{"title":"Figurative","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal figurative art for sale: portraits, figures, and expressive human subjects in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and textile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include the porcelain-like portraits of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/meifen-zhong\"\u003eMeifen Zhong\u003c\/a\u003e, the luminous glazed oils of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eWenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e, the expressionist figures of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kate-vorona\"\u003eKate Vorona\u003c\/a\u003e, the tufted self-portraits of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eCedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e, and the watercolors of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eFlavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"la-dolce-vita","title":"La Dolce Vita","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa Dolce Vita has a quiet, dreamlike atmosphere that feels both familiar and slightly imagined. Javiera balances soft pastel skies, luminous water, and abstracted landforms in a way that feels very intuitive and emotional rather than descriptive. There is a warmth and stillness to the painting, but also a subtle sense of movement flowing through the composition. The work reflects her ongoing interest in memory, landscape, and the way places can exist more vividly in feeling than in exact detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/javiera-da-fonseca-ilic\"\u003eBrowse all works by Javiera da Fonseca Ilic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53716485833014,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_6_7d519750-6e18-4896-ae86-24d7d6d024f0.jpg?v=1771667979"},{"product_id":"rapunzel","title":"Rapunzel","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong Zimmerman's figure paintings this is a work of unusual scale and ambition. The fairy tale source gives the composition its organizing image: a figure and the extraordinary cascade of hair that defines her story, rendered in swirling rivers of gold and amber that dominate the picture plane with equal parts decorative force and psychological weight. Zimmerman has always been drawn to the moment where the botanical and the human merge, and here the hair achieves exactly that fusion, becoming at once a personal attribute and a landscape, a condition and an environment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"22\" data-end=\"299\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting synthesizes the influences that have shaped a lifetime of practice: the bold flat color of Gauguin, the sinuous line of Art Nouveau, and the compressed figure work of painters who found in myth a language adequate to complex modern experience. The color is deep and opulent, the warm golds of the hair set against darker botanical forms. It is the kind of painting that comes only from a painter who also works in three dimensions, who understands the weight and volume of the figure from the inside out, and who has spent decades building toward this kind of synthesis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"22\" data-end=\"299\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53717324169526,"sku":null,"price":23000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_7_a6ba0b4f-c1b2-4157-a323-c46a01fcd9fb.jpg?v=1771747841"},{"product_id":"cobbled-village","title":"Cobbled Village","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cobblestone street is among the oldest subjects in European townscape painting, and Zimmerman brings to it the warm, saturated palette that is his chromatic signature: the terracottas and amber golds of sun-warmed stone, the deep greens of the vegetation that threads through every crack and climbs every wall, the whole rendered with a boldness of form that makes the scene feel more vivid than a photograph and more honest than a postcard. The cobbles themselves anchor the composition in the tactile specificity of the place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"481\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe painting belongs to a body of village work that Zimmerman has developed across forty years of painting practice, each canvas adding to a cumulative portrait of the Mediterranean world as a place of warmth, human density, and the particular beauty that comes from centuries of habitation. His ceramic studio runs alongside his painting studio, and the pleasure he takes in the stacking of fired forms finds its painted equivalent in the stacking of these warm buildings up the hillside, each one resting on the next with the unhurried logic of a place that has had time to settle into itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"481\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53717336686902,"sku":null,"price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_6_c0fa3677-99f3-4c72-9625-00ea6ffa831d.jpg?v=1771750431"},{"product_id":"twins","title":"Twins","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo figures - one warm rose, one cool violet - are wrapped around each other in a hold that reads equally as tenderness and gravity. The square format contains them perfectly, like something complete. Around them, Vorona's signature swirling background churns with color and life, making the stillness at the center of the composition feel all the more deliberate. Trained at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau, Vorona has made human connection her central subject - and here that commitment produces something quietly unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kate-vorona\"\u003eBrowse all works by Kate Vorona\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53717769224502,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_37_c4b830e3-6cfe-4932-972a-b4e6ee99ff11.jpg?v=1771792948"},{"product_id":"civilisation","title":"Civilisation","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tangle of figures emerges from a dense, almost hallucinatory field of color - bodies pressing against one another, hands reaching, arms raised, as if caught mid-gesture between struggle and surrender. The central figure, rendered in warm orange, holds a quiet stillness amid the surrounding chaos, her gaze direct and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate's linework is meticulous - each form built through thousands of fine strokes - giving the flesh a vibrating, almost charged quality. The palette moves boldly from coral and rose to deep mauve and shadow, while the background fractures into psychedelic bursts of teal, yellow, and electric green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something ancient here - echoes of Renaissance compositions, of Rodin's compressed masses - yet the work feels entirely contemporary in its emotional register. It asks, without resolution, about the weight of proximity: what it means to be held, surrounded, or overwhelmed by others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kate-vorona\"\u003eBrowse all works by Kate Vorona\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53720222105910,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/BlackCat_whitewall_12036616-140f-4004-be0c-a2f9362e1b52.jpg?v=1777637777"},{"product_id":"do-you-smell-fumes","title":"Do You Smell Fumes?","description":"\u003cp\u003eA figure stands with arms crossed, gas mask on, a single red flower at his head, electric green blazing behind him. The image lands instantly. Color, confrontation, presence. Tufted in acrylic yarn on cotton at 68 x 48 inches, the work fills a room. Up close the surface is unexpectedly soft, the dimensional yarn almost contradicting the severity of the image. Cedric began using his own likeness while teaching himself to tuft, and that honesty remains. A self portrait about the masks we wear while we are still figuring ourselves out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723431043382,"sku":null,"price":5300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_7_c0d858b9-b377-4b58-8fa4-0d52f64f1a13.jpg?v=1772016669"},{"product_id":"too-noble-to-curb-and-too-lofty-to-bend","title":"Too Noble to Curb and Too Lofty to Bend","description":"\u003cp\u003eHis back faces us. Bare shoulders, a golden halo hovering above, the waistband of his jeans just visible at the bottom of the frame. He does not turn around. The title reads like a declaration, and the image carries it easily. There is dignity in the posture, in the stillness, in the quiet authority of the halo. The deep red ground gives the figure warmth and gravity. One of Cedric's most composed works, and one of his most quietly powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723441201462,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_5_0bd76276-a113-430a-92be-04c23cfc71c8.jpg?v=1772016740"},{"product_id":"this-particular-self","title":"This Particular Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eA figure sits against burning orange and red, a burst of white rays behind his head. Part halo, part alarm, part pure visual energy. At 58 x 45 inches the scale matters. It fills your field of vision the way a strong presence fills a room. Color and composition hit immediately, while the tufted surface gives the image physical gravity. The title says it plainly. Not the self as an idea. This particular one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723449590070,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_7_b0414fa1-cd6c-4c06-9ff2-1bcdb8a690cd.jpg?v=1772016843"},{"product_id":"i-love-machiavelli-but-the-storyline-for-me-has-run-stale","title":"I Love Machiavelli, but the Storyline for Me Has Run Stale!","description":"\u003cp\u003eA figure lies face down on a purple bed. 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The yarn gives the surface a warmth that draws you closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723466465590,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_6_79896d85-17c4-42ec-9482-4e374214ee53.jpg?v=1772017022"},{"product_id":"duckwrth-dared-me","title":"Duckwrth Dared Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eA figure in a blue denim jacket stands with his back turned, a white star centered between the shoulder blades. We never see the face, and we do not need to. The back becomes the portrait, the jacket the statement. There is a quiet confidence in what the composition chooses not to reveal. The deep blue is rich and enveloping, the star bold and clean against it. Cedric titled the work after the musician Duckwrth, and the energy of that world, creative, collaborative, unapologetically itself, runs through every thread. Loose, graphic, and full of quiet swagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723481112886,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_7_66ca3296-da51-4594-a935-7c882c98d0f4.jpg?v=1772017126"},{"product_id":"lago","title":"Lago","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack and white. High contrast. Immediate. A face emerges from curling forms, white flowers threading through the hair as if they had always belonged there. Up close the surface is dense and tactile, every loop of yarn holding the image together. Step back and it resolves into something graphic and striking. Cedric understands that tension well. Texture and image. Intimacy and impact. Lago sits exactly in that space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723490877750,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_3_f3631ae6-a848-4c0b-a874-ef86ff89f594.jpg?v=1772017245"},{"product_id":"28-cedric-vu","title":"28","description":"\u003cp\u003eA face looks directly back at you. Chin resting on folded arms, a yellow flower in his hair, eyes that refuse to look away. No mask. No costume. No prop. Just Cedric. The warm orange ground gives the figure a quiet glow, and the tufted texture of the skin holds light in a way photographs struggle to capture. 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That contrast between softness and violence is precisely the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723507458358,"sku":null,"price":15000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_6_51a0ac7c-eaae-41f8-a690-243d297cd64e.jpg?v=1772017456"},{"product_id":"cool-story-breaux","title":"Cool Story Breaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eA figure in a black and gold athletic kit raises a phone for a selfie. We see the body, never the face. The teal background hums behind the dark uniform. It becomes a portrait of performance, self documentation, and the way a generation constructs its own image. Cedric captures the moment with a light touch and a knowing title. Playful, sharp, unmistakably of now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53723512930614,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_7_c07c254b-a57f-48b0-96f2-92e37f8f550a.jpg?v=1772017567"},{"product_id":"with-a-brush","title":"With A Brush","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat the image can't fully capture is the rare silky surface of Goren's encaustic process - thin layers of beeswax fused with heat that give the work a luminous, tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch it. A female figure in red stands against a warm amber ground, brush in hand - an artist caught in the act of making. Goren rarely paints artists directly, making this an unusually personal image - a celebration of the deliberate act of creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rinat-goren\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rinat Goren\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53743472509238,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_6ed7fecd-0d55-40ff-a89c-2f4508a3bbb1.jpg?v=1772534546"},{"product_id":"wrapped-in-thoughts-iii","title":"Wrapped In Thoughts III","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat the image can't fully capture is the rare silky surface of Goren's encaustic process - thin layers of beeswax fused with heat that give the work a luminous, tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch it. A seated figure, built from layered encaustic and collage elements in pale grey, amber, and orange, sits in quiet contemplation against a fragmented ground. 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Multiple figures emerge from and dissolve back into a warm amber and orange ground - some more solid, some barely suggested. The tension between individual and collective is at the heart of Goren's practice, and this painting states it simply and beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rinat-goren\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rinat Goren\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53746843943222,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_46a0b9fe-94df-4fd9-83dd-f664227e2e30.jpg?v=1772617438"},{"product_id":"looking-forward","title":"Looking Forward","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat the image can't fully capture is the rare silky surface of Goren's encaustic process - thin layers of beeswax fused with heat that give the work a luminous, tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch it. A seated figure in warm amber and gold, rendered in flowing line against a background of vertical wax-layered striations. The body leans forward with intention - there's a clarity of direction here, a sense of purpose caught mid-thought. Goren's central concern is the human capacity to think and act deliberately, and this figure embodies exactly that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rinat-goren\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rinat Goren\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53747144098102,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_5526976a-ec84-42c3-83fb-a4b80a56bae1.jpg?v=1772618613"},{"product_id":"love-this-man","title":"Love This Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat the image can't fully capture is the rare silky surface of Goren's encaustic process - thin layers of beeswax fused with heat that give the work a luminous, tactile quality that makes you want to reach out and touch it. A male figure stands at the center of the composition - rendered in outline, slightly fragmented, surrounded by layered collage elements. The figure feels simultaneously specific and universal, pulled from newspaper fragments and beeswax into something tender and particular. This is one of Goren's most personal-feeling works, the title making no attempt at distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/rinat-goren\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rinat Goren\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53747178766646,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original_bbb18810-581a-484d-982c-8c346182efb9.jpg?v=1772619029"},{"product_id":"first-day-of-summer","title":"First Day of Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA girl in a white short-sleeved shirt is seen from behind, her dark hair in a long braid that falls down her back. She faces a soft, cloud-filled turquoise sky - the particular pale green-blue of early summer. 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Zhu's work frequently withholds direct access to her subjects' expressions, finding in the turned back or downcast gaze a form of privacy that is more revealing than confrontation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752715215158,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/FirstDayofSummer_whitewall.jpg?v=1772721116"},{"product_id":"the-fragile-glitter-no-2","title":"The Fragile Glitter No.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eA close-up portrait of a porcelain doll rendered with the full attention Zhu gives to her human subjects - blue eyes catching the light, rosy cheeks, an expression fixed in the particular not-quite-smile of a doll that has always been just beyond reach. She wears a dark dress scattered with small gold stars. The painting belongs to Zhu's Fragile Glitter series, which reimagines porcelain dolls as symbols of purity - perfect, delicate, and quietly luminous. Zhu renders the doll with the same care and psychological attention as her portraits of children, and the effect is that the boundary between the two begins to dissolve. She works in oil with a traditional multi-layered glazing technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752762499382,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/TheFragileGlitterNo.2_whitewall.jpg?v=1772721571"},{"product_id":"a-moment-of-silence","title":"A Moment of Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eA child in a mustard-yellow jacket wears an oversized pink bear hat, its round ears framing a face of complete, absorbed stillness. The gaze is direct but turned inward - aware of being seen, unmoved by it. Zhu's paintings return repeatedly to children in moments of self-contained quiet, finding in their stillness a form of emotional complexity that resists easy sentiment. She is a self-taught painter based in College Station, Texas, who began working in oil in 2019, using a traditional multi-layered glazing technique rooted in Renaissance and French academic painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752773837110,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/AMomentofSilence_whitewall.jpg?v=1772721708"},{"product_id":"sea-fog","title":"Sea Fog","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pale figure sits alone in a small white rowboat on a still, gray-blue sea, an oar resting across the gunwale. In the far distance, the faint outline of a lighthouse or sail is barely visible through the mist. The atmosphere is one of complete quietude - not loneliness exactly, but solitude chosen or accepted. Zhu's figurative work consistently locates its subjects in moments that seem to exist outside of narrative time, and this figure in her boat is among the most distilled of those images. She was born in Suzhou, China, and began painting in 2019 after a career as an environmental scientist, working in oil with a traditional multi-layered glazing technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752776491318,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/SeaFog_whitewall.jpg?v=1772721966"},{"product_id":"liberation-no-1","title":"Liberation No.1","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman in a white dress floats horizontally above a darkening sea, arms outstretched, hair streaming behind her - neither falling nor flying, but suspended in a state that is both. The horizon below glows with the last light of sunset, deep orange against the blue of dusk. The image carries the quality of a dream that has not yet resolved into fear or freedom. Zhu's work is informed by Magritte's psychological distance as much as by the classical tenderness of Raphael and Bouguereau, and this piece draws directly from that surrealist inheritance. She builds her paintings through traditional oil glazing techniques, and the luminosity of the figure against the twilight sky is a product of that patient, layered process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752788844854,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/LiberationNo.1_whitewall.jpg?v=1772722245"},{"product_id":"a-furry-friend","title":"A Furry Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003eA girl in a red polo shirt holds a small brown teddy bear, wearing a pair of round bear ears on her head - toy and child rhyming with each other in both form and feeling. Her gaze is direct but inward, the expression of someone who has not decided whether to trust the viewer. The bear is worn and clearly beloved. Zhu's paintings return persistently to the theme of childhood - its fragility, its self-sufficiency, the way children hold their interior lives apart from the adult world. She was introduced to image-making by her grandfather, a Chinese calligrapher, and later earned a PhD in environmental science before devoting herself fully to painting in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752798249270,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/afurryfriend_whitewall.jpg?v=1772722344"},{"product_id":"per-aspera-ad-astra-zhu","title":"Per Apera Ad Astra","description":"\u003cp\u003eA girl with large, pale eyes stands against a cool blue sky, white feathered wings folded behind her - an angel who does not look comforted by her own wings. A small crescent moon is marked on her upper arm. The Latin title - \"through hardship to the stars\" - gives the image its emotional register: this is not triumph but endurance, something still in the process of becoming. Zhu's figurative work consistently explores the interior lives of children and young women, finding in stillness a form of psychological depth. She works in oil with a traditional multi-layered glazing technique rooted in Renaissance and French academic painting, and began painting professionally in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752811192630,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/PerAperaAdAstra_whitewall.jpg?v=1772722619"},{"product_id":"magnolia-moon","title":"Magnolia Moon","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young girl stands before a large full moon, her dark hair crowned with flowering magnolia branches in full bloom - pink blossoms against a soft, dusky sky. Her expression is inward, unhurried, carrying the particular self-containment that appears throughout Zhu's work. The magnolia, a flower associated with purity and feminine strength in Chinese culture, sits naturally in her hair as though it grew there. Zhu was born in Suzhou, China - a city famous for its classical gardens - and introduced to image-making by her grandfather, a calligrapher. She works in oil using a traditional multi-layered glazing technique, building from grisaille underpainting through successive transparent glazes to achieve the soft luminosity that distinguishes her surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/wenyi-zhu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Wenyi Zhu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752815812918,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/MagnoliaMoon_whitewall.jpg?v=1772722830"},{"product_id":"figure-i","title":"Figure I","description":"\u003cp\u003eA torso rendered almost entirely in blush and dusty rose, the pigment pooling and diffusing into the white of the paper so that the body seems to emerge from the surface rather than be placed on it. Cuddemi works with watercolor the way a sculptor works with light - not adding detail, but allowing form to appear through the gentlest pressure. Trained as a biomedical engineer before leaving it all for drawing, she brings an unusual precision to this apparent looseness. The figure is unposed, unhurried, and utterly human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53764952424758,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original-2026-03-10T154323.667.jpg?v=1773182972"},{"product_id":"figure-ii","title":"Figure II","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere Figure I is warm and rose-toned, this companion piece is cool - the same torso rendered in washes of pale blue, slate, and soft violet. The pigment pools at the joints and hollows of the body, defining form through shadow rather than line. Together, the two works feel like the same subject seen in different light, or different moods - a pair that speaks to Cuddemi's central preoccupation with the body as something felt from within rather than observed from without.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53765001576758,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original-2026-03-10T155030.106.jpg?v=1773183064"},{"product_id":"baby-blue","title":"Baby Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something immediately striking about this piece. Deep cobalt hair frames the face and vibrates against the cool, pale skin. Zhong layers warm and cool tones with great precision, creating a porcelain-like glow that seems to rise from beneath the surface. The composition is cropped tightly, cutting off the chin just enough to create a sense of incompleteness, as if we have caught the figure in the middle of a thought. The single visible eye carries the emotional weight of the painting, tender, slightly melancholic, and quietly distant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/meifen-zhong\"\u003eBrowse all works by Meifen Zhong\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771380261174,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original-2026-03-12T174102.664.jpg?v=1773362503"},{"product_id":"starlight-in-hot-cocoa","title":"Starlight in Hot Cocoa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA face in three-quarter profile, turning gently away from the light. Zhong builds her porcelain-like surface through delicate layers of warm tones beneath cool, luminous glazes, so the skin seems to glow from within. From the surrounding darkness, the figure slowly emerges, the shadows deepening the sense of quiet intimacy. It feels less like a portrait and more like a private moment unfolding just beyond our reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/meifen-zhong\"\u003eBrowse all works by Meifen Zhong\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771383079222,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original-2026-03-12T174321.720.jpg?v=1773362647"},{"product_id":"lost-in-daydream","title":"Lost in Daydream","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgainst a teal ground, a figure lifts her gaze, lips slightly parted, suspended between thoughts. Zhong builds the face through a careful balance of warm blush and cool glazes, creating a smooth, luminous surface that recalls porcelain. The sculptural green hair frames the face, while the quiet expression leaves the feeling of a thought drifting somewhere just out of view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/meifen-zhong\"\u003eBrowse all works by Meifen Zhong\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771384815926,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/original-2026-03-12T174451.839.jpg?v=1773362729"},{"product_id":"blue-wave","title":"Blue Wave","description":"\u003cp\u003eCuddemi returns again and again to the hand - reaching, holding, almost touching. It is where connection begins and where it is most honestly felt. She gives them space to breathe, setting them against white and letting the gesture speak. Whether two hands drift toward each other across open space or arms intertwine in something between tension and tenderness, the hand carries everything. No faces are needed. In her work, a hand becomes a whole conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800147124534,"sku":null,"price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/bluewave_whitewall_c88e4fdb-48a9-404e-9260-7020a8d00d3f.jpg?v=1774003383"},{"product_id":"hug-i","title":"Hug I","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something universal about an embrace, and Cuddemi knows it. She keeps the details spare - no faces, no setting - so what remains is pure feeling. She paints the hug the way one remembers it: not in sharp detail, but in warmth and weight, the watercolor softening the edges until two figures become, briefly, one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800151286070,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/hugI_whitewall.jpg?v=1774004110"},{"product_id":"contact","title":"Contact","description":"\u003cp\u003eCuddemi returns again and again to the hand - reaching, holding, almost touching. It is where connection begins and where it is most honestly felt. She gives them space to breathe, setting them against white and letting the gesture speak. No faces are needed. In her work, a hand becomes a whole conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800470380854,"sku":null,"price":2350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/contact_whitewall.jpg?v=1774021053"},{"product_id":"red-hug","title":"Red Hug","description":"\u003cp\u003eCuddemi returns again and again to the hand - reaching, holding, almost touching. It is where connection begins and where it is most honestly felt. Arms intertwine in something between tension and tenderness, the gesture carrying everything. No faces are needed. In her work, a hand becomes a whole conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800489976118,"sku":null,"price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/redhug_whitewall.jpg?v=1774021219"},{"product_id":"hug-ii","title":"Hug II","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something universal about an embrace, and Cuddemi knows it. She keeps the details spare - no faces, no setting - so what remains is pure feeling. She paints the hug the way one remembers it: not in sharp detail, but in warmth and weight, the watercolor softening the edges until two figures become, briefly, one. A companion piece to Hug I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/flavia-cuddemi\"\u003eBrowse all works by Flavia Cuddemi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53800492630326,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/hugII_whitewall.jpg?v=1774021385"},{"product_id":"por-que-a-mi-por-que-no","title":"¿Por qué a mí? ¿Por qué no?,","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne big horse head and one small one share a single flowing ribbon of a form here, wrapped together like a scarf, a hug, a shared secret, set against a sky blue background that keeps all the attention on them. Each wears a mirrored checkerboard collar in deep red, a small playful detail on an otherwise quiet, tender image. The title, Why me? Why not?, has that same shrug and smile logic the whole painting carries, part riddle, part gentle joke about identity and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmaller and more pared back than her tablescapes, this piece still has all of Rochi Lana's charm packed into a tighter frame, a lovely, slightly mysterious little companion for an entryway, a reading nook, or anywhere that could use a dose of whimsy. This piece will be shipped unstretched and carefully rolled in protective tube for safer international transportation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54378251452726,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/Porqueami__Porqueno__whitewall.png?v=1786089676"},{"product_id":"encuentro","title":"Encuentro","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree horses line up shoulder to shoulder in their Sunday best, each one dressed in its own checkerboard pattern, forest green, sky blue, deep berry red, like old friends who coordinated outfits without quite matching. The table between them is a happy jumble: a mate gourd with its straw still in, a little swan paddling across the green, one dark flower, a coffee cup, plates dressed up with olives. Rochi Lana calls it Encuentro, a gathering, and you can feel it, that easy, unhurried warmth of old friends catching up over a shared meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWide, sunny, and full of personality, this one is made for a dining room or a long hallway where its cast of characters can spread out and be properly enjoyed, a painting that gets better the longer you sit with it. This piece will be shipped unstretched and carefully rolled in protective tube for safer international transportation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54378351591734,"sku":null,"price":4300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/Encuentro_whitewall.png?v=1786091246"},{"product_id":"the-gemini-table","title":"The Gemini Table","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo horses face off across a green tablecloth in matching harlequin party coats, checked in maroon and cream like they've come dressed for the same costume ball. 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In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54378413326646,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/TheGeminiTable_whitewall.png?v=1786091755"},{"product_id":"picnic","title":"Picnic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree figures walk away from the viewer down a sandy path in this acrylic on canvas, bags slung over their shoulders and sun hats in place, a pair of small dogs trotting ahead of them toward a distant sea. Da Fonseca Ilić paints the scrubby coastal greenery in loose, confident strokes of sage and olive, leaving the figures rendered simply, from behind, so the viewer follows their path rather than their faces. The sandy trail winds gently through the brush, catching warm light along its edges, while the small dogs add a sense of motion and playfulness to an otherwise still, contemplative scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompact and narrative, this piece suits an entryway, a mudroom, or a casual den where its easy, sun-drenched mood can set the tone for the room. It has the unforced charm of a snapshot from a shared afternoon outdoors, the kind of quiet coastal ritual da Fonseca Ilić has returned to often since settling in Mexico, where daily walks along the shore became part of her creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJaviera da Fonseca Ilić is a Chilean painter born in Santiago in 1982, now based in Mexico. She studied Visual Arts at the Universidad de Chile from 2000 to 2005, specializing in painting, and later studied art appreciation under Eugenio Dittborn. Working in oil, acrylic, and spray on canvas, she builds landscapes charged with saturated, sometimes neon color drawn from sunsets, tropical foliage, and architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, including a solo show titled Aura at Back Gallery Project in Vancouver, and fairs such as Art Market San Francisco and Art on Paper New York, most recently the San Francisco Art Fair in 2026. Da Fonseca Ilić treats each canvas as a threshold between the natural and the built world, using color to hold a scene suspended in time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/javiera-da-fonseca-ilic\"\u003eBrowse all works by Javiera da Fonseca Ilic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54402650800438,"sku":null,"price":1300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/111.jpg?v=1786613127"},{"product_id":"cedric-vu-inverted-portrait-of-alysa-liu-2026","title":"****’* **** *’* Fucking ******* *****!!!!!!!!","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThis inverted portrait of Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu turns a fleeting expression into something bold, immediate, and almost cinematic. Working from a photograph by Matthew Johnson, Cédric Vu translates the image into acrylic yarn on cotton, using the softness and density of the material to build the face through shifts in black, gray, and white.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inverted composition makes the familiar feel slightly disorienting, while the close crop and expressive mouth give the work a strong sense of personality and movement. Vu’s use of tufting adds another layer to the image, replacing the smooth surface of a photograph with a tactile, physical texture that changes how the portrait is read up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once playful, graphic, and intimate, the work reflects Vu’s interest in contemporary portraiture and in pushing a traditional textile process into a distinctly modern visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54512816095542,"sku":null,"price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/IMG_508112.jpg?v=1788601397"},{"product_id":"cedric-vu-bright-2026","title":"Bright","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold, large-scale portrait filled with color, texture, and movement. Cédric Vu uses acrylic yarn on cotton to build the image through vivid reds, pinks, oranges, and blacks, creating a surface that feels both graphic and tactile.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe raised hands, small symbols, and sharp yellow accents give the composition a playful, almost restless energy. From a distance, the portrait comes together clearly, while up close, the texture of the yarn becomes an important part of the work itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 67 inches square, \u003cem\u003eBright\u003c\/em\u003e has a strong presence. It reflects Vu’s interest in portraiture while showing how textile can completely change the way an image is experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54513211834678,"sku":null,"price":15000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/IMG_05861.jpg?v=1788606954"},{"product_id":"afterglow-fka-twigs-yarn-portrait","title":"Afterglow","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eI keep coming back to the eyes in this one. Everything else sits in grayscale, worked in yarn so dense it almost photographs like a print, and then there's this small hit of yellow right in the pupils. It's such a simple move, but it's the thing that makes the whole piece breathe. Without it, you'd have a beautifully rendered, quiet portrait. With it, she's looking right at you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe headwrap does a lot of the heavy lifting too. It's not just framing, it's got its own weight and folds, almost sculptural in how it's built up in the yarn. You can tell the artist spent real time there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis one was made for a Spotify partnership, a portrait of FKA Twigs, and honestly it fits her presence well. There's a stillness to it that doesn't feel passive. At nearly six feet square, it holds a wall the way a good portrait should, you don't just glance at it walking by.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cedric-vu\"\u003eBrowse all works by Cedric Vu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54513250992438,"sku":null,"price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/afterglow.jpg?v=1788609220"},{"product_id":"conexion","title":"Conexión","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo horse-headed figures turn toward one another, their green eyes meeting above a tangle of crossed arms and pale blue trouser legs. One holds a bright red circle, the other a softly patterned blush shape, as though they've arrived with small offerings whose meaning only they understand. Little horses race across their trousers, delicate flowers interrupt the geometry, and faint animal outlines wander through the buttery yellow background. There is something tender in all this busy movement, two wonderfully unlikely characters finding a moment of connection in the middle of it.\u003cbr\u003eLarge and full of quiet surprises, Conexión would feel at home in a living room or above a generous console, somewhere its soft colors can settle into the space and its small details can reward a closer look. It has the presence to hold a wall and the warmth to keep it friendly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67672572002614,"sku":null,"price":5800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/01--12_whitewall.jpg?v=1791563342"},{"product_id":"gloria","title":"Gloria","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo chestnut horse-headed figures stand shoulder to shoulder in flowing cream outfits, looking as though they've dressed for an occasion and are keeping the details to themselves. Powder blue diamonds stretch across the background, while a pale blue bottle and a cluster of vivid red fruit bring a little everyday oddness to the scene. Their dark manes, sideways glances, and olive green shoes give them just enough personality to make you wonder what happens after the picture ends. The whole painting feels softly theatrical, a grand entrance made without much fuss.\u003cbr\u003eTall, airy, and quietly assured, Gloria suits a living room, dining room, or spacious entrance where its full scale can be enjoyed. The pale palette gives it an easy elegance, while those small flashes of red keep the room from becoming too well behaved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67672601690422,"sku":null,"price":5800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/Gloria-first-image.png?v=1791564175"},{"product_id":"two-of-a-kind","title":"Two of a Kind","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo horse-headed characters lean away from one another in matching sage and cream harlequin outfits, their arms lifted into a pose that feels somewhere between a dance and a private joke. Dark manes sweep across their shoulders, warm brown hands interrupt the checks, and a bright red circle hovers above one raised palm. Look closer and a faint little flower appears beside the figure on the left, an unexpectedly gentle detail among all those elbows and diamonds. They're clearly a pair, even if neither seems inclined to admit who started the dance.\u003cbr\u003ePlayful, graphic, and easy to live with, Two of a Kind brings personality to a sitting room, a dining space, or a wall above a console. Its generous scale lets the pattern make an impression from across the room, while the expressions give you a reason to come closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67672627675446,"sku":null,"price":3900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/Two-of-a-Kind-first-image.png?v=1791564519"},{"product_id":"una-y-otra-vez","title":"Una y otra vez","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree horse-headed figures line up in pink and cream harlequin outfits, each looking to the right as though the same interesting thing has caught their attention. At first they seem almost identical, then the differences begin to appear: a green eyelid here, an orange accent there, a slightly different hand resting against each patterned chest. Two bold red shapes punctuate the lower half, breaking up the soft pink rhythm with a little flourish. It's repetition with personality, the same familiar character returning again and again without ever becoming quite the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWarm, sociable, and gently mischievous, Una y otra vez would sit beautifully above a sideboard or in a living room where its horizontal composition has room to breathe. The blush tones bring softness, and the three watchful faces make surprisingly entertaining company.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67672631968054,"sku":null,"price":2700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/Una-y-otra-vez-first-image.png?v=1791564950"},{"product_id":"mumiah","title":"Mumiah","description":"\u003cp\u003eA single horse stretches across a sage green field, all four legs lifted as though the ground has briefly become optional. Its body is covered in chocolate brown and cream diamonds, a harlequin coat carried right down to its flying hooves. A dark mane traces the neck, and a long brown tail streams behind, giving the whole scene a wonderful forward pull. There is no landscape to explain where it is going, just this patterned creature enjoying the journey. It's a small painting with a very convincing sense of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMumiah brings movement to an intimate space without overwhelming it. Its compact horizontal format suits a reading corner, a small console, or a shelf arrangement, where the muted green can sit comfortably among books, wood, and everyday objects. A little dash of energy for a room that likes to take things slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRochi Lana is an Argentine illustrator and visual artist born in 1990 and based in Buenos Aires, working since 2019 under the artistic identity Banana Split. In acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, she builds playful, pattern-rich scenes populated by recurring horses, tables, and small domestic objects, and her work circulates internationally through galleries, licensing, and fine art print studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/Rochi-Lana\" title=\"Rochi-Lana Art\"\u003eBrowse all works by Rochi Lana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Scout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67672637899062,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/3815\/0198\/files\/01-Mumiah.png?v=1791565303"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.artscout.pro\/collections\/figurative.oembed?page=3","provider":"Art Scout","version":"1.0","type":"link"}