Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 15

Stephen Cimini
39 x 32 in. Oil Painting "Informed Consent" - Oil Paint, Silver Leaf

About the Item

The artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. His work is held in various corporate and private collections worldwide. Oil Painting 39 x 32 x 2 inches Oil paint, cold wax, silver leaf on gallery wrapped canvas Framing is optional because painting wraps around canvas Ready to hang on wall, signed on the back by artist Video attached for viewing The beauty of geometrical balance in Cimini's series of work evokes a certain quiet beauty. Strong layers of color and brushwork explore depth and emotion to each unique piece. Cimini's work range from paintings with vibrant color and energy to quiet contemplative pieces with rich layering of depths. Using oil paint, wax medium, and marble dust on canvas, the artist creates a harmonious balance on the canvas, or paper, characterized by textured shades of colors, with linear lines and shapes - allowing a symmetrical, meditative composition of shapes and colors to emerge. ARTIST STATEMENT Building on the architectural origins which have been the basis of my work for over a decade, I have started referring to my compositions as random symmetry. That is, creating a balance on the canvas with no discernible pattern allowing a symmetrical, meditative composition to emerge. I employ the golden mean as a reference which can often be seen in the composition. I use oil paint with a cold wax medium, layering the paint, as organic surfaces evolve within the restrained lines of the composition. During the process an environment develops giving an emotional story to the thoughtfully planned out compositions. My color choices vary, sometimes deliberately creating a series with particular color decisions and sometimes allowing the color choices to impulsively appear fueled by intuition and experience. Color remains a constantly unfolding mystery. In a recent exhibition, MATH TO BEAUTY is series of new paintings employing the golden mean as a basis for the geometric compositions which I've come to call random symmetry. This fascinating ratio, frequently found in nature and geometry, is perceived by many to play a role in the human perception of beauty. So much has been written about the golden ratio; to the point that it's hard to discern fact from fiction. But whatever the truth, the golden ratio has properties that has intrigued and inspired mathematicians, biologists, artists, musicians, historians, architects, psychologists, and even mystics for centuries. Using the golden ratio in the cavalier way that I do keeps me mindful of proportion. Just when I think it's working along comes color to challenge my senses. In the end my intentions are to create beauty in my work. As the Greeks put it, the three ingredients to beauty are: symmetry, proportion, and harmony. Born: 1949, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA Education: San Francisco Art Institute School of Visual Arts (New York City) Grants & Awards 2003 Recipient of a Grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation selected by a committee of distinguished art professionals awarded to artists with established ability. The grant was set up by Lee Krasner, wife of Jackson Pollack. 2015 Finalist at the Global Art League 2015 exhibition at the Montreal Art Centre. Corporate Collections (selection): Coca Cola Bottling Co. NFR Energy LLC Novartis Pharmaceuticals WolfBlock Boston Bayer Healthcare Wells Fargo Bank Exhibitions; Numerous exhibitions in more than a decade in USA and Canada 2016 Cyborgs Crustaceans & Butterflies, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY Solo Exhibition, pictures of something, ANNEX 24 Gallery, Lancaster, PA Summer in the City INVITATIONAL SHOW, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY TWITTER ART EXHIBIT: NYC, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, NY Spring Fever INVITATIONAL SHOW, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY DIVINING THE SPACE, Solo Exhibition, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ 2015 One of the 20 finalists of the Global Art League 2015 exhibition at the Montreal Art Centre Montreal, CANADA Mostly Drawing Group Exhibition, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ MATH TO BEAUTY, ANNEX 24 Gallery, Lancaster PA Square Foot Art Basel Miami Three, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL 2014 Pictures of Something, paintings on paper, Victory Hall drawing rooms, Jersey City, NJ More paintings on paper, ANNEX 24 Gallery, Lancaster, PA Square Foot Art Basel Miami, Projects Gallery, Miami, FL The BIG Small Painting Show, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ 2013 Solo Exhibition, Architectural Abstract Paintings, Sawadee, Jersey City, NJ 2012 Solo Exhibition, Architectural Abstract Paintings, Intermezzo Gallery, Englewood, NJ 2011 Solo Exhibition, no more secrets, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY Solo Exhibition,1984: Remembering the Early Days of AIDS, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY Solo Exhibition, VASTU Gallery, Washington, DC Solo Exhibition, scale, shape, positioning, Noho Gallery Chelsea, New York, NY Group Exhibition, Chromatogenous Conversations, MH Art Gallery, New York,
  • Creator:
    Stephen Cimini (1949, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 39 in (99.06 cm)Width: 32 in (81.28 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU24111933682
More From This SellerView All
  • 24x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, 4X Gold
    By Stephen Cimini
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. We love the work of this artist bec...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Gold Leaf

  • 26x30" - Ganymede - Oil, Enamel on Wood
    By Alexis Portilla
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This piece has a lacquered shine, and it is an oil painting on enamel on wood panel. Alexis Portilla obtained his Masters of Fine Arts at Colum...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Enamel

  • 24x22x2 in. - Oil, Gold Leaf - Geometric Architectural Contemporary, 4X Gold
    By Stephen Cimini
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. We love the work of this artist bec...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Gold Leaf

  • 32 x 28 x 2 in. Oil Painting - Shapes of Things Study II mae
    By Stephen Cimini
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This artist is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner grant awarded to artists with established abilities, established by the wife of Jackson Pollock. We love the work of this artist bec...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Oil

  • 27x26" paper- Black Pearl - Mixed Media on Paper
    By Alexis Portilla
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This is a beautiful piece by Alexis Portilla. The rich inky greys and blacks of this piece contrasts against the symbolism of vessels and pictographs. Vessels are a recurring theme i...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite, Oil

  • 48 x 60 in. "For Helen" oil on canvas - black and white oil painting
    By Alexis Portilla
    Located in Los Angeles, CA
    This is a large monochromatic oil painting on canvas by Alexis Portilla. Oil on Canvas 48x60" Alexis Portilla obtained his Master's of Fine Arts at Columbia University in 1990 and has been working as an artist for more than 20 years. We showcase this talented artist's virtuosity ranging from the strong, bold and big to the fragile, vulnerable small exquisite pieces in beeswax and oil. Influenced by the emotion of artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shapes that resemble pictographs, and texture. Often, his pictographs depict vessels because of its significance to many aspects of the human condition. His bold linear lines, use of symbols, pictographs and strong colors create atmospheric abstracts. “Using simple forms and creating swathes of rich texture, Alexis Portilla builds atmospheric abstract paintings that convey a sense of time having passed. Brushy areas of color suggest the indeterminacy of memory, while bold linear forms speak for the present.” Meredith Mendelsohn, Art News magazine review. He has shown in group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His works have been commissioned by major corporations, universities and for private collections. Education MFA, Columbia University (1990) BFA, Pratt Institute Selected Public Collections Penn State University New York Public Library Selected Corporate Collections Harvard Club...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like
  • Horizon In Silver Steel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Silver
    By Chelsea Davine
    Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
    Diptych. Oil and silver leaf on steel. For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold, silver and copper leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many ...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Silver, Steel

  • The Moon XVIII
    By Michelle Sakhai
    Located in Dallas, TX
    As we go through different phases of life and experience the change of seasons, we learn more about ourselves and perhaps unite with a deeper part that finds ourselves evolving and d...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Gold Leaf, Silver

  • Illusion
    By Michelle Sakhai
    Located in Dallas, TX
    As we go through different phases of life and experience the change of seasons, we learn more about ourselves and perhaps unite with a deeper part that finds ourselves evolving and d...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Silver

  • Endless Summer
    By Michelle Sakhai
    Located in Dallas, TX
    As we go through different phases of life and experience the change of seasons, we learn more about ourselves and perhaps unite with a deeper part that finds ourselves evolving and d...
    Category

    21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Silver

  • Adonis The Beautiful. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
    By Sax Berlin
    Located in Brecon, Powys
    Adonis The Beautiful. Oil and silver leaf on canvas. The effect of the silver leaf is mesmerizing, constantly changing with the light. The additional images show the painting at a sl...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Silver

  • La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan
    By Kenji Yoshida
    Located in Santa Fe, NM
    La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan Yoshida was born in 1924 in Ikeda City (part of present-day Osaka). He studied art under the grea...
    Category

    1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

    Materials

    Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Recently Viewed

View All