Ioam Yumako, the artistic alter ego of Milosh Herzig, stands at the forefront of a unique artistic movement that merges the sensibilities of Eastern and Western art forms. Born in 1977 in Szczecin Stettin, Poland, Herzig's early life was marked by a move to Germany in 1981. This transition played a significant role in shaping his artistic outlook, as he pursued studies in graphic design and explored the realms of digital photography.
Yumako's artistry is deeply influenced by his fascination with Japanese culture, particularly the vibrant and emotionally rich worlds of manga and anime. His works, primarily large-scale oil paintings, are distinguished by their intense focus on the eyes of his subjects. These eyes, often rendered without regard to gender, are windows into the soul, capturing a myriad of emotions and narratives through subtle yet powerful expressions.
Operating within the Neo-Pop Oil Painting genre, Herzig's canvases are a riot of color and hyperrealistic detail. His works are a bold commentary on the blending of high art with popular culture, particularly in the way he infuses elements of Japanese animated films into the traditional domain of fine arts.
A recurring theme in Yumako's work is the concept of purity. His characters often embody innocence, wisdom, and integrity, reminiscent of manga personas. This thematic focus acts as a counterpoint to the prevailing culture of mass consumption and superficiality. However, Yumako's artistry is not limited to the portrayal of purity and innocence; he also delves into the exploration of more complex emotions like sadness, despair, and emptiness, offering a more nuanced and profound understanding of the human condition.
Herzig, through his persona Yumako, skillfully navigates the crossroads of traditional and contemporary art. His work is a confluence of the meticulous techniques of traditional oil painting and the vibrant aesthetics of modern pop art. This ironic juxtaposition of styles and themes is central to his work, challenging viewers to reconsider their notions of tradition and consumer culture.
Based in Berlin, Ioam Yumako continues to create and innovate, bringing to life the timeless characters of manga. His art, a testament to the fusion of diverse cultural influences, invites viewers into a reflective dialogue on the coexistence and interplay of tradition and modernity within the dynamic landscape of contemporary art. His works are not just visually striking but are also rich in meaning and cultural significance, embodying the spirit of an ever-evolving artistic world.
Kawaii Kanji Whispers Purple
By Ioam Yumako
Located in PARIS, FR
Kawaii Kanji Whispers Purple by IOAM YUMAKO emerges as a hypnotic variation within the series Ioam's Portrait Gallery : Wonderland Chronicles, where portraiture and visual language m...
Oil
Kawaii Kanji Whispers Red
By Ioam Yumako
Located in PARIS, FR
Kawaii Kanji Whispers Red by IOAM YUMAKO presents a striking visual composition within Ioam's Portrait Gallery : Wonderland Chronicles, where portraiture dissolves into a vibrant col...
Oil
Lord of the Underground : Subterranean Sovereignty and Sublime Depths
By Ioam Yumako
Located in PARIS, FR
Lord of the Underground : Subterranean Sovereignty and Sublime Depths by IOAM YUMAKO emerges as a hypnotic focal point within the series Ioam's Portrait Gallery : Wonderland Chronicl...
Oil
Cosmo : Cosmic Reverie and Celestial Canvas
By Ioam Yumako
Located in PARIS, FR
Cosmo : Cosmic Reverie and Celestial Canvas by IOAM YUMAKO unfolds as a poetic exploration of the boundary between digital portraiture and cosmic imagination within the series Ioam's...
Oil
$753
H 4.73 in W 3.94 in D 1.38 in
On a Late Summer Day - 21st century Contemporary landscape Painting of the Dunes
By Marein Konijn
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marein Konijn On a Late Summer Day 12 x 10 cm (Framed, included in price 17 x 15 cm) Large monumental landscapes without color, small landscapes with countless shades of green, figu...
Oil, Wood Panel
$11,400
H 34 in W 48 in
Crabapple - Spring Blooming Crabapple Tree in Green Grassy Clearing, Oil Paint
By Jeff Aeling
Located in Chicago, IL
In Crabapple, Aeling turns his attentive eye from sweeping horizons to the delicate brightness of spring bloom. The cloudlike mass of blossoms, juxtaposed with the austere verticals of the surrounding trees, demonstrates his ability to balance structure and softness. Although best known for atmospheric landscapes, Aeling frequently explored the intimate evolution of seasonal change. These quieter works echo the patience he learned through years of observation—whether studying the curl of a wave in Kauai or the unfolding petals of a Midwestern spring. Jeff Aeling Crabapple oil on panel 34h x 48w in 86.36h x 121.92w cm JAE020 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. Though often compared to American landscape painters like Church and Bierstadt, Aeling’s work engages modernity in subtle ways. He began his paintings with the camera—driving for hours to capture a fleeting alignment of cloud, light, and terrain. In the studio, he removed all traces of people or infrastructure, preserving the landscape as a pure, uncontrollable presence. This blend of tradition and contemporary practice allowed him to honor the past while speaking clearly to the present. Together, these works—whether a crashing wave, a blooming tree, a volcanic plume, or a column of winter light—form a portrait of the world as Aeling experienced it: vast, luminous, and alive with change. The Sky Remembers is both a tribute and an invitation to see the land with the reverence he carried throughout his life. Jeff Aeling (1958-2025) Iowa City, IA Represented in Chicago by Gallery VICTOR Education BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute – Kansas City, MO School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL Solo Exhibitions 2016 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2015 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2014 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO 2013 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2012 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2011 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2010 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Richard Demato Fine Arts Gallery - Sag Harbor, NY William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2009 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2008 Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2007 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2006 Tory Folliard Gallery - Milwaukee, WI William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2005 Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL 2005 Philip Slein Gallery - St. Louis, MO Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2004 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM William Havu Gallery - Denver, CO 2003 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ Lisa Kurts Gallery - Memphis, TN Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2002 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Perimeter Gallery - New York, NY 2001 J Mark Sublette Gallery - Tucson, AZ J Mark Sublette Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 2000 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Perimeter Gallery - Chicago, IL Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art - Kansas City, MO 1999 Charlene Cody Gallery - Santa Fe, NM Elliot Smith...
Oil, Panel
$15,000
H 72 in W 60 in D 2 in
Forth One - Contemporary Pink Yellow Green Geometric Abstract Painting, 2022
By Rebekah Andrade
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on canvas, Rebekah Andrade explores the intricate language of abstract painting, navigating through the diverse realms of expr...
Canvas, Oil
$581
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in
Pastel Colors Realistic, Intimate Cat Portrait, Oil on Canvas
By Diana Remeikyte
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This oil-on-canvas work, "After the Barber Shop", is a personal piece of young Lithuanian artist. The small-scale work captures her kittens resting in layered plaids - artist creates...
Canvas, Oil
$5,400
H 30 in W 30 in
"Orbit", pink peony, tightly wound energetic bud, life cycle, springtime, sunny
By Gemma Di Grazia
Located in Edgartown, MA
Gemma Di Grazia (b.1970) is a native New Yorker raised on the Upper West Side in an exceptionally loving and creative home surrounded by art and poetry. Her parents attended The Coop...
Oil
$17,500
H 33.63 in W 27.63 in D 1 in
"When She Was Around" - Contemporary Realism of a Woman in Blue and Earth Tones
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "When She Was Around" 2025 Oil Paint, Pigment, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the...
Wire
$40,000
H 36 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
"The Painted Face" by Masri - Colorful Abstract Portrait Painted with Bare Hands
By Masri Hayssam
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "The Painted Face" 2024 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting....
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$26,000
H 72 in W 72 in D 1.5 in
"Yellow Vase" - Large Contemporary Still-Life Landscape with Fruit and Mountains
By Steven H. Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Yellow Vase" 2015 Oil paint, canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. “Yellow Vase” by Steven H. Rehfeld reimagine...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$38,000
H 36 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
"Disrupted" by Masri - Colorful Abstract Portrait Painted with Artist Bare Hands
By Masri Hayssam
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Disrupted" 2024 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting. "Disr...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$9,000
H 30 in W 24 in D 1 in
"Untitled" - Intimate Contemporary Realism Figurative Painting - Woman in White
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "Untitled" 2025 Oil paint and pigment on canvas, stretcher bars Signed in the bottom right ...
Canvas, Oil, Pigment, Stretcher Bars
$49,000
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.75 in
"Essence Persona" by Masri - Black and Ochre Hand Painted Abstract Portrait
By Masri Hayssam
Located in Carmel, CA
Masri Hayssam (Lebanese, born 1965) "Essence Persona" 2023 Oil Paint, Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the canvas. This stunning ...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Pastel Realism, Intimate Pet Portrait, Oil on Canvas
By Diana Remeikyte
Located in Vilnius, Vilniaus apskr.
This oil-on-canvas work, Kiki, is a personal piece of young Lithuanian artist. The small-scale work captures her kitten resting in layered plaids - artist creates her works as if sh...
Canvas, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Oil