2021
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.
A suite of Blue Sea, Salina
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin A suite of Blue Sea, Salina, 2023 Mixed media on canvas 152.4 x 121.9 cm 60 x 48 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and h...
Mixed Media
The Search for Pure Meaning
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin The Search for Pure Meaning,, 2021 Hand signed and dated on overlap Mixed media on canvas. 138.0 x 127.0 cm Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop c...
Mixed Media
A Suite of Blue Sea, Fontveille
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin A Suite of Blue Sea, Fontveille, 2024 Signed by the artist Mixed media on canvas 152 x 122 cm 60 x 48 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop ...
Mixed Media
The Geometry of Love
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin The Geometry of Love, 2023 Mixed media on canvas 182.9 x 152.4 cm 72 × 60 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house pa...
Canvas, Mixed Media
The Magician's Assistant
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin The Magician's Assistant, 2021 Hand signed on the overlap Mixed media on canvas 174 x 198.1 cm 68 1/2 × 78 in Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop...
Mixed Media
A Suite of Blue Sea, Majorca
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin A Suite of Blue Sea, Majorca, 2024 Signed by the artist Mixed media on canvas 152 x 122 cm 60 x 48 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop clo...
Mixed Media
I Don't Have The Blues, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Steven Miller
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil On Canvas Inspire By Nature, Travels And Other Observations. My Abstract Paintings Are All About Creating Excitement For The Viewer Through Concentrated Exploration. Each Paintin...
Oil
A Case of the Blues - Abstract Expressionism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
A Case of the Blues - Abstract Expressionism An abstract expressionist painting in vibrant hues of blue swimming in multiple layers and colors, creating a work that is defined by d...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Latex
There Was a Return Home; A Place I Had Never Been and Always Came From
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
being in the moment, living it in. beginning to end. the was, were and will be. all at the same. and its weird.
Oil, Acrylic
Untitled OF7 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Tomorrow Will Be Blue
By Sarah Hinckley
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed, titled, and dated, verso This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Sarah Hinckley was born on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and has been painting for twenty-five years. She studied at the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California, as well as the Museum School in Boston, and Tufts University. She continued on to receive her MFA in painting from Columbia University. She currently lives in New York City and has a studio in the Brooklyn Navy...
Canvas, Oil
"Understanding New Depths", Blue Mixed Media Art, 2020
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
"Understanding New Depths", Blue Mixed Media Art, 2020 A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : "Understanding new depths" is a modern portrait painting by Addison Jones. This street art sty...
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Acrylic
