r/Paintings 19d ago

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r/Paintings 4h ago

A new version of my old Four Horsemen painting, finished today.

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153 Upvotes

r/Paintings 8h ago

Witness my Act and Deed, Oil on Canvas, Frank Paton, 1882.

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61 Upvotes

r/Paintings 2h ago

My Paintings. Mostly oil on canvas and acrylic on canvas

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r/Paintings 10h ago

The Mirror - Acrylic On Canvas

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38 Upvotes

My first painting with Acrylic on Canvas.

It represents the reflection of the self and the past.

Constructive criticism comments are welcomed


r/Paintings 2h ago

Painting digital effects by hand

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This project pushed me to the limits of my patience and skill. Mostly hand brushed with a bit of masking + airbrush to finalize the details, I wanted to give a final push before welcoming our first child in late August. Enjoy this picture of me exhaustedly smiling next to the piece plus some detail shots. The painting is 48x60in and is called "Xenofract".


r/Paintings 9h ago

Swallows, raw oil paint, and deliberate imperfections. Part of my new series: "Wings and Shadows in Transylvania".

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Fresh off the easel, an alla prima oil painting capturing five barn swallows perched together.
​This piece is part of my new series, "Wings and Shadows in Transylvania".

For this work, I deliberately chose to leave the "process" visible rather than chasing a clean, finished look in oil. I left rough, unrefined brushstrokes, visible marks, and raw paint texture right on the canvas.

​Knowing how much focus on technique and painterly details fellow artists appreciate, I'm curious how this rugged approach to five perching swallows sits with the community!


r/Paintings 20h ago

I just finished this painting!

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71 Upvotes

This is "Shimmering Tide" oil on canvas


r/Paintings 1d ago

Blank canvas - my workspace in acrylic

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445 Upvotes

r/Paintings 8h ago

Kid

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6 Upvotes

Acrylic/Paper.


r/Paintings 21h ago

Pearl, Oil on canvas board

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57 Upvotes

r/Paintings 5h ago

"Garden For Eden" An acrylic painting

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“Garden for Eden” An acrylic painting that was created out of mourning for a little girl. Eden is depicted in a garden where there is no pain or suffering. The birth-month flowers represent the journey of her life: the beginning, diagnosis, and death. She is carrying my late bunny, Alfie, who is keeping her company in her peaceful garden.


r/Paintings 4h ago

Strawberry Fever, Acrylic on Canvas, 2026 [OC]

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Another tooth filled fruit for your viewing pleasure


r/Paintings 1h ago

Traxex | DotA2 | oil on canvas

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r/Paintings 2h ago

Desire to Sin. Oil on 24*20 inch canvas. Would love some critiques

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In Desire to Sin, the canvas becomes a battleground of light and shadow, heaven and hell. At the top, a fiery eruption of desire blazes through the clouds, pulling souls downward with its golden, tempting lure. Below, the serene whites of heaven dissolve into the stormy blues and blacks of chaos. The once-stable cloud realm of purity fractures as desire breaks through, dragging figures toward the infernal blaze above. A faint rainbow, almost lost in the turmoil, hints at hope, now fading. This piece explores the fragility of virtue when desire overtakes reason, illustrating the eternal conflict between spiritual elevation and carnal temptation.


r/Paintings 13h ago

“My Loving Conduit”

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6 Upvotes

r/Paintings 21h ago

Painted a Manhattan, made the frame, oil on canvas

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8 Upvotes

r/Paintings 1d ago

Don't swim beyond the buoys

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37 Upvotes

r/Paintings 1d ago

" A Cold Stare " Oil on board 18" x 24" Bill Langis Fine Art

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5 Upvotes

r/Paintings 1d ago

Another Highland Cow

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27 Upvotes

Acrylics and soft pastels on canvas, 16x20


r/Paintings 1d ago

Goshawk, Vincent Bihn II, Acrylic

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3 Upvotes

My acrylic painting of a Goshawk. #birdart #wildlifeart #hawks #birds #art #pai


r/Paintings 20h ago

Do you like it?

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An alien plant


r/Paintings 1d ago

The Batignolles Trench, Oil on Canvas, Claude Monet, 1877.

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5 Upvotes

r/Paintings 1d ago

Old man

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27 Upvotes

Acrylic/Cardboard.


r/Paintings 2d ago

Tickets Please, Oil on Canvas, Kalervo Palsa, 1970.

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62 Upvotes