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By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What better time than now to introduce Sax Berlin's Mortality series. Since people started creating art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons a...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 24 in. W 18 in.
Skull
By Georgie Briand
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Dark Deep depiction of a skull that was done with Acrylic. I am a self-taught artist from Washington DC that now lives in Los Angeles.
Category
2010s Conceptual Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 10 in. W 10 in.
Skull
By David Le Gouar
Located in Paris, FR
Skull
2014
32x22cm
Mixed media on slate
Signature and date on the back
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
H 12.6 in. W 8.67 in. D 0.4 in.
Skulls (Mortality)
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
What better time than now to introduce Sax Berlin's Mortality series. Since people started creating art works there have been representations of human (and animal) bones; skeletons a...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
H 48 in. W 36 in.
Crow Skull
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Crow Skull with bright colors
Category
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 8 in. W 12 in.
Skull Study
By John Lally
Located in Denver, CO
Still life of Skull in window
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 10 in. W 8 in.
Dog Skull
Located in Denver, CO
Dog Skull and Vases with light and dark interior
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 11 in. W 14 in.
Turtle Skull
By Miles Cleveland Goodwin
Located in Dallas, TX
Miles Cleveland Goodwin says, "I don’t like to do things I don’t know." Not unlike the spirit of Southern literature and Delta blues music, there is an autobiographical nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Bobby Skull
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 47 in. W 33 in.
"Cactus Skull"
By Ernesto Pacheco
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ernesto Pacheco Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame: 55.5 x 43 Medium: Oil "Deer Horns"
Exquisite. Explosion of brilliant colors to include pink, blue, green, purple, lavender, etc.
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 56 in. W 43 in. D 4 in.
Skull Extract - Graffiti
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
H 72 in. W 60 in.
South East Skull
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 36 in. W 24 in.
Skull With Flower
By Zdravko Denev
Located in Sofia, BG
"Skull With Flower" is a water color and pencil drawing on paper by Zdravko Denev.
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of Zdravko's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 12.21 in. W 12.21 in. D 0.04 in.
Still Life, (Skull right)
By Thomas John Carlson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Still Life, (Skull right)" figurative, oil on canvas, 2020, grey, blue, white, skeleton
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 8 in. W 8 in. D 1.5 in.
Still Life, (Skull center)
By Thomas John Carlson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Still Life, (Skull center)" figurative, oil on canvas, 2020, grey, blue, white, skeleton
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 8 in. W 8 in. D 1.5 in.
Still Life, (Skull left)
By Thomas John Carlson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Still Life, (Skull left)" figurative, oil on canvas, 2020, grey, blue, white, skeleton
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 8 in. W 8 in. D 1.5 in.
Party Skull #3, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Zanzinger
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Party Skull #3" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull with blow outs and party regalia on metallic background.
Elizabeth Zanzinger is an a...
Category
2010s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 10 in. W 10 in.
Party Skull #1, Oil Painting
By Elizabeth Zanzinger
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Party Skull #1" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull in profile with blow outs and party regalia on blue and purple background.
Elizabeth...
Category
2010s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 10 in. W 10 in.
Taher Jaoui, Skulls VI
By Taher Jaoui
Located in Miami, FL
Taher Jaoui
Skulls VI
2019
62 x 47 in
Oil, acrylic, charcoal, enamel, and spray paint on canvas
Piece unique
Abstract
Graffiti
Bright Colors
Cartoon
Taher Jaoui's compositions ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
H 62 in. W 47 in.
Small Skull Blaze "Thirty "
By SKRED
Located in Paris, FR
ROULLAND T (aka SKRED)
Small blaze tags (4mm) white and blue, forming a human skull.
Each tag is placed so as to touch the blaze of the same color.
Black background
signed lower rig...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 24.02 in. W 19.69 in.
Bored Out of My Skull
By Melissa Furness
Located in Denver, CO
In Forgetting is so long, Daisy Patton collects abandoned, anonymous family photographs, enlarges them past their familiar size, and paints over them. She uses paint to disrupt, to r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
H 12 in. W 12 in.
Small Skull Blaze "Thirty one"
By SKRED
Located in Paris, FR
ROULLAND T (aka SKRED)
Small blaze tags (4mm) white and pink, forming a human skull.
Each tag is placed so as to touch the blaze of the same color.
Black background
Very beautiful w...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
H 24.02 in. W 19.69 in.
Black Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin's Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In "person" they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Four skulls, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is acrylic, oil, and chalk, on deep-profile canvas, wired and ready to hang. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sig...
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 24 in. W 24 in. D 1.5 in.
Joe Shannon "Skull with Green Bottle"
Located in Washington, DC
Acrylic on canvas by Washington DC artist Joe Shannon (b.1933). Titled "Skull with green bottle." Signed and dated 1979. Acquired from a prominent Washington D.C. collection.
Joe ...
Category
1970s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 12 in. W 9 in. D 1.5 in.
Still Life with Bottle and Skull
Located in Denver, CO
Skull and bottles with light interior
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 18 in. W 24 in.
Stay Happy, Skull, Day of the Dead, Mixed Media Skull Painting H48 X W36"
By Zeev Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Original Mixed Media Skull Painting on Canvas
Original - Signed
Artwork: Original mixed media work on canvas: acrylic, 3D painting, ink, acrylic gels, texturing mediums, and varnis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital
H 48 in. W 36 in. D 1.5 in.
Steer Skulls, Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Brian Nash
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original acrylic painting. It comes wired and ready to hang on deep-profile canvas. It is signed by the artist.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 24 in. W 24 in. D 1.5 in.
"Spinal Cracker" Impasto Painting of a Skull
By Geoff Hippenstiel
Located in Houston, TX
Large impasto painting of a skull in an expressionist style. Mainly white with accent colors like teal, purple, and blue. Canvas is not framed. Work is titled, dated, and signed by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 88 in. W 54 in. D 1.5 in.
IT'S ALL DERIVATIVE: SKULL LIGHT POSITIVE
By Bill Claps
Located in Tulsa, OK
My work has traditionally been characterized by immediacy and gesture, executed combining elements of both painting and drawing, and I typically have tapped into the instinctual and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
H 50.5 in. W 46 in.
Red and Blue Abstract Skull Painting
By Earl Staley
Located in Houston, TX
Long red and blue painting feature two movable heads on platforms by Texas artist Earl Staley. The skulls look as thought they are growing from a cactus of some sort. You can change ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 24 in. W 120 in. D 1.5 in.
Raise the Dead - Skull Street Art & Graffiti
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Wood, Mixed Media
H 58 in. W 71 in.
"Dad!?" Contemporary Surrealist Robot and Skull Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist painting of a robot in a suit and tie holding a human skull against a purple and orange background.
The work is signed, titled and dated by the artist. It is framed in a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 14.75 in. W 12.75 in. D 1.5 in.
Post No Hate - Skull Street Art & Graffiti
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
H 48 in. W 36 in.
"Skull", Kenya, Elephant, Painting, Photography, Mixed Media
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in Munich, DE
Unique Piece / One of a Kind
An upper jaw of an Elephant skull. Museum Archival Print on Hahnemühle Laid paper, Photography painted with Drawing Ink, Gold Pigments. Handwritten poem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Archival Pigment
H 30.32 in. W 28.35 in. D 0.2 in.
'Omega I' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega I' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and black.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of Bee and Skull: 'Time's Up'
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Hall, born in Scotland, is an artist who takes a traditional approach to a modern subject. Now living in New York, his work is indicative of a surging talent which has been r...
Category
2010s Conceptual Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 60 in. W 46 in. D 1.50 in.
Frank Xaver Messerschmidt “Stubborn” masked & “The Skull” masked
By Clement Kamena
Located in Greenwich, CT
These paintings are sold as a pair and individually. The individual price is $7,000. Other frame options are available per customer request. The painting size non-framed is 16" h x ...
Category
2010s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Naturalistic Western Landscape with Wagon and Cow Skull
By Lem Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
Warm tonal landscape western painting with a cow skull in the immediate foreground and a wagon in the midground. The painting is signed by the artist Lem Palmer known for making styl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 30.5 in. W 36.5 in. D 1.75 in.
"Omega III' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction - Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega III' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of brown, green, red, pink and black.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-Franç...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Omega II' - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction Pixelation - Skull - Bosch
By Robert Hightower
Located in Atlanta, GA
'Omega II' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and black.
Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black III'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a strong conceptual load, where his work developed in series, has a constant wandering o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
H 16 in. W 12 in. D 1 in.
3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black IV'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a strong conceptual load, where his work developed in series, has a constant wandering o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
H 16 in. W 12 in. D 1 in.
3D Painting of Skull: 'Wound in Black VI'
By Juan Miguel Palacios
Located in New York, NY
While his work has a clear figurative language, the paintings of Juan Miguel Palacios contain a strong conceptual load, where his work developed in series, has a constant wandering o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
H 16 in. W 12 in. D 1 in.
"Immaculate Perception" Two Abstract Skulls on a Red Field
By Breyten Breytenbach
Located in Houston, TX
Expressionist painting of two abstract skulls in flowers on a field of red. Framed in a white frame with a white matte. Painting was newly framed.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 14.5 i...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 20.25 in. W 27 in. D 1.75 in.
ENORMOUS ORIGINAL 1970'S FRENCH MODERNIST ABSTRACT PAINTING - HEAD SKULL
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rankin's House" - animal skull painting - realism - Georgia O'Keeffe
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Rankin's House" is an oil painting featuring hues of tan, orange, lavender and blue..
Jim Wise is inspired by the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, Rene Magritte, James Rosenquist, Ed Rusc...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Collage of skulls made of eggshells: 'Circle of Friends'
Located in New York, NY
I have worked on eggshells since I was a child, learning the traditional Ukrainian craft of pysanky from my mother. This artistic and cultic use of eggs informs my work to this day -...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Plaster
H 17 in. W 16 in. D 1 in.
"Anatomy Lesson" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Skull Still Life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Anatomy Lesson" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and white.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta ba...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Reflection, Contemporary Photorealist Painting of Japanese Figure & Vervet Skull
By Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reflection
2015
Oil on Panel
9" x 12" unframed
15" x 18" framed
Photorealist oil painting of a black pedestal in black reflection pool with floating flowers, vervet skull wrapped in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Rubino Rise Skull Reb Blue, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Tony Rubino
Located in Yardley, PA
Rubino Creative Propaganda. :: Painting :: Pop-Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signa...
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 24 in. W 16 in. D 2 in.
Vanitas - 21st Century, Skull, Red, Figurative Painting, Small
By Charles J. de Bisthoven
Located in Berlin, DE
Vanitas, 2017
Oil on canvas (Signed on reverse)
18.11 H x 14.17 W in
46 H x 36 W cm
Charles J. de Bisthoven connects in his artistic projects different visual languages that are in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 19.69 in. W 15.75 in. D 3.94 in.
"Hillside", acrylic painting, dream, myth, skull, graveyard, death, mortal coil
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Hillside" is an acrylic painting on wood measuring 22" high by 28" wide. Pulling no punches, the artist confronts the relentless cycle of life and witnesses the events in the gravey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Damien Hirst, 'For the Love of God' Laugh Skull, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
For The Love Of God, ‘Laugh’ is a glittering silkscreen print with genuine Diamond Dust by Damien Hirst. This artwork depicts one of the most iconic sculptures by Hirst, ‘For the Lov...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Glaze, Mixed Media, Screen
H 48 in. W 38 in. D 2 in.
Damien Hirst, 'For the Love of God' Laugh Skull, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
For The Love Of God, ‘Laugh’ is a glittering silkscreen print with genuine Diamond Dust by Damien Hirst. This artwork depicts one of the most iconic sculptures by Hirst, ‘For the Lov...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Glaze, Mixed Media, Screen
H 48 in. W 38 in. D 2 in.
Inner Landscape, Reginald Pollack Abstract Expressionist Oil on Masonite Skull
By Reginald Pollack
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Reginald Pollack "Inner Landscape" Abstract Oil on Masonite Palm Springs Abstract Expressionist Portrait
Oil on Masonite painting by late American Artist Reginald Pollack. It has a...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Pencil
Reginald PollackInner Landscape, Reginald Pollack Abstract Expressionist Oil on Masonite Skull, 1989
H 24 in. W 24 in. D 0.25 in.
Skull, 2012 oil on canvas, head study, figurative, Scandinavian art
By Magnus Thorén
Located in Munich, DE
Magnus Thorén
Skull, 2012
oil on canvas
40 x 40 cm 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
MTH/M 21
Magnus Thorén is a Swedish artist with great stylistic diversity, he combines numerous different tec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 15.75 in. W 15.75 in.
Butterfly Skull - 21st Century, Contemporary Painting, Modern Art, Portrait
By Danny O'Connor
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The paintings are built up in layer upon layer of paint which give the pieces great depth of field. They are created with an arsenal of tools that doesn't settle with convention. As...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Hercules after Carracci (Triptych) - Flower, Skull, Couple, Blue, Orange, Nude
By Alexandru Rădvan
Located in Berlin, DE
Hercules after Carracci (Triptych), 2014
Acrylic on canvas (Signed)
39.37 H x 82.67 W in. (39.37 H x 27.55 W in. each)
100 H x 210 W cm (100 H x 70 W cm each)
Contemporary art uses...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alexandru RădvanHercules after Carracci (Triptych) - Flower, Skull, Couple, Blue, Orange, Nude, 2014
H 43.31 in. W 82.68 in. D 3.15 in.
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