Richard Combes creates remarkably lifelike oil paintings that explore the relationship between vacant spaces and the solitary people who fleetingly occupy them.
Decaying inner-city building interiors, rain-soaked streets and solemn storefronts are the subjects of choice for the British artist’s award-winning realist work. Combes’s carefully rendered depictions are a love letter to disused spaces that time and the elements have left bedraggled and dilapidated. He has cited Impressionist and Surrealist art as having been influential for him, and his background as an architect provides him with a keen insight into the themes he explores in his work.
Combes was born in Manchester. He graduated from the architecture program at the University of Liverpool and immediately secured work in his field of study. Combes eventually felt dissatisfied with his career choice, as he began to notice that he was more interested in sketching the neglected and largely vacant spaces than finishing his architectural renderings that would form their replacement. Combes made a change — he moved to New York City and earned his MFA at the New York Academy of Art.
Combes was elected as a full member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 2004. His work has earned international acclaim and a lengthy list of prizes and awards. Combes’s paintings have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, and his work is in the private collections of many celebrities and prominent figures.
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EMPTY BOX - Still Life / Cardboard / Everyday Objects / Neutral Colors
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Canvas, Oil
JAM ON BREAD - Food Still Life / Pop Art / Photorealism / Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Canvas, Oil
SLICE OF BREAD WITH NUTELLA - Still Life / Food / Photorealism / Kitchen
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time be...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 15.5 in W 15.5 in
Pengfei Wu Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Breakfast Morning"
By Pengfei Wu
Located in New York, NY
Title: Breakfast Morning Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.5 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: Th...
Canvas, Oil
Jiwei Chen Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Flower III"
By JiWei Chen
Located in New York, NY
Title: Flower III Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.25 x 11.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pai...
Canvas, Oil
$1,300
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in
Jingjing Wang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Flower Knows II"
By Jingjing Wang
Located in New York, NY
Title: Flower Knows II Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.5 x 23.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This...
Canvas, Oil
$13,736
H 9.06 in W 15.75 in D 0.08 in
Still Life - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
By Zhang Wei Guang
Located in Roma, IT
Original work by the chinese painter Zhang Wei Guand, also called "Mirror". Realized in the early 2000s. In excellent conditions, it includes a contemporary wooden frame. Zhang We...
Canvas, Oil
$11,153
H 14.57 in W 19.69 in D 0.52 in
Still Life with Apples - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000
By Zhang Wei Guang
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life wit Apples in a chinese porcelain pot by the chinese painter Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror). Excellent conditions. Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was born in Helong Jang...
Canvas, Oil
$4,950
H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
"Peonies" Vibrant Still-life Oil Painting, Pink and White Flowers in Glass Vase
By Lesley Anne Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Peonies" 2006 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars Signed bottom left and on verso. "Peonies" is a painting suffused with warmth and atmosp...
Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
$8,500
H 40 in W 40 in D 1.88 in
Arrangement - Contemporary Botanical Still Life Pink Flowers Black Vase, 2026
By David Konigsberg
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on canvas, a black vase holds a bouquet of pink flowers. The arrangement stands against a patterned wallpaper in the background. Signe...
Canvas, Oil
Lin Xu Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Peaches III"
By Lin Xu
Located in New York, NY
Title: Peaches III Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 27.5 x 19.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pai...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 29 in W 23 in D 1.625 in
"Day Lilies Galore" by James Cobb; Framed 24" x 18" Oil Painting on Canvas, 2023
By James Cobb
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24" x 18" oil painting on canvas panel by Oklahoma artist James Cobb depicts a floral still life of orange day lilies against a deep blue background and atop a terracotta reddis...
Canvas, Oil
$8,237
H 19.69 in W 23.63 in D 0.52 in
Apples on the Table - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2008
By Zhang Wei Guang
Located in Roma, IT
Apples on the Table is an original oil on canvas realized by the chinese painter Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2008. Excellent conditions. Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror' was bo...
Canvas, Oil
Cong Li Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Citrus"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Citrus Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.25 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting ...
Canvas, Oil
Ying Wang Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Love"
By Ying Wang
Located in New York, NY
Title: Love Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 13 x 13.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is ...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 11.03 in W 11.03 in
Richard Combes (b.1963) - Contemporary Oil, Linseed Oil
By Richard Combes
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming still life by the well-listed artist Richard Combes (b. 1963), depicting a bottle of linseed oil and offering the viewer an intimate glimpse into the artist's studio. Sign...
Oil
Tribeca Reflection
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas
Union Square Reflections
By Richard Combes
Located in New York, NY
Oil, Canvas