Home Search
figurative - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Distinctly American
Inspired by Sharp, Couse, Bouguereau, and Moran, Joshua LaRock expresses his wonder of the West by combining figurative art with the barren and peaceful desert landscape.
Realism Ambassador of the Week: Barb Benstein
My dad wondered why I wanted to draw him, with all his wrinkles, etc. because his face tells a story, and I know that story.
Curiosity and Kaizen: Graphite Drawings by Milno
Achieving a soft look in Milno's graphite drawings involves "commitment, lots of experimentation, and yes ... the use of unusual tools and materials."
Vine Charcoal Drawings by Oliver Sin
"Portraiture, which I constantly practice as an art professor and as a hobby, is my favorite form of expression," says Oliver Sin. View some of his award-winning drawings, including a "Time Magazine" cover portrait, here.
More Than a Well-Made Classical Subject
The contemporary realism paintings of Megan (Mae) Read offer dreamy, melancholic escapism in a world that is more multi-dimensional and complicated than meets the eye.
Artistic Growth: A Peek Inside an Itinerant Artist’s Toolbox
How one artist shed self-imposed limitations and gathered experiences as tools: "It was important to shed those skins, put my ego on a shelf—however painful and humbling the process—and open up to what else I might learn."
My Apology for Not Doing Workshops
"Personally it is a mystery to me that I can carve out these images ... but some of my personal favorites come from this exact process."
Realism Ambassador of the Week: Vladimir Remizov
"Girls' dreams are like little hummingbirds; here she is, and here she is not here."
Realism Ambassador of the Week: Heather (Thomas) Olson
"For the past couple of years I’ve been a stay-at-home mom and artist, and daily painter," she said. "My artwork reflects my education in plants as well as portraits and surrealism."
All the Young Dudes: A Contemporary Realism Painting
Art on View > A contemporary realism painting that portraitizes millennials "as they try to figure it out."