2020
An artist, television show host and widely recognized online celebrity, California-based American painter John Kilduff is known for his distinctive style, which can be described as a merge of Impressionism and Pop art. His paintings offer a lighthearted and relatable look at contemporary life, and feature everything from beach hats and sneakers to soup cans and beer bottles.
In 1987, Kilduff earned his BFA from the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. He also studied comedy at The Groundlings Theatre & School and the Los Angeles City College, in addition to getting his MFA from UCLA in 2008.
Kilduff came into the spotlight in 2001 when he began hosting a cable-access television show called Let's Paint TV, calling himself "Mr. Let's Paint." The show's live episodes typically involve Kilduff painting while he performs other activities, like playing ping pong, running on a treadmill or cooking. In 2006, he began uploading clips of the show to YouTube, which garnered worldwide attention. The series is now broadcast online.
Kilduff has made numerous other television appearances over the years, including the Tyra Banks Show, where he painted Banks’s portrait live. In 2006, he painted David Hasselhoff on the red carpet of the VH1 Big Awards and also appeared on season two of America's Got Talent.
Ever the entertainer, Kilduff frequently holds in-person painting shows. In 2016, a show called "Bakery" at the Daniel Rolnik Gallery in Santa Monica was designed to mimic the look of a small pastry shop and, as Kilduff created paintings of a range of sweet treats for the event, it earned comparisons to the works of sculptor Claes Oldenburg and Wayne Thiebaud.
Kilduff lives and works in Los Angeles.
On 1stDibs, find original John Kilduff oil paintings, watercolor works and more.
Cactus plants #2, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the cactus plants in the backyard. I did two watercolors at the same time. The other one is listed too. It's titled "Cactus plants...
Watercolor
cactus plants #1, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air watercolor of the cactus plants in the backyard. I did two watercolors at the same time. The other one is listed too. It's titled "Cactus plants...
Watercolor
Sari's Cactus Garden, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air (painted on location) painting of Sari's cactus garden. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authen...
Oil
cactus plants oil #1, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air oil painting of the cactus plants in the backyard. I also painted on another painting at the same time (cactus plants oil #2) which is also list...
Oil
cactus plants oil #2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Plein air oil painting of the cactus plants in the backyard. I also painted on another painting at the same time (cactus plants oil #1) which is also list...
Oil
Succulents, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By John Kilduff
Located in Yardley, PA
Large acrylic painting of succulents. Painting shipped rolled. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: R...
Acrylic
CACTI - Still Life / Plant / Realism / Small Work on Paper
By Elizabeth McGhee
Located in New York, NY
Original drawing by Elizabeth McGhee Elizabeth McGhee (b. 1985, Southern California) completed her BFA in 2009 at the Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA. She continu...
Color Pencil
Flowering Plant, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowering Plant (P1.33), Year: 1957, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 16.75 in. (55.88 x 42.55 cm), Description: Set against a...
Watercolor
Cactus Garden, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I have a succulent in a ceramic sugar skull pot in my kitchen and painted it from life. It has a wonderful expression on its face, and I enjoy the spikey succulent growing from the top like hair.
About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.
Words that describe this painting: sugar skull, cactus, houseplant, garden, plants, day of the dead, succulent, still life, still life, representational, primitive, acrylic painting, green
Acrylic
Jardin Imprévu, Original Painting and Drawing, Garden, Cactus
By Gabriel Riesnert
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Painting and Drawing - Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. The work has been treated with an anti-UV varnish Medium : Oil painting and oil-based coloured pencils on Archival paper 270 Gsm. Artist : Gabriel Riesnert Subject : Jardin imprévu (Title) Signature : The work is signed, titled and dated verso. It will be supplied with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Size : H29,7 cm x W21 cm. Not Framed (Without frame, image is just to give an example) . Museum matting & backing included, ready to be framed in a standard A4 frame...
Archival Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
Gorgeous cactus flowers (colorful painting on paper)
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This modern colorful artwork "Gorgeous cactus flowers" is full of vivid colors which are my tools of expression. I explore the beauty of these beautiful pink blooming cactus flower...
Paper, Acrylic
Contemporary original Art Brut Naïve Cactus oil painting on paper
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting, titled "Potted Cacti" (Cactus in a Brown Pot), is part of a new series of small artworks by French artist Natalya Mougenot, celebrating the simplicity and beauty of ev...
Oil, Paper
