Robert Petrick

Lines & Connections (Graffiti and Line Series)

2017

Robert W. Petrick East Village NYC , 2022 acrylic on canvas NYC, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract acrylic painting on canvas from the artist's Urban Construction Series Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the artist culture of the East Village, where he has lived for 31 years, and the power of symbols, geometry, and language. This work captures the excitement of the East Village in its color, shapes, energy and density. -- In 1984, Petrick stenciled two designs on walls along Avenue B. Capturing a moment in time, EXIST / EXIT and NOWHERE / NOW HERE were photographed and featured in Vogue magazine. The images presented graffiti as art, a concept that was gaining international attention after the release of Charlie Ahearn...

Robert W. Petrick Shadow City, 2022 acrylic on canvas 54x40x1.5 inches NYC, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Robert Petrick's paintings create a link between the artist culture of the East Village, where he has lived for 31 years, and the power of symbols, geometry, and language. This work captures the excitement of the East Village in its color, shapes, energy and density. -- In 1984, Petrick stenciled two designs on walls along Avenue B. Capturing a moment in time, EXIST / EXIT and NOWHERE / NOW HERE were photographed and featured in Vogue magazine. The images presented graffiti as art, a concept that was gaining international attention after the release of Charlie Ahearn...

Robert W. Petrick Sub-Series Underground composition #8, 2022 acrylic on canvas NYC, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Robert Petrick's pain...

Robert W. Petrick Coincidence Geometric Abstraction East Village NYC, 2022 acrylic on canvas New York, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract ...

Robert W. Petrick Come Again Construction Series East Village NYC , 2022 acrylic on canvas NYC, New York, 2nd street studio Colorful geometric abstract acrylic painting on canvas fr...

Robert Petrick's "Plan B" is a fusion of meticulous geometry and bold abstract expression. From the artist's Chromatic Collisions series, this piece i...

In her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. Applying the format of diptychs and triptychs, she creates lyrical narratives, capturing t...

"Unitled" Abstract painting 48" x 36" inch by Jason REVOK Entirely self-taught, Jason REVOK is known for pushing creative boundaries that began in the str...

At the junction of the abstract and the still-life, minimalism and painterliness, simplicity and depth, this painting is a mixing of opposites.

The large abstract painting "PEARL" by Jeffrey Kurland is an acrylic on canvas measuring 64" tall by 78" wide. PEARL is new work from the long hot summer of 2020. Often employing pai...

"Strengths and Weaknesses" is a portrait exploring several elements and strategies that fascinate the artist – notably the performance anxiety induced by simply being an artist, staring down the freight train of art history as it hurtles toward you every time you pick up a brush. Luck? Talent? Maybe. There are signposts and guides in this painting, of course (Cubism! Surrealism! Brancusi! Guston!), but they can clobber you too if you're not careful. Even the phrase "strengths and weaknesses" smacks of compromises and rationalization – deadly to an artist looking to construct their own integral world. "Strengths and Weaknesses" is an acrylic and charcoal on canvas measuring 54" tall by 54" wide. It was included in the artist's solo show "Comedy Cellar" at Freight + Volume Gallery, New York City in July 2018. (See last photograph for an installation view.) From Daniel Gerwin – "Schenck’s color is vibrant, wild, saturated to the point of overheating, and altogether brilliant in the balancing of hues, temperatures, shapes, and color quantities. The paintings have a remarkable coherence for their dizzying juxtaposition of so many small chromatic passages." (Essay: The Anxiety and the Ecstasy) Peter Schenck...

This piece, "Verdant", is a 40x40 acrylic painting on canvas by artist Gary Zack. The artists' use of blues, green, yellow, and pinks with contrasting black ...