2,263 results for "surrealism"
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A surrealist painting captures the tension between prey and predator. In the foreground, a rabbit stands wary while a fox snarls nearby. Others of their kind sc...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A little boy stands on a sidewalk, posing curiously. He is studying the metal and glass contraption, taking in the numbers of its control panel and measuring ...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings
Oil
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A small wooded island rests in calm water. A colorful rock formation rises from the surface and reflects below. Warm yellows and oranges on the left shift to co...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
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This oil painting transforms a restaurant's holiday ceiling decoration into something realistic and surreal. It captures the memory of a special evening while...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Interior Paintings
Oil
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A lifeguard sits on her chair, watching over an empty beach. The deep blue sky meets the calm sea, while the wet red sand mirrors the scene above. The stillness and fading colors evoke nostalgia, capturing the fleeting nature of summer. The title reflects a moment of pause between what was and what will be. Artist Keith Thomson used oil paint and ink to create this evocative piece.
About the Artist
Alabama-based artist Keith Thomson creates quick-witted, mixed-media artwork that blends realism and surrealism. His background as a political cartoonist in the 90s is reflected in the sharp storytelling his artwork achieves. He combines stylized realism and everyday subject matter with surreal details and ironic twists. He begins his work as digital sketches using animation software, then he transfers the sketch onto the canvas and begins applying oil paint. In addition to painting, he is a writer, of mostly spy novels and nonfiction articles. His writing prowess shines through in his witty descriptions of his pieces.
Words that describe this painting: beach, sea, ocean, sky, lifeguard, chair, reflection, contrast, bright, clouds, water, shore, horizon, pop, seascape, oil painting, blue
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art More Art
Oil
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Artist Guigen Zha paints a contemporary piece by combining Chinese art with a geometric landscape. A lady wearing a traditional hanfu observes the other eleme...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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A solitary man on a subway platform stands in a pool of light. He stares down the dark tunnel as if by sheer will he could summon the train. Others, he admits...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
!["Karma [V], " Acrylic on Canvas - Abstract Surrealism](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_14682/a_78704621618518362546/Untitled_master.jpg?width=240 "Tawatchai Somkong - \"Karma [V], \" Acrylic on Canvas - Abstract Surrealism")
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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This contemporary painting of Boulders Beach presents a stylized, painterly interpretation of the coast. On the left, a rocky cliff descends toward the beach, m...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
Early 2000s Post-Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Cotton, Canvas
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A figure calmly basks in the last rays of the setting sun. Light glimmers off the horizon as wispy clouds part in the atmosphere. Part of Naoko Paluszak's sig...
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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This piece was all about exploring the relationship between the figure and the curvilinear shapes swirling around her, says Sumner Crenshaw. They surround her...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A performer leans toward the mirror, applying a final touch of lipstick beneath the glow of vanity lights. Clad in a star-spangled top and Uncle Sam hat, she re...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A child in a red-and-white striped shirt sleeps peacefully among vibrant yellow sunflowers. Their face merges effortlessly with the petals, creating a dreamlike...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A family eats dinner and talks about their day. The glowing, soft-focus background and amber palette evoke warmth, love, and perhaps nostalgia, while the styliz...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"A panther in space, now that's out of this world," says artist Miranda Gamel. She depicts a surrealist image of the ebony fe...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Cardboard, Watercolor
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Four cups connect at the center of the composition, forming a diamond shape. Wavy lines ripple around them, while bright beams radiate from the handles and rims...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Vienna Secession Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tempera
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
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Artist Michael Wedge paints a surrealist composition where lightbulbs replace vegetables. "The activity and its meaning are left up to the viewer," says Micha...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Digital Pigment
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Digital Pigment
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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An old-timey frog couple stands together, but they seem to be miles apart. The artwork delves into the profound exploration of human connections, revealing ho...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Wax, Oil, Panel
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"I decided to lean into the suggestive pose of the figure," shares artist Sumner Crenshaw, "creating a work that radiates with confident sensuality and femini...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
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Water, waves, vessel, and the color blue are all symbolic of emotions in the cosmology of tarot. Galloping horses and unicorns frame the scene. The artwork is p...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A young boy stands indoors, absorbed in his mobile device. Just beyond an open door, a polar bear looms inside the house, its mouth open as if roaring. The brig...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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A girl with a yellow Gerbera daisy for a head holds an orange refrigerator with human limbs in one hand and a cupcake topped with a telephone on the other. This...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
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A paper crane flies among a flock of birds against a dusky warm gradient. "The title of this work, 'This Is Not a Flock of Birds,' is a nod to Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte," shares artist Candice Eisenfeld. She takes pleasure in letting her viewers create their own meanings inspired by her work.
About the Artist
As an American exploring issues of identity, artist Candice Eisenfeld paints through the lens of the first American art movement, the Hudson River School. Rather than depicting a specific locale, Candice’s artwork evokes a sense of place. These "inner landscapes" are invented, and often reference photographs taken during travels in southern Appalachia and the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mountains. Whether real or imagined, her paintings are influenced by the Dutch Masters, Tonalists, and Chinese painting. Produced on a single wooden panel, the ethereal landscapes are often joined with segments of aqueous color fields which act as commentary for the landscapes, like the chorus in a Greek play. The crisp, hard edges separating the landscapes from the color fields command a sense of order in an otherwise fluid and painterly surface. With two or three sections of the panel competing for attention, the painting creates multiple focal points. Candice's art has been displayed in embassies in Namibia and Belarus, held in the collections of Norwest Bank and Northwest...
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
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This painting features a horse standing against a stylized coastal landscape. Geometric shapes define the sky, clouds, and buildings, while background elements ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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