Demetrios Papakostas

'Moving Triangles, ' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting, 2019

2019

In this 36" x 30" oil on canvas painting, 'Inversion,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field of reds in seeming...

In this 36" x 30" oil on canvas painting, 'Glowing,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field in seemingly three-dimensional geometric formations. The light and dark shapes of varying tones abut one another almost creating a lyrical dance on the canvas. Symbolizing a glowing desert terrain; a minimalist landscape with a molten sunrise captured in blocks of vibrant color. Demetrios Papakostas is a Canadian painter...

In this 36" x 30" Oil on Canvas Painting, 'Glowing,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field in seemingly three-dimensional geometric formations. Th...

In this 36" x 30" oil on canvas painting, 'Glowing,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field in seemingly three-dimensional geometric formations. The light and dark shapes of varying tones abut one another almost creating a lyrical dance on the canvas. Symbolizing a glowing desert terrain; a minimalist landscape with a molten sunrise captured in blocks of vibrant color. Demetrios Papakostas is a Canadian painter who makes abstract paintings characterized by his passion for bold technical investigation, colour spatial and perception. He works primarily in oil and watercolour and is interested in creating work that highlights his passion for geometric abstraction and colour field paintings. His thoughtful inquiry into the subtleties of the relationship between abstract thinking and the human condition, are characteristic of his deeply held conviction that art must speak from, and to, heart, mind and soul. Born in 1960 in Montreal, Canada, he first became interested in the arts after visiting an artist’s studio while on a family trip to Greece. The artist Tassos Loukithis, was a family friend and it was there after seeing multiple paintings and struck by the beauty of many religious icons hung up all over the artist’s studio that he decided he wanted to draw and paint. He studied portrait drawing, watercolour and abstraction at the Visual Arts Center in Montreal with Nicole Lebel, Heather Yamada, and with prominent Canadian painter Harold Klunder...

'Only for a Moment,' is an Oil on Canvas Painting by Demetrios Papakostas. The painting measures 48" x 36" and was created in 2019. The painting features a seemingly three-dimensio...

'Summer Branches' is an abstract landscape Oil on Canvas Painting from 2019 by Demetrios Papakostas. The painting measures 20" x 24" and is unframed. The painting features two tre...

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...

Leslie Wilkes’ paintings on canvas and gouaches on paper are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, the colors of these works exhibit an opaque, smooth surface....

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...

Leslie Wilkes’ pieces are an explosion of shape and color. With near perfect symmetry, these works exhibit opaque and smooth surfaces. “Wilkes’ geometric patterns are unique in that ...