Realist Abstract Paintings

White, yellow and red asters. 1964. Oil on canvas, board, 46x58 cm Vimba Voldemars ( 1904 St. Petersburg – 1985 Riga, Latvia) He began his artistic education at the St Petersburg...

"In the series “This is a real place!” I was fascinated by how the underside of the pier at Saint Simons Island, GA was like a readymade collage. The way the pilings and rails divide and frame the spaces between them looks artificially imposed on the scene until you notice the way the waves bounce off the pilings and the railings cast shadows on the water. In some iterations, I chose to simplify the structures of the pier and lighten the values so that it would emphasize the detail in the water. Likewise, I omitted a family of starlings and their droppings in favor of highlighting the geometry of the architecture and the colors and patterns of the water. Making paintings in a series allows me to investigate the results of making different decisions about an image. How I crop or stylize it, the manner in which I apply the paint, what gets included or excluded all add shades of meaning to each piece. Additionally, depictions of the same subject in different weather, seasons, times of day, and tides allows me a deeper understanding. I notice more relationships, colors, and details every time I paint the subject. Every painting is a pile of decisions. Playing with removing more and more details to see what is truly important sometimes improves the painting. The fewer elements you include in an image, the more each one means, and the more important it is to get each thing perfect. At times I like to paint every single detail I can find in a scene, and other times I feel like the unadorned components are sufficient to hold each other in a satisfying composition. I often add simplified shapes to my paintings to highlight the presence of absence or to heighten the importance of each area by creating stark visual contrasts. ⁠The physicality of the paint also plays a role. I used highly textured, thickly applied paint to construct the solid structural elements, and luminous layers of thinly glazed paint for the delicate linework and subtle blending of the water." - Brooke Lanier...

"Poppies, Jegun" is a contemporary Impressionist painting, painted en plein air in rural France. Tina Orsolic Dalessio is a figurative painter born and raised in Zagreb, Croatia. Sh...

"Phantasmagorical 4," is an original oil painting on 2 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.

"Phantasmagorical 1," is an original oil painting on 2 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader. It is framed and ready-to-hang.

See images for Quotes within painting handwritten by artist This painting is also sold in a diptych combo with a second piece but in this listing sold individually As an undergra...

Gallery of the Universe. 2018, canvas, author technique, 200x200 cm Stars on black sky Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts,...

Tree of Soul. 2020, oil on canvas, 150x150cm Tree on black background Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of L...

Sleeping Mountain 2021, canvas, oil, 80x80cm Artwork in black and white Agate Apkalne. Born in Riga, 1977 Education: 2005 – MA in arts, Art Academy of...

Jewels. 2014, oil on wood, 35x46,5 cm 63 pieces of separate wood blocks different colors, which are fixed on foundation, it is possible to remove those from foundation and use separa...

Hyperrealist oil painting of an orange road sign with gold grill detail by Anthony Adcock. ** This is a hyperrealistic oil painting. No wood or...

Realist still life study of pins in a brick wall with a pencil hanging by a string. Painted by Texas modernist painter Boyd Graham from the 1970s-1980s. Signed in the front lower rig...

See images for Quotes within painting handwritten by artist This painting is also sold in a diptych combo with a second piece but in this listing sold individually As an undergrad...

Quotes within painting: "I'm optimistic about whatever is going to happen. We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that m...

Stuart Bush says of his work: "My painting practice has evolved though recording, interrogating and investigating the public realm. I want to work within and beyond the practical ...

Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York and more currently Florida. Christina has achieved h...

"The Long Road" realist painting by John Whalley. Egg tempera on masonite. Signed lower right. Unframed. Late 20th century. Biography from the Archives ...

Quotes within painting: "If you don't know a guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he is just like you. He has the same dreams the same hopes and fears. It's one world pal, we are all neighbors. A big lesson in life baby, it's never be scared of anyone or anything. I'm gonna live till I die. The best revenge is massive success. Don't hide your scars they make you who you are. Fear the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing , self-defeating, sickening thing in this world to an individual or to a nation. It's Billie Holiday who was and still remains the greatest single musical influence on me. You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, one is enough. Fairytales can come true, it can happen to you if you're young at heart. I'm for anything and for everything that bodes love and consideration for my fellow." As an undergraduate Christina Major developed into a portrait painter. Major has been interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a portrait. Major also has a desire to combine portrait painting with writing (inspired from her Graphic Design studies) as well as to develop methods of using paint to express a merging of herself with the individual depicted in the portrait. Her creative research focuses on the traditional form of the portrait as a powerful form of representing an individual and how meaning can be expanded through scale, brushstroke, color, texture, composition and the many variables that portraiture deals with. Major looks to expand on the traditional portrait painting...

Words: Now I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together so now he is a legend when he would have preffered to be a man. the Children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen out world through their eyes they restore my faith in the familys future One must not let oneself b overwhelmed by sadness can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly to be living alone as the presidents widow? Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York and more currently Florida. Christina has achieved her MFA at Florida Atlantic University and has exhibited throughout South Florida. Her work has been collected both nationally and internationally. Christina Major is a portrait painter interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a painting. Major's graduate thesis exhibition, Components of self, evolved from her desire to combine large scale portrait painting with writing. She developed methods of using paint...

Hyperreal oil painting by Anthony Adcock - Oil on ACM (aluminum composite material) *This is a hyperrealistic oil painting - What appears as wood grain and concrete is in fact oil p...

Hyperreal oil painting by Anthony Adcock titled "Untitled (After)"- Oil on mounted linen. **There is no steel or rust in this piece. It is hand-painted oil on linen canvas and mount...

Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York and more currently Florida. Christina has achieved h...

As an undergraduate Christina Major developed into a portrait painter. Major has been interested in the ways the identity of both artist and subject can coexist in a portrait. Major also has a desire to combine portrait painting...

Highly detailed drawing by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A wallet with keyring attachments sits on a surface. The wallet is made of folded, stitched leather, su...

This oil painting from 1985 is priced at a fraction of the original price. It was in our storage area and we just decided to put it on sale at a price which is a fraction of the original price. These still life with illusion paintings were originally sold in New York City at the D&D building on 59th street. It was a building that only interior designers were allowed to shop at. the general public could only go in with their interior designer to select an item. This came from the Haller Gallery in that space. It was originally priced at $3500 when at the gallery in the D&D building in NYC. It is oil on canvas and in very subtle colors. The top right area of the canvas show slight lines of cracking to the paint. You can see that on one of the close up images. The pale thick colors (The illusions) give a 3d floating look. We have another Still Life with 4 Pears also on sale this week.

Painting of a parking garage at dusk. One commuter hurries to her car. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...

This oil painting from 1983 is priced at a fraction of the original price. It was originally priced at $3500 when at the gallery in the D&D building in NYC. It was in our storage a...

Quotes within painting are in images handwritten by artist As an undergraduate Christina Major developed into a portrait painter. Major has been interested in the ways the identity...

It is an ORIGINAL painting not a print or reproduction or mass produced art! I personally pack my artworks. All necessary arrangements are made to make sure your paintings arrive saf...

A Plein Air painting of Lake Solitude in Hunterdon County, NJ. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...

Artist Commentary: Someones home after the rain... Keywords: web, water, red, spider, dew, drops, spiral, net Artist Biography: Robert Crooker was born in Massachusetts in 1951. A life long Red Sox fan, he saw the likes of Frank Malzone, Yaz, George Scott, Rico, Jim Lonborg all play in years gone by. He has been married for over 27 years with 4 children, and 2 grandchildren. In the Mid-1970’s, Robert started collecting Vintage Disney Collectibles...

Artist Commentary: This picture is of 2 mountains in the Huangshan (Yellow) Mountains in South China. Keywords: mountain, explorer, frontier, wilderness, hiking, mountain, discover,...

Artist Commentary: A plaza sculpture that leads up to the sky. Keywords: city, painting, skyscraper, manhattan, ariel, perspective, sky, spiral, looking up

Artist Commentary: Based on Chicago, Point to the Sky is the amalgamation of architectural genres that thrive in dense, urban environments, and present a human cliff on many a city b...