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Anthony Ackrill Art

American, b. 1958

Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska in 1958 but spent most of his childhood in Florida and Ohio. He decided to pursue painting at a relatively late age. Subsequently, he studied graphic design and worked as an art director at an established advertising agency. Also, he designed his line of humorous greeting cards, which sold internationally. Following this period, Ackrill began to study drawing and painting on his own. After winning awards in several local and regional art contests, as well as selling some of his paintings, he sought a more formal education to help develop his talent. Ackrill found an excellent atelier-styled school for artists in Florence, Italy, and enrolled in late 1995, at the age of 37. In his second year in Florence, Ackrill began teaching anatomy to his fellow students, and then also taught drawing and painting. After five years of painting and teaching in Florence, Italy, he returned to Florida, where he now has his studio.

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Artist: Anthony Ackrill
"Skylover" contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Skylover" is a contemporary realist male nude perspective oil painting. Artist Bio Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska in 1958, but spent most of his childhood in Florida and Ohio....
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Olive" surrealist oil painting on silver tray of cocktail olive floating in sky
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Olive" is a surrealist oil painting on a silver tray of a cocktail olive floating in the sky. The antique serving platter serves as both the c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Silver

"White on White" contemporary realist Great White Shark on White background
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"White on White" is contemporary realist Great White Shark on White background. Ackrill's last of a successful shark series. Framed dimensions: 43 x 81 inches Inquire for more imag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil, Canvas

"Rolling Pin" contemporary realist oil painting on wood panel
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Rolling Pin" contemporary realist oil painting on wood panel. The wood plank on which "Rolling Pin" is painted, is left untouched around the edges; The natural wood grain visible. A rectangle of crisp white paint is applied to the wooden plank. Then, a wooden rolling pin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Wood, Found Objects, Oil

"Watermelon by the Sea" surrealistic still life on the beach, Florida
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Watermelon by the Sea" is a surrealistic still life on the beach. Ackrill takes inspiration from his beach surroundings in Florida. Artist Bio Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska i...
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2010s Surrealist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Room and Board" small realist oil painting, pictogram
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small realist oil painting, acting like a pictogram. Ackrill often winks with his art. Here, he creates "room" by painting a small monastic-like room—with a window allowing light t...
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2010s Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board

"Dusk" - Mermaid oil on canvas contemporary realist painting by Anthony Ackrill
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a mermaid resting on the beach. Her expression gives the composition an ominous air. Is a storm coming? Ackrill excels at toeing the line between surrealism and cl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil, Canvas

Anthony Ackrill - Enlightened Whelk Shell
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Anthony Ackrill (b. 1958, American) Title: Enlightened Whelk Shell Anthony Ackrill applies his classical training at Florence Academy of Art to cr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil

"Belly Button" - Unique oil painting on small silver tray - realist style
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a belly button on an antique silver platter. The painting continues the concentric circles of the platter, melding the 3D with the 2D. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil

"Awakening" allegorical oil painting, Garden of Eden-esque nude in nature framed
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of an Eve-like figure in the classical reclining pose with one toe dipped in a lily pond. Her arm is intertwined with an auburn snake as they make eye-contact with ea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Transformation" Contemporary oil female nude metamorphosis, Venus allegorical
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary female nude hovering a hairs breath over a lily pond, blue butterflies swirling around her, possibly lifting her into the twilight sky with them. Her arms are extende...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Canvas, Oil

Anthony Ackrill - Enlightened Apple, Surrealist Painting
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Anthony Ackrill applies his classical training at Florence Academy of Art to create still life studies which are both realistic and dramatic. Enlightened Apple is a perfect example ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Relapse" - contemporary oil painting on found object, humorous swan smoking cig
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Ackrill paints directly onto found objects, seamlessly blending painting and sculpture. In "Relapse" Ackrill depicts a swan in water, humorously smoking a cigarette. Green li...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Found Objects, Oil

Grapes
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An antique serving platter with a miniature realist painting by American surrealist artist, Anthony Ackrill. Tiny trompe l'oeil, still-life of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Found Objects, Oil

Cupcake By the Sea - unique oil painting on silver tray
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a cupcake on the beach on a small silver tray. Artist Bio Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska in 1958, but spent most of his childho...
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2010s Pop Art Anthony Ackrill Art

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Silver

Gala
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A beautifully executed, super-sized, trompe l'oeil oil painting of a gala apple with several levels of irony. A plump, bright, fresh apple, painted hyper realistically. The vibrant ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Water Melon
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Ackrill presents to us his humor in "Water Melon." A juicy slice floats gently upon a surreal body of water, beneath a blue sky. The scene rests within a food tray, which makes us wo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Oil, Found Objects

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Blonde on Blue
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A reclining nude woman is seen from behind. Her beautiful blonde locks of hair sprawl onto the floor. Ackrill expertly creates the depth and space of the composition against a pale b...
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Conch
By Anthony Ackrill
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Ackrill creates a surrealist landscape of an oversized conch shell resting like a ballerina on pointe on the dark ocean water. Perfect puffy clouds levitate...
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Whelk
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting on an antique silver platter. Ackrill's skyscape is dominated by a large conch shell, creating a surrealist composition. Artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Whelk
Whelk
H 14.75 in W 14.75 in
Brinkmanship
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Anthony Ackrill paints directly onto found objects, seamlessly blending painting and sculpture. In "Brinkmanship" Ackrill depicts a vice grip holding a delicate white egg. The juxtap...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Wood, Found Objects, Oil

Brinkmanship
Brinkmanship
H 14.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Enlighten, Art Deco Goddess
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Anthony Ackrill Title: Enlightened Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.25 x 53 Framed, 22 x 47 Unframed Signed: On Back of Canvas Enlighten depicts a beautiful goddess fl...
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Canvas, Varnish, Oil

Baby, Contemporary Painting on Sterling Silver Platter
By Anthony Ackrill
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Artist: Anthony Ackrill ( American 1958- ) Title: Baby Medium: Oil on Sterling Silver Salver Year of Work: 2014 Signed: Engraved on Back Dimensions: 9.38" x 6.75" Unframed Condition...
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En Tournant, Contemporary Oil Painting
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Tomato and Anvil
By Anthony Ackrill
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Trompe l'oeil still life of tomatoes resting atop an anvil, with a sledgehammer in the background, painted on an old cabinet door.
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24"
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Ackrill’s “Twenty-four inches” a five and half foot-tall diptych of foreshortened feet, which stand alone as fun and funny; he has cropped the figure, leaving the feet a sort of “ite...
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24"
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H 68 in W 72 in D 3 in
Old Lady Shoe
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A single blue shoe painted realistically on a silver "found object" plate. Ackrill idolizes a simple shoe, placing it on a pedestal, the dish. Light reflects from behind the shoe, ma...
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Enlightened
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Painted onto a "Found Object" a still life of pears against a dark background. One pear appears to stand straight up, hovering inches above the ground. Artist Bio Anthony Ackrill wa...
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Pipe
By Anthony Ackrill
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Rene Magritte first made a still life of a pipe famous in his "Treachery of Images" series declaring "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" Anthony Ackrill, presents to us a similar image, yet without Surrealistic connotations, simply naming the piece, "Pipe" Painted from life on a "found object" this small butter tray...
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Early 2000s American Realist Anthony Ackrill Art

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Found Objects, Oil

Pipe
Pipe
H 3 in W 7 in D 1 in

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