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Contemporary Animal Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
The Magic Pond – Surreal Realist White Tiger with Koi Fish, Dreamlike Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Magic Pond" – A dreamlike encounter with white tiger and golden koi fish, oil painting by Eric Robitaille Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world of The Magic Pond, a captiva...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Perpetual Journey
Located in Bozeman, MT
This bird painting by Michael Dickter features many different types of birds. A crane or heron flies as a purple silhouette, while a small bird is fully render with a pink stripe beh...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Dancing cranes II by Lumi Mizutani - Small Japanese style painting, gold, birds
Located in Paris, FR
Dancing cranes II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with India ink, Japanese pigments and silver leaf on Japanese cardboard, dimensions ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Silver

Orange Crush - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Large Orange Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A Gyo-Tako print of large octopus is seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Orange Crush". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks the octopus using traditional sum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Hamburg
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Disruption - resilience rising above chaos during difficult times
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Disruption', created by Diana Tremaine, who uses swans as a metaphor for beauty and resilience rising above chaos during difficult times. Rich colors — blue, cream, burgundy and whi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"In My Shoes" Watercolor on Paper (contemporary surrealist painting, ibis bird)
Located in New York, NY
30"x22" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse. New York artist, Thomas Broadbent, well know for his contemporary naturalist depictions of the intersection of nature and man, presents a humorous depiction of an ibis bird...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Zura — Elephant Primitivist Animal Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This acrylic painting by Zura depicts a black elephant set against a luminous turquoise background. Rendered in the artist’s signature primitivist style, the form is intentionally si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Castle Grounds" Butterflies
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Castle Grounds Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 30" Framed Dimensions: 23.5" x 32.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Uniq...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Philippines - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Philippines” presents an enchanting surreal scene where nature flourishes in symphonic harmony. At the heart is a vibrant bouquet of pink and red blossoms, interspersed with exotic ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Playful, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Alana Clumeck demonstrates a contemporary image of a sturdy bison, central to a radiant sunrise. She pulls inspiration from a visit to her native homel...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Lappy the Lapwing and Guillemot, Diptych, Bird, Nature, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
New series - over the moon with our beautiful coastal birds. We are so blessed with a gorgeous variety of coastal birds and Lapwings are another favourite! Lappy the Lapwing is an or...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

"Forest Fawns, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "Forest Fawns" is an original, handmade oil painting. About the Artist: "My work is figurative and deals primarily with human relationships. I typically use ani...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bill the Kid
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Billy the Kid", a unique stained glass shadowbox handmade by TF Dutchman, contains an acrylic painting on canvas set in a stained glass box. The canvas...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Acrylic

Zodiac Flora - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“Zodiac Flora” is a mesmerizing fusion of nature and surrealism, depicting a fantastical scene where fauna and flora coexist harmoniously in a dreamlike landscape. Dominated by vivid...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nights Flight, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Alana Clumeck presents an image of an elk surrounded by two cockatoos and a kaleidoscope of butterflies. "I was struck by the sheer volume of parrots f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Mystic
Located in Bozeman, MT
Matt Flint is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating art and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Kitty on the line, Vacation on the Happy Island series
Located in Zofingen, AG
The size with the frame is 62x62x4 cm You will receive this painting completely ready for hanging. Framing is not obligatory and depends only on your preference. This series of wo...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gardens of delight 12 - Figurative painting, Birds, Realistic, Vibrant colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas. "Animals of the Green and Vibrant Air"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil on canvas. Everything is connected, the visible and the invisible. The composition presents a fusion of animals and human faces, creating a central figure, in a contrast of colou...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Panther Hollow
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Panther Hollow, oil, blue and gold metal foil, big cat, figurative, animal, grid
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Oil

Bald Eagle II
Located in Bozeman, MT
Reed borrows visual fragments from predominantly seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Northern European art, citing the artists of these works like a dutiful scholar. She copies and r...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

New Jungle By Marc Zimmerman - Landscape Animal Art
Located in Carmel, CA
New Jungle By Marc Zimmerman - Landscape Animal Art Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His color palette exp...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bitch
Located in Zofingen, AG
This small painting is about the little devil sitting inside a good girl :) ABOUT ARTIST Olha Vlasova is a Ukrainian artist who has been passionate about painting since childhood. ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Traveling Triceratops
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Traveling Triceratops, oil paint, holographic foil, dinosaur, figurative, animal, grid
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Oil

Come In Peace - Futuristic Woman in Space Suit Seated Next to a Bunny
Located in Chicago, IL
Rose Freymuth-Frazier Come In Peace oil on linen 50h x 70w in 127h x 177.80w cm RFF056 Rose Freymuth-Frazier Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary expl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Amore vince Tutto - White Horse palm tree bird, contemporary oil painting
Located in London, GB
Ellie Hesse was born in New York in 1972 but spent most of her childhood in the Yorkshire Dales. Travel has always been an important feature of her life since then, exploring Asia an...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Jiao Wang Animal Portrait Original Oil Painting "Puppy s Family Series 4"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Puppy's Family Series 4 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Jiao Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Reflection", Figurative painting by Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted The painting was part of an exhibition 'Ancestral call' in Switzerland The "Melancholy" series of paintings reveals the inner world of a person lost in his own emotions. When inner reflection takes precedence over life itself we strive to uncover our essence and understand who we truly are. This collection delves deep into reflections on self-discovery and one's nature. The paintings are imbued with sadness and quiet serenity, while the blue and purple color palette emphasizes the magical and unreal quality of the scenes depicted. The symbolism of horses in the paintings embodies inner forces that can be either wild and untamed or tamed and controlled. It reflects the struggle with inner conflict and ambiguity. The artist hopes that viewers will reflect on their feelings and inner contradictions while contemplating these paintings. Whether they fear sorrow or, on the contrary, seek constant joy without understanding the potential for growth hidden in melancholy. The purpose of this series is to encourage inner exploration and answer the question of whether melancholy is a problem or a path to emotional growth. The artist believes that the heart of melancholy may be a key to a deeper understanding of oneself and one's emotional landscape. ABOUT ARTIST Olha...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Hide inside", Figurative painting by Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The edges are painted The "Melancholy" series of paintings reveals the inner world of a person lost in his own emotions. When inner reflection takes precedence over life itself we s...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Song for Summer (Wilson’s Warbler) - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warbler stands against an abstract background of white with blue, yellow and touches of red in this oil on canvas nature painting from Diana Tremaine, whose newest series of abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Rovers Bunny s" Bunnies
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Rovers Bunny's Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 24.5" x 18" Framed Dimensions: 28.5" x 23" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Uniq...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Blood - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Blue Blood...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Turkmen Contemporary Art by Amir Kerr - Monogamous
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse Born in Turkmenistan, in the sunny city of Ashkhabad. From his youth was into artistic activities, currently the earlier works are kept in the family archives. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Madam X
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Uscita - Large Scale Trompe L oeil Gardenscape Inspired by Ancient Roman Frescos
Located in Chicago, IL
"Uscita" takes Inspiration from ancient Italian frescos originally found at the Villa di Livia outside of Rome. The trompe l'oeil frescos were from a subterranean room used for dining. The lush gardens gave the dinner guests the illusion of dining alfresco. Here Pylant took particular notice of the flora and fauna painted over 2000 years ago only to discover they were species that were also present at her then North Carolina studio. The artist adds an architectural element to the gardenscape to suggest a portal from the past into the present. This exploration of the ancient world and its connection to the present is a central theme running through Pylant's work. Carol S. Pylant Uscita oil and acrylic on canvas 40h x 62w in 101.60h x 157.48w cm CSP035 CAROL PYLANT Resume Title Artist / Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education 1979 M.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1977 B.F.A. Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Academic Appointments 1996 - 2011 Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1991-96 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987-91 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 Instructor, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA 1984 Instructor, DeCordova Museum and School, Lincoln, MA 1984 Instructor, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA 1982-84 Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach, CA 1978-82 Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI International Teaching 2011 Professor, UW- Madison, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2006,7 Visiting Affiliate Professor, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy International Artist Residencies 2017 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2015 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 2002 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Barcelona, (Gallifa) Spain 1990 The Tyrone Guthrie Center, Co. Monaghan, Ireland 1990 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus,Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Residency Fellowship, Bellagio, Italy 1987 The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France International Research Awards 2010 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Villa di Livia Frescos, Museo Nazionale, Rome, Italy" 2005 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Romanesque Art in France" 2004 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings Inspired by Romanesque Art in France" 2002 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Pagan or Christian, Romanesque Art in Spain" 1998 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Neolithic Monuments in Brittany" 1996-7 Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin System, "Paintings of Prehistoric Stone Circles, Ireland and the British Isles 1995 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Celtic Ceremonial Sites in Ireland and the British Isles" 1993 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Egg Tempera Paintings in Florence, Italy" 1992 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Paintings of Ireland" 1990 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment: Ireland" 1989 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Environment Painting: Germany" 1988 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Figure and Landscape Painting: Umbria, Italy" Other Awards 2008 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2007 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2006 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 2002-3 Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin 2000 Alumni Arts Achievement Award, Wayne State University Dept. of Art & Art History, Detroit, MI 2000 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison 1999 Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, "Past /Present: Paintings based on Celtic Imagery" 1999 Sabbatical, University of Wisconsin 1998 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowship 1993 Faculty Development Grant, "Figurative Sculpture" University of Wisconsin System 1991,93 Visual Arts Development Grant, The Wisconsin Arts Board 1989 Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, The Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI 1988 National Endowment for the Arts Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest 1986 Residency, Yaddo Corporation, Saratoga Springs, NY 1985 Residency, The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 1985 Residency, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA 1985 Milton and Sally Avery Award for Painting, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 1984,5,6 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH International Exhibitions 2010 Handmade Artist's Journals, Villa Corsi Salviati, Sesto-Fiorentino, Italy 2008 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany 1995-99 Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland 1994 "Exquisite Corpse" Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1992 "Faces and Places of Ireland" Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 199l "Ardara Annual Show" Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1988 Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, West Germany 1988 "Art .... Made in USA" Stadische Galerie, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Regensberg, West Germany 1987 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy One and Two Person Exhibitions 2005 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1999 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (with John Sayers) 1998 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 1997 Barbara Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI 1993 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Carey Gallery, Rochester, MI (with Jo Powers) 1993 J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, N.Y. 1990 Pennsylvania School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (with Dan Gihooley) 1990 Hobe Sound Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1990 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 1985 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA 1982 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 "Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 "Non-Stop" Invitational, Train Depot, Madison, WI 1989-2014 Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2012 "Invitational Alumni Exhibition", Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2002-10 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI 2008 Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Chapman Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, NC 2007 Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2007 Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC 2007 "Real and Imagined" Elaine Jacobs Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2003-7 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 "The Exquisite Snake" Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI 2002 Sonyia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 1994 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI 1993 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI 1993 New York Arts Club, New York, N.Y. 1993 "Previews of l993" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Small Painting Exhibition" J. Cacciola Galleries, NY 1992 "Women in the Bowdoin Collection" Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, MA 1992 Steibel Modern, New York, NY 1984-91 Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA 1986-7 Portraits Inc., New York, NY 1985-6 Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY 1981-4 Frumkin and Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1984 "All California '84" Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 1983 "Western States Figurative Realism" Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA 1982 "Atlas Building Artists" Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI 1981 "Michigan Artists 80-81" Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI 1981 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI 1970 Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI Public Collections Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa/Barcelona, Spain American Express Corporation, New York, New York Ulster Bank, Ardara, Co. Donegal, Ireland Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin The Block Museum of Northwestern University Malden Public Library, Malden, Massachusetts Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf/Fromberg, Germany Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia University of Wisconsin, The Graduate School, Madison, Wisconsin Carol Pylant Bibliography 2017 M is for Math, Museum and Manhattan Kansas, by Natasha Rozhkovskaya, Publisher: Tamara Rozhkovskaya Novosibrisk 2015 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Exhibition catalogue) 2013 "Remarkable Women Exhibit" by Mary Louise Schumacher, Journal Sentinel, online, Milwaukee, WI, June 25 2012 "Peltz Gallery Celebrates Remarkable Women" by Peggy Sue Dunigan, The Sheperd Express, Milwaukee, WI, July 7 2008 "Teachers Who Can, UW Faculty..." by Jacob Stockinger, The Capital Times, Madison, WI, February 2007 "Art in Nature" by Bill Robbins, Kenosha News, Kenosha, WI, September 14 2004 "Ambition clothes 'Remarkable Women'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 7 2004 "Waxing enthusiastic over 'Colors'" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 18 2003 "Remarkable Women Celebrated" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2003 "Art Lesson" by Jennifer Smith, Isthmus, Madison, WI, February 21 2003 "Installation Appreciation" by Kevin Lynch, The Capital Times, February 7 2001 "Pylant unites sketches with classical style" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 12 2001 "WSU Exhibit shows figurative painting" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, February 18 1999 "On Art" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel October 12 1999 "School of Art quadrennial exhibition" by John Aehl, The Wisconsin State Journal, January 24 1999 "Something old, something new" by C.R. Gabriel, Isthmus, February 5 1999 "Honoring our Own" Madison Magazine, January 1998 "The Madison Fifty" Madison Magazine, November 1997 "Back in the Game" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Nov. 26 1997 "Three artists will charm at local shows" by Joy Hakanson Colby, The Detroit News, May 8 1997 "At the Galleries" by Keri Guten Cohen, The Detroit Free Press, April 27 1997 "Talent not gender, is focus at show", by James Auer, Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, December 11 1996 "Remarkable Women Exhibition" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, Jan 14 1994 "In Art, these 20 made an impression in '93" by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, Jan 9 1994 "Window to the World" by Michelle Grabner, Milwaukee Magazine, Guide to the Arts, February 1994 "Art of Love: ..." by Elby Frieda Abbe, Milwaukee Sentinel, Let's Go. February issue 1993 "Variations on a theme", by Paul Pace, Rochester Clarion, Rochester, Mi, December 9 1993 "Work of women holds surprises in summer show", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 4 1993 "Remarkable Women has merit with or without it's gender theme", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, June 13 1993 "Irish Landscape" Cross Country, Country Living Magazine, March (feature article) 1993 "Ireland's Wild West" On the Road, Country Living Magazine, March 1993 "Short List SoHo Gallery Exhibitions, The New Yorker, February 14 & 22 1993 "SoHo Exhibitions", Gallery Listings, New York Magazine, February 7 1993 Gallery Listings, The New York Times, January 31 1993 Tandem Press: Five years of Collaboration by Drew Stevens, University of Wisconsin Press 1992 "From the World's Hot Spots to Ardara", by Michael McHugh, The Donegal Democrat, Co. Donegal, Ireland, August 6 1992 "Exhibits spotlight women", by Janice T. Paine, Milwaukee Sentinel, June 5 1992 " Women's show proves a strong one", by James Auer, The Milwaukee Journal, May 24 199l "Tandem Press foster diverse printmaking styles", by John Carlos Cantu, Ann Arbor News, December 1 1991 "Quadrennially yours...U W art faculty exhibit show vital, vibrant", by Katherine Rogers, Wisconsin State Journal, January 6 1991 Who's Who in the Midwest 23rd Edition, A.N. Marquis, MacMillian Directory Division, Wilmette, Illinois 1990 "Impressive Art on a Small Scale", by Nancy Stapen, The Boston Globe, December 20 1990 "View from the Tower", by James Rhem, The Isthmus, December 21 1990 "NEA Survives but Artists Shiver", by Bill Moore...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Lesser Sulphur Crested Cocatoo
Located in Burlingame, CA
The original painting by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. depicting the Lesser Sulphur Crested Cocatoo, is 6 x 6 inches and is professionally framed in da...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Three Ostrich on Light Green Brush
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled. Figurative actylic painting, Bird, Realistic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative realistic acrylic on raw canvas painting by Polish artist Magdalena Nalecz. Painting depicts a blue bird trying to get berries. There are accents of gold in b...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Monarch Butterflies 3, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"These monarch butterflies gather together to have some fun and fly around," describes artist Natasha Tayles. She captured a ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Twilight s Gentle Shelter
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Infinite Fragments 3
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many p...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Living Fossils, oil painting acrylic on panel, figurative, sea animals
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Living Fossils" by Alexis Kandra is an original oil painting with black metal foil measuring 36" H x 48" W x 1.75" D. Set on a rich black background with a silver grid this piece features the long thought extinct but recently found prehistoric coelacanth and a Chinese white dolphin. figurative, sea...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

"Panda in the Clouds" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Panda in the Clouds" is an oil painting that depicts a lone panda bear walking amid brightly colored and abstracted vegetation and clouds. Artist Bio: R...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Mythic Nude Woman and Deer, Surreal Oil Painting in Gray, White, Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Veriki’s My Freedom (2023) is a striking large-scale oil on canvas that merges nude female figures, a gray deer, and symbolic red markings in a surreal, dreamlike composition. P...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Steinbecks Sheep
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
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1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Hound Dog Acrylic Paint on Panel Dogs Life In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Hound Dog Acrylic Paint on Panel Dogs Life In Stock Marjolein van Haasteren (1967, the Netherlands) works with the external manifestations of nature. Her paintings are fiction-fillin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Hunt Slonem "Hare Today" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hare Today Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Bo
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Monkey with child - Polish Master Of Art, Pastels, Animals, Chinese zodiac sign
Located in Warsaw, PL
'Monkey with child and a tiger' ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. In...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Galloping Spirit - Horse racing, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Garth Bayley Garth Bayley. Out of the Gates -Horses Racing Original pen, watercolour and ink painting on watercolour paper Pen and ink on paper Image size: H24 cm x W32 cm x D 0.1cm ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Oil

Don t Look Back - Abstract Vintage Inspired Figurative Horse Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Dancing Horse Blue
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and that that you decide to follow. Shipping: Please note this artwork will be shipped in a professional, wide art tube and will be sent rolled. The cost for shipping will therefore be considerably cheaper than that quoted Artwork Details: Isabel Rock, The Dancing Horse of the Day, mixed media on archival paper , 153cm x 122cm, unframed, 2013 The Long Story of the Dancing Horse of the Day In Rock's own words, 'With seven long strides I traversed a might ocean, the salt spray dried my throat and crusted my lips with crystals. With eight huge hops I vaulted a vast desert of sand dunes, hot sand blew in my eyes, blocked my nostrils and burnt my hooves. With nine large leaps I scaled a stone wall that stretched to the skies, the cold grey lumps seemed to penetrate my heart with their silent indifference. I had come to dance before the Queen who had heard rumours of my beauty. I knelt before her in the great long throne room. 'Your majesty,' I said, 'I will dance for you but you must know that this comes with a price. How great the price will be I cannot tell, it will depend on your deepest heart.' 'Dance,' she commanded, 'I care not for such things. There is no price, I am the Queen.' So I tapped my hooves and jiggled my legs, I tossed my mane and I shook my head. I danced and I danced. My body shimmered and shone, radiant in the light of the chandeliers. As I danced a rumble began, it got louder and louder as the walls of the castle crumbled and fell around me. I carried on dancing until nothing was left and the Queen was nowhere to be seen. I assumed she was crushed under the rocks, but I had given her fair warning...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

Hunt Slonem "Silver" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Silver Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uni...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunt Slonem "Hutch White" Bunnies
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hutch White Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 22" Framed Dimensions: 30.5" x 24.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edi...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Tailor s Stool
Located in Columbia, MO
Ashlee received her BFA with a Minor in Art History from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2012 and has been exhibiting and selling her artwork for the past twelve years. When she’s not making art, Ashlee loves to get lost in her garden with her four year old son where they battle pirates on lost islands, fly with dragons around kingdoms in the sky, and search lush jungles for purple tigers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Catcher, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by a feline's love for rolling toys, artist Jeff Fleming demonstrates a charming portrait of a cat playing with a green b...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

June Rider (black white, horse, animal painting, patterns)
Located in New York, NY
Oil and ink on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Hunt Slonem "Randy" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Randy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniq...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cheetahs in The Jungle - Wild Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Cheetahs Cuddling In The Jungle - Wild Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman 'Jungle Sonata in B Sharp', oil on canvas, 36"x48" This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Ca...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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