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Paint types

See how common paints perform across different surfaces.

Acrylic Paint

Acrylic paint is a fast-drying, water-based paint made with pigment and an acrylic polymer binder that forms a durable film on many prepared surfaces.

Oil Paint

Oil paint is a slow-drying art medium made with pigment and a drying-oil binder that allows extended working time, smooth blending, and layered application.

Latex Paint

Latex paint is a water-based architectural coating made with a synthetic polymer binder and commonly used on interior and exterior building surfaces.

Spray Paint

Spray paint is a liquid coating packaged in a pressurized can and applied as a fine aerosol rather than with a brush or roller.

High-Heat Paint

High-heat paint is a specialty coating formulated for metal surfaces exposed to temperatures beyond ordinary paint limits, including grills, stoves, and engines.

Intumescent Paint

Intumescent paint is a passive fire-protection coating that expands under high heat to form an insulating char layer over an approved substrate.

Conductive Paint

Conductive paint contains electrically conductive pigments in a resin binder and can provide shielding, grounding, ESD control, or conductive circuit paths.

Paint Markers

Paint markers deliver opaque pigmented color through a marker tip, with water- and oil-based formulas varying in permanence and surface compatibility.

Watercolor Paint

Watercolor paint is a water-based art medium made with pigment and a water-soluble binder, typically applied in transparent washes on absorbent paper.

Enamel Paint

Enamel paint is a broad coating category formulated to produce a durable finish, with modern products available in both oil-based and water-based systems.

Metallic Paint

Metallic paint contains reflective particles that create a metal-like shimmer or sheen, with preparation and durability depending on the exact coating formula.

Hammered Paint

Hammered paint is a decorative coating formulated to create a dimpled, hand-hammered appearance on metal, with some formulas also providing corrosion protection.

Reflective Paint

Reflective paint contains light-returning particles that improve nighttime visibility when illuminated and does not store light like glow-in-the-dark paint.

Iridescent Paint

Iridescent paint contains reflective pearlescent particles that shift in appearance with light and viewing angle, producing brightness or color changes.

Chalk Paint

Chalk paint is a water-based decorative coating that dries to an ultra-matte finish and is commonly used on furniture and other interior decorative surfaces.

Chalkboard Paint

Chalkboard paint is a functional coating that creates a writable, erasable chalk surface and is distinct from decorative chalk paint used on furniture and décor.

Dry-Erase Paint

Dry-erase paint is a functional coating formulated to create a smooth surface that can be written on with dry-erase markers and wiped clean after the coating has fully cured.

Epoxy Paint

Epoxy paint is a durable resin-based coating, with two-part formulas mixing resin and hardener before use and one-part products using epoxy-modified binders.

Anti-Slip Paint

Anti-slip paint is a textured floor coating formulated to improve traction on walking surfaces, unlike separate anti-slip additives mixed into other coatings.

Antifouling Paint

Antifouling paint is an underwater marine coating designed to deter fouling on boat hulls, with formulas selected to suit the hull material and water conditions.

Gouache Paint

Gouache paint is an opaque, water-based art medium made with pigment and a water-soluble binder, drying to a matte finish that can be reactivated with water.

Acrylic Gouache

Acrylic gouache is an opaque acrylic paint that dries to a flat matte finish while forming a permanent, water-resistant film unlike traditional gouache.

Fabric Paint

Fabric paint is a flexible coating formulated to bond with textile fibers and add lasting color or designs without making the material excessively stiff.

Leather Paint

Leather paint is a flexible coating designed to bond to leather without becoming overly rigid, with many modern formulas using water-based acrylic binders.

Vinyl Paint

Vinyl paint is a flexible specialty coating used to recolor or restore vinyl and related trim surfaces, with formulas selected for material and exposure.

Glass Paint

Glass paint is a specialty coating formulated to adhere to smooth glass or glazed surfaces, with curing requirements that vary by product and may include air or oven curing.

Ceramic Paint

Ceramic paint is a specialty coating for fired ceramic surfaces such as porcelain and earthenware, with some formulas requiring heat curing for added durability.

Tempera Paint

Modern tempera is an opaque, water-based art paint used for school and craft projects, drying quickly and differing from traditional egg tempera.

Traditional Tempera

Traditional tempera is an artist paint made from pigment and an emulsion binder, with egg yolk the best-known binder among several historical formulations.

Egg Tempera

Egg tempera is a traditional paint made from pigment, egg yolk, and water that dries quickly in thin layers on a rigid, smooth, absorbent ground.

Casein Paint

Casein paint is a water-based paint that uses milk protein as its binder, dries quickly to a matte finish, and becomes more water-resistant as it cures.

Encaustic Paint

Encaustic paint is a wax-based art medium in which pigment is suspended in melted wax, applied warm, and fused with heat to form a durable painted surface.

Lacquer Paint

Lacquer paint is a fast-drying coating that forms a smooth, hard finish and is commonly used on furniture, woodwork, and selected metal surfaces.

Polyurethane Paint

Polyurethane paint is a resin-based coating that forms a durable finish, with formulas ranging from clear wood coatings to pigmented industrial systems.

Masonry Paint

Masonry paint is a coating formulated for porous mineral surfaces such as brick and concrete, with products designed for interior, exterior, or both types of exposure.

Elastomeric Paint

Elastomeric paint is a flexible, high-build exterior coating designed to expand and contract with masonry or stucco while bridging minor hairline cracks.

Textured Paint

Textured paint is a decorative coating formulated to create a visibly textured surface and reduce the appearance of minor irregularities without replacing repairs.

Emulsion Paint

Emulsion paint is a common UK term for water-based wall and ceiling paint, usually made with acrylic or vinyl binder and formulated for a durable finish.

Alkyd Paint

Alkyd paint is a resin-based coating that levels to a smooth, durable finish and is available in both traditional solvent-based and newer waterborne formulas.

Milk Paint

Milk paint is a water-based coating traditionally made with milk protein, lime, and pigment, often sold as a powder that dries to a matte finish with natural variation.

Limewash Paint

Limewash paint is a mineral coating made mainly from slaked lime, water, and pigment that soaks into porous surfaces and dries to a breathable matte finish.

Distemper Paint

Distemper paint is a traditional water-based coating made with mineral pigments and a glue- or protein-based binder that dries to a matte, breathable finish.

Glow-in-the-Dark Paint

Glow-in-the-dark paint contains phosphorescent pigments that absorb light and release it gradually in darkness after the painted surface has been charged.

Fluorescent Paint

Fluorescent paint uses vivid pigments that appear especially bright under strong or ultraviolet light but do not continue glowing after the light is removed.

Water-Mixable Oil Paint

Water-mixable oil paint is oil paint made with modified drying oils that allow mixing and cleanup with water while retaining the working properties of traditional oils.

Silicate Paint

Silicate paint is a mineral coating made with potassium silicate binder that chemically bonds with compatible mineral surfaces and dries to a breathable matte finish.

Magnetic Paint

Magnetic paint is an iron-rich functional coating that creates a magnet-receptive surface and is typically used as a base beneath a compatible decorative topcoat.

Bituminous Paint

Bituminous paint is a black, water-resistant coating made with bitumen or asphaltic binders and used for protective applications on metal, masonry, concrete, and timber.

Cement Paint

Cement paint is a cement-based decorative coating for mineral surfaces such as concrete, plaster, brick, and masonry, typically drying to a matte mineral finish.

Painting surfaces

Find suitable paints and preparation information for each surface.

Wood

Wood is a natural, porous material whose grain, absorbency, knots, resin, species, and existing finish all influence paint preparation and adhesion.

Drywall

Drywall is a gypsum-core building panel faced with paper, with joint compound at seams and repairs creating areas of different absorbency for paint.

Wallpaper

Wallpaper may be paper, vinyl-coated, textured, or another specialty material, with surface type, seam condition, and bond strength affecting coating behavior.

Metal

Metal surfaces are hard and nonporous but vary by material, with steel prone to rust and aluminum forming an oxide layer that changes paint adhesion.

Steel

Steel is a strong ferrous metal that can corrode when unprotected, with ordinary carbon steel requiring different preparation from galvanized or stainless steel.

Cast Iron

Cast iron is a ferrous metal with a rough, oxidation-prone surface that can rust when exposed to moisture and often requires corrosion removal before coating.

Chrome

Chrome plating creates a very smooth, hard metal surface with little natural tooth, making coating adhesion more dependent on surface preparation and bonding primers.

Plastic

Plastic is a broad family of rigid or flexible synthetic materials whose smooth surfaces and varied chemistry make paint compatibility highly material-specific.

Polycarbonate

Polycarbonate is an impact-resistant engineering plastic used in glazing, guards, housings, and lenses, with some solvents capable of causing stress cracking or surface damage.

ABS Plastic

ABS is a rigid engineering plastic used in housings, trim, appliances, toys, and molded parts, with a smooth surface and sensitivity to some coating solvents.

TPU

Thermoplastic polyurethane is a flexible plastic used in cases, films, footwear, seals, and protective parts, with elasticity affecting coating performance.

Silicone

Silicone is a flexible, low-surface-energy elastomer used in molds, seals, cases, and soft parts, with its surface chemistry limiting adhesion for many conventional coatings.

Plexiglass

Plexiglass is a rigid acrylic sheet with a smooth, nonporous surface and sensitivity to incompatible solvents that can craze or damage the material.

Resin

Cured resin is a hard synthetic surface used in castings, crafts, furniture, and molded objects, with a smooth finish and relatively low natural tooth for coatings.

Concrete

Concrete is a porous building material made from cement, water, and aggregate that hardens through curing and can continue moving moisture through its surface.

Brick

Brick is a porous fired-clay masonry material with a textured surface that absorbs moisture and paint while allowing vapor to move through the wall.

Glass

Glass is a hard, smooth, nonporous material with low surface tooth, while its transparency makes uneven coverage and brush marks more visible.

Fabric

Fabric is a flexible material made by weaving, knitting, or bonding fibers, with fiber content, texture, stretch, and washability affecting paint adhesion.

Cotton

Cotton is an absorbent natural fiber used in clothing, canvas, and household fabrics, with weave, weight, finish, and washing affecting paint performance.

Silk

Silk is a lightweight natural protein fiber with a smooth, lustrous surface that can accept dyes or compatible fabric paints without losing its flexibility.

Canvas

Canvas is a woven fabric support, commonly cotton or linen, used for painting and sold either raw or prepared with a compatible ground layer.

Tile

Tile is a hard manufactured surface made from ceramic, porcelain, stone, or other materials, ranging from porous and unglazed to smooth and glazed.

Ceramic

Ceramic is a hard material made by firing clay or other minerals, with surfaces ranging from porous and unglazed to smooth and glass-like when glazed.

Paper

Paper is an absorbent sheet material made from pressed fibers, with weight, sizing, and surface texture controlling moisture tolerance and paint behavior.

Cardboard

Cardboard is a lightweight, absorbent paper-based sheet material whose fibers and corrugated layers can soften or warp when exposed to heavy wet coats.

Foam Board

Foam board is a lightweight panel with a foam core between paper facings, and the paper surface and exposed foam edges can respond differently to paint.

EVA Foam

EVA foam is a lightweight, flexible material used in crafts, props, costumes, and cosplay, with repeated bending capable of stressing rigid paint films.

Plywood

Plywood is an engineered wood panel made from bonded veneer layers with alternating grain, and its faces, edges, and filled areas absorb paint differently.

Wood Veneer

Wood veneer is a thin layer of real wood bonded over another core, with a shallow surface layer that can be damaged or sanded through more easily than solid wood.

MDF

MDF is an engineered wood panel made from compressed wood fibers and resin, with relatively smooth faces and highly absorbent cut edges.

Laminate

Laminate is a layered material with a hard decorative wear surface bonded over a core, creating a smooth, nonporous surface with low natural tooth for coatings.

Melamine

Melamine is a hard resin surface commonly bonded to particleboard or MDF, creating a smooth, nonporous finish with low natural tooth for coatings.

Leather

Leather is a flexible natural material made from treated animal hide, with oils, texture, factory finish, and movement affecting how paint adheres and wears.

Vinyl

Vinyl is a synthetic plastic used in rigid and flexible products, with additives, surface finish, and thermal movement all affecting coating adhesion.

Rubber

Rubber is a flexible elastomer used in tires, seals, footwear, mats, grips, and molded parts, with flexibility and plasticizers making paint adhesion difficult.

Plaster

Plaster is a mineral wall finish made from gypsum, lime, cement, or similar binders, with porosity and moisture content changing as the material cures and dries.

Stucco

Stucco is a porous, textured wall finish made from cement, sand, and water, with a mineral surface that can transmit moisture vapor after curing.

Stone

Stone is a natural mineral material whose porosity, texture, and moisture behavior vary by type, causing some stones to accept coatings more readily than others.

Marble

Marble is a calcareous natural stone often honed, polished, or sealed, with those surface treatments reducing porosity and influencing coating adhesion.

Granite

Granite is a hard, low-absorption natural stone often polished or sealed, and those smooth treatments can make reliable paint adhesion more difficult.

Slate

Slate is a layered natural stone used for flooring, roofing, and cladding, with texture, density, sealer, moisture, and intended use affecting paint adhesion.

Aluminum

Aluminum is a lightweight nonferrous metal that quickly forms a protective oxide layer in air, changing how primers and paints bond to its surface.

Stainless Steel

Stainless steel is a chromium-containing iron alloy with a corrosion-resistant passive layer and a typically smooth, low-tooth surface for coatings.

Galvanized Steel

Galvanized steel is steel protected by a zinc coating, with new surfaces sometimes carrying oil or passivation treatments that interfere with paint adhesion.

PVC

PVC is a rigid or flexible polyvinyl chloride plastic whose smooth, nonporous surface and manufacturing additives make paint adhesion product-specific.

Fiberglass

Fiberglass is a composite of glass fibers embedded in resin, with finished parts usually presenting a smooth resin or gelcoat surface rather than exposed fibers.

Copper

Copper is a smooth nonferrous metal that develops oxide and patina over time, leaving a changing surface that can affect primer and coating adhesion.

Brass

Brass is a smooth copper-zinc alloy that can tarnish or retain polishing residue, so reliable paint adhesion depends on thorough cleaning and preparation.

Porcelain

Porcelain is a dense fired ceramic with a hard, low-porosity surface that is often glazed, creating a smooth finish with limited natural tooth for coatings.

Terra Cotta

Terra cotta is a porous, low-fired clay material used for pots, tiles, and decorative objects, readily absorbing moisture, primer, and paint.

Clay

Clay includes modeling and ceramic materials hardened by air drying, oven curing, or kiln firing, producing surfaces that differ in porosity, hardness, and finish.

Air-Dry Clay

Air-dry clay is a porous modeling material that hardens without a kiln or oven and remains more moisture-sensitive than fired ceramic after drying.

Polymer Clay

Polymer clay is an oven-cured modeling material commonly made with a PVC base, forming a relatively smooth, low-porosity surface after baking.

Denim

Denim is a sturdy woven fabric, usually cotton, with a diagonal twill structure whose flexibility, texture, and regular washing affect painted finishes.

Linen

Linen is a strong woven fabric made from flax fibers and widely used for fine-art painting, with artist linen sold either raw or prepared with a ground layer.

Painting Board

Painting board is a rigid artist support made from hardboard, wood, or another stable panel, sold either raw or prepared with a medium-specific ground.

Particleboard

Particleboard is an engineered wood panel made from resin-bonded wood particles, with raw surfaces porous and moisture-sensitive unless sealed or laminated.

OSB

OSB is an engineered wood panel made from cross-oriented strands, with a textured face and exposed edges that can absorb coatings at different rates.

Wicker

Wicker describes woven construction rather than one material, with natural plant fibers and synthetic versions presenting very different painting surfaces.

Cinder Block

Cinder block is a lightweight concrete masonry unit with a rough, highly porous surface that readily absorbs moisture, primer, and paint.

Cement Board

Cement board is a rigid cementitious panel reinforced with fibers or mesh, with surface porosity and factory finish varying by product and affecting coating adhesion.

Styrofoam

Styrofoam is a lightweight polystyrene foam used in crafts, models, and insulation, with some solvents able to dissolve or deform the material.

Painting objects

Start with the object when a project combines several materials or needs special guidance for wear, flexibility, cleaning, and everyday use.

Bicycle

Bicycles combine frame materials such as steel, aluminum, composites, and plastic with exposed functional parts, so coating requirements vary across the assembly.

Shoes

Shoes may combine leather, fabric, canvas, plastic, and rubber, with repeated flexing, abrasion, and wear placing different demands on painted surfaces.

Jeans

Jeans are flexible denim garments exposed to repeated bending, abrasion, and washing, making coating flexibility and textile compatibility important to painted designs.

Guitars

Guitars combine finished wood, metal, plastic, and hardware, so paint compatibility depends on the part being coated and its existing finish.

Skateboards

Skateboards combine layered wood decks, metal trucks and hardware, and other high-wear components exposed to repeated abrasion and impact.

Flower Pots

Flower pots may be made from porous terra cotta, glazed ceramic, plastic, or concrete, with material porosity and moisture exposure affecting coating behavior.

Furniture

Furniture may combine wood, veneer, engineered panels, metal, or factory-finished surfaces, with material and existing finish affecting coating adhesion and wear.

Cabinets

Cabinets combine door and box materials such as wood, veneer, MDF, laminate, and melamine, with frequent handling and cleaning affecting coating wear.

Phone Cases

Phone cases may be made from rigid plastic, TPU, silicone, rubber, or leather, with frequent handling and material flexibility affecting coating adhesion and wear.

Countertops

Countertops face frequent cleaning, abrasion, spills, and heat, so refinishing depends on both the substrate and the service conditions of the finished surface.

Window Frames

Window frames may be made from wood, aluminum, vinyl, PVC, or fiberglass and combine weather exposure, moving parts, and glazing edges.

Boats

Boat painting depends on hull material, whether the area stays above or below the waterline, and how the coating must handle water, weather, and abrasion.

Doors

Doors may be made from wood, steel, fiberglass, vinyl, or PVC and are exposed to repeated handling, movement, and sometimes outdoor weather.

Fences

Fences are exposed outdoor structures made from materials such as wood, steel, aluminum, vinyl, or PVC, with moisture, movement, and weather affecting coatings.

Radiators

Radiators are commonly made from cast iron, steel, or aluminum and undergo repeated heating cycles, with substrate, existing finish, and service temperature affecting coating performance.

Mailboxes

Mailboxes are outdoor fixtures commonly made from steel, aluminum, plastic, or wood, with weather, handling, and moisture affecting coating durability.

Helmets

Helmet shells are commonly made from ABS plastic, polycarbonate, fiberglass, or composites, with some materials vulnerable to damage from incompatible solvents and coatings.

Picture Frames

Picture frames may be made from wood, MDF, metal, or plastic and often include existing decorative finishes that affect surface texture and coating adhesion.

Garage Doors

Garage doors combine large moving panels with materials such as steel, aluminum, wood, fiberglass, and vinyl, while weather exposure and movement affect coating performance.

Lamps

Lamps combine decorative materials such as metal, ceramic, glass, wood, and plastic with electrical components and localized heat near bulbs.

Shutters

Shutters may be made from wood, aluminum, vinyl, PVC, or fiberglass and are exposed to sunlight, rain, movement, and repeated handling.

Famous painters

See the materials, techniques, and working methods associated with notable painters.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter known for expressive color, energetic brushwork, and a highly visible paint surface.

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist whose long career moved through many styles and media, from the Blue and Rose periods to Cubism, classicism, Surrealism, sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics.

Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a French Impressionist painter known for landscapes and repeated studies of changing light, color, and atmosphere.

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for self-portraits and paintings exploring identity, family, physical pain, relationships, and Mexican culture.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was an American Pop artist known for transforming consumer products, celebrities, and mass-media photographs into paintings and repeated screen-printed images.

Bob Ross

Bob Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and television host best known for The Joy of Painting and his approachable wet-on-wet oil-painting lessons.

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was an American Abstract Expressionist known for pouring, dripping, and flinging fluid paint across canvases laid on the floor.

Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse was a French artist known for vivid color, simplified forms, Fauvist painting, and the gouache-painted paper cut-outs of his later career.

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe was an American modernist known for close-up flowers, New Mexico landscapes, bones, architecture, and simplified natural forms.

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian-born painter, teacher, and theorist known for abstract compositions exploring relationships among color, line, shape, and rhythm.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist known for paintings combining color, handwritten text, anatomy, crowns, cultural references, music, and history.

Keith Haring

Keith Haring was an American artist known for outlined figures, public murals, subway drawings, vivid color, and recurring imagery addressing social and political themes.

Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli was a Florentine Renaissance painter known for linear compositions, religious paintings, portraits, and mythological works including The Birth of Venus and Primavera.

Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas was a French artist associated with the Impressionists, known for ballet dancers, horse racing, portraits, and scenes of modern Parisian life.

J. M. W. Turner

J. M. W. Turner was a British Romantic artist known for landscapes, marine subjects, changing weather, and increasingly expressive treatments of light and color.

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist known for repeated dots and nets, immersive installations, mirrored environments, and recurring themes of infinity and self-obliteration.

David Hockney

David Hockney was a British artist known for portraits, landscapes, California swimming-pool scenes, and work across painting, printmaking, photography, and digital drawing.

Roy Lichtenstein

Roy Lichtenstein was an American Pop artist known for adapting comic-book and advertising imagery into paintings using bold outlines, flat color, and patterns inspired by commercial printing.

Joan Miró

Joan Miró was a Spanish artist associated with Surrealism, known for biomorphic forms, symbolic imagery, vivid color, and abstract compositions across painting and printmaking.

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall was a Belarus-born French artist known for dreamlike scenes combining village memories, lovers, animals, folklore, religion, music, and vivid color.

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper was an American realist known for city interiors, roadside buildings, coastal landscapes, and compositions shaped by strong light and geometric forms.

Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance artist known for precise watercolors, drawings, engravings, and woodcuts that combined close observation with detailed technique.

Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist and Bauhaus teacher whose highly experimental work combined color, geometry, symbols, humor, music, and observations of nature.

Jasper Johns

Jasper Johns is an American artist known for paintings and objects based on familiar symbols such as flags, targets, numbers, and maps, often using encaustic and collage.

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer was an American painter and illustrator known for scenes of the sea, coastal life, rural America, and people in demanding natural environments.

Andrew Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth was an American painter known for closely observed landscapes, interiors, and people from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and coastal Maine.

Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler was an American painter whose soak-stain technique helped reshape postwar abstraction by allowing thinned paint to soak directly into raw canvas.

Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence was an American painter known for vivid narrative series about Black life and history, especially The Migration Series, created with quick-drying tempera on hardboard panels.

David Alfaro Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter and muralist known for using industrial materials and methods, including lacquer, enamel, pyroxylin, and automotive coatings.

Frank Stella

Frank Stella was an American artist known for abstract painting and extensive use of industrial coatings, including alkyd, epoxy, urethane, fluorescent, and antifouling paints.

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley is a British painter known for abstract compositions that create optical movement through repeated lines, curves, shapes, and structured color relationships.

Sidney Nolan

Sidney Nolan was an Australian painter known for using fast-drying commercial enamel paint, especially Ripolin, in figurative works and Australian landscapes.

Devon Rodriguez

Devon Rodriguez is an American portrait painter from the South Bronx known for realistic paintings and drawings of New York City subway riders and social-media portrait videos.

Sophie Tea

Sophie Tea is a contemporary painter known for vivid color, drips and splats, abstract work, body-focused subjects, and a career developed largely through social media.

Slawn

Slawn, born Olaolu Akeredolu-Ale, is a Nigerian-born contemporary artist known for graphic paintings combining recurring caricatured faces, Yoruba identity, humor, and social commentary.

Ashley Longshore

Ashley Longshore is an American contemporary painter, sculptor, and entrepreneur known for Pop-inspired work combining celebrity imagery, fashion, text, humor, and consumer culture.

Peter Halley

Peter Halley is an American painter known for geometric images of cells, prisons, and conduits built from fluorescent Day-Glo acrylic color and deliberately artificial commercial textures.

George Tooker

George Tooker was an American painter known for egg tempera scenes of offices, subways, waiting rooms, and other modern spaces, often centered on isolation and social tension.

Kiptoe

Kiptoe, also known as Matt Dean, is an American mural artist, painter, and filmmaker known for large-scale walls, character-driven visual storytelling, and videos documenting public-art projects.

Sarah Kraning

Sarah Kraning is an American painter with auditory-visual synesthesia known for abstract works developed from music, live performance, color, texture, and movement.