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"Forsythia, Lilies & Tea" (2024) By Daniel Keys, Original Oil Floral Painting
By Daniel Keys
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Key's "Forsythia, Lilies & Tea" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cup of tea in a colorful floral scene.
About the artist:
Daniel J. Keys was born o...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"X, Y and Z" by Rodríguez, Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"X, Y and Z" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on panel in 2023 and depicts a wooden puzzle surrounded by three bright yellow le...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"6 Pack", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "6 Pack" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts Coors light beer bottles with a white background.
"6 Pa...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Study for 'Penance'" Oil Painting
By Raymond Bonilla
Located in Denver, CO
Raymond Bonilla's (US based) "Study for 'Penance'" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a quiet scene of foliage with warm afternoon light.
About the Artist:
Raymond...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Blue Grapes" (2022) by Daire Lynch, Original Oil Painting, Still Life
By Daire Lynch
Located in Denver, CO
"Blue Grapes" by Daire Lynch (Ireland based) is an original oil on birch panel depicting a lush cluster of grapes.
Dáire Lynch is a Dublin born artist who currently resides in West...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Birch
"The Study" (2025) By John McCaw, Mixed Media, Abstract Original
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "The Study" is an abstract mixed media and oil painting in blues, green, grey, tan, red, white and black
John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American exp...
Category
2010s Abstract Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Garden of Inspiration" (2022) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Ripe Yellow Pear
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Garden of Inspiration" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a perfectly ripe yellow pear.
About the Artist:
Sybiline is a Canadian artist base...
Category
2010s Surrealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Crazy Eyes" by Stephanie Buer, Original Oil Painting, Urban Grafitti
By Stephanie Buer
Located in Denver, CO
"Crazy Eyes" by Stephanie Buer depicts an urban, blue brick wail with red and black graffiti.
Stephanie Buer, now based in Portland, had spent over a decade observing the urban lan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Raleigh Street" by Stephanie Buer, Original Oil Painting, Elevated Streets
By Stephanie Buer
Located in Denver, CO
"Raleigh Street" by Stephanie Buer depicts several elevated streets with dense foliage and urban graffiti on a column.
Stephanie Buer, now based in Portland, had spent over a decad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Fishing Reel" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Fishing Reel" is an oil painting that depicts a fishing reel with a freshly caught fish.
Bio/artist statement:
David Shin...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Life is Like a Rubber Chicken" by Josh Talbott, Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Life is Like a Rubber Chicken" is an acrylic painting that depicts a vibrant rubber chicken with a blue background.
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up in suburban...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Remember Time in Church" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Time in Church" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a green and purple shadowed background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Feather" By Mikael Olson, Impressionist Still-Life Oil Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "Feather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a loose striped brown feather floating in a sky of blue and white.
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Still Life with Flowers in Blue Jar II" by Jordan Wolfson, (2023) Oil Painting
By Jordan Wolfson
Located in Denver, CO
Jordan Wolfson's (US based) "Still Life with Flowers XVIII" is an oil painting that depicts a yellow calla lily in a vase contrasted with a deep burgundy background.
Jordan Wolfson ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Western Still Life with Eastern Landscape
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Western Still Life with Eastern Landscape" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic still life of Peonies, Irises, Morning glories, and nectari...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Mollie's Spoons", Oil Painting
By Scott Fraser
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Fraser's "Mollie's Spoons" is an oil painting created in 2020 that depicts varying fine silver spoons scattered across a warm grey surface.
About ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"I Feel Useful" Original oil painting of Sandwich on Red
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "I Feel Useful" created in 2016 features a sandwich on a red background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League of New York in 2006, moving next to San F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Remember the Catbird Seat" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember the Catbird Seat" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a two toned green background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League of New Y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Remember Date Night" Original oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Felicia Forte's painting "Remember Date Night" created in 2016 features a yellow sticky tab on a pink, red and yellow zig zag background.
Felicia attended the Art Students League o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Gondolas" (2024) By Mikael Olson, Original Impressionist Oil Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "Gondolas" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting, which depicts gondolas rowing down the canals of Venice, Italy.
Artist Biography and Statement:
Bo...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Little Aliens" Oil Painting Colorful Toys
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Aliens" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of a pair of blue and purple toys of aliens.
Artist Biography:
Calvin Lai's art is...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Two" (2025) By Scott Conary, Impressionist Still-Life Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Conary's "Two" is an original, handmade impressionist still-life oil painting that depicts a steak resting on a cutting board, split perfectly in two against an abstracted whit...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Recomposed No. 1" (2019) By Jon Doran, Original Oil painting
By Jon Doran
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Doran's (UK based) "Recomposed No. 1" is an oil painting created in 2019 and it depicts white and pink roses on a white background.
Artist statement:
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Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Light Diversions 1
Located in Denver, CO
Light Diversions 1, 2019
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
"Zinnia Sky" Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alexandrea Pangburn’s “Zinnia Sky,” a 2023 artwork, is a celebration of floral splendor set against the vastness of the sky. This original acrylic painting on wood panel, measuring 8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Botanicals No. 1", Oil Painting
By Gregory Block
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's "Botanicals No. 1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of yellow and white blooms with a blue and clear bottle.
About the artist:
Greg...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Dissolve" (2024) By Mikael Olson, Original Impressionist Interior Oil Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "Dissolve" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
Artist Biography and Statement:
Born in Denver in 1973, Mikael Olson has been painting for as long...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Love and Grief" Oil Painting
By Shelli Langdale
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "Love and Grief" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow dandelion and blue cloud-like shapes.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chattanooga, TN. U.S.A. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Bodegon" (2020) By Yana Beylinson, Original Impressionist Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Bodegon" is an oil painting that depicts a still of a kitchen counter stacked with a Pellegrino bottle, a pink spray bottle, a yellow pear, and a white m...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Dark Cup on Grey" (2019) By Jon Doran, Original Oil painting
By Jon Doran
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Doran's (UK based) "Dark Cup on Grey" was painting in 2019 and it depicts a grey cup with an abstracted background.
Artist statement:
"I am interested ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" (Original Acrylic Painting)
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Pony Power - Ford Mustang Emblem" is an acrylic painting that depicts a Ford Mustang Emblem.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Sugar, Sugar
By Pam Ingalls
Located in Denver, CO
Sugar container on counter top
Category
2010s American Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,450
"Metal Hues" (2024) By Jill Soukup, Original Oil Painting
By Jill Soukup
Located in Denver, CO
Jill Soukup's "Metal Hues" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a colorful expressionist close up of a train stopped on the tracks.
About the artist:
Jill Souk...
Category
2010s Expressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Anger" Oil Painting
By Jason Walker
Located in Denver, CO
"Anger", an original oil painting by renowned artist Jason Walker, crafted in 2020, is a masterful representation of raw emotion. Measuring 15 x 15 inches, and framed at 18.25 x 18.25 inches, this exquisite piece on panel captures a vivid character aflame with intense passion against a stark backdrop, accentuating its powerful presence. Walker's meticulous attention to detail and expertise in using oil mediums is evident, making this artwork not only a reflection of human sentiment but also a testament to fine artistry. Priced at $5,500, it's a timeless piece that adds depth and conversation to any collection.
Artist Bio:
Jason Walker’s imagery reflects popular culture: from Disney’s Mary Poppins or Mickey Mouse to frosted doughnuts. As observer and conveyor of cultural icons, he is an anthropologist and his beautiful and often endearing paintings resonates with art viewers. But this Toronto artist is also an analyst. Conceived with the clear-eyed vision...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Untitled at Sea", Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Untitled at Sea" is an acrylic painting that depicts a small toy red piano floating suspended in a light blue sea background.
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco.
ARTIST STATEMENT
We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling.
My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed.
My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today?
The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all.
I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fall Low" (2024) By John McCaw, Original Abstract Still Life Oil Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Fall Low" (2024) is an oil painting that depicts an abstract still life.
John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American expressionist Dan McCaw and brothe...
Category
2010s Abstract Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Anaheim, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's (US based) "Anaheim" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green Anaheim pepper halved, so that it's seeds and core are exposed, with an indigo blue back...
Category
2010s Academic Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Ladew Topiaries" (2024) By Adrienne Stein, Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Adrienne Stein
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Ladew Topiaries" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1986) is an award winning artist living and working...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Gardenia on a Blue Table, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Tracey Brandon's (US based) "Gardenia on a Blue Table" is an oil painting that depicts a bouquet of blooming White Gardenias with leaves sit...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,500 Sale Price
25% Off
"Bird, " Oil Painting
By Suchitra Bhosle
Located in Denver, CO
Suchitra Bhosle's "Bird" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a common gray and brown bird on a grey surface with its wings and legs jutt...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pure Gold" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sheri Farabaugh's "Pure Gold" is a handmade, original oil painting that depicts the white and golden flowers of a yucca plant blossoming.
Artist Stat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Light in the Darkness (IV)" - Acrylic and Glow in the Dark Figurative Painting
By Ifeoluwa Alade
Located in Denver, CO
Light in the Darkness (IV)* is a 2024 acrylic and glow-in-the-dark painting by Nigerian artist Ifeoluwa Alade, created for his solo exhibition *The Sprout of Hope* at Abend Gallery. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Star Gazers" (2024) By Adrienne Stein, Original Oil Landscape Painting
By Adrienne Stein
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's (US based) "Star Gazers" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1986) is an award winning artist living and working in ...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Torch Lily" (2025), Original Impressionist Floral Still-Life Oil Painting
By Jill Soukup
Located in Denver, CO
Jill Soukup's "Torch Lily" (2025) is an original, handmade oil painting on canvas that depicts a colorful expressionist close up of a Torch Lily flower, painted at the '25 Gallery 12...
Category
2010s Expressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Northern Dreams, " Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Northern Dreams" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow flowers strewn on a table with an arctic landscape in the background.
Mia Berg...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Half Spent", Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Half Spent" is an acrylic painting that depicts a empty honey bear jar reused as a piggy bank, half full of coins with a light blue background.
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco.
ARTIST STATEMENT
We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling.
My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed.
My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today?
The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all.
I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Game On
By Irene Georgopoulou
Located in Denver, CO
Irene Georgopoulou's "Game On" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a monopoloy board. Please allow 3-5 weeks before this artwork will ship.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Keeping the Secret" Oil Painting
By Jodi Gerbi
Located in Denver, CO
Jodi Gerbi's (US based) "Keeping the Secret" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pile of rubbish and brightly colored refuse.
Currently r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ready to Open
By Justin Wheatley
Located in Denver, CO
Ready to Open, 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Sinful Thoughts
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's "Sinful Thoughts" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic still life of a plant growing from a winking tea cup as a nu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Covington
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Covington, 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Who's Driving This Thing?", Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Who's Driving This Thing" is an acrylic painting that depicts yellow scorpion appendages with the body of a black car having been released from a glass jar.
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco.
ARTIST STATEMENT
We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling.
My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed.
My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today?
The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all.
I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Afternoon Delight" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Afternoon Delight" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Sphynx cat eyeing a pink teacup with milk and plate with a w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Songs from the Forest #1, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's (US based) "Songs from the Forest #1" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a giant tree, growing in the center of a stone courtyard, in the process of dro...
Category
2010s American Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Leftovers" (2025) by Gregory Block, Original Oil Painting, Donuts in Box
By Gregory Block
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Leftovers" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a half dozen fresh donuts in high detail.
About the Artist:
Gregory was born in Kansas City, Mi...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Specter Boarder, " Acrylic Painting
By Drew Young
Located in Denver, CO
Drew Young's (BC based) "Specter Boarder" in an original, handmade acrylic and oil painting that depicts a white orchid with a black background seen through...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Flip Flop Trio, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Tracy Wall's "Flip Flop Trio" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts three pairs of sandals in teal, white and purple on a tan background.
About the Artist:
As an artist, Tracy Wall sheds new light on everyday life, inviting the viewer to see the familiar as if for the very first time. Working with a variety of subjects, Tracy paints interesting viewpoints with compelling value, color, and shapes. Appealing compositions are everywhere, and they make strong impressions from afar even before the subject matter is recognized. She loves to balance representational impressions with more abstracted compositions.
Tracy has studied at the Art Students League of Denver under such influential artists as Michelle Torrez, Ken Velastro, Kevin Weckbach, John Lencicki, and Rob Gratiot while also participated in additional workshops from Sally Strand, Carol Marine...
Category
2010s Realist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Looking for the Kitty
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's "Looking for the Kitty" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a surreal still life of a blue eye on a red apple as it floats on a cloud shaped like a white ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Spring", Acrylic Painting
By Josh Talbott
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Spring" is an acrylic painting that depicts a rubber toy duck trapped in a spring loaded mouse trap
Bio:
Josh Talbott grew up ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Studio Window" (2024) By Mikael Olson, Impressionist Oil Still-Life Painting
By Mikael Olson
Located in Denver, CO
Mikael Olson's (US based) "Studio Window" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting, which depicts a view out of the window of an apartment resting above the city.
Artist Biograp...
Category
2010s Impressionist Colorado - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
