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Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Hyacinths
Located in Bristol, GB
HYACINTHS
Size: 52 x 42 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
An expressive and beautifully textured mid-century floral still life painting, executed in oil onto board.
The composition...
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Michael Gregory was born in 1955 in Los Angeles, CA and received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980. Previously living and working in Bolinas, California, Gregory h...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vibrant Floral Oil Painting Vase of Spring Flowers Pierre Jerome
Located in Surfside, FL
approximate image size 13'' x 7 1/2'', frame size 20 1/2'' x 15''.
Pierre Jerome French 1905-1982
During his 50+ year career as an artist, he won several major awards, including aw...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant Bowl of Cherries Oil Painting by Pierre Jerome
Located in Surfside, FL
approximate image size 13 3/4'' x 10 1/2'', frame size 22'' x 19''.
Pierre Jerome French 1905-1982
During his 50+ year career as an artist, he won several major awards, including a...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Interior Still Life with Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Rothbort
1920-1963
Lawrence Rothbort, son of American Impressionist - Samuel Rothbort, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1920, and achieved fame for his expressionist style pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Abstract Flowers IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
HAVANA Cuba Mid Century Surreal Male Nude Graphic Painting, Gay Interest
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a Surreal Male Nude by a famous Cuban artist Carlos Macia (1951-1994).
*** please excuse the photos, it is under glass and there are reflections of a yellow light. I’v...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
Impressionist Marine Boat Landscape "Small Boat on the New England Harbor"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This c.1950s painting by Charles Vickery, Small Boat on the New England Harbor, captures the artist’s hallmark sensitivity to maritime atmosphere and coastal light. Vickery’s scenes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life of Pink Roses, Souter, 20th Century Oil painting
Located in London, GB
John Bulloch Souter
1890 - 1972
Still Life of Pink Roses
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Image size: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.5 x 39.5 cm)
Period Gilt frame
This still life shows...
Category
Early 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Modernist Painting Of Pink And Yellow Flowers In Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Flowers in a Vase by Otto Vautier - Oil on Canvas - 46x55.5 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Otto Vautier the Younger was born in 1893 into a distinguished family of Swiss artists. He was the son of Louise Marie Schnell and Otto Adolphe Paul Vautier, a respected painter affi...
Category
1910s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Plumbago
Located in Fairfield, CT
Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most artists have given up “eyeballing” a subject as a drawing technique and have come to rely on photographs instead. Turnaround time for photographs is now virtually instant because of digital cameras...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$14,000
Burgundy with Cream - small, floral, intimate, figurative, still life oil
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Deep colours of burgundy and cream flowers dominate the canvas in this beautiful oil painting by British artist Jennifer Hornyak. Known for her abstract and figurative work in vivid ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Object Lesson" - Surrealist Painting, still life, floral, globe - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Object Lesson" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta based artist Guy Robinson attended the Atlanta College Of Art on a Ford Foundation grant and has worked extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and have a place in important collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA,GA). Robinson has over thirty-five years experience teaching drawing and painting for Emory...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Living the Life II
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Konstantin Savchenko
Living the Life II, 2019
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Artwork Size: 36 x 12 in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Floral Still Life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Alfred Maurer was born in 1868 in New York City, the son of Louis Maurer, a commercial artist for Currier and Ives. He worked in the family lithographic business as a young man and a...
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Angles sur L
Anglin - contemporary still-life window landscape room interior
By Mike Hall
Located in London, GB
unframed size: 35 x 30 cm
framed size: 40 x 35 cm
Artist Statement:
“My career in Film and Television design enabled me to travel extensively in Europe and the West Indies. During t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
The Painted Flag Blue (2003) - minimalist, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This pop art painting of a Canadian flag is by Charles Pachter.
One of Canada’s much-loved and collected contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is renowned for his iconic pop art ima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Revisiting the Boogieman" - Surrealist Painting, still life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Revisiting the Boogieman" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
THE PATH IS ALWAYS INSIDE
Located in Zofingen, AG
The path to oneself is always within — the eyes can only see the roads. This path is long, sometimes thorny, but very interesting, beautiful and colorful. It allows you not only to r...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
Jade - Colorful Vibrant Abstract Southwestern Inspired Still Life Painting
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Telephone Racer - Original Toy Still Life Mixed Media Pop Artwork by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Blue Note and Clonazepam Diptych, Paintings. From The chemical vest Series
By Sergio Bazan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist imprint, firm and consistent throughout his career. The artist's works, composed of figures that develop on vibr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Orange and Apples Fruit Bowl Brown Interior Still Life 20th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fruit Bowl
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
oil on canvas, unframed
stamped verso
painting: 32 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,068 Sale Price
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Green Bottle. Still life Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Christopher Terry's paintings explore the tension between the everyday and the mystical. His subjects are primarily inspired by objects and artifacts that lack a strong ego and avoid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Category
1940s Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Bowl with Gold
, Contemporary Still Life Painting with Porcelain Bowl
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Bowl with Gold" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar (1959) from a distance you see a perfectly painted image, but up close a generous paint streak is visib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Winter bouquet, oil floral, vertical, atmospheric, flowers
Located in Oslo, NO
In Winter Bouquet, Irina Forrester captures the quiet elegance of a seasonal still life. Each winter the family spends holiday time together in the country house in England. The arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
One
a Half - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two bouquets become one to create a lavish brightly coloured arrangement in this floral still life by Pat Service. The Canadian artist created a series of paintings in the 1990s that...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Expression (Blue Hortensia), flowers, blue, expressive, vertical, hortensia
Located in Oslo, NO
This striking oil painting features a vibrant arrangement of white chrysanthemums and blue hortensias, accented with delicate red hypericum berries and lush green foliage. Bold, swee...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Daisies, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Field Flowers oil Painting, Impressionism
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism,
Subj...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary impressionist still life floral painting on paper " Window of joy"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary expressionist still life titled “The Window of Joy” by French artist Natalya Mougenot emerges as a vivid meditation on simplicity, presence, and emotional authentic...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Doll. Vertical, oil, bright, flowers, fruits, summer, still life
Located in Oslo, NO
This is a very bright image, imbued with the light of a sunny day, evoking feelings of joy, relaxation and optimism. The painting was painted in the summer of 2020 in the garden of t...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reflections for the Hydrangea
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This 24x36 painting bursts with a wide variety of vibrant colors, beautifully highlighting the delicate hydrangea blooms. “Reflections of the Hydrangea” is a colorful and lively piec...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,480 Sale Price
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Bunch of Iris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Joseph Alexis KREYDER (1839-1912)
Bunch of Iris
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 82 X 61 cm - Dim frame : 104 X 8...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colourful French Modern Oil Still Life with Fabrics Bottles and Picture Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Colourful French Modern Oil Still Life with Fabrics Bottles and Picture Frame
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Oil on artist paper, unframed
Size: 22.25 x 19 inches (height x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers in Vase French Modernist Signed
Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
signed and inscribed verso
framed
oil painting on canvas
framed: 20 x 17 inches
canvas: 16 x 13 inches.
All the painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilies -contemporary still-life colourful table oil painting
Located in London, GB
Of Polish descent and now living in London, Ania Pieniazek creates bold, bright art full of everyday joy and pleasure. Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Paul Gauguin and Zbyslaw Marek Mac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daffodils
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original acrylic on canvas floral still life painting.
Keywords: daffodils, flowers, still life, purple, yellow
Artist Biography:
Born and raised in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bowl of Fruit
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1991 Vintage Original Swedish Mini Still Life Oil Painting - Cake
Blooms
Located in Bristol, GB
CAKE & BLOOMS
Size: 35 x 30 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
This interior oil composition, dated 1991 on reverse, is an inviting and charming still-life painting that embodies the...
Category
1990s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
My Pink with Blue Grey - small bright, colourful, floral still life oil
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A tall vase with a single rose in bright "Hornyak pink" is balanced by shapes and lines in this sophisticated composition by Jennifer Hornyak. Framed dimensions are 11.75 x 9.75 inch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Panel
Nonnna
Located in Burlingame, CA
Here is a beautiful, original new oil on canvas painting inspired by found black and white photographs that feature the artist’s Italian ancestors. The artwork is painted in a contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
Triangle of Peonies - Pink Floral Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pigeon Holes. Still life Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Christopher Terry's paintings explore the tension between the everyday and the mystical. His subjects are primarily inspired by objects and artifacts that lack a strong ego and avoid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Green Tea. Still life Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Christopher Terry's paintings explore the tension between the everyday and the mystical. His subjects are primarily inspired by objects and artifacts that lack a strong ego and avoid...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary impressionist fauvist still life painting "Apples and Tea "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In "Apples and Tea", French artist Natalya Mougenot offers a lyrical meditation on color, emotion, and the quiet grace of daily rituals. At first glance, the composition appears disa...
Category
2010s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Large French 20th Century Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Sunflowers Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflowers
by Regis Chabal (1930 - 2010 French)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 19 inches
canvas: 24 x 18.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Morning Table" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ulrich Gleiter's (EUR based) "Morning Table" is an oil painting that depicts a still-life of random objects such as a lemon an teapot.
Bio/Artist State...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Flower in Vase I
By Ayse Wilson
Located in Westport, CT
Ayse Wilson is a Turkish-American artist who lives and lives and works in Connecticut. Her work draws from memory and emotion to remind viewers of youth, innocence and the timeless space we occupy when we are young.
Wilson graduated from Wellesley College...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Impressionist Summer Afternoon in The Garden Landscape Oil Painting
By Silvana Liotti
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-5000b Italian large scale impressionistic style contemporary oil on canvas displayed in a vintage gilt- wood frame
.Signed lower right by Silvana Liotti.
Image size 23H x 34 W
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Amaryllis in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Amaryllis in a Tall Vase'. Watercolor on paper measuring 40 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches. Currently unframed. Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to cre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mason Jar with Dandelions - Contemporary Still Life Yellow Flowers Orange, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary still life painting of yellow dandelions and pink echinacea flowers in a mason jar against a luminous orange and dark charcoal black background. Signed on recto, signed,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pansies in a Jar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Morning Sky (28 x 22 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a painting of the Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was painted on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Still Life of Flower
Located in Astoria, NY
Robert O'Meara (American, 1957-2024), Still Life of Flower, Oil on Board, depicting yellow rose in glass jar, signed lower right, unframed. 11" H x 9.75" W. Provenance: From a 333 Ea...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Chocolate Cone" Oil Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This photorealistic still life of chocolate ice cream is one of a kind! Painted in oil on a smooth panel surface, layers and layers of thinned paint are applied to create the realist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Marine Flora, Organic Coral Branches, Biomorphic Organic Shapes on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
Red Marine Flora is a vibrant marine-inspired abstract that celebrates the organic beauty of underwater plant life. Rich reds, corals, and earthy tones intertwine with cooler greens ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache
McCormick Mustard - Original Oil Painting by Renowned Photorealist Mark Schiff
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
If you love spices, you will love this original oil painting by renowned photorealist Mark Schiff.
One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing. Because you cannot appreciate it on a computer screen, our gallery has a unique policy. When purchasing from us, the buyer has sixty days to determine if they want to keep the artwork. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways!
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About Mark Schiff -- Animated by photographs that reflect his personal life, Mark Schiff’s paintings are fueled by what makes him happy. Through his open touch and signature blending method, he lends his artistic perception to the original photographic compositions captured on his Leica.
Mark’s creative vision has been alive since he was a boy. As a child he spent his summers observing life as he rode the trolley back and forth to art classes at the Pratt Institute. During his future travels to Europe, Mark’s eye for light and photography merged with his passion for painting at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; which triggered his career in photorealism.
Mark is well known for painting objects that people can identify and emotionally connect with. His work is distinctly marked by a rich palette and the luminous range of light he paints into his compositions. Each painting is a true extension of his vision and can take up to 200 hours to complete.
Mark Schiff’s work has been commissioned by the well-known brands The Hershey Company and Tropicana. His private collectors include A-list celebrities and also corporate collectors in the US and abroad.
Possessing a strong philanthropic nature, Mark donates both his time and works to charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Ronald McDonald House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Humane Society and the Special Olympics.
Photorealism is widely viewed as one of this century’s most exciting genres of art. When a photorealistic painting is viewed from afar, it looks like a photograph. Only when getting very close to the art does the viewer realize that it is in fact not a photo, but rather an oil painting.
Photorealism can also refer to sculptures. Duane Hanson is known as the greatest photorealistic sculptor of all time. Some of the greatest photorealistic painters include Mark Schiff, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Charles Bell and Audrey Flack.
Photorealist Mark Schiff was born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in a neighborhood known as a kuchalane, a Yiddish word which Schiff defines as a place where everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the same street, and most likely knowing each other’s business. His Russian grandfather came to the US before the revolution and both his parents were first generation American.
Even at five years of age, Mark showed exceptional talent. In the summer, his mother permitted him to travel by himself on the trolley for art classes at the Pratt institute. He continued studying there until he was eleven and the family moved to Great Neck. Except for a few art classes in high school and playing baritone horn in the band, Mark focused on other things besides art, especially when his mother worried for his financial future, kept insisting “that Jewish boys don’t starve to death.” His father made a good living as a production man in textiles so Mark, who had spent years doing the rounds of knitting mills with his father, decided to major in textile chemistry at North Carolina State.
ROTC was mandatory on his campus and he did two years in order to be eligible for officer status. He won the Armed Forces Chemical Association award and thought for sure that he would be assigned chemical work, but instead was made a tank commander and stationed at Fort Knox. Not exactly what his heart yearned for, but a good job awaited him at Sandoz, a Swiss company that made dyestuff. What perfect training for someone who would soon be working in wonderful rich colors on canvas.
He went on to receive his MBA degree from Hofstra University, left Sandoz and was hired to sell at a spinning mill. He liked it. In 1976 he joined Bennett Berman Associates and had an opportunity to buy the spinning mill Spun Fibers.
But what of art? In the early days, Elsie, his wife of fifty-two years, had a problem with the large amount of space his canvases occupied in their one bedroom apartment. Mark took up photography instead, which only required a small darkroom. Photography was a natural ally for his eventual return to painting in the photorealistic style.
It was on his second trip to Europe that Mark fell in love with painting all over again. The impressionistic museum, Jeu de Paume in Paris, renewed his passion and it’s been non-stop since then. Out came the brushes, but this time, he used his love and skill of photography, and built a style based on the photographs he had taken, bringing them to life with paint.
Mark was still not painting to sell until in 1990 when someone discovered and desperately wanted his candy bar (Sweet Series) painting. Mark didn’t want to let go of that particular piece, but was finally convinced to sell it and a second candy painting to this ardent art and candy lover. Two years later, Mark was commissioned to make three paintings of this man’s new Ferrari.
Some of the artists who have inspired his work are Richard Estes, Sandy Scott, Chuck Close, and Charles Bell. He appreciates the work of Ken Keeley, but unlike Keeley’s hard-lined/tape and ruler style, Mark prefers an open touch, using the blending method.
Mark’s subject matters range from candy bars to spice racks to soda cans and soda bottles. He photographs with a Leica M-7 and each painting can take up to 200 or more hours to complete. His palette is rich; his subjects, be it a fire engine or a pretzel cart, take on a luminous quality, always photoreal, but even more beautiful.
Mark developed his own technique for working with bottles by painting a canvas all black, so that the transparency of the bottles allows a wonderful range of light to filter through. The same light and reflection can be seen in the black rotary phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilacs Still Life Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahram Meliqsetyan
Title: Lilacs
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Dimensions: 25" x 18" x 0.8" inch (63.5 x 46.5 x 2cm)
Presentation: Unframed, Gallery Wra...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$2,480 Sale Price
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