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"Mr. Peanut in Persia (Isfahan)" Contemporary Blue & Orange Pop Culture Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop culture inspired painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features Mr. Peanut set against an orange and blue Persian inspired tile ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"2001 Kabal" Contemporary Neon Pop Culture Painting of Mr. Peanut Against Green
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop culture inspired painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features Mr. Peanut set against a thick background of neon green and pink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mario, Oil on Linen/Panel, Impressionism, Oil Painters of America, Portrait
By Judy Crowe
Located in Houston, TX
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Mario is a portrait by Judy Crowe that was just completed in 2022 Mario is an example of the the Impressionist painters that the artist most adm...
Category
2010s Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Wood Panel
Diane with Braids Oil on Panel Figurative Painting Contemporary
By David Shevlino
Located in Houston, TX
Diane with Braids is from 2012 and is 12 x 10 and comes to you framed in minimal hardwood. This oil on panel painting by Shevlno link traditional representation with abstraction. Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Diane in Red Oil on Panel Figurative Painting Contemporary Brushstrokes
By David Shevlino
Located in Houston, TX
Diane in Red is from 2015 and is 12 x 10 and comes to you framed in minimal hardwood. This oil on panel painting by Shevlino link traditional representation with abstraction. Throug...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"The Creation of Adam as an Individuation of Divinity" Modern Sistine Chapel
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel contemporary rendition of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel by Texas-based artist Robert Sandman. The work features God and Adam clasping hands instead of touching fingers. Signed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Small Dark Grey Abstract Expressionist Figurative Portrait Painting
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Small dark grey abstract expressionist painting of a figure's face by Dick Wray. The painting is currently unframed.
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian, born in Heigh...
Category
1990s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Pink Lincoln" Modern Pink and Blue Toned Figurative Presidential Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pink and blue toned portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate depiction of the former president that ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Girl with a Hat" Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Dynamic abstract portrait by contemporary Houston-based artist Margo Lunsford. The piece features a central fractured image of a figure with their arms crossed above their head. Sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Stupendous Beauty 1 Oil/ Canvas Nigerian Artist 2023 Portrait Art Realism
Located in Houston, TX
Description: This painting "Stupendous Beauty 1 " conveys the confidence and the very impressive beauty of a black woman that is painted in bold colors in the style of Realism. It is oil on canvas. Stupendous Beauty 1 is a unique work of art, not a print or other type of copy.
Joshua Salami...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Queen Elizabeth 2 Oil on Birch Panel Unique Style Women in the Arts 30”x40”
Located in Houston, TX
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Queen Elizabeth 2 30”x40” x 1.5" oil on birch panel . Ready to hang with wire on the back
They are blurred....
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
Estee, Oil on Panel, Folk Art, Estee Lauder, Portraits, The Outsiders, 20 x 15
Located in Houston, TX
Quote from Estee Lauder "Be Strong. Be Confident " Be the Star of your own life". "Keep and eye on the competition but this doesn't mean copying them."
Below are other paintings available by Tommy...
Category
2010s Folk Art Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
"The Light Bulb Moment" Contemporary Portrait of Andy Warhol & Campbell's Soup
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful contemporary portrait of Andy Warhol by Texas-based artist Robert Sandman. The work features realistic portraits of Warhol sitting against a pink background and eating a bow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Give-Me-A-Smile Oil/ Canvas Nigerian Artist 2023 Portrait Art Realism
Located in Houston, TX
Give Me A Smile
Close your eyes,
Don't say a word;
Give me a smile,
And stay and weave me your part of tenderness,
Give me a little smile while I lie by your side;
And give me you...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HRDR.FSTR, SMTR Steven Navarro, PanAm Games, Olympics 2024, Team USA
By Carlos Rancano
Located in Houston, TX
HRDR.FSTR,SMTR is an oil painting by V...Vaughan of Steve Navarro of California. In late November Steven Navarro is participating in the PanAmerican games in Cali, Colombia after winning the Gold Medal at the PanAmerican Games in Guadalajara. He is ranked #1 in his weight division of 114 lbs.He most likely will qualify for the Paris 2024...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green and Blue Abstract Portrait of a Bald Man
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract portrait of a man by artist Carla Nickerson-Adams. This portrait depicts a seated bald man with a green garment with a red and yellow lining. Signed ...
Category
1990s Abstract Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Vision" Modern Blue, Red, and Yellow Abstract Geometric Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, red, and yellow abstract modern portrait painting by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The work features a well dressed man with part of his face obscu...
Category
1980s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Pastel Toned American Gothic Style Edward Scissorhands Pop Art
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pastel pop art portrait of Edward Scissorhands and Kim Bogs by Texas artist Robert Sandman. Posed in the style of the iconic "American...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
John "Scrappy" Ramirez, portrait, pro-boxer, oil painting, Execute Your Plan
Located in Houston, TX
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Scrappy is an oil on canvas painting by Joan Breckwoldt from Houston, Texas. It is framed in a custom floater frame. Scrappy bring...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sam Sharpe" Contemporary Yellow Toned Outsider Art Figurative Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Featured in "Kevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
In "Lonely Family Reunion", local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant explo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Kid Dynamite, Steven Navarro, PanAmerican Games, Olympics 2024, Team USA
By Carlos Rancano
Located in Houston, TX
Kid Dynamite is an oil painting by V...Vaughan of Steve Navarro of California. In late November Steven Navarro is participating in the PanAmerican games in Cali, Colombia after winning the Gold Medal at the PanAmerican Games in Guadalajara. He is ranked #1 in his weight division of 114 lbs.He most likely will qualify for the Paris 2024...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorful Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Mixed Media Contemporary Collage
By Jim Hudek
Located in Houston, TX
1950's pop star Marilyn Monroe portrait with collage aspects encased in resin. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom right corner.
Artist Biography (from the Artist himself...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media
Phantom, Portrait artist, Impressionism , Classical, Florence Academy of Art
By Anton Zhou
Located in Houston, TX
Phantom is a 10 x 8 portrait, oil on linen panel. .
Phantom was painted in 2021 by Anton Zhou who recently graduated from Columbia University in NYC .He has painted portraits, still-lifes and landscapes over the years and is known for showing the details in the subject matter that he paints.. He is also know for winning the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo art...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
John "Scrappy" Ramirez, portrait, pro-boxer, oil painting, Execute Your Plan
Located in Houston, TX
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Scrappy is an oil on canvas painting by Joan Breckwoldt from Houston, Texas. It is framed in a custom floater frame. Scrappy bring...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Lonely Family: Jake" Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Featured in "Kevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX.
In "Lonely Family Reunion", local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant explo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Giea, Oil Painting Realism, Alla Prima, History Flows Into the Present, Figures
Located in Houston, TX
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Giea reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that history flows into the present in an ever-changing state. And, with each new context, we view people and events through a contemporary lens specific to that moment.
Giea appropriates and contextualizes original portrait elements to create reinvented portraits using technique and patterning that brings a contemporary context and perspective to these historically inspired portraits.
My current body of work, Contemporary Histories, explores this phenomena by re-interpreting historical portraiture using a contemporary visual language. It is my intent to create a modern visual lens through which to view these individuals and their legacies, as they continue to flow into the present in ever-changing states.
As a keen example of how history changes and morphs over time, I have selected portraits of women who chose an alternate path from the traditional ones prescribed in their times. Some of these individuals overtly stepped outside the traditional roles prescribed for women to realize their goals. Others astutely maneuvered within the social system they lived in to obtain their aspirations. Whether altruistic or nefarious, these women and their actions altered the future cultural landscape. Through a 21st century lens, we view them as women with minds of their own, who made choices to control their own lives and futures. Often, in stark contrast to how they were viewed and how their actions were recorded in their own times.
For a modern visual language, a combination of fine and decorative arts has inspired my approach to this subject. Employing several formal contemporary tenets, most notably, rather than place the figure in a 3-dimensional space, as in the originals, the figures reside in flat graphic picture planes of damask designs, repetitive patterns or botanical grounds as modern settings for their modern legacies.
These graphic backgrounds symbolize what was historically considered a woman’s proper domain, in particular, gardening and needle crafts, such as; quilting, embroidery and sewing. Formally, unlike the originals, I am working alla prima, rather than with a base grisaille and delicate layers of glazing. While, the patterned and botanical environments, along with gold leaf applications, contemporary compositions and color palettes are formally influenced by a spectrum of 19th - 21st century artists and artisans; from Gustav Klimt and the Wiener Werkstatte to Henri Rousseau, Tamara de Lempicka and Will Cotton.
BIO
Honora Jacob...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala, Oil, Portrait Painting, Figurative Art, American
Located in Houston, TX
Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala by Stacy Kamin was painted as a commission for the gallery. It is 16 x 15 unframed and 20 x 21 framed. It is a handmade w...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
You Should Have Seen the Other One Oil Boxing @everywomanart Women in Art
By Jeanie Tomanek
Located in Houston, TX
You Should Have seen the Other Gal By Jeanie Tomanek is an 8" x 8" oil painting on panel. It has on a custom frame.
You Should Have seen the Other Gal was part of a boxing exhibiti...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vintage Gouache Painting - The Cellist
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid and contemporary style gouache portrait of a female cellist at work by G. Lachausse, circa 1970.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold...
Category
1960s Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Celeste Amid The Coneflowers Oil Gold Leaf Canvas Figurative 40 x 30 Feminine
Located in Houston, TX
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Celeste Amid The Coneflowers is a new painting by artist Honora Jacob. Also included in the images are two other paintings that were recently completed. He...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rock Me Baby Oil 14 x 20 Framed Water Movement Figurative Portraiture
Located in Houston, TX
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Rock Me Baby is a 14 x 20 figurative oil painting by E. Melinda Morrison. It was painted in 2019. Rock Me Baby sho...
Category
2010s Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"SOS" Contemporary Surrealist Blue Tonal Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
This conceptually impressionistic piece showcases a large light blue skull with highlights of orange and yellow. The skull is surrounded by a tall buildings creating a cityscape of m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portrait of a Man" Grey Cubist Portrait
By Norman Baasch
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist portrait of a man with multiple shades of black, grey, and white. The painting is signed and dated in the bottom right corner. The painting is framed in a black frame with...
Category
2010s Surrealist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vibrant Surreal Beach Scene
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful surrealist oil landscape of a man standing on a beach next to a red flag signed by artist L. Calisio in the lower right corner. Hung in gold frame with a tan mat.
Dimensi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mr. Peanut , George, and Double Native" Contemporary Pop Culture Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary pop culture inspired painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features a screen print inspired portrait of George Washington, Mr. Peanut, and a dual portrait of...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Secret Keeper 40" x 30" oil gold metal leaf on canvas Figurative Feminine
Located in Houston, TX
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The Secret Keeper 40" x 30" oil gold metal leaf on canvas is a new painting by artist Honora Jacob. Also included in the images are two other paintings that were recently completed. Here is an article that goes into detail about her new series of paintings. How they’re dressed...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Taxi, oil painting , Figurative Art, Austin Texas artist, Women in Art
By Karen Offutt
Located in Houston, TX
Karen Offutt approaches Taxi 15x 12 , (framed 21 x 18) oil on panel with an atmospheric sensitivity combining shape, tone line, and color. Karen is best known for her figurative pa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Teal and Blue Toned Abstract Contemporary Portrait of a Lady in a Fro
Located in Houston, TX
Teal, blue, pink, and black abstract figurative portrait by Houston, TX artist Jim Pirtle. The painting depicts a black woman in a colorful floral dress aga...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Bathers II, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
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ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS:
Bathers: 9"x12" oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back
They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint.
Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again.
Also seen in this listing are Bathers 1 which can be found in a separate listing.
Joan Breckwoldt is an American contemporary artist living in Houston, Texas. Her training has a foundation of traditional methods and she enjoys the challenge of using traditional painting methods to create contemporary works. Joan has studied at the University of Texas at Austin, The Art League of Houston, and the Konigs Schule in the Hague, the Netherlands. She is represented by the Jack Meier Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil
"Mr. Nixon" Contemporary Pastel Yellow and Purple Surrealist Portrait Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Vivid purple and yellow toned painting done by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a life-size figure of the head of Richard Nixon with yellow and purple features and bright, red eyes. He is dressed in a bright purple suit with a smiley face button on the collar. Signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Born in Dallas, Texas David Potwin is the oldest of three children. He first started to paint at the age of 8 years old. As a young boy, Potwin's family would summer vacation in Taos, New Mexico. During the family vacations in 1965, he met artist Eric Gibberd...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Over and Under" Soft Blue Toned Portrait of a Lady Wearing a Victorian Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Sky blue-toned abstract portrait of a Victorian woman attributed to American Modernist artist, John O'Neil. This painting depicts a pale white woman with rosy cheeks wearing a sky blue Victorian garment, sitting against an abstract light blue background. The canvas used for this piece was originally painted with an abstracted landscape and was painted over for this work. This piece has not been authenticated. Signed, dated, and titled at the back. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: John O'Neil (1915-2004) was a painter, educator, and writer best known for his Abstract Imagery and Early Modern (before 1950) styles.
O'Neil was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1915. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 and his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1939. He studied at the Colorado Springs Arts Center, with Boardman Robinson, Paul Burlin, and Henry Varnum Poor; Taos School...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Beatificado" Modern Tabloid Inspired Religious Social Commentary Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern, large scale social commentary painting by California artist John Valdez. Comes with the original sketch as well as a book about the artist. Inspired by the cover of a Mexican tabloid, Valadez invites the viewer to examine the duality of a society that mourns the death of an iconic religious leader and neglects those close to them who are perhaps deemed not worthy of consideration.
The bold red headline reads “El cardenal Gabiri será beatificado” (Cardinal Gabiri will be beatified) above a large accompanying image of the cardinal in his casket and two smaller images, one of sobbing mourners and another of the cardinal sitting at the altar. Dividing the image is a subhead that reads, “El pueblo católico está de luto” (the Catholic people are mourning) placed above a depiction of four young boys who seem to be sniffing glue. The adjacent text reads “The indifference of the adults is the cause behind the issues these forgotten children have to live.”
This work was exhibited at the Pacific Standard Time, Long Beach Museum of Art in 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in 2012, as well as the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, IL in 2013. Signed by artist in front lower right corner as well as titled and dated in front lower left corner. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: John Valadez...
Category
1970s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Felt Pen
Small Longitudinal Dark Toned Abstract Portrait of a Pregnant Woman
By Pat Colville
Located in Houston, TX
Small longitudinal dark green and yellow toned portrait by Houston, TX artist Pat Colville depicting a young pregnant woman with short hair and a sleeveless top. The subject's striki...
Category
1950s Abstract Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joan Amid Narcissus Oil Gold Leaf Canvas Figurative 33 x 22 Feminine Figurative
Located in Houston, TX
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Joan Amid Narcissus is a new painting by artist Honora Jacob. Also included in the images are two other paintings that were recently completed. Here is an ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Kal-El Leaves Krypton" Colorful Abstract Modern Pop Art Superman Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract modern pop art painting by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The title refers to when Jor-El and Lara watch as their son Kal-El, better kno...
Category
1980s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Precipitate, Portrait, Realism, Classical, Florence Academy, Figurative
By Anton Zhou
Located in Houston, TX
Precipitate is painted in the classical style of Realism that he first learned at the Florence Academy of Art. He has painted portraits over the years and is known for showing the expressions in the person's face. He is also know for winning the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo art contest for several years when he was in high school. His paintings sold for over $200,000 with the proceeds going to the scholarship fund.
Anton Zhou
Painter, Draftsman
Anton Zhou is a painter and draftsman whose work operates along the lines of impressionistic realism. Having studied at the Florence Academy of Art and Columbia University in New York City, he paints primarily in oils with elements that span both classical realism and contemporary art. A Houston native, Anton was named a Young Master by the Texas Commission on the Arts and is represented by artist organizations across the states.
Artist Statement
“Crafted by classical methods and embellished with a vibrant palette, my artistic practice revolves around expressing the ephemeral nature of our surroundings. The transitory state of each happening allows for only brief but pure recollections, so adopting a candid lens is a way of genuinely feeling moments, examining their context and illuminating the beauty woven into this space.
A painter of light...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Canvas Wrapped Portrait of a Couple with Painted Bright Blue Collars
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a photograph of a man and a woman with painted bright blue bow tie and collar. The artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Canvas Wrapped Portrait of a Woman with Bright Blue Handkerchief
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a framed painting of a woman with bright blue handkerchief...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Screaming" Minimal Contemporary Abstract Portrait Painting
By Tim Johnson
Located in Houston, TX
Red tonal abstract painting of a portrait of a man screaming. The work is signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the back of the canvas. Th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Cubist style mixed media contemporary portrait of a Middle Eastern woman. The work has fabric glued to the paper to represent her clothing. The work is signed by the artist in the bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
White Canvas Wrapped Portrait with Bright Blue Bow Tie
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a painting of a child with bright blue bow tie. The artist Matthew Reeves, owner of Reeve...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Component" Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist influenced the figurative painting of a female hooked up to an organic mechanical machine. The work is signed by the artist on the front of the canvas. It is titled, signe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Miniature South American or Native American Portraits Paintings Signed Erwin
Located in Houston, TX
Three well painted miniature portraits of South American or Native American men. The piece is framed in a wooden frame with a white matte. Each portrait is signed by Erwin.
Dimensio...
Category
20th Century Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Abstract Portrait of a Woman with Child and Fish
By Lynwood Kreneck
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract style painting of a woman fishing. The work is signed by the artist Lynwood Kreneck, who is known for printmaking. The painting is framed in a wooden frame with a silver trim.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 40 in x W 30 in.
Artist Biography: Lynwood Kreneck (born 1936) received his BFA and MFA from The University of Texas at Austin. Kreneck is Professor Emeritus of Art at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, where he taught printmaking for nearly forty years. He is founding curator of the exhibition series Colorprint USA and was instrumental in the development of water-based screen print inks and methods. Kreneck is represented in numerous collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago (IL), Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA), High Museum (Atlanta, GA), Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (Shawnee, OK), Museum of Contemporary (Knoxville, TN), Silvermine Guild Arts...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Luna, oil painting, Women in the Arts, Realistic painting, Historical Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Luna reexamines portraits of individuals throughout history to illustrate the premise that history flows into the present in an ever-changing state. And, with each new context, we view people and events through a contemporary lens specific to that moment.
Luna appropriates and contextualizes original portrait elements to create reinvented portraits using technique and patterning that brings a contemporary context and perspective to these historically inspired portraits.
My current body of work, Contemporary Histories, explores this phenomena by re-interpreting historical portraiture using a contemporary visual language. It is my intent to create a modern visual lens through which to view these individuals and their legacies, as they continue to flow into the present in ever-changing states.
As a keen example of how history changes and morphs over time, I have selected portraits of women who chose an alternate path from the traditional ones prescribed in their times. Some of these individuals overtly stepped outside the traditional roles prescribed for women to realize their goals. Others astutely maneuvered within the social system they lived in to obtain their aspirations. Whether altruistic or nefarious, these women and their actions altered the future cultural landscape. Through a 21st century lens, we view them as women with minds of their own, who made choices to control their own lives and futures. Often, in stark contrast to how they were viewed and how their actions were recorded in their own times.
For a modern visual language, a combination of fine and decorative arts has inspired my approach to this subject. Employing several formal contemporary tenets, most notably, rather than place the figure in a 3-dimensional space, as in the originals, the figures reside in flat graphic picture planes of damask designs, repetitive patterns or botanical grounds as modern settings for their modern legacies.
These graphic backgrounds symbolize what was historically considered a woman’s proper domain, in particular, gardening and needle crafts, such as; quilting, embroidery and sewing. Formally, unlike the originals, I am working alla prima, rather than with a base grisaille and delicate layers of glazing. While, the patterned and botanical environments, along with gold leaf applications, contemporary compositions and color palettes are formally influenced by a spectrum of 19th - 21st century artists and artisans; from Gustav Klimt and the Wiener Werkstatte to Henri Rousseau, Tamara de Lempicka and Will Cotton.
BIO
Honora...
Category
2010s Realist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Canvas Wrapped Portrait of a Woman in Bright Blue Dress
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by Matthew Reeves. White painted canvas stretched over a painting of a woman wearing a bright blue blouse. The artist Matthew Reeves, owner of R...
Category
2010s Contemporary Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Young Italian Woman in Renaissance Costume, Oil, 8" x 6.5", Italy
By James Crandall
Located in Houston, TX
The figurative painting displays a young woman at an Italian festival. The artist shows the Impressionistic style in this young Italian woman dressing in a Renaissance costume. This most likely is in the town of Lucca in Italy where the artist has gone many summers to paint.
After a long career as a concept illustrator in the advertising and motion-picture industry, James Crandall...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Couple" Colorful Abstract Modern Portrait Painting of a Couple
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract modern portrait painting of a couple by Texas artist Robert Sandman. Alternatively title "Unconscious Uncoupling" by the artist. While...
Category
1980s Modern Houston - Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
In Christopher Spitzmiller’s New York Homes, His Love of Dogs Is on Full Display
The ceramist, designer and gentleman farmer tells us about the collection of antique dog art he has spread across a New York City apartment and a Greek Revival farmhouse in the Hudson Valley.
This Wiener Werkstätte Master Made Everything into Art
Koloman Moser smashed the conservative conventions of art and design in fin-de-siècle Vienna. On the 100th anniversary of his death, the Austrian designer is being celebrated for his radically modern creations.
A Rare Q&A with American Legend Alex Katz
On the eve of a new exhibition just north of New York City, the nonagenarian contemporary-art icon talked with ‘Introspective’ about his long and ongoing career, the development of his signature style and his rather malleable definition of realism.