Paul Oxborough
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s American Realist Interior Paintings
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
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2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
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"The inspiration for this painting was from a late rainy afternoon in midtown Manhattan," shares artist Onelio Marrero. "Daylight fades and holiday lights began...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
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Walking around Florence, Italy, artist Onelio Marrero came across a charismatic elderly couple asking for directions. Onelio fondly remembers the memory and mak...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
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Two pink horses run through a broad expanse in artist Nick Bontorno's piece. The vibrant red hues of the galloping equines radiate an intense vitality and spiri...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
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In New York at the entrance of Central Park at Columbus Circle, there is a monument that many people use as a meeting place. Onelio used the subject to focus ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
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"Hibiscus blooms are astonishing," says artist Jay Jensen. "The brilliance of color exceeds the range of oil pigments. They have fascinated me ever since I vi...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
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In his distinct style of impressionism, artist Onelio Marrero displays a man in a suit reading the news as he sits by an empty dining hall. He bases the piece o...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
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"The plain and ordinary can also be great subject matter to paint," shares artist Brian McCarty. In this urban scene, Brian paints the side of an orange-painted...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
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Artist Onelio Marrero depicts the backstage of a ballet recital - a familiar scene in which he has assisted. The painting captures one of those moments of prepa...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
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Artist Onelio Marrero shares about his recent visit to Boston. While there, he and his wife took in the many cultural and historic sights. One of the places the...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
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Artist Onelio Marrero continues to explore the pleasures of observing people in their environment. Rendering the elegant spatial qualities and details with succ...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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"This is a view from the clearing of an 18th century stone house that belonged to my art professor at Gettysburg," says artist Jay Jensen. "The painting was i...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The Clinton Station Diner is one of New Jersey's landmark diners. I was seated in this particular room that is actually a salvaged train dining car. I could n...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
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Onelio lives near Manhattan and travels there often. Grand Central Station is one of his frequent stops. "It is a marvelous interior space that bustles with com...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
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2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Oil
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Oil
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
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2010s Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Oil
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Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
Today, a number of figural artists — such as Sedrick Huckaby, Daisy Patton and Eileen Cooper — are making art that uses the human body as its subject.
Because figurative art represents subjects from the real world, natural colors are common in these paintings. A piece of figurative art can be an exciting starting point for setting a tone and creating a color palette in a room.
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