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Item Ships From: Illinois
A Lively, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Full of color, with wonderful brushwork, the painti...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Quirky 1940s Mid-Century Modern Still Life by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, colorful and quirky 1940s Mid-Century Modern Still Life, "Elephant and Red Pillow" by notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; Framed...
Category
1940s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Cheerful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life of a Colorful Bouquet of Flowers
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of a Colorful Bouquet of Spring Flowers by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Completed in the vibrant,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, early 1950s Abstract, Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a colorful interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
An Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressive Mid-Century Floral Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen. Artwork size: 15” x 10"; Framed size: 19 1/2” x 14 1/2”. Signed Pen, lower right. Provenance: Esta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Large, Vibrant 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting / Interior Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Vibrant 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting / Interior Scene by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Depicts a delightful interior scene painted in subtle harmoni...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Modernist Still-Life Painting, Titled Nature Morte by Artist Pierre Bisiaux
By Pierre Bisiaux
Located in Chicago, IL
A Modernist, Mid-Century still-life painting, in reds & blues titled "Nature Morte" by French artist Pierre Bisiaux. Artwork size: 21 1/4" x 18". Framed size: 30 1/2" x 27".
Pie...
Category
1960s Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Charming Still-Life Painting of a Ceramic Pitcher by Notable Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A diminutive and charming still life painting of an antique French porcelain pitcher by notable artist Andre Delfau.
Artwork size: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Beautifully framed in pe...
Category
1940s Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Unique, 1930s Modern Table Top Still-Life Painting by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A unique, contemplative 1930s Modern table top still-life painting featuring a spoon, egg and an artichoke by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Image size: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inc...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Captivating 1944 Still-Life Painting of the Artist
s Studio by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1944 oil on board, still-life painting of the artist's studio by Harold Haydon. The painting is framed in a dark brown, painted wood frame. Artwork size: 10" x 13 1...
Category
1940s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Passage to Town, " Oil on Board
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Gift - Still Life with Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Perfume Bottle, Gold
By Felipe Alfaro
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions.
A ruby-throated hummingbird flits by an empty perfume bottle with a swath of gold setting off its beautiful coloring. The bold strokes of gold and black enhance the meticulously rendered bird. Due to the delicate nature of the mixed media, this piece is matted and framed with museum glass. The framed dimensions are 11.5 h x 13.5 w inches.
Felipe Alfaro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Back From Morocco - Colorful Impressionist Style Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Back From Morocco
oil on paper mounted on panel
36h x 48w x 1.50d in
91.44h x 121.92w x 3.81d cm
CST019
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintings Carol Stewa...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Nasturtiums and Patterns - Colorful Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Nasturtiums and Patterns
oil on paper on panel
40h x 30w x 1.50d in
101.60h x 76.20w x 3.81d cm
CST017
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintings Carol Stewart...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Blue Painting with Amaryllis - Colorful Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Late Afternoon, February
oil on paper on panel
59.50h x 40w in
51.13h x 101.60w cm
CST011
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintin...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
"Patterned Soul, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull
Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Inscription on back of drawing:
Laughter is mad, and reckless mirth—
What does she in this weary earth?
Should Wealth, or Fame, Our life employ.
Death comes, our labour to destroy;
...
Category
2010s Old Masters Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Mockery and Hate - Norse Mythology Still Life with Flowers and Animal Skull
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Mockery and Hate are the English translations of Sköll and Hati, the Norse mythological wolves that chase the Sun and Moon across the sky and ultimately devour them at Ragnarok. They...
Category
2010s Old Masters Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
RAM C&N RR -Steel Bridge, Chicago Skyscraper, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
I’ve always been attracted to the built environment. Bridges are a great subject. Each one is specially engineered to solve the problem of how to get across the void. While usually n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ontario Summer Painting - Colorful Impressionist Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Ontario Summer Painting
oil on paper on panel
24 x 20w in
60.96h x 50.80w cm
CST010
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintings Car...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
"Still Life of Fruit and Flowers, " Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressionist still life by French painter Léon Garraud depicts a table set with a plate of peaches and a vase of pink peonies and delicate white flowers. The warm palette of or...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tangent - Surreal Still Life - Coffee Table Setting, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is John Hrehov’s Tangent, an oil on panel from 2025. In it, a modern red sofa runs straight across the back of the room, set against a grid of tall windows that open on...
Category
2010s Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Ocean Current - Illuminated Paper Lantern on Deep Teal Water, Acrylic on Panel
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
The fragility of the environment has always played an important role in Christina Haglid's work. As a child growing up on the East Coast, the ever changing seaside landscapes intrig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Sunflowers Aplenty
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The original painting is an acrylic on stretched canvas floral still life painting.
Keywords: flowers, summer, floral, sunflowers, representational, still life, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Floral Still life I
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This floral was panted in my studio during the very cold winter months.
Keywords: Abstract, Bold, Pop & Graphic, Expressive & Gestural, stripes, green, blue, pink...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Mystic Bond, " Acrylic on Canvas
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
"Treasures of the Scholars
Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
A Modern 1930s Art Institute Exhibited Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A unique and captivating 1930s Modern still life painting featuring a derby hat, wine bottle, books and bowl of fruit by artist Francis Chapin. Titled "Still Life with Derby" the pa...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, 1950s Abstract Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a colorful studio interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite, Canvas
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 Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Garden Trellis, Original Acrylic on Canvas Garden Landscape Painting, 2014
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original acrylic on canvas garden landscape painting, 48 48 inches.
Keywords: garden, spring, nature, trellis, orange, green, lush, happy, spring
Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a bright and vivid studio still life scene ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Lively, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, "Still Life w. Lemon"
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Lively, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, "Still life with Lemon" by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a painterly studio still life...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Colorful Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a bright and cheerful studio still life sce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, early 1950s Abstract, Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a subdued, tonal int...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Depicting a radiant still life of fresh flowers, plates of fruit and a wine bo...
Category
1950s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Glass of Milk - Still-life Oil Painting with Glass of Milk
By Jeff Aeling
Located in Chicago, IL
Aeling’s still life with a glass of milk is a masterclass in clarity and restraint. It brightens one of the core truths of his practice: that light is the subject of every painting, whether cast across a mountain range or contained within a simple vessel. The circular reflections beneath the glass recall his love of geometry within nature—how arcs, rings, and contours emerge from light’s interaction with form. This piece echoes the quiet intensity of his earliest studio work, grounding his expansive landscapes in the discipline of looking closely.
Jeff Aeling
Glass of Milk
Oil on panel
19h x 13.50w in
48.26h x 34.29w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS:
25.50h x 20w x 1.50d in
64.77h x 50.80w x 3.81d cm
JAE057
Jeff Aeling (1958–2025): The Sky Remembers
Through Jeff Aeling’s eyes, the landscape becomes a world shaped as much by air as by earth. In works such as North of Las Vegas, NM and Pond Near St. Cloud, MN, he balances the quiet structure of plains and wetlands with skies alive in constant motion. His mastery of atmosphere is unmistakable in Light Pillars (2023) and Light Pillar (2023), where rare optical events turn night into architecture. Even intimate scenes like Crabapple, Dogwoods, and Red Bud find their emotional power under skies that lend the land its shifting character.
Aeling’s winters in Hawaii deepened his sensitivity to movement and weather. Surfing taught him to read the rhythm of the ocean, a knowledge reflected in Wave, Kauai (2018), where a breaking wave becomes a luminous wall of force. In Volcano (2023), he channels the islands’ elemental drama, linking fire, vapor, and sky through the same atmospheric vocabulary found in his plains paintings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Captivating, Mid-Century Floral Still Life of Red Roses by Rudolph T. Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Captivating, Mid-Century Floral Still Life of Red Roses by Rudolph T. Pen. Wonderful colors and brushwork, and executed with the unique, Modern, sloped perspective for which Pen's...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting, Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of Fruit and a Gold Fish Bowl
by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this large, unique, richly rende...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Refined, 1931 Modern Precisionist Still Life Painting by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A refined, vibrant, early 1930s Precisionist still-life painting of a pitcher and squash by famed Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 15 x 18 inches; framed size: 21 x 2...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Board, Oil
Liesenbruken, Abandoned Train Bridge, Contemporary Photorealist Painting
By Roland Kulla
Located in Chicago, IL
A bridge to nowhere has been taking no one there for almost 70 years. The Liesenbrücken bridge has been rusting with iron will and doing little else since it was abandoned in favor o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Notre Dame, Paris, vue de la Seine
Located in New York, NY
Oil on board. Signed in oil, lower left recto, and inscribed "no. 20" in watercolor verso. With the "Douane Centrale" ink stamp verso.
Provenance: Private collection, Chicago.
Category
1920s Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940s Still Life of Squash by Notable Chicago Modernist Artist Flora Schofield
Located in Chicago, IL
A large and wonderful Modernist still life of a cast iron pot, squash and ladle by notable Chicago artist Flora Schofield. Artwork size: 28 1/2" x 20". Framed size: 24" x 26". Signed Schofield lower left.
A painter, print maker and sculptor, Flora Schofield (Schoenfield), was born in Lanark, Illinois. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and taught Saturday classes there until 1904. Schoenfield also studied with Charles Hawthorne, B.J.O Nordfeldt and William Zorach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She studied with Albert Gleizes, Fernand Leger and Natalia Goncharova in Paris, France.
In 1923, Schofield’s abstractions caused a split at the venerable Chicago Society of Artists. When her artwork was was accepted by the jury, the notable Impressionist painter Pauline Palmer and the notable Modernist painter Carl Hoeckner got into a row that ended-up splitting the group. The Impressionists then broke away into their own organization called the ”Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors”.
Paintings by Flora Schofield have been exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Salon d’Automne and Salon de Independants, Paris; the Salons of America; the Society of Independent Artists, New York; the Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita; Gallery Carmine, Paris; the National Arts Club Galleries, New York; Marshall Fields Galleries...
Category
1940s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Colorful Mid-Century Modern Still Life of Flowers by William C. Buxton
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful Mid-Century Modern floral still-life painting by Wisconsin artist William C. Buxton. Artwork size: 23 1/2" x 18". Framed size: 28" x 24".
William Buxton was born in A...
Category
1960s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Casein
A Refined, Modern 1932 Precisionist Still Life Painting by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A refined, vibrant Precisionist still-life painting of a glazed plate and jug by famed Chicago Modern artist Harold Haydon. A superb example of Haydon's early practiced skill in Mod...
Category
1930s American Modern Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Descent - Hyperrealistic oil painting of rusty directional road sign
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperrealist oil painting of an oxidized, rusted metal road sign with orange directional arrow detail by Anthony Adcock.
Medium: Oil and 23.5 gold leaf on aluminum.
Size: 15 x 10 ...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Roadside - Hyperrealistic landscape oil painting
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperrealist oil painting of a lush country landscape with gold arrow by Anthony Adcock.
Medium: Oil and gold leaf on aluminum
Size: 15 x 10 inches.
Anthony Adcock is a superb ex...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Forward - Hyperrealistic oil painting of rusty directional road sign
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperrealist oil painting of an oxidized, rusted metal road sign with orange chevron directional arrow detail by Anthony Adcock.
Medium: Oil and silver leaf on aluminum
Size: 15 x ...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Muck
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperrealist oil painting of a muddy road sign with gold leaf detail by Anthony Adcock.
Medium: Oil and 23.5 gold leaf on aluminum.
Size: 15 x 10 inches.
**No wood or mud/concr...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tempest - Symbolist Still Life with Maritime Imagery - Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
John Hrehov’s Tempest: a large cobalt-blue vase bearing the image of a Baltimore clipper, encircled by sunflowers. Hrehov calls his approach “allegorical realism”: precisely rendered...
Category
2010s Surrealist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
The Mucker
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal oil painting by Anthony Adcock - Oil on ACM (aluminum composite material)
*This is a hyperrealistic oil painting - What appears as wood grain and concrete is in fact oil p...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Falling
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal oil painting of plywood board by Anthony Adcock - Oil on ACM (aluminum composite material)
**No wood was used in this piece. It is an oil painting - painted by hand on ACM...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel
$20,000
Untitled (After)
By Anthony Adcock
Located in East Quogue, NY
Hyperreal oil painting by Anthony Adcock titled "Untitled (After)"- Oil on mounted linen.
**There is no steel or rust in this piece. It is hand-painted oil on linen canvas and mount...
Category
2010s Realist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Yellow Still Life by Viola Frey (NP#5016)
By Viola Frey
Located in Morton Grove, IL
VIOLA FREY (1933-2004)
Rare Yellow Still Life
1966
oil on canvas, signed 'V. Frey' lower right
34 x 44in (86.3 x 111.8cm)
Provenance- The Nevica Project, Ch...
Category
1960s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kelsey Seated, Arm on Mac - Original Oil Painting, Study of a Dancer
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
A study for a series of larger paintings based on motion capture studios, this painting combines classic technique with modern sensibility. Here the seated model leans against an antiquated iMac. Upon closer examination, the preparatory sketch lines are visible on the model's feet and her forearm. Unfinished works were first seen during the Renaissance with Masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Donatello. It became fashionable to leave works incomplete, so much so, that it became an aesthetic term 'non-finito'.
Andrew S. Conklin
Kelsey Seated, Arm with iMac
oil on panel
12h x 17w in
30.48h x 43.18w cm
ACK011
Motion Capture Paintings, Chicago
My recent painting series describes the reality of motion capture environments by showing the interplay between female athletes and male technicians. These paintings are meant to explore conventions of female representation in Western figurative art and to contrast this past practice with the contemporary imagery of that subject via computer-based image technology.
This project was instigated by a number of things: first, by my abiding interest in depicting the human form in paint, as I find its versatility in a design, its invitation to empathy, and its difficulty, to be something worth attempting to depict with success. In addition, my curiosity regarding the new ways to depict the form using electronic technology seem to challenge to the traditional methods I rely upon, and I wanted to comment on the similarities and differences between the studios of the painters and the technicians.
In this way, I aim to continue my investigation into what I see as the contrasting quality of human nature, and symbolically represent opposites such as mind and body, analog and digital, realism and idealism, terrestrial and the transcendent.
Andrew S. Conklin is a figurative painter. He holds an MFA from the Academy of Art University, and studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City with Harvey Dinnerstein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Laid to Rest - Still Life with Dead Bird and Golden Plate, Oil on Panel, Framed
By Tina Figarelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hints about the story in the piec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bobbers - Colorful Impressionist Style Still Life Painting of Fishing Lures
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Bobbers
oil on paper on panel
12h x 12w in
30.48h x 30.48w cm
CST020
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintings Carol Stewart invites the viewer into her worl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Still Life with Green Parrot - Colorful Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Carol Stewart
Still Life with Green Parrot
oil on paper on panel
24h x 24w x 1.75d in
60.96h x 60.96w x 4.45d cm
CST018
Through her ethereal and often dreamlike paintings Carol Stew...
Category
2010s Impressionist Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Ophelia - Hamlet Inspired Still Life Painting with Plaster Mask and Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Ophelia
Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum
24 x 24w in
38.25h x 38.25w x 1d in (framed)
97.16h x 97.16w x 2.54d cm
MLC021
Bio:
Matthew Cook is a realist painter, born in Toledo...
Category
2010s Old Masters Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Catbird - Dead Bird Still Life, Original Oil Painting on Panel
By Tina Figarelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Depictions of dead birds have a long and rich history in Western Art having been used as a subject matter by artists from Albrecht Durer to Pablo Picasso. The Golden Age of Dutch Painting brought an iconic rise to still-life painting. Much like decadent, ripe fruit and extravagant, sumptuous floral arrangements, these taxadermied birds were transformed into stunning examinations of color, light and texture. Here, artist Tina Figarelli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Illinois - Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
