2023
Raúl Álvarez (Madrid, 1982) is a Spanish contemporary painter who works within the language of figurative realism. His practice combines technical precision and close observation with an expressive approach that moves beyond faithful representation, using light, colour, texture and composition to create images with a strong psychological and emotional presence.
Although not exclusively, his work frequently focuses on the human figure and its relationship with water. Both become vehicles for exploring identity, vulnerability, introspection and transformation. Water also interests him for the pictorial challenges posed by its movement, transparency, reflections and distortions, as well as for its symbolic capacity to evoke contrasting emotional states.
Álvarez has presented numerous solo exhibitions across Spain and participated in Art Madrid, Hybrid Art Fair and Room Art Fair Madrid. His distinctions include First Prize at the X Bienal de Pintura Eixo Atlántico, the Audience Award at the XXXIII Muestra de Arte Joven de La Rioja and finalist recognition at the Jackson’s Open Art Prize in London. His work is held in institutional, corporate and private collections internationally.
Female Surfer Underwater, Blue Summer Ocean Sport Surf Painting, Signed Original
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This underwater surfer painting captures a woman suspended beneath the ocean surface, combining luminous blue water, summer imagery and figurative realism. Created by Spanish painte...
Oil, Wood Panel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Underwater Female Swimmer in Orange Bikini, Large Realist Oil Painting on Wood
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This large underwater swimmer painting depicts a woman in an orange bikini suspended beneath the surface, surrounded by deep blue water and shifting reflections. Created by Spanish ...
Oil, Board
Blue Swimming Pool with Male Swimmer, Figurative Oil Painting, Original
By Raúl Álvarez
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This blue swimming pool painting depicts a male swimmer seen from above, combining figurative realism with the abstract distortions created by moving water. Painted by Spanish artis...
Oil, Canvas
Underwater Figurative Painting Female Swimmer with Jellyfish Blue Ocean Scene
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Underwater figurative oil painting depicting a female swimmer surrounded by jellyfish, rendered in deep blue and green tonal layers that define a fluid oceanic environment. This med...
Oil, Canvas
Underwater Figurative Oil Painting Female Swimmer Blue Tonal Portrait on Canvas
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Underwater figurative oil painting depicting a female swimmer in profile, immersed in a deep blue environment defined by fluid movement and soft tonal transitions. This medium-forma...
Canvas, Oil
Mediterranean Coastal Figurative Painting Swimmer Diving Blue Seascape on Wood
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Mediterranean coastal figurative oil painting depicting a swimmer poised to dive into a blue seascape, rendered with soft tonal transitions on wood panel. This horizontal-format pai...
Wood, Oil
Brooks (Surfer)_Greg Miller_Acrylic/Collage_Figurative/Swimmer/Waterscape
By Greg Miller
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
GREG MILLER "Brooks" Acrylic, Collage on Panel 24 x 36 in. Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship wi...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
"Archer" swimmer in white bathing suit reflection in the water submarine blues
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Oil Pastel, India Ink, Oil, Wood Panel, Acrylic
Breakthrough, Underwater Figurative Oil Painting, Blue Contemporary Swimming Art
By Patsy McArthur
Located in Dallas, TX
"Breakthrough" by Patsy McArthur is a striking contemporary figurative oil painting that captures the suspended moment of a figure submerged in deep blue water. Painted in richly lay...
Canvas, Oil
ETHEREAL- Blue Water / Female Swimmer / Floating Free / Photorealism
By Eric Zener
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Eric Zener. Eric Zener’s photorealistic paintings and resins are focused on four motifs: landscapes, figures in bed or on tightropes, and bodies in water. ...
Canvas, Oil
"Slide Right (Paper)" figurative oil painting of swimmer underwater red swimsuit
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Oil, Paper
Weightless Blue, Underwater Swimming Painting, Figurative Oil Contemporary Art
By Patsy McArthur
Located in Dallas, TX
"Weightless in Blue" by Patsy McArthur is a captivating contemporary oil painting depicting a figure gliding underwater in a breaststroke motion. Executed in luminous layers of oil o...
Canvas, Oil
