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#figurativeart

Returning to the #figure I find I'm painting in a similar way to my #mother who was #painting in the #1960s. Strong #matisse #diebenkorn vibes. I love this stuff because it was my first #inspiration Looks #dated #figurativeart is considered #conservative I'm not sure. What do you think? #wip #art #contemporaryart

Painting of a nude woman lying on her back
PotterdayArt
2 days ago

“Girl,” 1961, Cornelis Ruhtenberg (1923-2008), now available. Mesmerizing mid-century figurative. Ruhtenberg explored neither psychological insight nor the appearance of her subjects, seeking instead pure, essential meaning. She depicted her sitters caught in their own contemplative worlds. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/.../167360454_cornelis...
#modernart #abstractart #abstractexpressionism #americanart #artcollector #artgallery #potterdayart #midcentury #Modernism #figurativeart

“Girl,” 1961, tempera on panel by Cornelis Ruhtenberg (1923-2008), depicting person with long dark hair and blue top reclining against pillows, with hands intertwined to the side of their head.
ArtofCycling
5 days ago

Starting a new #homage #painting points if you know the #artist and the #impressionist #artwork from #arthistory that I am referencing. #richesonart #oilsticks #figurativeart #figurativepainting #art

ArtofCycling
2 weeks ago

https://youtu.be/fXJUVAz8KR8?si=A3nyou1UZKiutyBS. Watch the finishing steps of my #newartwork “Ladies in Waiting” as I talk about my #artprocess, my #art, and all things #color #figurativeart #figurativepainting #homage #homageart #oilsticks #oilstickpainting

ArtofCycling
3 weeks ago

Getting close to finishing this #painting on a #rainyday. Being a fair weather #cyclists & #artist, (and a #cyclingartist) I should finish this one tomorrow, so time to start thinking about a title. #figurativeart #figurepainting #homage #touloselautrec #richeson75 #oilsticks #oilstickpainting

ArtofCycling
1 month ago

Gotta’ love working on a part of a #painting and then realizing “that was a bad idea”. Now I need to wait for the red sofa to dry, before I can resolve the color balance. #artinprogress #art #figurativeart #artmistake #richesonart #oilsticks

ArtofCycling
1 month ago

Watch as I start on my new #oilstick #painting in the #studio at In the Studio with Greig Leach #51: Beginning of a New Oilstick Painting... https://youtu.be/H1pi8NbfbIA?si=H9ZEG5BAQYke3l4O via @YouTube #figurativeart #art #lifeofanartist

ArtofCycling
1 month ago

Another day in the #artstudio working on another in my #homage series. #oilsticks #figurativeart #art #artinprogress #painting

PotterdayArt
1 month ago

"Capturing the most significant female relationships of their lives, at their most intimate moments, at the same time." Tamara de Lempicka's portrait of her daughter and Frida Kahlo' work of her sister both capture the subjects on the cusp of womanhood, and "function on a psychological level, striking beyond the surface." (image: Christie's) https://www.christies.com/stories/tamara-de-lempicka-and-frida-kahlo-jerry-moss-collection-e91130d12d9e49b2b74be0710d19ea99?cid=EM_EMLcontent04144C65Section_A_Story_1_0&COSID=41687561&cid=DM498585&bid=375001059
#modernart #figurativeart #arthistory #artgallery #artmuseum #potterdayart #symbolism #artdeco #magicrealism #portraitart

Two intimate portraits, by Tamara de Lempicka of her daughter, Kizette, and Frida Kahlo of her sister, Cristina
ArtofCycling
1 month ago

After this past week, it felt good to be back in the #artstudio. I’ll be doing more later today. #art #artwork #figurativeart

ArtofCycling
2 months ago

Making some nice progress on this #painting in my #artstudio today. #figurativeart #commissionart #oilsticks #artinprogress

ArtofCycling
2 months ago

Watch the process of starting a new #Commission #artwork. I'm translating several #watercolor #sketches into a single large #figurativeart #painting #art https://youtu.be/T6e_h-ic17k?si=92HyoW1kSv6tiUUO

Jo Jitsu
2 months ago

I've been going through my old art and here's another worth sharing. I've not shared this one here yet.

Mountains Behind, 2022
9.8" square, oil on board
$350 (USD)

#art #artwork #ArtForSale #painting #figurativeart #figurativepainting

Painting of an androgynous white person in a black long sleeve v neck top, short scruffy black hair looking straight on, with large green mountans behind.
Jo Jitsu
2 months ago

Work in progress on a head study.

#oilpainting #figurativeart #art #wipArt #artwork

Picture of a person with a scarf wrapped around head like a turba, the end trailing along one side, almost like a braid. Head is tiled, almost full profile, eyes almost closed, subtle smile.
Jo Jitsu
2 months ago

A portrait of my stylish, adventurous and outspoken friend @msquebanh that I just finished. Full piece is square. This is a narrow crop.
I love painting strong women. They inspire me. I love how this turned out.
9.8"/25cm sq. oil on board

#portrait #portraitpainting #art #figurativeart #oilpainting #artwork #ColoreTonFil #painting #MastoArt #FediArt

Portrait of a stylish disabled Asian woman with long blue hair in pigtails with cane and purple hat, purple top and striped pants, seated on a bench in a lush garden surrounded by bird of paradise plants.
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

Because it's unmounted canvas I think I am going to crop this painting like this and call it done. (well maybe one or two teeny tiny tweaks. lol.

Portrait of Karen, from life.
#painting #allaprima #art #portrait #oilpainting #portraitArt #figurativeArt #MastoArt #FediArt #ColoreTonFil

Older white woman with red hair wearing straw hat with maple leaves on it and hint of a leafy wallpaper backgrou.nd
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

Finished #painting
Yaguas Woman, 2023
Oil on Board
8" Tondo

Available. $185 DM for inquirires.

#art #ArtForSale #Amazon #portraitart #figurativepainting #oilpainting #allaprima #artwork #figurativeart #arte #traditionalart #mastoart

Yaguas woman in traditional straw clothing with beads, her head facing, eyes looking relaxed to the side, slight smile.
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

A little 8" tondo study from today as I wait for paint to dry. Also not quite finished...but close.
Definitely getting better with good reference and practice.

Yaguas Woman.
Oil on Board
#allaprima #painting #portraitart #figurativeart #Amazon #Yaguas #art

Circular painting of a Yagua Woman long dark hair facing forward, eyes looking to the side, wearing traditional grass top and beaded necklaces amd arm bands.
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

Sneak peak at a #WorkInProgress I started today. Already really liking it. I have 3 large paintings on the go right now. This is just a small section from the whole #painting
#art #artwork #figurativeart #oilpainting #figurativepainting
#BirdofParadise
#beauty #ColoreTonFil #arte

woman viewed from behind, face in profile with head bent down, headscarf, waves, hair, and bird of paradise flower merging into one.
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

Detail of a new piece I am working on in oil, from one of my pencil drawings the other day.
#wipArt #painting #art #workingprogress #artwork #oilpainting #figurativeart

Painting of the head of a woman looking down, head against one shoulder.
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

another #nude #pencilsketch from today
#art #pencil #sketchbook #nudes
Might try to paint this up too.

#sketch #drawing #figurativeart

back of nude woman, arms up, hair flowing behind, she is going towards abstracted suggestion of flower, butterfly wing
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago

A couple of pencil nudes I am pleased with and plan to paint up.
#nudes #pencilsketch #sketchbook #art #pencil #drawing #figurativeart #wip #nude #arte #artist

woman seated nude, abstracted design behind. Suggesting wings and pomegranate.
woman seated nude looking a bit to the side, leaning back on bench covered with cloth, abstract painting or pattern behind her with suggested clouds, water, mountains.

In the week when I'm sketching like mad again, fortune smiled on me in the form of an unexpected #LifeDrawing class with my brother Paul.

I haven't done it for 20+ years, so I knew I'd be rubbish to start with. But it went OK and I wasn't as rubbish as I thought I'd be.

Plus, I'd forgotten how much fun it is!

#lifedrawing #figurativeart #malemodel #sketching #pencildrawing #art #creativetoots #sketchbook #sketches #AYearForArt

Life drawing - a 10 minute pose
Life drawing - a 20 minute pose
The artist Jane Tomlinson and her brother Paul with their life drawing sketches
Life drawing - a 30 minute pose
Jo Jitsu
3 months ago
A redheaded woman with cropped hair in profile seated, wearing a floral top, in the background are oversized birds of paradise flowers.The main colors are  purple, green, and orange.
PotterdayArt
4 months ago

Wanted to take this one home from Bonhams NYC, but... outbid. 'The Hidden Apple,' Philip Evergood (1901-1973). In the mid-1940s, his attention was increasingly toward the plight of women. The painting "creates so vividly the sense of a vital and vulgar humanity." Evergood said, "There's a universal Eve there, yet there's a pathos, I felt." https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/158808213_philip-evergood-1901-1973-the-hidden-apple-40-18-x-24-14-in-1019-x-616-cm-painted-in
#modernart #artauction #artcollector #artgallery #artmuseum #potterdayart #midcenturyart #figurativeart #americanart

The Hidden Apple, by Philip Evergood. Painting of an older woman holding an apple behind her back, looking into a floor mirror and wearing black panties and skimpy bra, Ivy League Pennants on the wall in a drab hall bedroom with yellow blind at the window, conveying an almost loneliness of the moment.
Michele Giulvezan-Tanner Art
4 months ago

Nearing the end. I struggled quite a bit with this one until I finally gave up control and let it emerge. Seems a lesson I would know by now. Time to let it rest and start preparing for the Open Studios Santa Cruz preview exhibit.

#santacruzart #oilpainting #figurativeart #abstractart #abstractpainting

abstract oil painting with abstracted child in the center
Jo Jitsu
4 months ago

Quite happy with this little #allaprima #painting I did yesterday and this morning. A couple of tiny tweaks when it's a bit drier and it's finished.
Seer, Oil on Board. 9 x 12"
SOLD

#art #artist #figurativeart #mastoart #portrait #fineart #artwork #artforsale #oilpainting #ColoreTonFil

A woman wearing a silvery grey scarf knotted to the side, a colorful pink green, grey and white top, painted loosely, and very large beads around her neck. She is sitting on a suggestion of a patterned banquet which divides the background, and above is floral paper. Overall the painting is very patterned and busy, but her face is quiet and peaceful looking, she has very rosy cheeks and long dark hair we see under the scarf a bit on one side.
Jo Jitsu
4 months ago

I think this piece is done. I like it enough to leave it.
She has a determined to be hopeful look which I like.
I think being hopeful takes a good deal of determination.

Hope Persists, Oil on Canvas. 9 x 12"

please boost!

#Hope #Art #Painting Artist #artwork #artforsale #PortraitArt #figurativepainting #Persist #Determination #figurativeart #FineArt

Japanese woman, 3/4 view, hair up, with 2 braids down & suggestion of Japanese hairsticks around in golden yellow like a halo crown. with red and pink paint suggesting ribbons in her hair
I tiny bit of kimono is seen.  Background loosly painted in blue greys.
Jo Jitsu
4 months ago

Almost done this little study of a woman in a study.

Boosts very much appreciated!

#oilPainting #painting#art #workinprogress #figurativepainting #figurativeart #artist #portrait #red #ColoreTonFil #arte #FineArt

Woman with strawberry blonde hair looking out a window, light hitting her face in a room all in tones of reds, purples. Suggestion of paintings, flowers, and a curtain. She is seated in a big red armchair.
Jo Jitsu
5 months ago

almost done...very happy with how she turned out.
Daomadan of Peking Opera in headdress, painting shown cropped.
Daomadan are women warriors.

#Painting #art #figurativeArt #Chinese #ChineseCulture #PekingOpera #Theatre #costume #Mastoart #fediart #artist #wip #OilPainting #ColoreTonFil #ArtForSale #WipWednesday

Asian woman looking alert to the side wearing elaborate headress with baubles and tassles. Painted loose but realistic.
Colors mainly golden yellow, bright pink, light blue, and white.
Jo Jitsu
5 months ago

And start of a new #painting a study in tones of reds.

#red #ColoreTonFil #sunlight #FigurativeArt #art #artist #wip

woman with blonde hair seated in red armchair, walls everything in red, brown purple tones, touches of gold, her face is hitting the light.
Jo Jitsu
5 months ago

A little further along on the two pieces I shared recently.
Here's the full size painting of the Daomadan from Peking Opera (warrior woman) in her headdress and a bit of costume. Need to let it dry a bit to continue....so also started another piece which I will share in my next post in thread.

#chinese #Asianwoman #art #traditionalart #painting #FigurativeArt #portraitArt #ColoreTonFil #wip #Chinese #PekingOpera #Opera

Painting of a Daomadan in costume, colors are mainly golden yellow, pink, blue and white.
Jo Jitsu
5 months ago
as described in comment, colors are mainly golden yellow, pink, blue and white.
PotterdayArt
6 months ago

It was the last painting sitting on his easel. It was also radically different in texture & tone from his better-known masterpieces of a decade earlier. What holds us entranced is the carefully choreographed clash of pattern & pigment that reveals how far Klimt had travelled creatively in the decade before his death. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230621-klimts-lady-with-a-fan-the-painting-thats-valued-at-65m
#modernart #figurativeart #potterdayart #arthistory #artmuseum #artgallery #artnouveau #symbolism

Portrait by Klimt of dark-haired woman with her hair up, standing against a brightly colored wallpaper of birds and flowers on a yellow background. Eschewing the traditional vertical format for portraits, in Lady with a Fan Klimt used a square, giving the painting a modern edge.  Credit: Alamy
ManuFineArt :verified:
6 months ago

Nostalgia

A view from the river Olt valley, as it was before the '70s. Now the big stone known as "Trajan's Table" is submerged under the river, after the construction of a string of dams along the valley.

Ink in my sketchbook, based on a very old postcard

#MastoArt #MastodonArt #FediArt #art #FigurativeArt #ArtBooster #landscape #PenAndInk #sketch #drawing #railroad #mountains #boulder #river #Olt #ValeaOltului #Calimanesti #Romania #nostalgic #history

A view from the river Olt valley (Romania), as it was before the '70s. Now the big stone known as "Trajan's Table" is submerged under the river, after the construction of a string of dams along the valley.

Ink in my sketchbook, based on a very old postcard
ManuFineArt
7 months ago

Woman wearing a haik mrama, the traditional white robe of the women in Algiers.

Graphite pencils sketch, from my Kasbah of Algiers series of sketches

#MastoArt #MastodonArt #FediArt #art #FigurativeArt #ArtBooster #PortraitCommunity #traditional #clothing #architecture #graphite #pencil #sketch #drawing #Kasbah #Algiers #UNESCO

Woman wearing a haik mrama, the traditional white robe of the women in Algiers. She is about to push open a wooden door in the Kasbah of Algiers. Graphite pencils sketch from my Kasbah of Algiers series.
ArtofCycling
7 months ago

I just discovered that the @vmfamuseum now shows that they own one of my #paintings! And it is one of my favorites. https://vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-15928345/ #art #Matisse #painting #figurativeart

Charles Harper
10 months ago

“Despite being in the forefront of British Modernism, with Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo, during the 1940s and 1950s, Wilhelmina — Willie — Barns-Graham’s work is still relatively little known. Perhaps it’s less easy to categorise than theirs. As Nicholson was, she was both a figurative and an abstract painter.”

‘Autumn Series No.4, Balmungo’  (1998), is a collection of upright strokes in fall colours with slim trunks over some.

#abstractart #figurativeart #FavouriteArtist

Jo Jitsu
1 year ago

Hey #settlerSaturday #allies, consider buying this #painting of Winona @littlebearsis, a Kiikaapoa, Bear Clan #mother
support her community work & help me continue to paint.
#ArtForSale
A special deal to buy this FOR them as they'd love it in family.
#reparations #NDTR

#Indigenous
#art #NativeAmerican #mutualaid #portraitart #portrait #portraits #FineArt #figurativeart #womensart
#mastoart #painting #artist #artwork #oilpainting #ColoreTonFil
Winona & Child 22x28 oil on canvas

Painting of a Native mother holding a child in one arm, holding a basket of corn in the other, standing surrounded by a cornfield, wearing a traditional ribbon skirt.
Jo Jitsu
1 year ago

Maybe a few tweaks left, but really happy with how she looks right now. Such a vibrant #painting.
Red Envelope, Oil on unmounted Linen, 11x17, 2022 #redenvelope #oilpainting #artist #arte #Chinatown #Asian #art #figurativeart #originalart #artwork #mastoart #fediart #fineartforsale #fineart

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Painting of a beuatif Asian woman with crchin length hair, we are looking up at her a bit, Suggestion of Chinatown shops in background. Colors mainly red, with a bit of yellow & jade green.
Jo Jitsu
1 year ago
Painting of a woman with dark hair, looking to side, a little pensive and sad.
Jo Jitsu
1 year ago

My #oilpainting, part of my 7 #lucky gods Shichifukujin series as #women. #Ebisu 36x48 oil on canvas.

DM for inquiries.
#artforsale
She's inspired by Ama #pearl #divers & wears a long boro skirt in wave design. The #Japanese smiley pin etym. is river, & #Ebisu is a river god. Ebisu is #disabled #deaf, abandoned & rejected, thrown to the water & later seen to be a bringer of blessings.
#art #artist #painting #goddess #japan #artwork #mastoart #disability #figurativeart #FineArt #spiritualart

Painting of a Japanese Woman dressed fashionably sitting on coracle boat wall as it moves across the water, flags blowing in air, a pile of fish are at her feet.
same image as previous, but closer crop.
same image as previous close up on face.
Sam Hogg
1 year ago

Alongside the imaginative realism illustration, I also really enjoy doing more abstract traditional figurative work, especially around the themes of life and death. I occasionally make these kinds of pieces available through Every Day Original.

#illustration #fineart #surrealart #popsurrealism #TraditionalArt #figurativeart

Surreal figurative art showing two figures entwined in a dramatic pose, with a deathly figure gripping the waist of a bright red female figure. Stylised flowers and vines pierce through the two figures at various points of their bodies, connecting them. She is also wrapped in the same cloth that wraps the deathly figure.
two abstract human figures with flowing abstract hair balance precariously off each other's bodies, with stylised vines and flowers growing through their bodies, connecting them. The piece is done in shades of warm grays and oranges.
Two figures, their heads and bodies wrapped in long flowing dark cloth. The top most figure has a hand under the arm of the lower one, who is in a curled up foetal position, with one hand clutching a tulip and one hand tensely outstretched.
A Traditional gouache painting, depicting a slender, elegant woman with vibrant red orange hair, sat on a very graphic black block with a graphic river of laval running over the edge of it. She delicately holds her throat, her skin is a dusky blue grey with her hands and feet much warmer in tone. Stylised straight vines grow through her legs and hands.
TQ 🌌
4 years ago

It's time for an update of my #introduction, so here we go: Hi, I'm an #artist from Germany, exploring #colors and #abstraction in all sorts of ways. A #traditionalArt.ist by heart, after spending literal decades with monochromatic drawing, I switched to acrylic paint and have never looked back. I'm walking the line between #abstractArt and #figurativeArt and enjoy abstract #landscape and #neoPopart.
I sometimes do #urbanSketching, but #painting is what I enjoy the most!

A very bright painting of a person doing two yoga poses. The poses are shown over each other, as if they inhabit the same space.
A very bright painting of a person doing two yoga poses. The poses are shown over each other, as if they inhabit the same space.
Painting of trees and bushes and a power pole in store weird neon colors. It looks very otherworldly and spacy.
An abstract landscape painting in gold and blues and some red. It's from the Lockdown Landscapes series, and it's very abstract and loose.