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
$950
H 7.88 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in
Greyhound Figurative Oil Painting, Expressive Palette, 18x25 cm, New
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful painting by Malka is from her latest body of works called "Figurinot" - Whether portraying human figures or porcelain and ceramic sculptures, Malka grants each subject...
Acrylic, Canvas
$2,571
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.6 in
Aurora Divina - original dance impressionism oil 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, Acrylic
KK Kozik, Bookstack 2, 2016, Conté, Rag Paper
By KK Kozik
Located in Darien, CT
KK Kozik is an artist living and working in Sharon, CT and Brooklyn, NY. Her paintings have ben exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and have been reviewed in publicat...
Conté, Rag Paper
The Weight of Things
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Stephen Namara's work is a testament to technical mastery and emotional depth. His artistic execution showcases a level of skill that is both rare and commanding. His ability to rend...
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pigment
Never Enough
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Never Enough' is a brilliant and original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings creat...
Archival Paper, Pigment, Ink, Mixed Media, Tea
Shelter in Place
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Shelter in Place' is an original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara, who is widely known for creating paintings and masterful drawings created with ...
Conté, Archival Paper, Pigment, Watercolor
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H 21 in W 24 in D 2.25 in
HAND STUDY / A woman's hand - original drawing / painting
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'HAND STUDY' is a beautiful and serene still life original work of art from Kenyan born African-American artist Stephen Namara who is widely known for creat...
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pigment
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H 50.75 in W 30 in D 2.5 in
Female Portrait: Diptych - framed in silver - sublime
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite female figurative mixed media: conte crayon and dry pigment on heavy white paper. Framed outer dimensions are 50 3/4 x 30 inches. A spellbinding female figure created in t...
Paper, Conté, Watercolor
Neighbor
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite highly contemporary figurative drawing / mixed media work on paper is 38 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches. Framed outer dimensions are 43 1/4 x 41 inches. A captivating strong female fa...
Paper, Conté, Watercolor
Foggy Lullaby / oil painting
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Foggy Lullaby' is a quiet serene minimal, yet complex nature scene that bridges natural with manmade. A highly contemporary landscape with a jolt of urbana by way of a tall steel po...
Canvas, Oil
Beautifully Imperfect / acrylic on canvas
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Magnolia' appears to glow from within in this acrylic on canvas stil life painting by Stephen Namara, who is known for creating skillful drawings and paintings of people, still life...
Canvas, Acrylic