Photorealist Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
Il Camion, Painting by Giuseppe Bartolini
By Giuseppe Bartolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Giuseppe Bartolini, Italian (1938 - )
Title: Il Camion
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 22.5 x 20.5 in. (57.15 x 52.07 cm)
Frame: 31 x 29 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mickey Pin" Oil painting
By Nick Leibee
Located in Denver, CO
Nick Leibee's (US based) "Mickey Pin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an enamel pin of Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Arrival" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Arrival" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a feminine face, with dark hair, arching back as she looks upwards in the darkness
Mia Bergero...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Doppelgängers / oil on linen
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sophisticated and elegant still life with real pomegranate and a silver sculpture of a pomegranate. Rich with symbolism across cultures of abundance, fertility and sensuality depicte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Realist Contemporary Still-Life Painting 'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Trio of Apples' by Barbara Vanhove is an exceptional still-life painting. You can almost pick up the apples to eat them, such is the detail with which they have been painted.
Barbar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Pineapple Gold
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sky 58" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 58" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Ruffles", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Adrienne Stein's "Ruffles" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a vase of purple orchids with green fabric in the background.
About the artist:
Adrienne Stein (b. 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Greedy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hand holding three macaroons on a white backgroune :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sprinkles - Photorealist Chocolate Cupcake Colorful Sprinkles on Purple Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel is an artist, a musician and an author. He has studied music at Boston University, Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School (Doctorate), and art at the Boston Mus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cheers for Two
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to Contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Vegetables, Photorealist Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Vegetables
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 30 in. x 40 in. (76....
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary still life painting of wine bottles & wine glasses 'A Glass or Two'
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'A Glass or Two II' by Miguel Angel Nunez is an incredible example of the artist being able to capture the stunning details and light with the up mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mum II - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, City Scape, Women, Street Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lilies & Mushrooms with my Parrot Kouka
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Lilies & Mushrooms with my Parrot Kouka
Year: 1985
Medium: Acrylic on Panel, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 65.50 x 52.50 inches
Condition: Exc...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Engine 101" Dalmatian NYFD Super realism Oil on Canvas, 2020 Fantasy painting
Located in Southampton, NY
When viewing a painting by Matthew Grabelsky you can immediately see the great technical skill required, the sense of humor and the concept of the pa...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hummingbird in Salvia Garden
By Diane Andrews Hall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hall is a highly respected contemporary artist. It is framed in a contemporary lacquered off white float frame. The surface of the board is slick and almost photographic in feel. The...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tulips of the Red Stars
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Tulips of the Red Stars
Year: 1988
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Size: 52 x 42 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed recto; signed, dated,...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
‘LE CORBUSIER BRIEY TWO’ (with Le Corbusier flaking paint from Cité de Refuge)
Located in London, GB
‘LE CORBUSIER BRIEY TWO’
(with Le Corbusier flaking paint from Cité de Refuge)
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Baker's Dozen", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Baker's Dozen" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts twelve glazed donuts in a white pastry box.
About the artist:
When Dianne Massey...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Awakening, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Awakening" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts purple and yellow Iris flowers blooming from their green stems into the darkness.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bread and Pears super realism, colorful, object, traditional still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Doug Newton’s hyper-real oil paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects.
In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections.
Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting
Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting.
The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cheerful Cheers - Original Photorealist Scrabble and Martini Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her hyper realistic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sky 62" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 62" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highlights their forms.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Very Baroque Flowerpiece with Red Birds of Paradise and Shining Parrot
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Very Baroque Flowerpiece with Red Birds of Paradise and Shining Parrot
Year: 1989
Medium: Acrylic on Panel, with Artist Painted Frame
Size: 58.5...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Morning Tide, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's (US based) "Morning Tide" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cloud filled sky in orange hues as it shimmers over a dark ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
TV Dinner - Ham
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles -- Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the h...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Sky 36" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 36" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of white and pink clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ora Sorensen, "Protea I", Photorealistic Flower Painting on Canvas
By Ora Sorensen
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This hyperrealist floral "Protea I" by artist Ora Sorensen is a 40x30 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a stalk and bloom of the South African...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arie Azene Israeli Photo Realist Oil Painting Manhattan New York Street Scene
By Arie Azene
Located in Surfside, FL
Arie Azene, Israeli painter, born in Germany, 1934
Arie (Eisman) Azene was born in Hamburg, Germany. He immigrated to the Land of Israel with his parents soon after birth. In 1958, after studying art in Paris, he settled on Kibbutz Tzova in the Judean Hills...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Efflorescence
By Lynette Cook
Located in Burlingame, CA
Efflorescence - acrylic on canvas - 48 x 30 inches, depicts a building by Julia Morgan — noted architect of Hearst Castle — located on Baker Street near G...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, & Silver Pitcher
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, and Silver
Pitcher
Year: 1998
Medium: Oil on Panel, with Artist Paint...
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 52" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 52" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a blue sky with the sun in the background.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sinnickson Landing, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Water at sunset. Abstracted realism. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 57" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 57" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky as the sunlight highligh...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Silver
Vince II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Marshes. Reeds. Lush Landscape. New Jersey Meadowlands. Sunset. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sky 53" Oil and Silver Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 53" is an original, handmade oil and silver leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of grey clouds arching through a pastel blue and purple sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Silver
The Creation of Adam -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
Located in Boca Raton, FL
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One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pineapple Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sky 40" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 40" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of rays of sunshine breaking through stormy grey clouds in a blue sky.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gregory Block's (US based) "Flying Machine: Monument to an Uprising" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts yellow and green reeds of Sweet ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Orange Pumpkin' Photorealist painting of pumpkins, on a blue, teal cloth
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Orange Pumpkin' Still Life painting with pumpkins on a blue and teal table cloth. Amazing in any interior setting.
Lijftogt was born in Amsterdam and at the age of 19 decided to p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
American School Signed Terrier Dog Portraits Original Realist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school realist terrier portrait. Oil on board, circa 1978. Signed. Image size 48L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Striking large white horse on black background photoreal portrait 30 x 40
By Roger Henry
Located in Charleston, US
"Ghost" is a photoreal portrait of a white horse in his dark barn in the South of France. The equine painting stuns the viewer with the drama o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crushed
Located in Austin, TX
"Crushed" by Gaylon Dingler
Acrylic on board
24.75 x 18.5 inches
Framed: 30 x 25 inches
A larger-than-life, photorealistic composition that captures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Sky 41" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 41" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and lavender hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
June Twilight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to her colorf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Leaping Peony (Still Life Painting with Pink Flower and Country Landscape)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist still life painting of a pink peony against a country landscape with blue mountains and a blue, moon-lit sky just after sunset
"Leaping Peony" by Ann Getsinger...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Photorealism Still Life Acrylic Painting Flower Photo Realist Orchid, Vivid Blue
By Clarence Measelle
Located in Surfside, FL
Close up of a flower. canvas measures 30 X24 inches.
Clarence Skip Measelle has been featured in over 100 gallery and museum exhibitions, competitions, group shows, and solo shows throughout the US. He is best known for his work in photorealism and abstract illusionism.
The name Photorealism (also known as Hyperrealism or Superrealism) was coined in reference to those artists whose work depended heavily on photographs, which they often projected onto canvas allowing images to be replicated with precision and accuracy. The exactness was often aided further by the use of an airbrush, which was originally designed to retouch photographs. The movement came about within the same period and context as Conceptual art, Pop art, and Minimalism and expressed a strong interest in realism in art, over that of idealism and abstraction.
The first Photo realists were Chuck Close, Don Eddy, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, Audrey Flack, Denis Peterson, Lowel Nesbitt and Malcolm Morley. Each began practicing some form of Photorealism around the same time, often utilizing different modes of application and techniques, and citing different inspirations for their work. However, for the most part they all worked independent from one another. For example, Chuck Close came of age at the height of Pop art and Andy Warhol's Factory, and was based out of SoHo in lower Manhattan. And Audrey Flack, a graduate of Yale, began creating photo-based works in the early 1960s.
Select Solo Exhibitions
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl.
Peter Drew Gallery, Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Fl.
Walton Street Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Circle Galleries: Beverly Hills
Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, Fl.
Eva Cohon Gallery, Chicago, Il.
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Fl.
Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach, Fl.
The Palm Gallery, Southhampton, NY.
Norton Gallery, Art Museum of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Fl.
Select Group Exhibitions
Artist's of the Salon. Armory Art Center Annex. Lake Worth, Fl.
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Liman Gallery, Palm Beach, Fl.
Russeck Gallery, New York, NY. (SOHO) and Palm Beach, Fl.
Armory Art Center Annual Faculty Show, West Palm Beach, Fl
Annette Verschragen Gallery, The Hague Holland
Cima Gallery, "City Place", West Palm beach, Fl.
Haste Gallery, Ipswitch, England
Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philidelphia, Pa.
Aliya Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Caribbean Gallery, Key West, FL
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
E. Street Gallery, Galveston, TX
Richard Danskin...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Hammock in the Garden"
By John Powell
Located in Hinsdale, IL
John Powell has worked in the arts throughout his life. Born in Hollywood, California, he began to paint at the age of 16. Over the past 45 years he has melded his life experiences i...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hampshire Garden I, Dylan Lloyd, Original Floral Oil Painting, Realist Artwork
By Dylan Lloyd
Located in Deddington, GB
Hampshire Garden I by Dylan Lloyd [2021]
original
Oil paint on board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:24 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:24 cm x D:2.5cm
Framed Size: H:40.5 cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Locked, " Oil Painting
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's "Locked" is an original, handmade painting that depicts a close up view of a feminine face at three quarters view, her brown hair frames her porcelain face.
About th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Labyrinth, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A Labyrinth. New Mexico. Warm colors. Sunlight. Nature. :: Painting :: Photorealism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Churchill Arms", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x40, Photorealism Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Churchill Arms, Pub" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 40". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of a famous pub i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hotel Negresco, Nice", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30" x 47", Realism
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
"Hotel Negresco, Nice" by Oleg Turchin is 30x47 inches and oil on canvas. This realist depiction of the famous Hotel Negresco located on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie de Anges...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Still Life with Baroque Cauliflower, Artichokes and Radishes
Year: 2002
Medium: Oil on Panel with artist painted frame
Size: 42 x 31.5 inches
Co...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
"Berries and Cream" Photo-Realist Still Life 3 Fruits in Glass Compote on Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is images of food. Johnson actually describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food - cheesecakes, PB & J sandwiches, parfaits, pancakes, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles, sushi, etc.. These brilliantly painted works capture every nuance and are rendered with amazing precision. Stunningly beautiful and incomparably 'real,' her paintings are a delight in terms of subject matter, color, perfect composition, and whimsy, with an approachable quality that elevates them far beyond expertly executed mechanical renderings.
"Berries and Cream"
2015
Oil on Wood Panel
20 x 24 x 1 Inches
Note: This painting is framed in white wood.
Unequaled for their brilliance and dramatic depictions of mundane subjects with their connotations of nostalgia, comfort and tradition, it is also her scale, cropping and extraordinary technical skill that render these works so overwhelmingly appealing. Johnson's paintings are acknowledged by the leading collectors in the country to represent the very best of the Photorealist tradition:
“I make the panels large to give a monumental feeling to the painting when viewed. These large images not only confront the viewer with their size but with their tremendous sense of extravagance. My work explores the deep connection that food has with humanity.” Mary Ellen Johnson
Included among the many accolades received for Johnson's work is a commission by the Canadian Government to paint 5 of Canada's favorite foods, images which were then translated into stamps, as well as a commission from The Cheesecake Factory's chain of restaurants for a "Strawberry Cheesecake with Whipped Cream" for their corporate headquarters in California.
MARY ELLEN JOHNSON
Born: 1967, West Long Branch, NJ.
Education: Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 1989.
Exhibitions:
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Beth Urdang...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Photorealist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, green, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, James Zamora, Ian Hornak, and Kathleen Keifer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist paintings, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $125 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $3,772.
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