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Style: Contemporary
Medium: Oil
Smoking
Located in New York, NY
Figurative painting. Asian female theme. On canvas. About the Artist: Justin Love, a native of New York City, has been a painter for 27 years and r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Candy Girl
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait. About the Artist: My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deep Sea Diver
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of girl in water. About the Artist: My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CONSTANCE I - Contemporary Realism / Figurative Art / Red Hair
Located in New York, NY
"In my paintings, I frequently use a tall vertical format. This makes it more challenging to develop a composition. As I proceed, I find it more interesting to work out the problems...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SELF PORTRAIT WITH BLACK HAT - Female Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Russian-born artist Olga Antonova trained at the Repin Institute in Saint Petersburg and specializes in still life paintings of shiny kettles and porcelain china cups and plates, as ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Murkage Love One
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In this series of portraits, Birch materializes enigmatic, ectoplasmic figures in his psychologically charged canvases linking sympathies between external forces and interior emotion...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1-5-23 (diptych), 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

4-5-17 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Figurative Painting - Juliette Lemontey – Dos
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Pietà - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Caeruleo - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Paris - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Contemporary Figurative Painting - Juliette Lemontey – Firefly
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Flos Lucis - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Printemps - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Contemporary Figurative Painting - Juliette Lemontey – Friends Without a name II
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Small Painting "Friends without a name I" - Juliette Lemontey
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Hymne - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Large Painting - Hand’s up (a single boy from Michigan) - Juliette Lemontey
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Textile, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Painting on Canvas " Phantom thread " by Juliette Lemontey
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Raw Poetic Canvas Portrait with Ink on Old Canvas 2015 "Petit boy"
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Figurative intimate Painting on ancient fabric, 2023 – Normal People
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Raw Poetic Canvas Portrait, 2022 "Ce que je sais d elle"
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Raw Poetic Canvas Portrait, 2023 "Marguerite et les autres"
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Abraham Lincoln
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem’s Abraham Lincoln (2024) is a striking oil on wood painting measuring 20 x 16 inches (framed at 23 x 19 inches) that reimagines the iconic visage of the 16th U.S. preside...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Raw Poetic Canvas Composition with Ink and Grasses, 2025 "Dos-Dune"
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Figurative Painting on ancient fabric, 2023 – Femme fantôme
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Figurative Painting on ancient fabric, 2024 – She knows what happened II
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Textile, Canvas, Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Carbon Pencil

Figurative Painting of swimmer on ancient fabric, 2023 – Palombella Rossa
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Juliette Lemontey (b. 1975, Metz, France) is a French artist based in Arles. Her work is an intimate exploration of the human presence, capturing both the weight and fragility of the...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Charcoal, Textile, Canvas

Nude Model Face Down on Oriental Rug - oil painting by J. Palmer Libby
Located in New York, NY
Nude Model Face Down on Oriental Rug - oil painting by J. Palmer Libby 1987 Signed and dated, l.r. Oil on canvas 28 x 24 inches James Palmer Libby, also known as “Palmer Libby” ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Teal Chartreuse Woman Leaning on Orange Rock Solomon s Seal Vines)
Located in Denver, CO
This Daisy Patton work is an extension of her ongoing series called Forgetting is so long, where the artist wonders "Who do we choose to remember and how?". This work shows off Patto...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled (Mary + Lorna Fife Santa Cruz, Calif Aug 11, 1946)
Located in Denver, CO
This Daisy Patton work is an extension of her ongoing series called Forgetting is so long, where the artist wonders "Who do we choose to remember and how?". This work shows off Patto...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Oil, Wood Panel

Elin - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Patet Lux - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Midorinouta - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest collection, where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new materials and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Overthink, I See Colors and Life
Located in New York, NY
Marie-Chloé Duval is an acclaimed Quebecois artist, celebrated for her transformative journey from academic studies to a profound exploration of visual arts. Her work, characterized ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Given - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Red Given" is part of Ger Doornink's 2024 collection. Abandoning the excessive use of different materials, Doornink still achieves a great depth in his portraits through the thick l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Green Given - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Green Given" is part of Ger Doornink's 2024 collection. Abandoning the excessive use of different materials, Doornink still achieves a great depth in his portraits through the thick...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

8010173
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Katinka Lampe 8010173, 2017 Oil on canvas 39.37 x 31.5 inches (100 x 80 cm)
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

8010173
8010173
Price Upon Request
Tsuriari - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Tsuriari" means "Balance" in Japanese. This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest show 'Thoughts', where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Shinrin-Yoku - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Shinrin-Yoku", means "Forest Bath” in Japanese. It is an activity consisting of visiting a forest, immersing yourself in it with the five senses, in order to obtain well-being for t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Akai-Yoake II - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait Painting, Oil
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
This artwork is part of Ger Doornink's latest show 'Thoughts', where his mastery in portrait painting is reflected and makes evident his role as a craftsman who embraces new material...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Wonder!!" Oil Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mr. Everybody
By Mr. Everybody
Located in Culver City, CA
"Wonder!!" Oil Painting 16" x 20" inch by Mr. Everybody * * * ABOUT THE ARTIST * * * Shane Everybody (Mr.Everybody) is an Irish born self taught artist, where he is currently paint...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Red Qipao III
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Orange Qipao I
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Red / Blue Qipao
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Yellow Green Qipao II
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Blue Qipao II
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Woodcut

Skyblue Qipao II
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Green Qipao II
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Green Qipao II
Price Upon Request
Magenta Qipao
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Pacifier
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Pacifier
Price Upon Request
Pacifier III
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Two Figures at The Sea Figurative Oil Painting
By Martha Erlebacher
Located in Rye, NY
Large oil painting, nude portrait featuring beach scene and two figures.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ocean without a Shore (Black)
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Polyurethane

Pacifier II
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Polyurethane

Ocean without a Shore (Grey)
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Harlequin. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Blue Harleking - a beautiful piece from Berlins' Harleking series. This mesmerising painting is cooler and more sculptural in its construct. The sculptural quality & cooler palette d...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Annika - 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
The Dutch multidisciplinary artist, Ger Doornink, specialises in painting, illustration and photography. Time spent living in Tokyo, Milan and currently Amsterdam, has heavily influe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Defrocking The Cardinal
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mixed media and oil paint.
Category

2010s Contemporary Oil Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

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