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Monarch Butterflies 3, Original Painting
By Natasha Tayles
Located in San Francisco, CA
colorful.Words that describe this painting: butterflies, insect, animal, fun, playful, happy
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fluffs and Butterflies 4, Original Painting
By Natasha Tayles
Located in San Francisco, CA
that describe this painting: butterflies, insects, animals, fluffs, dandelion, flying, wings, sky
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cozy Comfort, Oil Painting
By Alana Clumeck
Located in San Francisco, CA
her kids.Words that describe this painting: bug, insect, flower, table, interior
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Set of Twelve Chinese Pith Paintings Depicting Butterflies
Located in London, GB
watercolour paintings depicts various insects. Elaborately patterned and rendered in bright shades, each
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Harvest. No.2, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
insects animate the quiet arrangement. A marble tabletop holds a variety of ripe produce, while delicate
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nikko Blue, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA
, floral, garden, butterfly, summer, season, insect, blooms, flora, primitive, acrylic painting, blue
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
“The Creative Mind” hyperrealist oil painting of ants crawling, small, framed
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
such a way it appears there are real insects crawling on the painting. The humorous and clever wit of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Pyroclastic Fever, " Nigel Cooke, Contemporary Painting, Lightning Skyscape
By Nigel Cooke
Located in New York, NY
- cave paintings and surrealism, insect mimicry and information physics - his theoretical writings
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$32,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Evening Breeze, Mary Chaplin, Original Floral Landscape Painting, Affordable Art
By Mary Chaplin
Located in Deddington, GB
and insect humming: life! This painting is a diptych, 2x65x81cmx2,5cm. This work is made with high
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
On Road (surreal dark mauve oil painting man butterflies magic Realism)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
both wonder and uncertainty.
keywords; surrealism, butterflies, insect, oil painting, earth tones
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Great Horned Owl" by Anne Siems, figurative painting, owl in forest landscape
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Bound by Love - Female portrait painting with tattoo drawing, poems and nature
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Boy with Calen" by Anne Siems, Surreal figurative painting, boy with flowers
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Forest Lover by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Forest Tattoo by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Forest 1" by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Forest Lover II by Anne Siems, Portrait painting with tattoo drawing, on paper
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Japanese Scroll Painting Depicting Insects, Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
19th Century. This long horizontal scroll vividly depicts a lively procession of insects, including
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
"Face 5" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on white clay panel
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Ceramic
"Face 3" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on white clay panel
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Clay, Panel
Orange Tea with Honey, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
, honey bee, tea bag, vertical, fruit, insect, still life, realism, watercolor painting, orange
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Birdish
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
$9,400
Trainer
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
, she moved to Seattle, WA.
Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$10,400
Queen II
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
, she moved to Seattle, WA.
Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$2,800
Lifesaver
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
, she moved to Seattle, WA.
Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Village Fish Pond
By Joseph Paquet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Artist Statement
"Another remote village where time seemed to stand still. Only the sound of insects to
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Swallowtail, Oil Painting
By Karen Barton
Located in San Francisco, CA
baking artisanal breads.Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, spring, summer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art
Materials
Oil
In Flight Together, Original Painting
By Scott Dykema
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Outlined with gold metal leaf, they glow softly against a vibrant turquoise background. This painting is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Early 20th Century Vase Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory German Munich Wackerle
Located in Epfach, DE
development from 1909 onwards. The extremely detailed floral painting featuring insects around the rim was
Category
Early 20th Century German Other Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Old Primitive Side Chair 1940s-1960s / Wabisabi
By Axel Vervoordt
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
countless traces form rhythmic lines, creating a texture reminiscent of an abstract painting. The insects
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Primitive Side Chairs
Materials
Cedar
Boxer Posse
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Cast Brassknuckles
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Insect Woman
By Erika Ranee
Located in New York, NY
Erika's abstract paintings are layered with the detritus of daily life. Each painting is a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Canvas, Oil
Interference - bee, contemporary art, painting, insects, acrylic, canvas, nature
By Louise McNaught
Located in London, GB
The hero piece from Louise McNaught's latest collection of the same name. This collection of work discusses how mans interference in the natural order of the world and ever increasin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Antique Opal cut Goblet, Painted Gilt - Bohemian Glass
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
square the decoration is a painting, there is an insect painting and an ornamental gilded painting
Category
20th Century Bohemian Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Top Hat Insect Goblin
By Travis Louie
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Presented by 'Haven Gallery' for Market Art & Design
original painting
Ref: 1051
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orange and Teal, still-life, realism, oil painting, insects, seashells
Located in Memphis, TN
pursue a career in painting. He completed a BFA in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pomegranates and Green Glass, still-life, realism, oil painting, insects
Located in Memphis, TN
pursue a career in painting. He completed a BFA in Painting and Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Ground of Being 6 (Insect Noise)
By Thomas McNickle
Located in Charlotte, NC
Original Painting by Janna Watson, As Transparent as an Insect Wing, Mixed Media
By Janna Watson
Located in Toronto, Ontario
carefully balanced pairing of loose painting and gestural mark-making. Watson's paint strokes are feeling
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Still Life with Butterflies and Insects
Located in New York, NY
insect,” on paper in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijkmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. 1921:180), monogrammed
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
CMYK - Yuan Dynasty, Lu Jingpu, Flowers and Insects
By Yang Mian
Located in New York, NY
YANG MIAN
The paintings of Sichuan-based artist Yang Mian (b. 1970) challenge the new world
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Screen with Flowering Gourds and Insects
Located in New York, NY
Two-panel folding screen with ink, mineral colors, gofun and gold wash on silk.
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens
"Insect Eye Views The Forest", Science Fiction Print Painting on Canvas
By Suzanne Reese Horvitz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
question what insects would look like and what they might be like at human scale, and to consider if I
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Portrait of Young Boy, Oil on Canvas Signed Felix Bryk, circa 1910
Located in Paris, FR
an early age for insects. Felix Bryk studied classical painting and turned to a career as a painter
Category
1910s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Spring Flowers IV
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Telluride, CO
bouquet. Without being either gross or macabre, de Francisco includes small insects into this painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lord Derby
s Foxhounds, A English Hunting Scene by James Barenger
By James Barenger
Located in Lincoln, GB
, London, the son of James Barenger Snr., a metal chaser and artist who exhibited paintings of insects at
Category
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Flowers and Insects", Bow Porcelain, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
distinctive way of painting insects.
Prov: Taylor Collection; Christie’s.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Biedermeier Glass Goblet
Located in Vienna, AT
, octagonal dissected, mighty widen foot, smooth removed lip.
Round medallion with fine gold painting of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Czech Biedermeier Glass
Materials
Glass
$1,431
Hollyhocks with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological father was
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Mint with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Black Willow with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
scientist who studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Catnip and Catswort - insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Fig tree with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological father was
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Jerusalem Cross with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
) was a naturalist and scientist who studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Greater Burdock with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
naturalist and scientist who studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Gorgeous rose with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
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