Fine Art Wallpaper | Free Desktop Wallpapers for Artists

Download free desktop wallpapers of fine art featured in The Artist’s Magazine, The Pastel Journal, Watercolor Artist, North Light Books and Impact Books. And get exclusive bonus desktop wallpapers by signing up for your free email newsletter.

Click the desktop background you like. After the image has loaded, just right-click (control-click on a Mac) and select “Set as Background” or “Set as Wallpaper.” The newest images are at the top. To see image choices from specific Artists Network participants, click on any of the following links:

The Artist’s Magazine | The Pastel Journal | Watercolor Artist

North Light Books | Impact Books

New Wallpapers

Out Santa Rosa Creek Road (watercolor on paper, 22×30) by Joyce Hicks from the April 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist

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Towards Sunset (detail; pastel, 11×18) by Clark Mitchell from the June 2011 issue of The Pastel Journal

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Pastures (oil, 40×60) by John P. Osborne

Pastures (oil, 40×60) by John P. Osborne from the June 2012 issue of The Artist’s Magazine

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The Artist’s Magazine
Kings of the Frontier (oil, 63×87) by Melanie Daniel

Kings of the Frontier (oil, 63×87) by Melanie Daniel from the March 2012 issue of The Artist’s Magazine

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Evening in the Garden (oil, 30×38) by David P. Hettinger

Evening in the Garden (oil, 30×38) by David P. Hettinger from the May 2012 issue of The Artist’s Magazine

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Pastures (oil, 40×60) by John P. Osborne

Pastures (oil, 40×60) by John P. Osborne from the June 2012 issue of The Artist’s Magazine

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The Pastel Journal

Towards Sunset (detail; pastel, 11×18) by Clark Mitchell from the June 2011 issue of The Pastel Journal

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Italian Plums II (detail; pastel, 11×18) by Anne McGrory from the June 2011 issue of The Pastel Journal

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Hopper Car in Fog (detail; pastel, 22×33) by Don Williams won Best of Show in the 2011 Pastel 100 competition

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Watercolor Artist

PI Building (detail; watercolor on paper, 14×21) by Ron Stocke from the June 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist

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Out Santa Rosa Creek Road (watercolor on paper, 22×30) by Joyce Hicks from the April 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist

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Long Wait (detail; watercolor on paper, 19×23) by Susan Montague from the February 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist

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North Light Books

Journey (watercolor, 56×76) by Soon Warren from Painting Vibrant Watercolors (North Light)

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Dragon Flies (acrylic, 44×61) by Joseph Melancon from The Creative Edge by Mary Todd Beam (North Light)

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The Poppy (watercolor, 56×76) by Birgit O’Connor from Watercolor Essentials (North Light)

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Impact Books

Amber (oil on gessoed masonite, 22×40) from OtherWorlds by Tom Kidd (Impact Books, 2010)

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Dirgiblephant (oil on gessoed masonite, 11×15) from OtherWorlds by Tom Kidd (Impact Books, 2010)

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Extreme Face Painting by Brian and Nick Wolfe (Impact Books)

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