2021
The work of American painter Christina Major sees a convergence of styles that she has made uniquely her own. Collectors will find traces of Pop art, Photorealism and Expressionism in the wide range of distinctive portraits she has created over the years.
A closer inspection of each large-scale canvas, which is prepared with gesso and stretched, will also reveal the integration of text — Major layers hand-painted words and phrases in cursive over each of her painted subjects’ faces, which draws on her background in graphic design and affords the artist the chance to share her own memories and opinions or general thoughts on the subject of a given work.
Major, a native of Concord, New Hampshire, centers her paintings on cultural icons. She has painted the visages of American musician Prince, actresses Lauren Bacall and Audrey Hepburn, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, as well as Pop art staples such as James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.
After living in several places around the world, Major is now based in Florida and earned her MFA at Florida Atlantic University, and has exhibited throughout South Florida. Her work is held in private collections in the United States and elsewhere.
On 1stDibs find authentic Christina Major portraits, abstract paintings and figurative paintings.
Oil on Canvas Titled: “Nina” 60 x 84
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nina, Oil on Canvas, Painting by Christina Major Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York an...
Oil
Oil on Canvas Titled: “Nina” 60 x 84
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nina, Oil on Canvas, Painting by Christina Major Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New York an...
Oil
Christina Major Large Oil Painting Titled: Prince 50 x 70
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Designers: Custom framing is available for this item) Christina Major was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1982. She has lived all over the world including Hawaii, France, New Yo...
Oil
Oil on Canvas Marilyn "A wise Girl” by Christina Major 64 x 78
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Noma Jeane "A wise girl" words in painting: A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl Knews that she has none. A wise girl kisses bout doexit love, listens but doesk't believe, and ...
Oil
Oil on Canvas "Audrey" "I Believe” By Christina Major 57 x 84
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting: Audrey “I believe” Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there’s nothing more to live for. I believe in being strong when every thing seems to be goi...
Oil
“Strong Women” Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 49 x 49
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Words within painting: I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow. All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagina tion th...
Oil
Elsewhere - Large Scale Portrait of a Woman, Original Oil Painting
By Nathan Brad Hall
Located in Chicago, IL
Elsewhere Elsewhere suggests psychological distance rather than physical removal. The figure’s posture conveys withdrawal, introspection, and quiet resistance. Hall’s restraint is notable here—nothing is exaggerated, yet the emotional weight is unmistakable. The darkness presses close, amplifying the sense of inward retreat. Nathan Brad Hall...
Linen, Oil
"HRH Princess Julia" - Hyperrealist Portrait Painting by Georgina Clapham
By Georgina Clapham
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This small vertical 31 inch high by 23.5 inch wide original oil painting on canvas is wired and ready to hang. The detail in this artwork is astounding. From the gaze and makeup details around the eyes to the the ornate jewelry, Princess Julia is absolutely sublime. The sides of the artwork are not painted and it does not require framing. It is signed and titled by the artist on the back of the artwork British painter Georgina Clapham conspicuously engages with story telling and theatricality, drawing together Renaissance portraiture, Greek Mythology, folklore, mysticism, animals, nature, the artificial, high fashion, subculture, gender, identity and sexuality, in her meticulous life size figurative paintings. Through the traditional media of oil paint on linen and intaglio printmaking, she creates her own contemporary mythologies. Staging her paintings using people in her everyday life, she infuses these timeless narratives with the intimacy and tangibility of her friendships and personal relationships drawing out their psychology and sexuality; as such, the works become as much a depiction of her own imagined narrative as of the individuals’ personality. She has previously attended City and Guilds of London Art School, 2013 and The Glasgow School of Art, 2014-16, where her work was purchased into the archive. In 2015 she was awarded The Richard Ford...
Canvas, Oil
1-4-9, 21st Century, Contemporary, Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Montse Valdés
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
“I paint the human figure and explore further till I reach the Beauty of Being, the Soul.. the part of Human Being where everything is in total Serenity, Goodness and Harmony, where ...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Torn - Original Oil Painting, Female Portrait, Contemporary Realism
By David Kassan
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by David Kassan David Kassan (b. 1977, Little Rock, AR) received his BFA from Syracuse University and continued his studies at the National Academy School of Fine Art, the Art Students League of New York, and the British Institute of Florence...
Oil, Panel
"Liusana" Figurative Portrait Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy
By Dmitriy Krestniy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Liusana" Figurative Portrait Oil Painting 59" x 47" inch by Dmitriy Krestniy ATTENTION: Painting ships rolled in a tube. A look through Dmitriy’s d...
Canvas, Oil
"Queen Elizabeth" Portrait Painting On Canvas
By Houben R.T.
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Houben, R.T. Title: Queen Elizabeth Date: 2026 Medium: Acrylic and foil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 40" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Houben Tcherkelov, ...
Mixed Media, Acrylic
