Skip to main content

Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

American, b. 1962
Stephen Wright (b. 1962, Los Angeles, CA) graduated from California State University, Long Beach, CA, with a degree in graphic design. He has exhibited in galleries across the United States, England, and Turkey, and his work has been acquired by important private and public collectors, including the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, NJ. Wright’s portraits enable him to explore the complexity of human nature. For the artist, “my work comes simply out of a passion for drawing and painting the figure. I seek unusual viewpoints and perspectives that excite my eye and try to capture that excitement in my work.” In the manner of the British figurative painters, Wright emphasizes the surface of his canvases, manipulating layers of paint and leaving evidence of his brushwork.
to
2
1
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
8
281
120
87
69
3
Artist: Stephen Wright
CATHERINE 6 - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Blonde
CATHERINE 6 - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Blonde

CATHERINE 6 - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Blonde

By Stephen Wright

Located in New York, NY

The individuals in Stephen Wright’s work confront us visually and psychologically. His paintings tend to transfix. Standing before them, one is drawn in by the intent gaze of a woman, the slumped figure of a nude man, or the averted face of someone lost in reverie. Wright paints mainly solo subjects. They seem always to be slightly removed – yet they challenge, perplex, and attract us. In the manner of the British figurative painters, Wright emphasizes the surface of his canvases, manipulating layers of paint and leaving evidence of his brushwork. Like Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, and even Jenny Saville...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CONSTANCE II - Contemporary Realism / Portrait Painting
CONSTANCE II - Contemporary Realism / Portrait Painting

CONSTANCE II - Contemporary Realism / Portrait Painting

By Stephen Wright

Located in New York, NY

"Constance II" is an original oil painting by Stephen Wright. Stephen Wright (b. 1962, Los Angeles, CA) graduated from California State University, Long Beach, CA, with a degree in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CONSTANCE I - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Red Hair
CONSTANCE I - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Red Hair

CONSTANCE I - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Red Hair

By Stephen Wright

Located in New York, NY

"In my paintings, I frequently use a tall vertical format. This makes it more challenging to develop a composition. As I proceed, I find it more interesting to work out the problems...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Related Items
Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil
Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil

Reflections - Portrait of a Female Against Silvery Backdrop, Original Oil

By Bruno Surdo

Located in Chicago, IL

The subject gazes downward in Bruno Surdo's portrait titled "Reflections". The contrast between the silvery backdrop and the model's flawless skin is pure perfection. This intimate portrait is painted with a black trimmed edge therefore not requiring framing however, please contact the gallery for framing options. Bruno Surdo Reflection oil on canvas 30h x 24w in 76.20h x 60.96w cm BRS125 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2023 New Work, Gallery VICTOR, Chicago, IL 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pelted", winter wonderland, a young boy gets ready to throw a snowball
"Pelted", winter wonderland, a young boy gets ready to throw a snowball

"Pelted", winter wonderland, a young boy gets ready to throw a snowball

By Fred Calleri

Located in Edgartown, MA

Fred Calleri was born in Maryland and has slowly moved westward towards his current home in Santa Barbara, California. On his way, he earned an Illustration and Graphic Design degree...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled

Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled

By Natia Sapanadze

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Natia Sapanadze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Natia's alternative profession is a philologist, besides she has started ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figurative/Female, Portrait, Florals, In Bloom by Anna Kincaide
Figurative/Female, Portrait, Florals, In Bloom by Anna Kincaide

Figurative/Female, Portrait, Florals, In Bloom by Anna Kincaide

By Anna Kincaide

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

ANNA KINCAIDE "In Bloom" Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas 48 x 36 inches Communicating emotion and narrative with limited assistance from her figure’s facial expressions, Anna Kincaide...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

8-1-21, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
8-1-21, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas

8-1-21, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Montse Valdés

Located in Barcelona, Catalonia

“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Topaz from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Hedy Lamarr)
Topaz from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Hedy Lamarr)

Topaz from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Hedy Lamarr)

By Carolina Gomez

Located in New York City, NY

CAROLINA GOMEZ Emerald from the Mirror Stone series (Portrait Painting - Hedy Lamarr) 60 x 48 inches - Unique OIL ON CANVAS Carolina Gomez’s works have become known for the powerful...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Warm Night Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 2010+
Warm Night Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 2010+

Warm Night Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 2010+

By Roxana Khonkulova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting was exhibited in Zurich and Zofingen from May 2025 to July 2025. "Warm Night" evokes the essence of a tranquil evening enveloped in comfort and contemplation. The painti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales. From The Series "All About Eve"
Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales. From The Series "All About Eve"

Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales. From The Series "All About Eve"

By Annie Kevans

Located in New York, NY

Listing includes framing with UV plexi, free shipping to the continental US and a 14-day return policy. Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales from the series “All About Eve...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Archival Paper

Atteone e Diana Oil Painting on Canvas Mythology Rome In Stock
Atteone e Diana Oil Painting on Canvas Mythology Rome In Stock

Atteone e Diana Oil Painting on Canvas Mythology Rome In Stock

By Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni

Located in Utrecht, NL

Atteone e Diana Oil Painting on Canvas Mythology Rome In Stock Giovanni Tommasi Ferroni (1967, Rome) descended from an artistic Tuscan family. His grandfather, father, sister and unc...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Emerald II from the Mirror Stone series

Emerald II from the Mirror Stone series

By Carolina Gomez

Located in New York City, NY

CAROLINA GOMEZ Emerald II from the Mirror Stone series 37 x 51 inches - Unique OIL ON CANVAS Carolina Gomez’s works have become known for the powerful...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled

Georgian Contemporary Art by Natia Sapanadze - Untitled

By Natia Sapanadze

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on canvas Natia Sapanadze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Natia's alternative profession is a philologist, besides she has started ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting
"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting

"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting

By Robert Loughlin

Located in New York, NY

"Cop on Vacation" Brute Gay LGBT Contemporary NYC Male Portrait Painting Robert Loughlin (1949-2011) "Cop on Vacation" Oil and mixed media on canvas 24 h x 30 w inches Signed and ti...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Stephen Wright Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stephen Wright portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Stephen Wright portrait paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Stephen Wright in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Stephen Wright portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Victor Wang, Jeffrey Palladini, and Carlton Scott Sturgill. Stephen Wright portrait paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,600 and tops out at $19,112, while the average work can sell for $8,000.