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Cascadia 7 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid spray painting red)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
CSW 2024.9 (modern space âge galactic cobalt grid minimal painting wood)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Red cherry tomato pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Great white Shark grey pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
3 Mangatas tryptic panels as column (or row) (tryptic, squares, minimal, grid)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
3-piece tryptic in a column or a row, total $4500
*videos for each piece available on their individual listing.
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world act...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Truffle brown pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Truffle brown pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Smoked paprika pill (orange minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Smoked paprika pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Shrimp cocktail pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Midnight teal pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and Ap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Stages 1 (diagonal bronze striped grid emerald sage Forest green undercurrent)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Screen 2023.10 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2024.2 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.9 vertical (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic optical
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2022.1 (fire red, pink, mauve, grid, gestural, movement, abstract, wood)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Spray Paint
tondo (round circular panel pastel neutrals wood contemporary grid painting)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Melisa Taylor Metzger’s The Seismology of Cantilevered Hearts 5 transforms a circular wood panel into an ethereal, pastel composition that explores the sublime. This piece features a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Rift Valley, sonde 8 (texture abstract canvas bronze metallic burgundy wine red)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde 8” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde 7” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering a...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between natural and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature while offering ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde IV (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde IV” is an evocative mixed-media composition that captures the raw essence of nature through its textured, multilayered surface. The earthy palette—browns, ochres,...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Rift Valley, sonde III (texture abstract painting canvas bronze Earthy organic )
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde III” is a richly textured mixed-media composition that captures the interplay between organic and abstract forms, evoking the raw beauty of nature. The earthy pa...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites II2" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Incident II (Pug face dog man's best friend vintage oil painting surreal)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Incident" by Rudolf Kosow is a visually stunning oil painting that masterfully utilizes surrealism and a subtle color palette to emphasize the unexpected juxtaposition of a giant pu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Best Friends II (dog man's best friend vintage painting figurative earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Best Friends", the painter suggests the idea of a giant pet dog remaining reliable and comforting for the man, regardless of his giant-size.
keywords; surrealism, animals, dog, ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Case II
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
Rudolf Kos...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Investigation II
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Investigation II", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things. ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Looking for blue (Young girl pink dress reaching for sky figurative oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Looking for Blue by Rudolf Kosow is a delicate and thought-provoking oil painting that captures a moment of curiosity and wonder. The artwork depicts a young girl standing on tiptoe,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Escapade (blue sky figurative oil painting brown tones Young boy balloon)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Escapade by Rudolf Kosow is a whimsical and thought-provoking oil painting that captures a fleeting moment of youthful curiosity and exploration. The composition features a young boy...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Creative Rush (girl drawing blue sky figurative oil painting brown tonnes)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Creative Rush by Rudolf Kosow is a captivating oil painting that captures the intimate and imaginative world of a child in the act of creation. The artwork depicts a young girl kneel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites I1" is a textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, latex, copper ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Shotgun shells on blue squiggles
By Dan Pelonis
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Dan Pelonis's "Shotgun Shells on Squiggles" juxtaposes repetition and abstraction to explore themes of cultural oversaturation and the erosion of meaning. Bright red shotgun shells a...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood Panel
Speedboats on Pink (sailing teal sailboat art sea patterns square oil painting)
By Dan Pelonis
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Dan Pelonis’s "Speedboats" combines repetition and abstraction to reflect on motion and cultural memory. The painting depicts rows of minimal red-and-white speedboats gliding against...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Snow Angels II
By Dan Pelonis
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Dan Pelonis’s "Snow Angels" is a small-scale oil painting on a wood panel that explores themes of memory, transience, and imperfection. Against a muted, frosty background, delicate i...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Candy apple red Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Part of the Mångata series, "Candy Apple Red" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Bonbon pink Mångata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine vibrant)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Part of the Mångata series, "Bonbon Pink" is an intimate, minimalist painting meticulously handcrafted on wood using diverse, layered techniques. This artwork combines the raw mark-m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Iris Crystals
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Iris Crystals” is a rich blue colored wall sculpture made out of solid koa wood
and then painted and sealed with a UV matte sealer. The geometric facets
are hand carved and add intr...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Spray Paint, Vinyl
Iris Blue Folds (navy blue, dark blue, hard fabric, contemporary design, textile
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Iris Blue Folds” is a deep blue colored wall sculpture made with burlap on wood. The folds are carefully arranged from a single piece of burlap. This creates a dynamic artwork where...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Vinyl
Emerald Green Excess (impasto thick painting monochrome pop art square design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
*For questions, special requests or commission inquiries, please text the gallery directly using ASK THE SELLER button. Grouping of 3 paintings is $2000 and of 4 paintings is $2500.
...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Feathers on blue waves (white feathers small square oil painting patterns pop)
By Dan Pelonis
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Dan Pelonis's oil painting "Feathers on Bluewaves" cleverly merges repetition and subtle imperfection to address broader themes of image saturation and decay in the digital age. The ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
HRCB (vibrant grid painting abstract wood contemporary shapes pink magenta)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Curious," by Rudolf Kosow, is an engaging portrayal of inquisitiveness and wonder, bridging the natural world and humanity. Dominating the scene is a giant bulldog, its face a tapestry of textures from the soft fur to the glistening nose, each detail crafted to convey a lifelike presence.
Facing the monumental canine is a small-scale girl, her posture embodying the essence of childhood wonder as she stands before the immense animal. Her tilted head and attentive stance suggest a moment of mutual discovery and fascination. This poignant interaction is a snapshot of the innocent and pure connections that can occur across the divides of size and species.
Kosow's "Curious" captures the beautiful moments of discovery that occur when the young and the gentle giants of the animal kingdom meet, encapsulating a shared curiosity that transcends words. The artwork serves as a reminder of the universal language of wonder that connects us all.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Easy Rider (red wood horse on wheels Child toy cowboy blue sky surreal painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This stunning oil painting depicts a cowboy riding a vintage red wooden horse on wheels against a summer blue sky.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, americana, man,...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HRCR1 (vibrant grid painting abstract wood contemporary shapes pink blue)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Defender (dog, hunter, pet black Lab, man, animal, surrealist painting, american
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This poignant painting by Rudolf Kosow presents us with a remarkable visual allegory rich with surrealistic influences. The canvas is occupied by a colossal, detailed black labrador ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At Sea Between Fossils & Satellites (large-scale textured painting sand organic)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"At Sea Between Fossils and Satellites" is a large-scaled textured mixed-media painting that explores the connection between the ancient and the celestial. Created with acrylic, late...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Such a mess (egg yolk, vintage man, egg shell, burnt red sky, surreal, painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This stunning oil painting depicts a man in vintage clothing standing somewhat perplexed in front of the strange sight of a giant broken egg shell with it's yolk content leaked on th...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Zest (landscape cherry blossom tree in bloom floral colorful pink)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Spring Zest is a vibrant acrylic painting on canvas depicting a blossoming tree in the spring.
Comes unframed and ready to hang.
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Call (sea ocean cherry blossom tree in bloom floral colorful pink)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Spring Call is a vibrant acrylic painting on canvas depicting a blossoming tree in the spring.
Comes unframed and ready to hang.
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
in City and in Forest 34 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary dark red art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Sinuosity 133 orange (pop slick metallic smooth small sculpture art)
By Ted VanCleave
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; #sinuous, focus on material, sculptural folds, Aldo Chaparro, use of common materials, creased crinkled and wrinkled, angular, abstract sculpture, angular, process-oriented...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Deep ocean blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Deep ocean blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Sky Blue Mangata (grid painting minimal wood hard-edge dopamine color vibrant)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Part of the Mangata series, "" is a minimalist, intimate-scale painting on wood, created by hand using a mix of techniques. This multilayered piece fuses the tactile rawness of pyrog...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Fragment 10 (dreamy woman back skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment" by Rudolf Kosow is a deeply introspective miniature painting on wood that subtly plays with shadow and light to evoke a sense of hidden depths within the human form. This ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fragment 9 (dreamy woman back skin female figurative painting soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment 9" by Rudolf Kosow is a striking miniature painting that employs a minimalist yet impactful use of color and form to convey deep emotional and psychological states. The art...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Fragment 2 (dreamy woman portrait face painting on wood, soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment" by Rudolf Kosow is a compelling painting that intricately uses the medium of wood to enhance its textural and emotional depth. The artwork features a close-up of a human f...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Wonderers (coyote, ukulele, man, nature, animal portrait, surrealist painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Wanderers" by Rudolf Kosow is an evocative painting that captures the kindred spirit of the traveler and the wild. A coyote, poised and attentive, gazes upward, its fur rendered with fine, delicate brushstrokes that give it a soft, ethereal quality against the blue canvas. The wolf's eyes, alight with a sense of knowing, seem to look beyond the confines of the canvas, into a distance only it can see.
Below, a human figure with a ukulele, lost in the music, embodies the essence of a wanderer, his song rising to mingle with the untamed essence of the wolf. Both figures, though disparate in their nature, share a moment of connection through their mutual embrace of freedom and exploration.
Kosow's "Wanderers" speaks to the universal call of the wild that resonates within us all, a call to seek, to explore, and to express. It's a celebration of the souls that roam with a song in their heart, finding harmony with the wilderness around them. This piece invites us to reflect on our inner wanderer and the paths we tread, both in the physical world and in the vast landscapes of our imagination.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tramp (pet dog, beagle, troubadour guitare, animal portrait, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Tramp," by Rudolf Kosow, is a whimsical painting that delights in its surreal juxtaposition of scale and serenity. At the center is a beagle's face, depicted with lifelike detail and expressiveness, eyes glistening with a calm intelligence that beckons the viewer into a state of contemplation.
Positioned against the backdrop of the dog's vast visage, a small, solitary figure strums a guitar. The musician, dressed in casual attire, appears as a wandering troubadour, his music resonating with the quietude of the scene. This miniature man, though diminutive in size, plays a significant role in the narrative, providing a sense of companionship and shared experience.
The painting's title, "Tramp," suggests a free spirit, both in the itinerant musician and the beagle, known for its adventurous and exploratory nature. Kosow's piece is an ode to the wandering souls and the moments of unexpected harmony they encounter.
Through "Tramp," we are reminded of the melodies that score our journeys and the silent kinship we find along the way. It is an invitation to embrace the music of life, to find connection in the tranquility of existence, and to acknowledge the symphonies that unfold in the presence of kindred spirits, regardless of their size or form.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tense (pet dog, bulldog, baseball, animal portrait art, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Tense," a thought-provoking piece by Rudolf Kosow, presents a surreal interplay between a colossal bulldog and a diminutive baseball player. The dog's face, detailed with astonishing realism, conveys a palpable intensity through its piercing gaze. The size disparity between the dog and the player underscores a narrative ripe with anticipation.
The baseball player, clad in traditional attire, stands with bat at the ready, embodying a moment of concentration and readiness. This portrayal of the player, so starkly contrasted against the vastness of the bulldog's features, evokes a feeling of an undercurrent of suspense, as if the outcome of this encounter balances on a knife-edge.
Through "Tense," Kosow delves into the theme of confrontation and the moments that precede action. The artwork captures the stillness before the storm, the quiet before the play, offering a metaphor for life's high-pressure situations where individuals face larger-than-life challenges.
The painting invites reflection on the psychological interplay between fear and courage, the small against the mighty, and the personal tenacity required to stand firm in the face of overwhelming odds. "Tense" is not just a snapshot of a surreal encounter but a broader commentary on the emotional landscapes we navigate when confronted with formidable obstacles.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parting (pet dog, bulldog, cowboy, animal portrait art, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Parting," a surrealistic painting by Rudolf Kosow, masterfully employs scale to create a poignant narrative of farewell. The canvas is dominated by the face of a bulldog, each hair and whisker intricately detailed, exuding a warmth and expressiveness that captures the essence of the breed. The bulldog's large, soulful eye, reflecting a quiet resignation, suggests an awareness of an impending separation.
Perched thoughtfully on the dog's snout, a diminutive figure of a man wearing a cowboy hat sits, his posture one of contemplative sorrow. The man dangles his legs over the edge of the snout, a symbol of the precipice between companionship and the solitude of parting.
Kosow's work deeply explores the themes of connection and departure. The intimate positioning of the man against the vastness of the dog's facial landscape evokes the shared history and emotional bond between human and animal. The painting's title, "Parting," may imply an imminent physical separation, yet the closeness of the two subjects suggests an unbreakable emotional tie that distance cannot sever.
In this piece, Kosow invites the viewer to consider the bittersweet moments of goodbye that are an intrinsic part of life's journey, highlighting the enduring nature of love that remains through any farewell. "Parting" is a testament to the poignant beauty found in the strength of connections that transcend the constraints of size and species.
keywords; painting on canvas, surrealist painting, animal vs human, americana, nature, man, man vs nature, surrealism, giant animal...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hungry (pet dog, pug snout, cooking lady, animal art, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Hungry" is a captivating painting by Rudolf Kosow that beautifully illustrates a moment of connection between a gargantuan, doleful-eyed bulldog and a diminutive woman. The dog’s fa...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
