2025
Artist Comments
Bold, sweeping gestures portray a woman fetching water from a well. Rich reds, deep blues, and layered textures create movement and depth. Loose lines and visible underdrawing reveal the emotion and immediacy of artist Rodion Gilmitdinov’s process.
About the Artist
Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov creates paintings that capture cities through broken lines, dynamic colors, and spontaneous brushwork. His compositions emerge as visceral reactions to his environment rather than strict representations. "My art is like visual diaries; it is spontaneous, raw, often nearly uncontrollable," Rodion tells me. He grew up in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where rhythm and silence shaped him. After moving to New York, the city’s chaos fueled his work. Without formal mentors, Rodion honed his skills through observation and persistence. He works in his studios in Brooklyn and Miami, where charcoal dust covers the floor and music fills the air. When not making art, he walks through the city, observes people, and spends time with his family and dog.
Words that describe this painting: woman, vessel, well, figure, gestural, profile, portrait, expressionism, people, mixed media artwork, green
The Well
Rodion Gilmitdinov
Oil paint, acrylic paint, charcoal, and oil sticks on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2025
60 in. h x 48 in. w x 2 in. d
60 lbs. 10 oz.
Where Time Remembers, Original Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This expressionist painting takes inspiration from the ancient city of Samarkand. It combines architectural motifs with symbolic figures and calligraphic signs....
Mixed Media
Internal Coordinates, Original Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This mixed-media painting presents an expressive, symbolic figure surrounded by abstract forms and intuitive markings. The work combines layered textures, gestu...
Mixed Media
The City That Listens, Original Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Acrylic paint, oil sticks, and charcoal build a layered urban dreamscape. Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov contrasts fluid drips and vibrant geometric textures with bo...
Mixed Media
Hunting, Original Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Architecture and human form merge in a fragmented cityscape. Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov captures the raw energy of urban life through expressive, gestural lines ...
Mixed Media
The Motion Keeper, Original Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This expressive work portrays a rearing horse and rider with vivid energy and movement. Created with oil paint, pastel, acrylic paint, charcoal, and oil sticks,...
Mixed Media
Untold Desert, Abstract Painting
By Rodion Gilmitdinov
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bold colors, symbolic imagery, and expressive lines create a layered visual narrative. Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov used acrylic paint, oil sticks, and charcoal to...
Mixed Media
Idea!, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Ludmila Budanov
Located in Yardley, PA
The new work of the artist from the new series "George Alamanou coast". The picture is laconic - the color of the sea and chalk cliffs tell us that Ludmila loves this magical place i...
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled
By Ilia Balavadze
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas, Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of A...
Canvas, Oil
New Dimension Original painting
By Roxana Khonkulova
Located in Zofingen, AG
New Dimension is a step into a space where there is a sense of transition, a movement towards something unknown, but at the same time tantalizing. It is a work about inner search, ab...
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 16
By Ilia Balavadze
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
Paper, Gouache
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By Viacheslav Kaidash
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in rich shades, depicts a moment of profound spiritual illumination and connection with the divine. The central figure is a woman in a colorful clo...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 36
By Ilia Balavadze
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
Paper, Gouache
