Damian Osborne
@damianosborne.com
I'm a fine artist from South Africa, inspired by Baroque and Contemporary Realism painting. I make all my own pigments. I write music for my artworks.
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Nearly done. It's a painting of Silenus, Greek God of Drunkness.
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#nudedrawing #nudeart #nudefiguredrawing #tortoise #greekmythology
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#nudedrawing #nudeart #nudefiguredrawing #tortoise #greekmythology
August 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Nearly done. It's a painting of Silenus, Greek God of Drunkness.
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#lifedrawing #figuremodel #figuredrawing #figurativeart #drawnfromlife #charcoaldrawing #figurestudy #watercolornude #gouache #watercolorart
#nudedrawing #nudeart #nudefiguredrawing #tortoise #greekmythology
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#lifedrawing #figuremodel #figuredrawing #figurativeart #drawnfromlife #charcoaldrawing #figurestudy #watercolornude #gouache #watercolorart
#nudedrawing #nudeart #nudefiguredrawing #tortoise #greekmythology
Starting a new #painting.
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#portraitdrawing #realism #representationalart #comtemporaryfigurative #drawnfromlife #figure #fineart #charcoaldrawing #figurestudy #emergingartist #southafricanartist
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August 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Just wrote a very personal blog and a piano caprice (for cat paws and voice). Also I just finished this watercolour painting of Greg Bon Jovi playing the caprice.
#watercolor #watercolorart #catpainting #painting #gouache #animalart #classicalrealism #catart
Just wrote a very personal blog and a piano caprice (for cat paws and voice). Also I just finished this watercolour painting of Greg Bon Jovi playing the caprice.
#watercolor #watercolorart #catpainting #painting #gouache #animalart #classicalrealism #catart
What's the Point of Creating When No One Cares? - Damian Osborne
As an artist have you ever wondered what the hell the point of it all is? Really. What's the point of creating anything?
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August 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Just wrote a very personal blog and a piano caprice (for cat paws and voice). Also I just finished this watercolour painting of Greg Bon Jovi playing the caprice.
#watercolor #watercolorart #catpainting #painting #gouache #animalart #classicalrealism #catart
Just wrote a very personal blog and a piano caprice (for cat paws and voice). Also I just finished this watercolour painting of Greg Bon Jovi playing the caprice.
#watercolor #watercolorart #catpainting #painting #gouache #animalart #classicalrealism #catart
Male Nude #figurativenudepainting
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting #nudeart
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
August 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Male Nude #figurativenudepainting
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting #nudeart
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting #nudeart
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
Male Nude Seated, oil on panel, 2023
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Painted from a #livemodel with my own handmade pigments
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
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Painted from a #livemodel with my own handmade pigments
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Male Nude Seated, oil on panel, 2023
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Painted from a #livemodel with my own handmade pigments
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
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Painted from a #livemodel with my own handmade pigments
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made #oilpaint
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #comtemporaryfigurative #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart #emergingartist
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #comtemporaryfigurative #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart #emergingartist
August 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Painted from a live model with my own hand-made #oilpaint
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #comtemporaryfigurative #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart #emergingartist
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #nudepainting
#portraitpainting #realism #representationalart #comtemporaryfigurative #lifedrawing #paintingfromlife #figurepainting #fineart #emergingartist
Temperance, oil on canvas, 2023.
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #selfportraitpainting
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting #angel
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #selfportraitpainting
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting #angel
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Temperance, oil on canvas, 2023.
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #selfportraitpainting
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting #angel
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
www.damianosborne.com
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #selfportraitpainting
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting #angel
The Year of the Fool, oil on board, Damian Osborne, 2021. Painted only with my own #handmadeoilpaints
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #selfportrait
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #surrealism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting
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August 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The Year of the Fool, oil on board, Damian Osborne, 2021. Painted only with my own #handmadeoilpaints
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#portraitpainting #fantasyart #surrealism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting
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#portraitpainting #fantasyart #surrealism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology #tarot #esotericart #oilpainting
Adding some more animals to my #painting (an Eastern Leopard Toad and a golden snake) and mixing up some more #watercolour pigment.
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#watercolor #watercolorart #contemporaryartist #gouache #natureart #naturalpigment #classicalrealism #realismpainting
#traditionalart #drawing
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#traditionalart #drawing
August 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Adding some more animals to my #painting (an Eastern Leopard Toad and a golden snake) and mixing up some more #watercolour pigment.
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#watercolor #watercolorart #contemporaryartist #gouache #natureart #naturalpigment #classicalrealism #realismpainting
#traditionalart #drawing
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#traditionalart #drawing
Adding more animals to my watercolour painting. A speckled mousebird chick I called Spike.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Adding more animals to my watercolour painting. A speckled mousebird chick I called Spike.
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artstudio #contemporaryartist #painting #gouache #arttips #painting #natureart #naturalpigment #classicalrealism #realismpainting #Bird #artdetail
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Working on a sweet little #watercolourpainting. It's taking much longer than I thought. I'm almost done and will post soon. I also wrote a blog and a piano caprice to go with this #painting
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August 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Working on a sweet little #watercolourpainting. It's taking much longer than I thought. I'm almost done and will post soon. I also wrote a blog and a piano caprice to go with this #painting
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#watercolorart
#watercolor #watercolorart #artstudio #contemporaryartist #gouache #art
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Dream Bird by Damian Osborne, oil on board, 61 x 46 cm, 2021.
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #self-portrait
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #self-portrait
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology
August 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dream Bird by Damian Osborne, oil on board, 61 x 46 cm, 2021.
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
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#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #self-portrait
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology
Painted solely with my own hand-made oil paints.
www.damianosborne.com
#figurativeart #contemporaryrealism #self-portrait
#portraitpainting #fantasyart #esotericart #surrealism #realism #representationalart #alchemy #depthpsychology
When you want to make #watercolours but don't have the right pigment, pastels work really well mixed with gum Arabic.
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#watercolor #watercolorpainting #artstudio #contemporaryartist #painting #gouache #art #mullingpaint #arttips
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August 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When you want to make #watercolours but don't have the right pigment, pastels work really well mixed with gum Arabic.
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#watercolorart #pastels #artist #alchemy
#watercolor #watercolorpainting #artstudio #contemporaryartist #painting #gouache #art #mullingpaint #arttips
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A quickie on a Saturday night. Making this beautiful watercolour paint with lovely granulation from 450 million-year-old Maroon Graafwater shale that I collected in Cape Town.
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August 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A quickie on a Saturday night. Making this beautiful watercolour paint with lovely granulation from 450 million-year-old Maroon Graafwater shale that I collected in Cape Town.
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#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artstudio #contemporaryartist #painting #gouache #art
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Mulling some lovely purplish brown ochre for watercolour paints from maroon Graafwater shale that's 450 million years old (Ordovician Period) that I collected on a hike.
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August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Mulling some lovely purplish brown ochre for watercolour paints from maroon Graafwater shale that's 450 million years old (Ordovician Period) that I collected on a hike.
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#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artstudio #contemporaryartist #painting #gouache #art
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Making of "Memento Mori" oil painting
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March 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Making of "Memento Mori" oil painting
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Awakening, oil on board. $290.
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Awakening (Sirens Oil Painting) - Damian Osborne
Awakening is a figurative oil painting of a nude woman sitting at the beach waiting for the sun to rise. See all available figure paintings here.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Cockatrice
$350
#painting #eggtempera #oilpainting #gold-leaf #alchemy #occult #esoteric #Christianity #medieval #mythology #realism #contemporaryart #freemasonry #astrology #sketch #tarot #spiritualart #surrealart
I also wrote music for it.
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$350
#painting #eggtempera #oilpainting #gold-leaf #alchemy #occult #esoteric #Christianity #medieval #mythology #realism #contemporaryart #freemasonry #astrology #sketch #tarot #spiritualart #surrealart
I also wrote music for it.
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May 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Cockatrice
$350
#painting #eggtempera #oilpainting #gold-leaf #alchemy #occult #esoteric #Christianity #medieval #mythology #realism #contemporaryart #freemasonry #astrology #sketch #tarot #spiritualart #surrealart
I also wrote music for it.
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$350
#painting #eggtempera #oilpainting #gold-leaf #alchemy #occult #esoteric #Christianity #medieval #mythology #realism #contemporaryart #freemasonry #astrology #sketch #tarot #spiritualart #surrealart
I also wrote music for it.
Check out www.damianosborne.com/fantasia-no-...