Theo Mackaay works with recognizable shapes: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal motifs like warriors, women, horses, archers and loving couples are created with his own signature. An example of this work is the well-known Gouden Kalf, the big prize of the Nederlands Film Festival. It was designed in 1980 by Mackaay and commissioned by Jos Stelling, film director and initiator of the festival.
There have been big developments in Mackaay's work after the calf, but basic forms are still to be found in his work. The renewal in his work has been an internal fight between the two sides of his brain —the wild artist animal and the changed, peaceful, contemplative sculptor. The last one won! Not only did Mackaay change as a human being, his work changed with him. Big, tough Expressionist bronze and stone statues featuring the woman and animal as his favorite subjects changed into touching, intimate bronze sculptures.
In the early work of Mackaay, the masters of the past were more visible, like Marino Marini and Ossip Zadkine. Now it seems, the artist is letting go of the past and has found his own formal language, after all the highs and lows in his life.
Mackaay's wandering through France, Italy and China brought him to Malaga in Spain, his current residence. Maybe it owes to the Mediterranean Sea or the Spanish sun, but the fact remains that Mackaay is today closer to himself — a rough shell that dares to show its delicacy.
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The Loving Beauty Oil Painting on Canvas In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Loving Beauty Oil Painting on Canvas In Stock Theo Mackaay (1950) Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archetypal m...
Canvas, Oil
Caballo I Horse Cubism Mixed Media Maroufle In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Caballo I Horse Cubism Mixed Media Maroufle In Stock Size painting without frame 24 x 30 cm Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and...
Mixed Media
Caballo Yellow Horse Mixed Media Maroufle Framed In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Caballo Yellow Horse Mixed Media Maroufle Framed In Stock Size without frame 24 x 30 cm Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and anim...
Mixed Media
$15,632
The Power of Love Oil Painting on Canvas Horse Woman Golden Cubism In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
The Power of Love Oil Painting on Canvas Horse Woman Golden Cubism In Stock Theo Mackaay (Utrecht, 1950) is a Dutch sculptor, painter and musician. Mackaay grew up in Utrecht. In 1...
Canvas, Oil
Cabra Montes Mixed Media Painting Framed Goat Sun In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Cabra Montes Mixed Media Painting Framed Goat Sun In Stock Size without Frame 24 x 30 cm Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the prima...
Mixed Media
$15,632
Zonder Titel No Title Oil Painting on Canvas Cubism Contemporary In Stock
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zonder Titel No Title Oil Painting on Canvas Cubism Contemporary In Stock Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer at the primal form. Archety...
Canvas, Oil
Grand Prize
By Electric Coffin
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Mixed Media, Color
$3,000
H 24 in W 20 in
"Abstract Visage VII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature an...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 24 in W 20 in
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
By Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Visage VIII" Portrait Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature a...
Canvas, Oil
Flash and Glimmer
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
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By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
Heartfelt Meeting
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$405
H 15 in W 11 in
Saddle Sips - Quirky Original Abstract Colorful Cowgirl on Horse Art on Paper
By Jesse Black
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Mixed Media
The Dissidents: Discourse on the Golden Mean
By Michael Tole
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work… This work draws a connection between the didactic moralizing tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the architectural setting). Though modern art eschews the naturalistic imagery used by Neo Classicists, both movements pursued a self-important, austere, self-consciously masculine aesthetic that they saw as synonymous with virtue. Set in the MoMA courtyard, a passel of men lounge about, regarding a golden statue which looks terribly out of place in this modernist vitrine. The uncomfortable architectural setting, prisonlike and cold, provides a foil for the odalisque-like young men sprawled on hard stone benches and paying homage to the central idol. In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century. As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty. The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner. Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen. A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...
Oil, Canvas
$4,830
H 36 in W 36 in D 3 in
Contemporary Deer Painting in Mixed Media on Panel by Dawne Raulet
By Dawne Raulet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Expressive and quietly playful, this contemporary deer portrait by Dawne Raulet showcases the artist’s beloved approach to animal subject matter through layered mixed media technique...
Mixed Media, Board
Amber Light
By Gwen Wong
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$800
H 7.09 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Georgian Contemporary Art by Lile Gasviani - April
By Lile Gasviani
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed materials on paper Lile Gasviani is a Georgian artist born in 2003 who lives and work in Tbilisi, Georgia. She has been passionate about painting since childhood and has organ...
Paper, Mixed Media
$135
H 14.5 in W 14.5 in D 1 in
"Expect the Unexpected" (2026), Acrylic and Mixed Media Painting on Plexiglass
By Louis Recchia
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's "Expect the Unexpected" is an original, handmade mixed media painting using acrylic paint and collaging on plexiglass. Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary ...
Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$1,534Sale Price|22% Off
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.46 in
French School Mini Maxi trio Dachshund Giraffe Rooster - Chut les Barbizons!
By bazevian animal
Located in Zofingen, AG
☀️Mini Maxi trio - Dachshund, Giraffe and Rooster☀️ In the artistic world, animals have always been key protagonists in expressing the power and beauty of the wild. Artists often us...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$4,138
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.38 in
Yellow mood- 21st Century Contemporary portrait Painting
By Tania Rivilis
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Tania Rivilis Yellow mood 40 x 40 cm framed (included in price) 43,5 x 43,5 cm Oilpaint on canvas Tania Rivilis (b. 1986) 2022 winner of the 'William Locke Price' ( £ 30.000 ) fr...
Oil, Canvas
$2,500
H 43.31 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Swimming Pool
By Ilia Balavadze
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of A...
Canvas, Oil