2023
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.
Lime on Creme (From Fifteen Vessels at Kit Mandor)
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Lime on Creme (From Fifteen Vessels at Kit Mandor), 2018-2021 Signed in bottom left corner India ink and water-based enamel paint on Stonehenge creme paper with deckled ...
Mixed Media
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
H (Lime) Monotype Print, Abstract Style, Unique, 21st Century, Signed
Located in Bristol, GB
Monotype Unique Signed, numbered, dated and titled on the back Artwork in excellent condition. Some minor imperfections visible only on the reverse
Monotype
Slow Turn
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...
Canvas, Acrylic
Raspberry Soday
By David Shrigley
Located in Manchester, GB
David Shrigley, Raspberry Soda Cured My Insanity, 2022 70 x 50 cm (27.6 x 19.7 in) Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper by Narayana Press in Denmark Unnumbered from the Edition of 25...
Lithograph, Offset
Raspberry Sherbet - acrylic on canvas
By Amy Smith
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community. In her ...
Canvas, Acrylic
SLM-350
Located in Missouri, MO
Nick Schleicher (American, b. 1988) SLM-350, 2019 Acrylic, Fluorescent Pigment, Iridescent Pigment, & Gel Gloss on Panel 36 x 26 inches Signed, Dated, ...
Glaze, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pigment
PNK-BRN
Located in Missouri, MO
Nick Schleicher (American, b. 1988) PNK-BRN, 2019 Acrylic and Matte Medium, Gel Gloss, & Glazing Medium 20 x 18 inches Signed, Dated, and Titled Verso ...
Glaze, Acrylic, Wood Panel
