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The Promise, American Artist, Impression, Figurative Painting, Women in the Arts
Located in Houston, TX
The Promise, oil on canvas and plexiglass by artist Honora Jacob, is rich in color, symbols and imagery, Honora's work references a personal vocabulary o...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bali" Impressionist Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist figurative painting of a woman dancing. The work is signed by, I Fantje who was an Indonesian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter born in 1931. ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Modern Pink and Blue Toned Geometric Figurative Painting
By Philip Durbin
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract geometric painting by Houston, Texas artist Philip Durbin. Pink and blue hued painting incorporating geometric stencil-like patterns and abstract figure in a chef's uniform ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Abstract Green and Purple Toned Biomorphic Animal Painting
By Cecilia Beaven
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary green and purple toned abstract painting by Chicago-based artist Cecilia Beaven. The work features a pair of contorted figures dressed in reptile inspired costumes. Cecilia Beaven draws upon her early life in Mexico City as well as her own personal introspection to create a narrative in which intriguing and absurd mythical creatures explore the fictional landscape of the artist's inner world. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner as well as signed and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography:
Cecilia Beaven is a visual artist from...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Abstract Orange and Blue Toned Biomorphic Alligator Figure Painting
By Cecilia Beaven
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary orange and blue toned abstract painting by Chicago-based artist Cecilia Beaven. The work features a contorted alligator inspired figure. Cecilia Beaven draws upon her early life in Mexico City as well as her own personal introspection to create a narrative in which intriguing and absurd mythical creatures explore the fictional landscape of the artist's inner world. Signed by the artist in the front lower left corner as well as signed and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography:
Cecilia Beaven is a visual artist from Mexico...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“The Pharaoh’s Lover” Blue and Brown Abstract Figurative Contemporary Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Brown and blue abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Scott Woodard. The painting depicts a pharaoh wearing a blue headdress against a wall of ancient hieroglyphs. Signed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pilgrims Waiting at the Gate, Women in the Arts, Hope and Wisdom, Oil, Nature
By Jeanie Tomanek
Located in Houston, TX
Pilgrims Waiting at the Gate shows that flowers, birds and snow are symbols for emotional states or story elements. Dogs sometimes accompany the pale bald “Everywoman” protagonist on her journeys that often take place beneath a starry moonlit sky. She has been called a mythic artist, telling ancient stories that never grow old. Pilgrims are beneath the Moon approaching the Gate as seen in Pilgrims at the Gate in the oil painting on canvas. LOOK FOR 1STDIBS DISCOUNT CODE ON SHIPPING OR GALLERY QUOTE
The artists says: "I love to show the strength and optimistic attributes of women. Even when they are in a quandary or in danger, I always try to show a glimmer of hope and wisdom—that they will solve the riddle and make it through, stronger and with dignity. Being bald and shorn of any particular identity, they become all women.”
She is also a published poet and her paintings have appeared as cover art for literary journals and poetry collections. Recently her painting “Thoreau’s Pumpkin” was included in the Hudson River Museum...
Category
2010s Expressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Genesis II with Squares" Black and White only. Modern
By Dorothy Krueger
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dorothy J. Krueger (1926-2011) mm Austin Artist Image Size: 18 x 16 Frame Size: 19 x 17 Medium: Acrylic Mid Century Modern Genesis...
Category
1970s Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Determination" Brown Toned Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Brown-toned abstract contemporary figurative painting by Houston, TX artist Scott Woodard. The painting depicts a bald man in a brown robe against a brow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Matilda" Contemporary Black Canvas Wrapped Portrait with Vibrant Blue Collar
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Three dimensional conceptual painting by contemporary Houston, TX artist Matthew Reeves. The work features a vintage portrait with a painted vibrant blue collar with black canvas str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Serenity", An He, Realistic Portrait, Original Oil on Canvas, 40x30 in.
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Serenity" by An He is a realistic original oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. A mysterious woman in a white dress takes a seat on a white bench in the park surrounded by green foliage during her busy day to write in her journal as she takes off her bonnet.
Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of women...
Category
2010s Realist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$14,000 Sale Price
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Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Located in Houston, TX
Roaming Around is a Monotype with Collage and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes/collages by Charlotte Seifert...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype
Contemporary Abstract Orange, Purple, and Blue Biomorphic Animal Figure Painting
By Cecilia Beaven
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary orange, purple, and blue toned abstract painting by Chicago-based artist Cecilia Beaven. The work features a contorted deer inspired figure. Cecilia Beaven draws upon her early life in Mexico City as well as her own personal introspection to create a narrative in which intriguing and absurd mythical creatures explore the fictional landscape of the artist's inner world. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography:
Cecilia Beaven is a visual artist from Mexico...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mother
By Hadar Sobol
Located in Dallas, TX
"This work was inspired by a true family story of a good friend of mine. It follows a complex relationship between a mom, a daughter, and a grandmother. It deals with the deep emotio...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Wedding Under the Canopy - figurative oil on linen, rich bold colors
By Toni Franovic
Located in Dallas, TX
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied under professor Vasilije Jordan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Roadie
By Bob Stuth-Wade
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Roadeater
By Bob Stuth-Wade
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to...
Category
2010s Realist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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 Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Figurative Abstract Painting
By Brendan McKeon
Located in Houston, TX
Untitled red figurative abstract painting with various nude figures holding various objects by Portland, Oregon artist Brendan McKeon. The canvas is not currently framed.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Wood Panel
Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
Framed Size: 19.5" x 16"
Figurative Farmer Holding Chickens and Pots. This piece uniquely focuses the subject by isolating him from his surroundings.
About the Artist:
Born in Yugoslavia in 1912, Gustav Likan achieved international fame as an artist early in life. He has long been noted in Europe for his portraits of royalty and heads of state. After coming to America, his color genius caught fire and he emerged as one of the most important colourists of the twentieth century.
Likan studied restoration under the greatest European masters...
Category
20th Century Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Mobility, oil painting, in the Abstract Expressionism style
Located in Houston, TX
Mobility allows the viewer to see each separate object in the painting. Objects such as figures, animals and trees are isolated in his images, which allow the viewer to see each separate form from a different angle of vision. His work is characterized by an aerial perspective that is often found in naive or primitive art.
Each painting is a renewal of his pursuit to visually define Western man: who we are, what I am? His great-grandfather was a full-blooded Cherokee,
his grandmother a half-breed Shawnee. His father was a first generation American, a Swede. He is intrigued with the real history of America and He pursued this research with a passion and continually included his findings in my paintings.
Greg Benson...
Category
Early 2000s Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Located in Houston, TX
The Barn is a1 of 1 Monotype with Collage and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes/collages by Charlotte Seifert that she began doing in 2021. It is 1/1 on paper in a custom frame which measures 23 x 23 framed. It is protected by conservation Plexiglass. The piece of art is 1/1 and was produced in 2022. Also shown are others available on 1stdibs.
The images are hand cut and attached to the monotype print. This is the only print so that is why it is a monotype.
This Houston based artist has been making art for most of her life. She was trained at SMU where she earned her BFA and MFA in painting. Her first art instructor was Roger Winter...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype
"Hollywood" Blonde Woman Behind a Stage with Red Curtains and Two Candles
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and yellow abstract figurative painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This horizontal painting depicts a blonde woman with red-painted lips...
Category
2010s Abstract Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mona's Sister, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
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ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS:
"Mona's Sister": 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 other available paintings by the artist which can be found in a separate listings.
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 Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil
"Cactus Skull"
By Ernesto Pacheco
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ernesto Pacheco Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame: 55.5 x 43 Medium: Oil "Deer Horns"
Exquisite. Explosion of brilliant colors to include pink, blue, green, purple, lavender, etc.
Category
1980s Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"In Love Again" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract figurative painting of a pregnant woman. The woman is painting in a minimal outline and the background is a purple texture. The canvas is signed on the back and titled. The ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Idealized Naturalistic Mountain Landscape Painting
By Roland D. Enright
Located in Houston, TX
Idealized landscape painting with a waterfall and mountains fading into the distance. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. It is framed in a wooden frame with black...
Category
Late 20th Century Naturalistic Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl on Boat - whimsical, colorful original painting- expressive & figurative
By Ferija Tugrann
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful whimsical oil on cardboard - unframe.
It is sold unframed for $750 or $900 framed with a white of black wood frame, archival mattboard and UV glass. Please cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Golden Skies: Peony - Oil Painting, Gold Leaf, Still Life, Flower, Cloud, Sunset
Located in Denton, TX
Golden Skies: Peony by Pam Burnley-Schol is an oil painting of a peony flower on gold leaf, framed by soft pink and orange clouds.
Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
16 x 16 x 2 in.
3 lbs. 8...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"The Long Road", Surreal Desert Landscape Painting
By Martin Dreyer
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist style painting painted with casein paint. Titled and dated by the artist as well as signed. Painting was shown in many exhibits around Texas. Framed in a rustic wooden fra...
Category
1950s Surrealist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Fylgia, animal figurative portrait, mysterious and whimsical oil painting
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004.
“Creating individuals is what I find most interesting in the studio. It is my hope that these portraits will be familiar characters to the viewer, subjects we recognize and identify with. My work consistently travels along a general vein of the universal human experience. This particular group of paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$10,800 Sale Price
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"Luck of the Draw" Gray and Red Abstract Figurative Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Gray, red, yellow, and black abstract figurative painting by Houston, TX artist and Reeves Art + Design owner Paul Reeves. This painting depicts multiple faces against a background o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Runtz
Located in Dallas, TX
Kdoggy is an up-and-coming Dallas local artist who has grown a large community on Instagram where he has sold most of his art. We have transitioned some of his work into our gallery....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
The Circus Show - whimsical, colorful original oil painting- expressive
By Ferija Tugrann
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a beautiful whimsical oil on cardboard - unframe.
It is sold unframed for $750 or $900 framed with a white or black wood frame, archival mattboard and UV glass. Please cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard
Affected Memory , Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism Style of Modern Cuban Art
By Brian Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
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Affected Memory shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to art market. Affected Memory is one of many of the hyperrealism paintings by the artist. Brian Sanchez...
Category
2010s Surrealist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas
$5,100 Sale Price
25% Off
Remembering Rembrandt
Located in Austin, TX
This introspective scene depicts "The Night Watch" by Rembrandt hanging on a museum wall with two onlookers gazing pensively upon it. The Rembrandt painting is partially obscured by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
What is Behind, Oil, Mixed Media, Hyperrealism, Modern Cuban Art, Surreal
By Brian Sanchez
Located in Houston, TX
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What is Behind (Lo que esta atras) shows the hyperrealism of modern Cuban art that is now available to the world art market. What is Behind is one of many of the hyperrealism paintings by the artist. Brian Sanchez...
Category
2010s Surrealist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Blue and Gray Toned Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Stitched Linen Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and gray-toned mixed media painting depicting an abstracted figure with hands on a pipe formed by cut-out pieces of stitched linen. The textile is in blue, cream, and gray, draw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pen
Cat Face
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
39" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,800
"The Juggler"
By Henri Gadbois
Located in San Antonio, TX
Henri Gadbois (Born 1930) Houston Artist Image Size: 29 x 13 Frame Size: 34 x 18 Medium: Oil 1953 Mid Century Modern Juggler
Biography
Henri Gadbois (1930 - present)
1930 Born Houston, Texas St. Joseph’s Hospital
1947 Ceramic Bowl accepted in the Texas General
1948 Graduated Lamar High School, Houston, Texas
Houston Artists Exhibit 1948 to 1960
1952 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Houston
Instructor Museum of Fine Arts, Houston School (Now the Glassel School)
1952 to 1965:
“16 Texas Painters” Valley House Gallery, Dallas Texas
1953 Master of Letters, University of Houston
Registrar, Business Manager, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1954 U.S. Army, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, Camp Gordon, Augusta, Georgia
Archives of American Art, Personal Papers 1954 to 1970
“Red Tights” Allied Art Purchase Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Clump of Trees, Hermann Park” Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Art Rental Exhibit
1955 One-Man Exhibit, Herbert Institute, Augusta Georgia
793 MP Battalion, Nurnberg, Germany
Studio space at University of Georgia, Furth, Germany
1956 Married Leila McConnell August 18, 1956
Art Teacher, Houston Public Schools
Chaired Exhibit “Contemporary German Graphics” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Exhibit, Men of Art Guild, San Antonio, Texas
“Landscape-Stuttgart” Flaxman Purchase prize, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1957 “Three Tiered Formation”, American Federation of Arts Survey of Texas Painting
“Illogical Organism” Bute Gallery
1958 “Budding Stump”, Feldman Collection
Exhibit, Little Studio, New York, New York
“Espaliered Burlap” Autumn Show, Delgado Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
One-Man Exhibit, Rudi’s Club, Houston, Texas
Texas Fine Art Association Exhibit, Austin, Texas
TFAA Circulating Exhibit 1958-1959, San Marcos, Seguin, Corpus Christi, Edinburg, Brownsville, and Kingsville
“Night Crossing”, Four-man Exhibit Petroleum Club, Houston, Texas
“Gold Flow” Texas ’58 Circulating Exhibit
“White Out” Honorable Mention, Houston Artists Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Spring”, Terrace Show, Handmakers, Houston, Texas
“Winter”, “Start With Art” Exhibit, Junior League, Houston, Texas
1959 One-man Exhibit, Driscoll Gallery, Austin, Texas
One-man Exhibit, Houston Geophysical Club, Houston, Texas
Faculty-Student Exhibit, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Dallas Art Rental, Dallas, Texas
“Winter”, Western Artists Exhibit, Denver, Colorado
“Portrait of a Dress” Junior League, Houston, Texas
1960 “Field Patterns, Europe” One-man exhibit James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
1961 Instructor Hill Country Arts Foundation 1961 to 197?
“ Katy Road”, Texas Annual Exhibit, San Antonio Art league Purchase Prize, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1962 “Field Pattern, Wurzburg” Western Arts Exhibit, Denver Colorado
One-man Exhibit, St. Luke’s Church, Houston, Texas
“Mystic Road, Germany” Azalea Trail Exhibit, River Oaks Garden Forum, Houston, Texas
Art Teacher, Robert E. Lee High School, Houston
1963 One-man Exhibit, James Bute Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Landscape at Nysa”, Longview Invitational, Longview, Texas
1964 Chaired...
Category
1950s Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lot of 17 James Woodruff Landscape, Abstract and Figurative Paintings
By James W. Woodruff
Located in Houston, TX
Lot of seventeen different paintings by artist James Woodruff. Includes four landscape paintings, six seascape paintings, two abstract paintings the la...
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite
"The Sarari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger " Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Johnny Banks
(1912-1988)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 14 x 22
Frame Size: 21 x 29
Medium: mixed media
Circa 1970s
"The Safari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger"
Biography
Johnny Banks (1912-1988)
In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time.
The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves:
John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John
Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora
Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas.
At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he
attended Holy Redeemer School until the age of nine, when his parents
were divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin.
From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big
Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my
stomach, drawing and drawing. . . . My mother had to kick me off the
floor to sweep."
While helping out on his grandparents' farm,
Banks completed the tenth grade before striking out on his own. His
favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet
and playing baseball. In his adult years he worked in oilfields and
cotton fields, drove a truck, and tended a San Antonio service station.
During World War II he joined the army; he held the rank of sergeant
and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war he returned to San
Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort
Sam Houston, and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae
Mitchell in 1928, and they had five children. The marriage ended in
divorce around 1960. In 1963 he married Earlie Smith.
His
art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for
which he had been hospitalized. Banks's wife admired her husband's
drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat.
There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the
price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery
for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of
works of art by black artists...
Category
1970s Folk Art Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
Fiesta de Loco
Located in Austin, TX
"Fiesta de Loco"
Artist: Gustav Likan
Medium: Mixed media
Size: 10" x 13"
Framed
Category
Late 20th Century Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Familial DNA" Colorful Geometric Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Geometric abstract painting with reds, blues, and yellows in a geometric form. The painting has some sand texture to it. The canvas is not framed. The work is signed and titled by th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adolescence: Water Balloons
By Georgia Griffin
Located in East Hampton, NY
An Adolescence young girl wearing a buuny head
COMES ON STRETCHED CANVAS, UNFRAMED.
About the Artist: Georgia Griffin is a self-taught artist working primarily in acrylic and oil. S...
Category
2010s Folk Art Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Spring Reflection", An He, Impressionistic Figurative Original Oil, 40x30 in.
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spring Reflection" by An He is an original oil on canvas portrait painting measuring 40x30 in. in a brown simple frame. A timid victorian lady in a white gown looks over her shoulder standing beneath a blooming cherry blossom tree with a basket full of red and pink flowers freshly picked in the spring.
Chinese-American artist An He, also known as Hans Amis, is known for his magnificent portrait paintings of women...
Category
1990s Impressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Golden Skies: Seashell - Oil Painting on Gold Leaf, Still Life, Ocean, Nature
Located in Denton, TX
Golden Skies: Seashell by Pam Burnley Schol is a oil painting of a pink conch shell on gold leaf, framed by a blue sky with soft clouds.
Oil Painting on Gold Leaf
16 x 16 x 2 in.
3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Grace
Located in Denton, TX
Signed by Pam Burnley-Schol
Oil paint and 24K gold and aluminum leaf on panel
24 x 24 x 2 in.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original abstract oil painting by prominent searchable artist Steve McElroy.
By Steve McElroy
Located in Dallas, TX
"Girl with the Hermes Scarf" by Steve McElroy. Oil on canvas, 22 x 28 inches, painted 2025. This is the original painting!
Beautiful archival quality limited edition of 50 hand ...
Category
2010s Renaissance Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Spermy and Licorice Popsicle Meet the Club" Bubble Surrealist Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Three made up characters named Spermy, Licorice, and Club. Painting is mostly grey toned with yellow and orange hints. Artist signed the canvas on the bottom right corner, as well as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled Abstract Cubist Style Figurative
By Richard E. Fluhr
Located in Houston, TX
Unique painting of three figures painted on paper bags. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom corner. It is framed in a black frame with a white matte background.
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"River Fun" Abstract Figurative Painting in a Green Hue
By Paul Sprohge
Located in Houston, TX
Green hue landscape scene of figures tubing in a river. It appears to be either the Guadalupe River or the Dry Frio River both located in West Texas. The painting is framed in a gold...
Category
1960s Impressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Red Boat - figurative oil on linen, rich bold colors, abstract style
By Toni Franovic
Located in Dallas, TX
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied under professor Vasilije Jordan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,560 Sale Price
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"Pollution" Red and Black Abstract Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red, Black and White toned painting with little figures mixed in with the red dots across the canvas. Painting is framed in a matching red and black painted wooden frame made by the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Limones y Limones 1
By Valentina Atkinson
Located in Houston, TX
Textured block painting of lemons and lemon halves. Mainly deep yellow and light browns. The lines appear to be carved into the paint creating a layered affect to the composition. Fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
"Re Brick Abstract" Graffiti of Two Figures on Brick Wall
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract acrylic painting of two childlike graffiti figures drawn on a brick wall against a bright blue sky by artist J. P. Smith in 1969. Signed and ...
Category
1960s Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract "Flowers" with Red, Blue and Pink Tones
By Tokio Mayashita
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract lithograph of flowers with red, blue and pink tones. Work is signed by the artist and given an edition number.
Artist Biography:
Tokio Miyashita...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"People on Horseback" Eva Peron Mural Sketch
Located in Austin, TX
By Gustav Likan
This piece depicts a couple on horseback followed by a man in a red military uniform. A dog runs by the group. This pieces is from the Eva Perón commissioned mural sk...
Category
1950s Modern Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Classic Truck
Located in Austin, TX
By Pep Suari
24" x 24"
Oil on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Texas - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,900
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