Chauvet Arts Figurative Paintings

Balloon Hater by Nashville-based artist Tim Hooper is a whimsical yet subtly unsettling exploration of emotion, contradiction, and absurdity—hallmarks of Hooper’s distinct artistic voice. At first glance, the painting draws the viewer in with its striking central figure: a solitary robot standing amidst a battlefield of deflated or popped balloons. Clutched in one hand is a single surviving balloon, its surface marked with a simple, childlike smiley face that seems almost mocking in its innocence. In the robot’s other hand, a tiny sword gleams—its blade small but effective, the presumed culprit behind the balloon carnage strewn around its feet. What begins as a comical tableau quickly reveals layers of meaning. The robot, with its stiff posture and expressionless face, embodies a strange emotional duality. It holds onto one balloon—perhaps out of reluctance, sentimentality, or regret—while clearly having destroyed others. Is it trying to resist joy? Or has it found the last balloon worth saving? The ambiguity is deliberate and powerful, prompting reflection on the tension between vulnerability and self-sabotage, connection and destruction. Hooper’s technical skill is on full display here. His robot figure is rendered with meticulous detail and structural clarity, while the balloons—both intact and punctured—introduce bursts of color and texture that playfully disrupt the scene. The contrast between the mechanical, rigid form of the robot and the soft, floating whimsy of the balloons mirrors...

Wading Robot by beloved Nashville artist Tim Hooper presents a striking and emotionally nuanced scene, blending humor, tension, and empathy into a single moment of mechanical mayhem....

Green-Eyed Robot by Nashville-based artist Tim Hooper is a quietly captivating and emotionally layered painting that speaks to both the curiosity of childhood and the solitude of mod...

Dennis’s Doughnuts by local Nashville artist Tim Hooper is a delightful and imaginative celebration of nostalgia, whimsy, and the passage of time. The painting features a joyful robo...

Blossolini explores the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence and humanity. The distorted figure presents a surreal and uncanny representation, possessing elements o...

Gravity showcases a striking non-binary figure that symbolizes the god of gravity, tasked with the crucial role of balancing the gravitational forces in an unknown galactic region. T...

The painting Adam and Dave emerges from the creative mind of artist Go Suga, showcasing the interplay of artificiality and nature, blending reality with surreality. Suga emphasizes t...

Mike Egan’s Hunting Ghosts on a Lion is a bold, folk-art-inspired acrylic painting on wood that combines themes of mortality, protection, and the supernatural. A skeletal figure, rendered in Egan’s signature black-and-white style, rides atop a regal golden lion, exuding an air of both power and mystery. The lion’s face, adorned with intricate patterns and deep red eyes, evokes a spiritual guardian guiding the skeleton on its ghostly hunt. The crimson red background, dotted with floating skulls and delicate floral motifs, reinforces the painting’s balance between life and death. Above the rider, pale blue ghostly forms float across the scene, emphasizing the painting’s supernatural...

Mike Egan’s We Want Skulls is a striking acrylic painting on wood that blends folk art influences with themes of death, devotion, and the afterlife. Known for his bold, graphic style...

We Were At Your Funeral is a vivid exploration of mortality, memory, and celebration. At the center, a single skeleton lies within a bold, coffin-shaped frame, its stark white form contrasting against the dark leaf motifs surrounding it. Encircling this central figure, four smaller skeletons...

"3 Blues Musicians" is an oil-on-wood sculptural painting by artist Luther Tatum. The artist was inspired by Picasso's and Romare Bearden's paintings of...

Marni displays a cowboy opening a door with a tiger at the characters side, suggesting themes of facing fear. As the bright, energetic colors portray the victory of overcoming obstac...

Cowboy in the Rain portrays an expressive portrait of a cowboy wearing a brown cowboy hat with blue hues of paint dripping over him on an unstretched canvas. The cowboy’s eyes look t...

Panther and Man portrays an expressive portrait of a cowboy wearing a white cowboy hat confronting a panther in front of a bright red background. The cowboy’s eyes look to the panthe...

Cowboy Wearing Cologne displays a cowboy wearing a white hat with tattoos on his body. As the bright, energetic colors portray the victory of overcomin...

Holland displays a blonde figure with blue and purple tears streaming down her face on unstretched canvas. The dark, space within the characters mouth evoke symbols of change and ren...

Man and Skeleton portrays a cowboy and a skeleton standing next to each other while smoking a cigarette. Although, they look different, the skeleton is mirroring the man to reflect h...

Self Portrait #2 portrays the artist standing in water with a black panther. The panther symbolizes overcoming challenges as it circles around the figure dressed in tattoos. Using bo...

Abigail portrays a minimalistic character in a green background wearing a Balenciaga shirt and rainbow hair. Multiple arms holding cigarettes with colorful tears dripping down their ...

Self Portrait #5 portrays a sunset scene with a suited character holding a boat with floating characters surrounding him on unstretched canvas. The cactus pears out of the mans head ...

Self Portrait #4 portrays a minimalistic cowboy character in a desert early morning scene with three figures peering over his shoulders on an unstretched canvas. Multiple eyes, noses...

Two Cowboys portrays a desert night scene with eight minimalistic cowboy figurines placed on top of each other on an unstretched canvas. Using bold, co...

Never Give Up portrays a young woman with blue eyes and red lips surrounded by white and red florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin litera...

Vida Feliz portrays a young woman with blue eyes and red lips surrounded by white and red florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin literary ...

Si Tu Puedes portrays a young woman with blue eyes and red lips surrounded by white and red florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin literar...

Count Your Blessings portrays a young woman with blue eyes and red lips surrounded by white and red florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin...

Where Love Grows portrays a young woman with hazel eyes and blue lips surrounded by white florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin literary ...

Beauty Within portrays a young woman with golden eyes and red lips surrounded by white florals through the use of paint, graphite, and collage. Yances reflects the Latin literary tra...

Artwork Size: 32 x 40 in About the Artist: Ke Francis is a narrative artist who has been actively producing artwork for more than fifty years. Francis wor...

Apparition (Dogwoods) displays a startled horse on his back legs as his handler holds onto the lead rope. The horse and handler, painted in full color, are set in the foreground in front of a mansion. The monochromatic grayscale of the background and mansion recede in the composition as the bright pink dogwood hang across the top of the painting, creating a dreamlike backdrop inspired by an old Hollywood movie set. Charles Keiger...