2025
Artist Comments
Two brightly colored macaws soar across a frozen expanse, where towering glaciers rise against a brooding overcast sky. In the foreground, an animal skeleton lies half-buried in ice near the water’s edge. The unlikely pairing of tropical birds with an arctic landscape creates a striking visual tension that resists explanation.
About the Artist
Artist Eric Vanasse creates compositions that honor the resilience and spirit of nature. "I am driven to explore ideas and emotions connected to the environment and its living beings, especially those most vulnerable," says Eric. He hopes his paintings will reveal themselves over time, inviting reflection on our world and its wildlife. Eric paints in a corner of his own intimate gallery, where he also teaches classes and listens to eclectic music. When he’s not making art, he enjoys playing piano, learning languages, and walking in nature.
Words that describe this painting: macaw, parrot, iceberg, winter, water, flight, flying, animals, nature, realism, oil painting, brown
Searching for Paradise
Eric Vanasse
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2025
24 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 15 oz.
Discovering New Worlds, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A large white polar bear lies on a cliff with its eyes closed, while a dodo bird leans beside it. To their side, an easel holds a Rembrandt painting of a stormy...
Oil
My Love, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A brightly colored parrot perches on a snow-covered rock before a tranquil lake, with snowy mountains rising in the background. Tropical foliage frames the bird...
Oil
Keeping Records, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A girl stands on a grassy mountain slope, sketching a skull in black and white on her easel. In front of her, a large elephant passes by, while snow-covered pea...
Oil
Paradise Found, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A Highland cow stands in a grassy field with a dramatic sunset in the background. The animal dominates the foreground, its long hair and large horns clearly vis...
Oil
Dreaming of the Ocean, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A child, adorned only with a cross pendant, bracelet, and earrings, sits on the grass and gazes upward in awe. Above, an orca whale floats mid-air, its massive ...
Oil
Not Listening, as Always!, Oil Painting
By Eric Vanasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In a forest where muted light filters through the trees, two brightly colored birds perch on a mossy branch. One sits calmly facing forward, while the other lea...
Oil
Wait, Something's not Right
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
Conceptual. Acrylic on canvas. About the Artist: Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Stephen Hall moved to New York in 1978 and began exhibiting his work in the East Village in the earl...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Last Unknown - 21st Cent., Contemporary, Figurative Oil Painting
By Corvengi
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Animals, Leopard, Panther, Fishes, Foxes, Monkeys, Turtles, Octopuses, Flowers, Underwater Plants, .... “Everything that surrounds me affects me. Memories, politics, nature, people,...
Canvas, Oil
Beyond, Original Acrylic Painting
By Brian Sostrom
Located in Denver, CO
"Beyond" by Brian Sostrom (United States) is a handmade landscape painting that is framed and ready to hang.
Acrylic
The Discovery - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“The Discovery” is an enchanting tableau of the natural world, brimming with dynamic movement and vivid color. At its heart, an assortment of exotic animals—flamingo, leopard, and pa...
Canvas, Oil
Decadent - 21st Century, Oil Painting, Realism, Animal world
By Augustina Droze
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon the...
Canvas, Oil
"Last Outpost" Oil Painting
By Rob Alexander
Located in Denver, CO
Rob Alexander's "Last Outpost" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green landscape of mountains with a mysterious structure encircled by whitewater waterfalls. (14...
Oil, Panel
