American Realist Animal Paintings

This painting was created by American artist Lumen Martin Winter. Winter's figurative paintings sometimes play with the edge of abstraction, resulting in an expressionistic feel. Thi...

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Long-Billed Curlews, some of the largest of the shorebirds, often hang out together, milling around at the edge of the surf, then wading in to feed. I spotted...

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When artist Jo Galang moved to Vancouver many years ago, she and her family settled in the city near Stanley Park. "On frequent visits to the park, we would o...

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When I walk along Santa Barbara beaches in winter, Marbled Godwits are the most common bird, often seen in herds, as in thi...

Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...

Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...

The artist Kobler depicts this goose actively working on its plumage, cleaning and aligning its feathers. The bird’s partially raised wing may be part of a drying process after bathi...

Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...

Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...

ASHLEE SELBURG Champagne Cat Ink and pencil on paper 20 x 16 inches

Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...

American artist Paul Krapf (1927-2019) had lived in Montana for a decade when he painted this coyote standing in the snow. He worked from the home studio that he and his wife built o...

Nature is my muse. Animals are losing their habitat and they are, at the very least, confronted by or threatened by all of our discards. Though the birds in my paintings are not vict...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

In Compass Flower on the Cimarron River, Karl Hartman draws directly from the landscapes of Oklahoma, where he lived for much of his life and developed a ...

American, Late 19th/Early 20th Century " Portrait of a Lion ", circa 1900 Oil on Canvas Laid on Board 16" x 20" Housed in a Period 4" Walnut Frame with a 1" Gold Leaf Liner Over...

Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of urban interiors, natural environments, and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work. She was drawn to miniature painting from her study of Islamic miniature art and medieval illuminated manuscripts, whose techniques she combined with those of classical painting. She is amongst a group of contemporary realist painters, such as Timothy Barr...

Karl Hartman’s Homesteaders (2024) captures a vivid moment in the forest where two Pileated Woodpeckers industriously carve a home into an old pine. Painted in oil on aluminum, the w...

Molesky’s latest body of work approaches art history with wit and irony. Drawing from classical themes and the heroic narrative, he subverts these traditions by casting the banana as...

The small dragonfly hovering next to the horse seems fragile and defenseless in the face of the cosmic scale. However, its presence brings a sense of lightness, hope, and a reminder ...

Artist: Johnson Title: Secretariat Year: 1975 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 66.5 x 50 in. (168.91 x 127 cm) Frame Size: 71.5 x 55.5 inches

Watercolor on paper. Page Size: 21.5 x 30 in. Frame Size: 33.25 x 41.5 in. Signed, bottom left. This bright and lush watercolor painting captures a sun-drenched moment of daily life...

Boldly unique in the field of wildlife art are the paintings of artist and naturalist Peter Darro. His rare ability to achieve meticulous accuracy in his subjects, without sacrificin...

Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of urban interiors, natural environments, and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work. She was drawn to miniature painting from her study of Islamic miniature art and medieval illuminated manuscripts, whose techniques she combined with those of classical painting. She is amongst a group of contemporary realist painters, such as Timothy Barr...

This painting was created by American artist Lumen Martin Winter. Winter's figurative paintings sometimes play with the edge of abstraction, resulting in an expressionistic feel. Thi...

Charming late 19th or early 20th century oil on board. This little gem has great detail of a horse with a feedbag in a landscape. It is signed or initialed but I cannot make it out. ...

ASHLEE SELBURG Hummingbird House Ink and pencil on paper 14 x 11 inches

ASHLEE SELBURG Garden Party II Ink and pencil on paper 18 x 14 inches

ASHLEE SELBURG Propagartion Ink and pencil on paper 20 x 16 inches

Asa Coolidge Warren (1819 - 1904) Oil on Canvas Sight Size: 18x20 Overall frame size: 26x28 Signed and Dated left: 1884 Housed in original gold gilded frame Overall very good conditi...

In Ducks in the Studio Schmitt reveals the influence of the Impressionists and the Pointillists by adopting their bright and pure colors. However, he chose not to paint with small do...

Bovine Beauties Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape . The second image shows how the painting will look. I am waiting for professional photos by 2/14. Bovine B...

Dane Ellsworth Texas Artist Image Size: 38 x 44 Frame Size: 39 x 45 Medium: Oil "Mr. Handsome" Texas Longhorn Biography Dane Ellsworth Dane Ellsworth enjoys all things Texan. Whether it's an old west character or a depression era car his painting backdrop is the Lone Star State. He has been wielding a crayon, pencil or brush as far back as he can remember. In his junior year, due to a long list of dubious events, Dane wound up on the verge of homelessness. Between a longsuffering landlord and a horse rancher who took him under his wing he was able to finish high school. Once he graduated, he moved to the ranch and started working with horses and developed a love for that majestic animal. It was about this time he met and became friends with Fred Olds...

Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of urban interiors, natural environments, and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work. She was drawn to miniature painting from her study of Islamic miniature art and medieval illuminated manuscripts, whose techniques she combined with those of classical painting. She is amongst a group of contemporary realist painters, such as Timothy Barr...

3rd Version's (Ben Patterson) "Masks We Wear, Wanting to Grow" is a 2022 oil painting on cradled panel measuring 10 x 10 x 1.5 inches. The work is unframed and ready to hang. This co...

Three Bills presents three Brown Pelicans grouped at the water’s edge in their characteristic postures of resting watchfulness. Together, the three create an interlocking pyramid of ...

Oil on panel, signed lower left. New England artist Grant Hacking was born and raised in South Africa and resided there until the age of twenty-five so he still experiences great pl...

Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist painter. Known for her miniaturist style, her highly detailed depictions of urban interiors, natural environments, and unsuspecting human and animal subjects are evocative of renaissance portraiture and landscape. Brodsky often paints on small circular surfaces, forcing viewers to move closer to the work. She was drawn to miniature painting from her study of Islamic miniature art and medieval illuminated manuscripts, whose techniques she combined with those of classical painting. She is amongst a group of contemporary realist painters, such as Timothy Barr...

This intimate oil painting by Karl Hartman presents a quietly surreal vision of the American prairie, where scale, time, and perspective dissolve into poetic harmony. In Bees and Com...

Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer heatwave. Hartman’s tightly c...

Nature is my muse. Animals are losing their habitat and they are, at the very least, confronted by or threatened by all of our discards. Though the birds in my paintings are not vict...

Nanci France-Vaz's "Majestic Arabian, Thoroughbred Golden Brown" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a regal horse with a dark coat and wearing a leather bridle.

Christopher Clark's (US based) "Pink Bird Series - Pink" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a woman with a pink bird perches on her shoulde...

Charming, delicious still life with ripe fruits of strawberries. I just want to reach out and take a red fragrant berry. I specially applied the technique of painting, putting a deli...

"Arabia. Golden sand series Sunlight, golden sand, blue sky and a running Arabian horse in the Arabian desert. Modern, expressive summer landscape as a ...

Bernard Lee's (US based) "Eat" is an oil painting that depicts a figure with black feathers Artist Bio/statement: Bernard Lee was born and raised in South...

Hummingbird in flight

Brightly colored and bold painting of an American hunting scene featuring two hunters and Canadian Geese. The bold, bright blues and yellows o...

Image Size: 10 x 6 in. Frame Size: 19.5 x 14.5 in. This oil painting by Cal Gaspard portrays a proud rooster, the ruler of the barn yard flock. The bird stands confidently in profi...

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Artist Pamela Hoke displays a monochromatic portrait of a highland cattle. She captures the serenity of a majestic yet gentle and b...

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Artist Emil Morhardt paints a glaucous-winged gull lifting off Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. He paints the bird splashing the crystalline water in detailed realism. "These big gulls are unafraid of brown bears, dodging between their legs to grab morsels," says Emil. He highlights the piece with a silvery edge reflecting a dazzlingly sunny day.

About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists...

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Artist Emil Morhardt captures a sanderling scurrying along the edge of incoming surf. "In a second, he'll turn around and follow ...

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"The two nearer whimbrels look to me," shares artist Emil Morhardt. "They look as though they might be discussing whether or not to let junior fly to Florida ...

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A close-up view of two ducks looking astutely at the viewer. "There's something highly engaging, and perhaps a little unsettling, about the way these young fe...

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"These two glowing marbled godwits are painted at the edge of the surf on a soft late evening on a Santa Barbara beach," sh...

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Willets are usually at the edge of the surf, poking into the wet sand as they follow each wave in and out. This one, when I came on him, was standing above th...

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Sometimes these handsome ducks, who feed at the Santa Barbara Bird Refuge by plowing through the water with their bills open, take a break from shoveling and ...