Hand-Painted Contemporary Art

Fruit and Flowers is a contemporary oil on canvas painting by the Glasgow based artist Steven E Robertson, created in 2026. Combining floral motifs, figurative line work, and symboli...

The Immaculate Defection is a large-scale contemporary oil on canvas painting by Steven E Robertson, created in 2025. Through a rich combination of figurative imagery, symbolic motif...

Beautiful tile mural with the "SEA" motif finely painted. Quantity: 80 tiles Tile mural size: 47.2"H X 59"W (120cm X 150cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "PORTRAIT" motif finely painted. Quantity: 117 tiles Tile mural size: 53.1"H X 76.7"W (135cm X 195cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: P...

Original work by contemporary Swedish artist Nicolas Makelberge. Mixed media including ink, color pigments and charcoal on cotton canvas. Framed in custom-made dark oak frame. Signed...

Handmade Wool Artwork made by M. Dombrowsky. An abstract, minimalist work made of wool and wood. Each work is handcrafted, the wool dyed and spun by hand. Intricately wrapped, and t...

Beautiful tile mural with the "HANGING VEGETABLES" motif finely painted. Quantity: 42 tiles Tile mural size: 41.3"H X 35.4"W (105cm X 90cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) O...

Beautiful tile mural with the "FLOWERS AND LEMONS" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 29.5"H X 41.3"W (75cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal P...

Intriguing abstract painting by acclaim Russian artist Alexander gore, oil Painting on canvas and is frame in shadow box with glass for protection. Signed and dated by the artist. A...

Nude painting by Jenna Snyder-Phillips. Black ink on hard paper. Art work is from 2012. Artist is educated in Italy. This nude painting is sold but we have another one very similar. ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "Floral" motif finely painted. Quantity: 35 tiles Tile mural size: 29.5"H X 41.3"W (75cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Po...

Beautiful tile mural with the "Flower Vase" motif finely painted. Quantity: 80 tiles Tile mural size: 59"H X 47.2"W (150cm X 120cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin...

Born in 1992 in Macerata in the Marche region, the Italian artist carried out a path that between studies of Surveyor and Architecture led him to a long collaboration with a craft co...

New York contemporary artist Stephanie Massaux's All-Nighter is an oil paint and cold wax medium on a cradled panel. The work reflects the hazy mental landscape that emerges after a ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "SHIP" motif finely painted. Quantity: 24 tiles Tile mural size: 23.6"H X 35.4"W (60cm X 90cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portug...

Beautiful tile mural with the "SWANS" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 41.3"H X 47.2"W (105cm X 120cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Production met...

A wonderful and quite colorful oil on canvas painting by Swedish-American California artist Magnus Engstrom (1936- ). The painting features a futurist cityscape and is done in the neo-cubist abstract expressionist artistic painting style that Engstrom embraced. The painting is signed and dated (1970) by Engstrom. Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern or California art painting collection...

New York contemporary artist Stephanie Massaux's Vacillation is an oil on panel with painted sides. The painting captures a moment of suspended decision, lingering in the space befor...

Black and white wall sculpture panel handmade in Italy by Cupioli. Subject: "Capricci Musicanti" This exquisite bas-relief panel is part of our exclusive collection of six unique ...

Artist Statement: My pastel landscapes, drawn both in color and black and white, capture a moment in time. They present the beauty as well as the powerful forces of nature. My work ...

This contemporary Talavera azulejo tile creates a striking geometric mosaic that can be used as a kitchen backsplash, architectural wall surface, or decorative wall installation. Whe...

Beautiful tile mural with the "Lemon Tree" motif finely painted. Quantity: 48 tiles Tile mural size: 35.4"W X 47.2"H (90cm X 120cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15cm) Origin...

Beautiful tile mural with the "PRAÇA DO COMÉRCIO LISBON PORTUGAL" motif finely painted. Quantity: 143 tiles Tile mural size: 76.7"W X 64.9"H (195cm X 165cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9...

Beautiful tile mural with the "CHICKENS " motif finely painted. Quantity: 44 tiles Tile mural size: 23.6"H X 64.9"W (60cm X 165cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Po...

Beautiful tile mural with the "HARVEST" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 53.1"H X 53.1"W (135cm X 135cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Production m...

Exceptional oil painting of of street view of the old city in Jerusalem. Edward Philips, Ben Avram (born 1941) is an artist who was born in Bombay, India ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "HANGING FOODS" motif finely painted. Quantity: 28 tiles Tile mural size: 23.6"H X 41.3"W (60cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin...

Intriguing contemporary painting by May Oosthoven. May is a Belgian painter which work has a strong meditative charge. Trough basic materials and forms she expresses her inner world ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "UNICORNS" motif finely painted. Quantity: 56 tiles Tile mural size: 82.6"W X 23.6"H (210cm X 60cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Por...

Jennifer Gibbs draws artistic inspiration primarily from meditation and nature. Her extensive body of work ranges from abstract expressionism to delicate botanicals to her charcoal l...

17th century Italian oil painting of an angel fountain signed by the artist. The painting is framed with an 18th century Italian hand-carved and gilded fragments adorned with lazurit...

A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following biography was submitted by John David Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. The author is Lisa Rigsby Peterson, daughter of the artist, and owner of the copyright of the biography. John David Rigsby was born on October 10, 1934, the seventh child of an Alabama Depression-era sharecropper's son. He and his family moved frequently, from one one-room structure to another, often with no running water, no plumbing, no heat but the stove. His father was killed in a car accident when Rigsby was just 9 years old. Life for the remaining eight family members proved tumultuous and difficult -- food wasn't plentiful, nor money. The family moved from place to place, following work -- Rigsby attended 30 different schools before graduating from high school. Despite living in poverty, Rigsby demonstrated academic and artistic aptitude at a young age. Two oil paintings on covers ripped off of old books that he painted when he was eight years old show the promise of an imaginative and gifted eye. Rigsby was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1953. As he later wrote, "When basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was over, I was told to go out and find a job. Jasper Johns was painting visual aids for the 28th Regimental Headquarters. He suggested the Band Training Unit." Rigsby played the clarinet in that unit, and after 2 years of service, he enrolled at the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill to study art. After just two years, he left school and followed his mentor (and one of the greatest and longest-lasting influences on his art), Japanese artist and U of A art instructor Tatsu Heima, to New York City. Heima introduced him to Isamu Noguchi and suggested that Rigsby work as Noguchi's assistant. Instead, Rigsby chose a job as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since "the notion of seeing all of that art appealed more to me than the boring task of studio assistant." The opportunity was a rich one for Rigsby. He had a chance to study the masters, and cited Rembrandt with his simplicity and elegance as another of the most important influences on his work. In the years between 1957 and 1963, when Rigsby eventually earned his BFA in sculpture, the artist traveled back and forth between New York and Tuscaloosa, alternating study with forays into the fertile New York art scene. Rigsby exhibited some of his early sculpture work in 1958 at a small New York gallery, which was also exhibiting the work of Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Theodore Stamos. Shortly thereafter, searching for an educational venue closer to New York City, Rigsby visited New Haven, Connecticut, and spent an afternoon speaking with Josef Albers at Yale. Albers agreed to accept Rigsby into the Yale program on the condition that he take freshman drawing all over again. A brilliant opportunity, but, in Rigsby's words, "When it was time to register, I was hitchhiking back to Alabama, looking for food and shelter." Rigsby had his first one-man show at the University of Alabama in 1959. A visiting critic from New York, J.F. Goosen, reviewed the show and wrote "here is a talent which produces art because that is the thing for a gifted person to do. In his effortless ease of conception and execution, he has already achieved a goal that eludes many artists for a lifetime." Finally, in 1963, Rigsby received his degree in sculpture, dissolved a short-lived marriage, visited his family, packed up his car and headed permanently for New York. That year, his work was included in a group show at the Delgado Museum in New Orleans - which led to a one-man exhibit at the Delgado in 1964. During 1964, Rigsby took drawing classes at Columbia University, and worked at the General Post Office at night. He met his future wife, Linda Palmieri, and married. In 1965, his daughter Lisa was born, followed in 1966 by the birth of his son, John David Jr. In 1966, Rigsby had a successful one-man show at the Pietrantonio Gallery in New York. Shortly thereafter, he and the family moved to Tunis, Tunisia at the suggestion of a colleague, who urged him to "come paint by the light of Klee." Rigsby worked for the United States Information Agency as a teacher, and he spent the next year and a half painting over ninety paintings inspired by the smells, light, and Phoenician and Roman art surrounding him. He also executed a number of character and landscape drawings, capturing the Tunisian way of life. During his time in Tunisia, Rigsby's work was shown there in two major exhibits. Upon the family's return to the U.S. in 1968, Rigsby once again exhibited at the Pietrantonio Gallery. Later that year, Rigsby enrolled in Southern Connecticut State College's Urban Studies program, earning a master's degree in 1970. During his time at SCSU, Rigsby worked as the city of Bridgeport's Curator of Exhibits, driving a mobile art gallery from schools to neighborhood fairs and housing projects. After completing his degree, Rigsby had an exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. This exhibit caught the attention of a member of the search committee looking to hire an artist for a newly-developed program in neighboring South Carolina. In 1970, Rigsby was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in the state of South Carolina for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists in Schools program. His work with the newly-integrated students at Beaufort (SC) High School over the term of his residency precluded substantial work on his own art. He did, however, set up a studio in downtown Beaufort, and was able to create a modest number of paintings, which were included in exhibits at the Columbia Museum in South Carolina in 1971 and Yale University in 1973. At the end of his residency in 1974, Rigsby was named the National Visual Arts Coordinator of the Artists in Schools program for the NEA, a post he held for two years. In this position, Rigsby traveled the country, reviewing grant applications, meeting with state leaders in government, education and the arts to promote program concepts and explore local opportunities. The message he repeated over and over again echoed that of one of the other major influences on Rigsby as an artist - Ruth Asawa Lanier, whose words taught him that all of the work that the artist does is the artist's work, not simply the paintings he creates. In his capacity as National Coordinator, as well as many times in the future, Rigsby stressed that artists function in the same way as any other person in society, and deserved the same respect and place for their work as did all other professions. After two years traveling the country, Rigsby was ready for a change, saying "for the first time in my adult life, there was not a body of paintings to show for the years put into my work." In 1976, a summer retreat to the mountain community of Central City, Colorado, led to a permanent relocation. Eventually settling in the small town of Evergreen, Rigsby followed his own advice about artists becoming actively involved in their communities, and he established the Evergreen Visual Arts Center. The Center provided working space for artists, classes for adults and children, and, most importantly, a place for Rigsby to create his own work. Buoyed by the opportunity to concentrate once again on his art, and inspired by his new surroundings, Rigsby entered an extremely prolific period in his career. In 1977, he organized a traveling exhibition of his paintings, which showed at the Kimball Arts Center in Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Arvada Center in Colorado. 1978 brought more exhibits, notably in Aspen and Denver, as Rigsby's work continued. He took an extended trip to visit his mentor, Tatsu Heima, in Japan, where he climbed Mt. Fuji, followed by travels to Tehran, Delhi, and several European countries. He chronicled his impressions from his travels in a small collection of paintings upon his return to the U.S. - the beginning of a practice which would continue through the rest of his life. In 1979, Rigsby's marriage failed, and at the same time he lost the lease to his Evergreen studio to redevelopment plans. In response to the personal chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor paintings of dots which marked his work from this period. The paintings gained him an NEA Individual Artist grant in 1980, as well as a Yaddo fellowship in 1981. The polka dot paintings were followed by a series of cupcake-like images, again examining space and color. During the early 1980s, Rigsby lived in a suite of old dentists' offices in a rundown part of Denver, with a studio in an area that reminded him of the Bowery in New York. In 1984, Rigsby founded the Progreso Gallery in the building where he lived, using the space both to show his own work and also to mount shows of the work of many Colorado artists. The gallery also served as a focal point for Denver's local arts community, hosting weekly discussion groups and classes. In 1984, Rigsby traveled to the Baja Peninsula and then in 1985 to Yugoslavia. After each sojourn, Rigsby returned to create vibrant and explosive paintings based on his experiences, showing them at his Progreso gallery and another alternative gallery in Denver, the Edge Gallery. The economic recession of the mid-eighties hit the art market and Rigsby hard, however, and although he continued to create new works of art, major exhibitions were difficult to come by. In 1987, Rigsby decided to leave Denver and spent six months in Barcelona, Spain. It was an electrifying trip for him. Rigsby wrote of that time: "The streets alone are a visual feast, and the additions of museums from Saarinen, Picasso and Miro to 12th century icons produced artistic indigestion. My paintings are always about the way things look and feel. Barcelona was a time machine extending those sensory and emotional concerns back to the Middle Ages. I felt the need to reduce my work to essential elements of color, scale, drawing and format. The [resulting] color studies speak eloquently for themselves, and in doing so, redefine all of the work I've done in the past 35 years of painting." Rigsby completed over a hundred paintings while in Barcelona - color studies, street portraits of the characters he encountered on a daily basis, and a number of dark landscape paintings. He found time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, and began writing stories about his adventures that were later published. Upon his return to Denver in 1988, Rigsby continued to explore the alter egos of the color studies - he concentrated on a series of dark paintings, all prominently featuring back. He commented about these black paintings that he " decided it was time to explore the perception of the eye and physical space as defined by low -light conditions…I find these paintings elegant, joyous and light-filled, with no feeling of heaviness at all." In mid-1988, Rigsby moved permanently to Houston, Texas, where he would spend the last five years of his life. Once in Houston, Rigsby made a discovery that would serve as the inspiration and material for some of the last works of his career. In 1989, he discovered a salvage yard filled with scrap rubber, and he began working on black rubber sculptures, as well as paintings with rubber elements incorporated. He made strong connections in the Houston alternative arts scene, and became a regular contributor and art critic for a local weekly newspaper, The Public News. From 1989 through 1992, he exhibited his sculptures and paintings at Houston's Brent Gallery, Fountainhead Gallery, and Blaffer Gallery. He also produced an installation of his rubber sculptures on the roof of the Diverse Works Gallery in Houston. 1992 also marked Rigsby's return to Denver when he exhibited his sculptures at the Payton-Rule Gallery in Denver, leading to an Absolut Rigsby commission by Carillon Importers. The 1990s were a tremendous struggle for Rigsby, with financial crises compounded by physical trauma (he accidentally sawed off the top joint of the index finger of his left hand while working in his studio). Although his work was being shown, it wasn't selling, and the tremendous financial pressure he felt weighed heavily upon him. He spent an increasing proportion of his time going to flea markets and garage sales, rehabilitating and repairing the things he bought there, and then re-selling them simply to raise enough money to keep a roof over his head. He had little time to paint or sculpt, the things in life that had always, no matter what the circumstances, brought him joy. Rigsby's final works were a series of intricate paintings and drawings on used books that he purchased at the flea market. Most of these drawings, which he referred to as sculptural form drawings, were executed on page after page of science texts, music books, and a Korean bible and fill hundreds of pages. Additionally, Rigsby created an exquisite book he titled 28 de los Angeles, in which his twenty-eight simple and elegant drawings of angels resonated with the influence of Rembrandt he had so admired in his early days. In a sense, Rigsby's final works, art created on used books which were the only materials he could afford, brought his work and life full circle from his childhood days. Rigsby's life, though begun and ended in adversity, was nonetheless illuminated and enriched by the irresistible impulse he had to create art and beauty. John David Rigsby was killed in a one-car accident in Colorado in August, 1993. Biography from the Archives of askART Following is a review by Michael Paglia of the artist's July 2004 retrospective at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. It was submitted by John Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. There's a magnificent retrospective at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art devoted to the work of the late John David Rigsby, who was a major powerhouse in Colorado's art scene. "Dots, Blobs and Angels" surveys more than forty years' worth of the remarkable artist's paintings and sculptures. The year 1993 was strange, and by that I mean terrible. Many of the city's galleries closed because of bad economic times, and then the artists started dying. In a matter of a few months, Denver lost three significant artists: Rigsby, experimental photographer Wes Kennedy...

Beautiful tile mural with the "DEER" motif finely painted. Quantity: 24 tiles Tile mural size: 23.6"H X 35.4"W (60cm X 90cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portug...

Beautiful tile mural with the "AGE OF DISCOVERY SHIP" motif finely painted. Quantity: 272 tiles Tile mural size: 100.3"W X 94.4"H (255cm X 240cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15...

Beautiful tile mural with the "Floral" motif finely painted. Quantity: 35 tiles Tile mural size: 29.5"H X 41.3"W (75cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Po...

The Mastaba (Project for United Arab Emirates) by Christo Yavachev (1935 - 2020) Pencil and wax crayon Measures: 80 cm x 59 cm (31 x 23 1/4 inches) Signed and dated Christo 1979 E...

Beautiful tile mural with the "FRUIT AND FLOWER BASKET" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 47.2"W X 23.6"H (120cm X 60cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portuga...

Beautiful tile mural with the "THE LAKE" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 53.1"H x 106.2"W (135cm x 270cm) Tile size: 5.9"H x 5.9"W (15cm x 15cm) Origin: Portugal Producti...

Beautiful tile mural with the "COURT LADY" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 70.8" H x 47.2" W (180cm x 120cm) Tile size: 5.9" H x 5.9" W (15cm x 15cm) Origin: Portugal Prod...

Modern abstract, oil on canvas painting; titled “Le Grand Bleu” by Michelle Hénault, a conceptual fine artist. Signed on front bottom right, also, signed...

Vivid color and movement to this original acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated on the verso. Shelley Herman 1970 "June Breath".

This contemporary azulejo tile forms a mosaic perfect for kitchen decorations or any exterior space. Made with the Talavera technique. Artist, Cesar Torres portraits the colonial art of Mexico, but this time with a contemporary touch. This wall decoration can be arranged to fit specific spaces or simply hanged as a painting on the wall. The Talavera is not just a simple painted ceramic: its exquisite decoration is the product of a delicate process of alchemy that translates into fine enamels. In Puebla, Mexico few people still produce using Talavera with the ancestral techniques. One of those few is Cesar Torres, Don Cesar learned his art in the workshop of the Uriarte family, an excellent workshop where his grandfather worked. In his creations he uses the black and white mud that is obtained from the nearby hills of Loreto and Guadalupe, and colors of mineral origin that he creates in his workshop with recipes from his grandfather. All the pieces are modeled in a traditional way and go through a production process that usually takes from one to two months, between drying, burning, and painting. Being surrounded by a living tradition, Cesar Torres Jr., learned from his father since childhood. Architect by profession, Cesar Jr. has come to revolutionize and modernize with new designs and ideas of the current world, nevertheless always respecting the tradition of the processes and materials that make Talavera a Creole art...

"Amontonamiento 06" by Alejo Palacios (Argentina, 1989) is a striking contemporary artwork created in 2022 using acrylic on handmade paper. This original piece showcases Palacios' un...

Parisian cityscape, signed and framed oil on canvas by Serge Belloni, ‘57 This painting has all the quintessential features of Belloni’s renowned Parisi...

Isabel Brinck Original Abstract Painting on Canvas Titled "Kismet" Original acrylic on canvas painting by Chilean-American artist Isabel Brinck title "Kismet" signed lower right and...

Beautiful tile mural with the "LADIES BY THE LAKE" motif finely painted. Quantity: 190 tiles Tile mural size: 59"H X 112.1"W (150cm X 285cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) ...

Hand Painted Acrylic on Canvas in a brown oak frame. Ready to hang. A beautiful large painting to accentuate your home. 48" w x 60"h Painting is 47" x 59" Artist: Unknown This is an...

CROWN (2024) by Lowell boyer is a vibrant celebraton of color, form and philosophical inquiry. A joyous riot of washes-golden tones, soft pinks, mauves, lavender, greens and blues, ...

Beautiful tile mural with the "COUNTRYSIDE" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 47.2"H X 59"W (120cm X 150cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Productio...

Beautiful tile mural with the "BIRDS" motif finely painted. Quantity: 80 tiles Tile mural size: 47.2"W X 59"H (120cm X 150cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portuga...

Beautiful tile mural with the "GENTLEMAN" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 70.8"H X 53.1"W (180cm X 135cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Production...

This contemporary Talavera azulejo tile creates a striking geometric mosaic that can be used as a kitchen backsplash, architectural wall surface, or decorative wall installation. Whe...

Beautiful tile mural with the "LADY" motif finely painted. Tile mural size: 64.9"H X 41.3"W (165cm X 105cm) Tile size: 5.9"W X 5.9"H (15cm X 15cm) Origin: Portugal Production meth...

Beautiful tile mural with the "FRUIT AND FLOWER BASKET" motif finely painted. Quantity: 50 tiles Tile mural size: 29.5"H X 59"W (75cm X 150cm) Tile size: 5.9"H X 5.9"W (15cm X 15cm)...

Jarron Con Flores, ink on paper by Rene Portocarrero (1912-1985). This wonderful drawing made by Rene Portocarrero, is one of the few that survive from his artistic period of the 1...

Oil painting with Golf motive. Hand painted in England. In the set of gold wood frame. Very nice decoration for every interior. Only one unique piece.

Watercolor in archival Frame John P. Coleman (1921 - 2017) John P. Coleman was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Alice and Aaron Coleman. As a young man, John served four years in the Ar...

This large and well executed abstract painting was done by Carlisle Ainsworth Harris of Trinidad in 1990. This original painting is a framed acrylic on canvas and highlights Harris's...

Hand Painted Acrylic on Canvas in a brown oak frame. Ready to hang. A beautiful large painting to accentuate your home. 48" w x 36"h x 1.5" Painting is 47" x 35" Artist: Unknown This...

Acrylic painting with Leopard. Hand painted in Italy. In the set of gold wood frame. Very nice decoration for every interior. Only one unique piece.