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Tadas Zaicikas work is fun and joyful, his use of acrylics, charcoal, oil pastels and spray paint give his pieces real energy, reminiscent of Jean-Miche...

Aaron Bohrod Complementary Angels, 1977 Signed lower center Oil on gesso panel 16 x 12 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life...

“Stylish Pup” is a contemporary acrylic dog painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her expressive ongoing series devoted to canine personalities. With her distinctive p...

Anne Siems was born in Berlin, Germany. As a child, she lived for three years near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student. After finish...

Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

This painting exemplifies Bruno Surdo’s synthesis of Renaissance figuration, Northern allegory, and psychological symbolism. Female figures twist and overlap beneath a lattice of tree branches, while animals—a lamb, fox, squirrel, hummingbird—inhabit the same compressed pictorial space. The interlocking limbs and diagonals recall High Renaissance and Mannerist strategies of sculptural composition, and Surdo’s atelier training is evident in the anatomical precision and volumetric modeling of flesh. Yet the scene feels intentionally dense and claustrophobic. Rather than a pastoral idyll, the forest becomes charged—alive with tension, concealment, and layered meaning. The symbolic animals situate the work within a long art historical lineage. The lamb evokes innocence or sacrifice; the fox suggests cunning and instinct; birds often signify fragility or spirit; the spider embedded in the branches recalls vanitas traditions of the Dutch Golden Age, where small creatures signal mortality and hidden threat. However, the background introduces an additional, more psychological register: the partially obscured eye and the numbers 3, 5, and 7. These are not naturalistic elements; they intrude like fragments from another realm. Their presence subtly aligns with Jungian thought—an area of interest for Surdo—where numbers function as archetypal structures of order within the psyche. In Jungian symbolism, such numbers carry qualitative meaning rather than mere quantity, suggesting stages, wholeness, embodiment, or cycles of psychic development. Their appearance within the forest—traditionally a metaphor for the unconscious—suggests the mind’s attempt to map or structure instinctual terrain. The eye, half-hidden behind branches, intensifies this reading. It can be understood as a symbol of awareness or consciousness emerging from within the thicket of instinct. Rather than divine omniscience, it feels psychological—an archetypal “watcher” embedded in the natural world. The forest thus becomes more than environment; it reads as psychic landscape. Surdo collapses civilization and instinct, rational structure and animal impulse, into a single visual field. Within his broader oeuvre—often concerned with the tension between performance and authenticity, order and chaos—this work becomes a contemporary myth of the psyche. Renaissance form provides authority and structure, while allegorical animals and Jungian symbols suggest the layered architecture of the unconscious. The result is a painting that feels timeless yet inwardly modern: a meditation on innocence, predation, awareness, and the hidden numerical and symbolic frameworks through which the human mind seeks to understand its own wilderness. Bruno Surdo Nature's Web of Dependency oil on canvas 64h x 66.50w in 162.56h x 168.91w cm BRS082 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2021 Ethos + Truth, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2020 Realities, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden...

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A fine large oil, school of Pierre Bonnard. circa 1950's. oil on canvas 55cmx75cm The original wood and textured gesso frame 72cmx92cm Titled 'On the Window Sill'. Indistinctly sign...

Step into the roaring twenties with this evocative Art Deco portrait dated 1925. The young sitter is the quintessential garçonne of the era, sporting the iconic, sharp bob haircut th...

This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Penny" is a 16x8 farm animal oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a pink pig against a ...

This is a bull. I have chosen to paint this fine animal in a variety of colors to show the power of the beast as it roams the desert. The style is free flowing and riotous coloring. ...

Wonderful young standing life size realist girl with peacock by Elias Delman (1898-unknown). Oil on canvas, circa 1910. In a period frame, overall with frame 51x43 inches and image...

Antique Orientalist Oil on Board 'Desert Bedouin', by Spanish Artist Ortega Spanish, early 20th Century Frame: Height 51cm, width 59cm, depth 2cm Board: Height 44cm, width 53cm, depth 0.5cm Fluidly painted, this vibrant oil on board depicts a dusty Orientalist scene. Four Bedouin ride camels alongside a flurry of goats, carrying lambs and hens in saddlebags. Other figures clothed in Middle Eastern garments walk with them, and the busy scene fades into a dusty, evening landscape. The colour palette is vibrant and hued with dusky pinks and oranges, giving the impression that these Bedouin are returning back to camp. The cropped composition also gives a dynamic feel to the picture: a glance into early 20th Century desert life. The present painting was created by Spanish artist José Benito Ortega...

Reuben Mednikoff Untitled, 1946 Watercolor on paper Artwork: 9 x 11 7/8 in. l 23 x 30 cm Framed: 12 5/8 x 15 1/3 in. l 32 x 39 cm Signed lower left and dated on the back Born in Lo...

Fu’una’s “Inferno Bunnies” is a pop surrealism acrylic painting of two white bunnies hopping around a human skull. All three subjects are white with pink shading. They are contrasted...

Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

This piece titled "Extinct Soul" is an original artwork by Marcos Navarro and is made of acrylic on linen and measures 24"h × 18"w. It is signed en verso by the artist. With base in...

Acrylic on canvas In a small, picturesque village, there lived a middle-aged woman who sold traditional herbal drinks, known as jamu. Every morning, before the sun greeted the earth...

Kyle Paliotto is an American oil painter based in Hayden, Idaho, whose representational practice is shaped by the rural landscape of North Idaho. He gathers imagery from farms, field...

Acrylik on canvas Barongan dance is a regional art form in Central Java. This barongan dance is very famous among the people, in this barongan dance it reflects the characteristics...

Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of Sc...

This is a unique original acrylic painting on board in a fantasy abstract style by Serg Graff Titled "Palm Monkey". It comes signed, dated, and with COA (Certificate of Authentici...

Size: 110×97 cm (overall size with stretching 120×107 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled the series "The Inviolable Reserve" The painting serves as a powe...

" Between Who She Was and Who She Is" Series “Light Between Days” This work explores the fragile and often invisible threshold between different stages of the self — a space where i...

America Martin "Good Luck Is A Lion Who Roars And Batts At The Moon" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 72 x 36 in. Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America M...

"Horses" is an original piece by Ariel Parrow made from oil on canvas, and measures 9"h x 9"w x 1.5"d. This painting is signed by the artist in verso. Ariel Parrow is an American mu...

This is a float framed original painting on panel. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the m...

Signed verso Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She has taught studio ...

Entourage De Jean-Gabriel Domergue. French ( b.1889 - d.1962 ). Une Journée Élégante Aux Hippiques, Circa 1950s. (A Fashionable Day At The Horse Races). Oil On Canvas. Image size 25 ...

In Dancing Owls, Zura transforms the canvas into a stage of instinct and movement. Layers of acrylic paint pulse with a wild, celebratory rhythm, as owls twist and sway in a choreogr...

Title: Cape Maneuver Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 – 1986) Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 19.7 x 23.6 in (50 x 60 cm) Date: Circa 1980s Signature: Signed "Tuser" in the lower left corner Condition: Excellent; thick, vibrant brushwork and vivid colors well preserved. 📝 Description This painting captures a dramatic moment in the bullfight — the classic verónica — as the matador gracefully halts the bull’s charge with a sweeping motion of the cape. The vivid contrast of magentas, blues, and golds intensifies the theatrical tension between man and beast. The composition is dynamic yet controlled, emphasizing the poise of the torero against the raw force of the bull. The expressive brushstrokes and thick impasto enhance the sense of movement, while the abstracted background ensures focus remains on the central figures. The piece is a striking blend of figuration and emotional energy, characteristic of Tuser’s taurine works. 👤 About the Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez José María Tuser Vázquez was a Spanish painter born in Barcelona in 1919. He studied at the Barcelona School of Arts and Crafts and began exhibiting in the 1940s. By 1947, he had fully devoted his career to bullfighting scenes, developing a distinctive figurative expressionist style with impressionist influences. He collaborated with the magazine El Ruedo, creating numerous illustrations and covers, and designed collectible postcards for Editorial Artigas. His work became well-known in Spanish artistic circles and is now part of both private and institutional collections, including the Club Taurino of London. His paintings have been auctioned internationally, reaching up to $3,000 depending on size and subject. His legacy is that of a painter who masterfully captured the emotion, tradition, and drama of the Spanish corrida. 🎨 Similar Artists José María Tuser Vázquez’s work shares thematic and stylistic elements with: Roberto Domingo – A pioneer of bullfighting art...

As night ignites the stars, countless blades of grass turn skyward, drinking in the delicate, shimmering light. This is the hour when the spirits of the night gently displace the day...

This painting is part of the Modern Muses series, where simple everyday scenes become spaces of subtle emotional presence. The faceless figure sits at a table beside her elegant comp...

Between the Worlds (From the "Sacred Light" series) "Between the Worlds" is a painterly exploration of sacred feminine power, which mystically creates and balances reality. At the ce...

Feeding the Lamb by William Underhill ( 1808-1908) British signed and dated 1847 Inscribed on a label verso ' Granny ( Clementine Cooper) feeding th...

This work reflects on the process of inner multiplication — the subtle movement of thoughts and imagined scenarios that continuously unfold within consciousness. What initially exist...

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 18 inches Framed size: 31 x 25.5 inches Signed lower left

Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Magazine story illustration, Cosmopolitan, 1930; Exhibited: Fall 2004: Brandywine River...

Recent oil on linen canvas mounted on cradled wood panel signed and dated on reverse. Part of an ongoing series by the artist in his humorous observation of humans and their pets ABO...

19th Century English School. A Young Girl with a Spaniel, Watercolour, framed and glazed Signed with initials and dated 1835 verso, image: 8 inches x 6.5 inches (20.3 x 16.5cm) fr...

In this work, the artist turns to a simple moment of domestic calm, where closeness emerges not through action but through shared presence. A woman and the animals inhabit the same s...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Oluw...

A vivid study of "semiotic intoxication". The painting captures the moment where the self becomes a sticky surface, colonized by a chaotic flux of cultural debris. By merging sacred ...

Kyle Paliotto is an American oil painter based in Hayden, Idaho, whose representational practice is shaped by the rural landscape of North Idaho. He gathers imagery from farms, field...

Oliver Hazard Benson Totemic Arhat acrylic on panel 9h x 7w in 22.86h x 17.78w cm OB0111 Oliver Hazard’s paintings are produced directly from his imagination and deals with a mixtur...

Series: Quiet Companions This painting belongs to the Quiet Companions series — a collection of calm, dignified animal portraits that explore quiet presence, loyalty, and character. ...

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity About Artist Oluw...

Riders Joyce Roybal, (1955) Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 19.75 x 24 in. (50.17 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 29.75 inches

Mixed media & acrylic on canvas Barongan dance is a regional art form in Central Java. This barongan dance is very famous among the people, in this barongan dance it reflects the ch...

Original advertisement for the Treo Girdle Company, published in the October 1923 issue of McCall’s Magazine, page 93, and likely in other publications as well. This original adver...

Acrylic on canvas Barongan dance is a regional art form in Central Java. This barongan dance is very famous among the people, in this barongan dance it reflects the characteristics ...

In this work, a woman appears with her back to the viewer—nude, restrained, and tense. Her pose, with her hands behind her back, is not about submission, but about composure and a re...

In this work, a woman appears in a dense, dark aquatic space, surrounded by bright clownfish—symbols of imposed ideas about feminine “pleasantness,” lightness, and decorativeness. Th...

This 38" x 26.25" acrylic painting on canvas by Serbian artist Katarina Dordevic refers to the transformation of the form - in this case, the fish. Historically, the meaning of the f...

“My Fluffy Pink World” appears as an inner zone of comfort — a space where consciousness can pause and restore balance. It does not isolate from reality; instead, it creates conditio...

This is a unique original acrylic painting on board in a naive primitivism style by Serg Graff Titled "Hungry Giraffe". It comes signed, dated, and with COA (Certificate of Authenti...

"Alchemy of Victory" is a cornerstone piece in the "Echoes of Harmony" series. It depicts the ultimate triumph of the human spirit—the moment when internal struggle ceases and true m...

Her Favourite Pet Young Lady wearing a straw hat and white dress with blue ribbons with her pet dog. Circle of Arthur John Elsley, British 19th Cen...

Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

This painting is probably the most honest mirror of our time. At first, you just see these explosive yellows and a cartoonish vibe, but once you look closer, it actually gives you ch...