2018
A forerunner of the post-painterly abstraction movement, contemporary artist Gary Komarin approaches each composition with a pure openness to inspiration. With every brushstroke, he builds a visual interpretation of his mindset in that moment, never knowing what he's going to paint next. Komarin asserts that, for him, "the best paintings are the paintings that paint themselves."
Komarin invites risk into his abstract work, and employs daring in every element of his pieces. From his adventurous deployment of spackle and house paint as mediums to his playful use of color and imperfect lines, he pulls forms from a backdrop of consciousness, rather than merely delivering images to a surface. He enjoys instilling a child's sense of wonder into his abstractions and still-lifes, invoking a toddler's experience of "seeing things without knowing what they are."
Born in New York City, Komarin is the son of a Czech architect and Austrian author. He attended art school at Boston University, where painter Phillip Guston became a mentor. Much of Komarin's work nods to Guston, without mimicking or replicating the latter’s signature cartoonish style.
Komarin has exhibited in the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom and throughout continental Europe. In 1996, his work was included in an exhibition at 41 Green Street in New York. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in painting, the Joan Mitchell Prize in Painting and the Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship. Komarin lives in rural Connecticut, where he continues to create new work.
Find original Gary Komarin paintings, drawings and mixed media works on 1stDibs.
Rue Madame in Red, Rico Tati
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Rue Madame in Red, Rico Tati, 2023 Mixed media on canvas 24 x 36 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gar...
Mixed Media
Rue Madame in Red, 2018
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Rue Madame in Red, 2018, 2018 Signed titled and dated on overlap Mixed media on canvas. 182.9 x 152.4 cm Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop clot...
Mixed Media
Big Pink, Roma
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Big Pink, Roma, 2020 Signed on overlap Mixed media on canvas 201 x 184 cm 79.13 x 72.44 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackl...
Mixed Media
Big Pink, Luxor
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Big Pink, Luxor, 2020 Signed dated and titled on the overlap Mixed Media on canvas 203.2 x 167.7 cm 80 x 66 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and...
Mixed Media
The Magician's Assistant
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin The Magician's Assistant, 2020 Signed titled and dated on overlap Mixed media on canvas. 152 x 122 cm 60 x 48 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps a...
Mixed Media
Dirty White, Borgo Ognassanti
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Dirty White, Borgo Ognassanti,, 2012 Signed on Overlap Mixed media on canvas. 121.9 x 106.7 x 5.1 cm Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, ...
Mixed Media
Paris Red - SOLD - Commission available
By Francine Tint
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant hues of red with pieces of white and blue. About the Artist: Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at P...
Canvas, Acrylic
RED STREET - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Oil Painting
By Joanna Mrozowska
Located in Hallein, AT
Joanna Mrozowska Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"Study in Red, " Mixed Media on Canvas
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique compositions of abstract painted elements and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. In a departure from his split bamboo kite series, this work on stretched canvas entitled "Study in Red" layers textured paper and silken fragments within a rosy...
Wood, Rice Paper, Canvas, Silk, Acrylic
'Red Line' - Bright Textured Mixed Media Painting with Red and Earth Tones
By Steven H. Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Red Line" 2022 Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Newsprint, Ink, Paper, Resin, Canvas, Stretcher Bars "Red Line" by Steven H. Rehfeld is a vibrant 48"...
Canvas, Ink, Oil, Newsprint, Resin, Paper, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
Red summer Caroline Veith Contemporary painting drawing art acrylic paint red
By Caroline Veith
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on canvas Hand-signed and dated lower right
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Abstrait Rouge et Doré
By Christiane Hess
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot since 2...
Canvas, Acrylic
