Continental US - Animal Paintings
Artist Comments
"These two glowing marbled godwits are painted at the edge of the surf on a soft late evening on a Santa Barbara beach," sh...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
19th Century Victorian Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s American Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Spray Paint
Artist Comments
With a determined expression, a Pointer leaps out of the water over a colorful beach ball. Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. He started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: Pointer, dog, impressionism, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
1920s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
1980s Pop Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
1920s Victorian Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Color-Field Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
Artist Comments
Artist Heather Foster paints an impressionist portrait of a brown horse. She takes inspiration from a colt she witnessed at Bishop's Lodge, a small complex on the outskirts of Santa Fe...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A lone wolf trots in the snow, encircled with a red halo. In the background, herring swim among a flower pattern, inspired from her childhood memories growing...
21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Kira Yustak blends impressionist and primitive approaches in her portrait of a blackbird amongst tall cattails. She draws inspiration from observing them in waterways and marshy areas nearby. Kira paints it larger than life to highlight the feathers and make a bold statement. Her style bears influence from natural history illustrations...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
1980s American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Animal Paintings
Gouache, Board
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Ink
1990s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
Rachel Srinivasan manifests a representation of a tarot card. She paints a robust white bison in the center of five silver swords, standing on a pentagram in ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster paints an impressionistic painting of two White Mandarin ducks. He displays them with their reflections swirling in the water. With intrica...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
A bold impressionistic painting of a Mandarin duck gliding across a pond with its swirling reflections rippling in the water by artist John Jaster...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Artist Comments
This painting is of a black swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is painted larger than life to show all of the detail. It has a mystical quality as the butterfly seems to float above the garden with a few stars beginning to appear on a lavender sky.
About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.
Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, garden, stars, wings, animals, representational, acrylic painting, purple
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
"This painting is a part of both my Tarot series and my Power Bison series," shares artist Rachel Srinivasan. "In tarot, the two of swords is about decisions,...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller shows a young girl hugging a black cat. Both with striking green eyes, the duo is set against a bright purple background. "Pepper is ...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. In this piece, a beagle triumphantly retrieves a stick thrown into the ocean. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: beagle, dog, pet, impressionism, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings
Silver
2010s Street Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Spray Paint
2010s Color-Field Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
Artist Comments
"Who knew that Snowy Egrets at the beach hunted beetles?" says artist Emil Morhardt. "This one was stealthily sneaking up on some...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by the idea that we are shaped by outside forces, but remain unchanged, we persist in the face of adversity. It is what makes us human. My energetic oil paintings of stallions explore and illustrate movement through nature. This work represents an immigrant journey or strength and perseverance. I incorporate both contemporary (watercolor) and traditional (ink calligraphy) painting styles into this series.
About the Artist
Art has been with Shao Yuan Zhang for the majority of his extraordinary, and at times difficult, life journey. Raised in communist China...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A group of large sea lions emerges above calm sea waters just south of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. “The great thing about marine mammals swimming aro...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
Artist Comments
"The two nearer whimbrels look to me," shares artist Emil Morhardt. "They look as though they might be discussing whether or not to let junior fly to Florida ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
"These two long-billed curlews are gazing at us with an unmistakable curiosity," says artist Emil Morhardt. "Like many shorebirds, when I sat on the beach qui...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Continental US - Animal Paintings
Metal
2010s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"There is that point when kids are looking grown but at the same time still look like the young kids that they are," muses artist Heather Foster. "This guy wa...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Early 2000s American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
1980s Photorealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A whimsical and dramatic portrait of a stylish figure posed with a lion. "I wanted to create a striking fantasy, playing up the sophistication of the model ag...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
1710s Old Masters Continental US - Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
