Sisters in Harmony -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Sola Ojo
Painting - 88.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,950
Figurative Paintings
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Look And Sanity (Beautiful Representation)
Abdulateef Salaudeen
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,350
Hommage à Georges Mathieu
Gully
Painting - 190 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 74.8 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$23,727
A Perfect Day - 21st Century, Contemporary, Impressionism, Africa, Women, Blue
Bello Gabriel
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,550
While I Wait 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Women, Love
Olaniyi Timothy
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,850
Morning Glories on a Red Trellis
Rachael Florence
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$625
Twin Brother
Oshorenoya David Francis
Painting - 46 x 29.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 11.7 x 1 inch
$1,350
Inner Light
Kayimahe Ishmael Zed
Painting - 89.9 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,450
My Beloved Business
Esther Oyeyemi
Painting - 81.3 x 71.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 28 x 1 inch
$2,250
First Contact 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Motherhood, Acrylic Dip
Bello Adedoyin
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,500
Association Day 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Africa Home
Morakinyo Femi
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$4,500
Lady in Pearl -21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Beautiful
Jayeola Joshua
Painting - 91.4 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,250
The colors of my mind
Alessandro Casetti
Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$6,050
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa
Olajide Kuti
Painting - 88.9 x 104.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 41 x 1 inch
$1,800
Never Back Down - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Africa
Awofadeju Solomon
Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1 inch
$1,700
Boy in Wonderland 2
Samson Olatubosun
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,850
Cardiology Domine
Taline Temizian
Painting - 100 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$31,972
Girl with a Cat
David Popiashvili
Painting - 43 x 30.5 x 4 cm Painting - 16.9 x 12 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
Les deux amis et l'oiseau
Rebecca de Cachard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,135
Harmony in Color
Marina Belousova
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,000
Sisters - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women, Modern
Muideen Abdulkadir
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,250
The Village Musician
Alexander Ishchenko
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$2,000
Three Muses
Sophia Dobreva – Nolita
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,702
Let Me Play For You
Gabriel Monte
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,067
Thread of Companionship
Toheeb Ibrahim
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,550
Sea swell n*11 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$860
Catechismo Classe 2
Matteo Fieno
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,847
First Fruit - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Mother and Child
Ani Izuchukwu Valentine
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$4,800
Ra’ah (Shepherd)
Merenini Williams
Painting - 81.3 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 25 x 1 inch
$1,800
Paris, Déambulation 3
Anne Niewiadomski
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$771
Smoke IV
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 30 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$700
Alors Nino tu marches ?
Clément Herrmann
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$949
Sweet and Sour
Ganiyat Abdulazeez
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch
$3,200
Mitologías -Serie, Nos vemos en el Azul-
Esther Aragon
Painting - 65 x 93 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.6 x 0.8 inch
$949
Portrait - The Game of Life
Guoyi Liu
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$15,185
Coluche
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Painting - 162 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,966 $2,373
I Also Have A Rose - 21st Century Contemporary, Figurative Impasto, Floral Women
Dan Uduak-obong
Painting - 119.9 x 118.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 46.5 x 1 inch
$2,450
Girl drinking an egg
Kateryna Krivchach
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$850
She Learned To Have Faith In Her Abilities
Grady Tomlinson Zeeman
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.8 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.1 inch
$2,610
A whiff of freedom
Maria Aldashkova
Painting - 50 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$750
Paysages de Chine 2
Guoquan Zeng
Painting - 120 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,271
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Love and Flowers - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Taiwo Odejinmi
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1 inch
$2,450
Impossible behaviour - 9
Galya Popova
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,898
lueur rouge, lithographie originale
Christophe Hohler
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.05 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$783
