Darius Yektai Art

A large scale oil painting - totally abstract, non representational. Largely pink, and blue, with pops of assorted colors peaking up from beneath. Thickly painted globs of paint are ...

A famous French Neoclassical painting by Nicholas Poussin, copied by Darius Yektai on four panels of linen. "Madonna of the Steps" was la...

A red on red painting framed in a matching red floating frame. The only relief from the bright red hue is the gold vessel holding the flowers, and the scraped away white edge of a ta...

"Lunch on the Slope: Courmayeur" is a contemporary oil painting of skiers trekking among fluffy white snow on the french alps to go to lunch at the popular Italian restaurant. Made ...

A contemporary take on Vincent Van Gogh's most famous painting "Starry Night". Darius Yektai, a contemporary painter based in New York's beach enclave The Hamptons, uses resin along ...

"Labradoodles" is an expressionist painting of two white Labradoodle dogs touching snouts in a sweet kiss. Surrounded by an abstract field of greens, as if laying upon grass. Layers ...

An abstract oil painting. Diluted red oil paint poured and dripped directly onto raw canvas, oil pastels have been drawn on top while the paint was still wet, allowing it to seep int...

A classic Yektai subject of melding flower still life with a landscape background. Land and sea become one as the orchid's form and colors blend into the waves of the seascape. The leaves of the plant start to become the waves crashing onto the shore and the sun could be mistaken for a blossom. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai...

A rare small painting from contemporary Abstract Expressionist, Darius Yektai. Although titled "pink flowers" the hue of the painting is really more peach, or a light orange. A patte...

A large scale oil painting by Darius Yektai. An extension of Yektai's popular "Waterlily Series" this painting examines the reflection of a ponds surface, with hanging willow tree br...

An abstract oil painting, showing the edge of a blue tied table, porch or pool overlooking an abstract landscape. On the sharp edge of the foreground object sits a thickly painted va...

"Blue Mimeo Lilies" is a medium scale painting, of faint waterlilies on a pond. This abstraction is part of his popular and important series of "Waterlilies" from 2019-2021. This pie...

In a natural progression of his now-famous Waterlily Series, Yektai created Cobalt Lilies, which straddles the present and some otherworldly dimension. Like the deep-blue matte plast...

Delphiniums in Glass Vase Double Still Life is part of a series debuted in 2023, where Yektai has inculcated nature—employing the late 20th century effect of including ‘found objects” into his paintings. Here we see actual delphinium stems bursting out of the vase in the foreground. Just to remind us of who is king of the canvas, he rakes the whole composition with wide dashes of paint to emphasize each section’s role. We see black dabs to push back the deep green background, wide white marks to bring the table forward and bright red swashes of oil paint on the right to balance out the composition, creating a flag effect out of the whole painting. Real dried flowers...

"Falling Sunset Horizons" is an abstract expressionist painting of falling flowers onto a colorful plane of yellow, pink, and green, Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 197...

Darius Yektai's "Large Tulips, Yellow Table" is a large-scale, multi-layered, oil on linen painting. Dimensions are 6 ft tall x 12 ft wide. Painting is...

"Orchid" is a Neo Abstract Expressionist colorful still life with thick impasto. Yektai displays his fearlessness as an artist in the three-dimensional flower he constructs out of ju...

Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-Ameri...

An oil painting on canvas and resin. Yektai transforms the classical still life into a dynamic expressionistic composition with an abstract landscape in the background. A warm, soft ...

"Girl Reflection" is an expressionist depiction merging a portrait of a girl laying with her arms crossed behind her head, and the surface of a pond adorned with lilypads. An excit...

A representational abstract painting of a lily pond. Airy washes of alizarin paint, built up more opaquely in areas, creates the background of this piece. Epoxy resin covers the aliz...

"Boy Reflection" is an abstract expressionist painting of a boy's reflection onto the surface of a lily pond. An exciting new series out of Darius Yektai’s studio this year, shows r...

"Purple Falling Flowers' is abstract painting of flowers and vines over a pale teal and tan background. Bright green stems tangle together as if the flowe...

"Costa Rica Rider" is an abstract expressionist painting of a motorcyclist riding through the streets of Costa Rica framed by beautiful pink flowers. Darius Yektai was born in Sout...

"First View of Switzerland" view of lush green Swiss Alps from train window. "First View of Switzerland" displays Yektai’s impressions as he was situated...

An oil painting of a beach on Gin Lane, by Darius Yektai. Painted en plein air on the bed of his truck, Yektai uses sweeping brushstrokes to approximate the e...

Yektai returns to his still life/landscape subject in this composition. A Van Goghesque stool supports a vase with flowers against an abstract seascape in Sagaponack. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher...

"Water Lilies: After Monet (Like Looking at a Bad Black and White Photo in an Old Textbook) II" is one of four versions in Darius Yektai's popular Waterlil...

An abstracted landscape of the artist's local pond.

A tribute to the Long Island beach, a gold sky shimmers onto the smooth beach with houses in the distance. The car tracks remind us of the surfers and fishermen who frequent the area all year round. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai...

A pointillist beach joins with a sweeping coast and sky in this abstraction of Flying Point on Long Island. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai...

In this affecting composition, Yektai combines the dynamism of the abstract expressionist style with the soft, meditative qualities of Monet's waterlilies. Yektai first paints the canvas with loose strokes of rich deep greens. A pinkish red abstract form takes center stage - ang highlights of yellow flank the edges. Then he pours a clear-grade liquid resin onto the painted canvas and lets it harden into a glassy surface. Finally, he uses linear brushstrokes connecting colors into forms, in the typical impressionist style. Yektai varies the volume in which he applies paint, from thin and dry to sopping wet and thick. This process allows for a more three-dimensional experience of the painting. One can see through layers which build-up to create the flurry of brushstrokes. The reflective surface makes space for the viewer to see themselves in the painting, looking back at them. A contemporary notion. Framed dimensions: 29 x 23 inches Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai...

In Broken Vessels, Yektai continues to blur the edges of painting and sculpture. Recently he discovered that his father’s, Manoucher Yektai’s now empty studio was broken into, and th...

An abstract oil painting, broad swaths of blue paint poured and spattered onto a raw stretched canvas. White paint has been blended into the blue at the "base" of the composition, ba...

Abstract oil painting on canvas and resin. This bright piece has a lot of depth, literally! The layers of paint and resin are built upon each other, the upper layers casting shadows ...

"Water Lilies: After Monet (Like Looking at a Bad Black and White Photo in an Old Textbook) III" is one of four versions in his popular Waterlily Series fr...

The latest water lily painting from Contemporary artist Darius Yektai (b. 1973 / Southampton, NY). A scarlet pond, or a red body of water is made with resin and layers of paint. Lily...

Darius Yektai was born in Southampton, NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a culturally rich home of art and artists, with his Gre...

"Orchid on Edge of Window" is an oil and charcoal on linen painting by Darius Yektai (b. 1973, Southampton NY). A minimalist deconstructed still life, where negative space, white can...

"Pink and Purple Roses 3" is an Oil and Charcoal on Linen painting by Contemporary American artist, Darius Yektai (b. 1973 Southampton, NY). A white background is built up with thi...

"Redbud 2" is an oil painting on linen with a thick layer of resin, encasing powdered pigment by contemporary American artist, Darius Yektai (b. 1973 / Southampton, NY). A traditiona...

An abstract painting of a single lily. The lily sits on the righthand side of the composition against a textured black background. The sage green, grey field on the left of the compo...

Waterlilies is a painting on linen, created with layers of oil paint, acrylic paint, and resin. The natural color of the raw linen makes up the base of the painting. Swaths of oil an...

"MilkyWay Stargazers" is a contemporary painting by Darius Yektai, made of oil paint, resin, pebbles, cardboard, and plywood. Signed on verso. In "MilkyWay Stargazers", Yektai swi...

"Blue Fall 2" is a Still Life of falling impasto flowers painted on a canvas of blue and yellow. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. H...

Darius Yektai’s “Nicoya Street” captures that electrifying feeling of stepping out of the airport and into the streets of Costa Rica - The colorful buildings, characters, and plants ...

"Large Lilies Jute Square" is a still life painting with thickly applied lily flowers on a raw brown canvas and resin. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives a...

"White Willow Lilies", is a horizontally oriented oil painting on canvas, with a layer of resin poured and hardened, to create a translucent, reflective layer, reminiscent to the sur...

Two oil paintings of potted tulips. The canvases are attached, but could be hung separately. Both compositions show a terra-cotta pot of tulips, the backgrounds of both have shades o...

"View From Baxter" is an oil on panel painting by Darius Yektai. It's large scale, at 6 feet tall x 4 feet wide, and 3 inches deep. A graphic, saturated contemporary landscape inspir...

An oil painting by Darius Yektai. Oil on linen, encased under a layer of resin, and painted atop the resin. The painting extends onto the frame, with 1/2-inch float space. Darius Y...

Abstract figure swinging on a tree branch in foreground. Seascape, coastline background. Thick, textural brush strokes. Darius's most recent body of work is bright, colorful, wi...

Yektai captures the transient shapes and textures of the Atlantic's waves that, as a surfer, Yektai is particularly attuned to. The circular canvas is a reminder of the cyclical nature of the ocean, and also resembles a porthole window. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. He grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American Mother, and his Father, Manoucher Yektai...

A representational abstract depiction of "Silver Pond" on Long Island. Darius Yektai dives back into his popular "Silver Pond" palette in this dreamy waterscape. He paints his canvas...

"Falling Lily Rose" is an abstract expressionist painting of falling Lilies and Roses on a colorful plane of blues yellow and green. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1...

"Patio Lesson" is an vibrant still life painting of large tulips in a ceramic vase, a pianist sitting atop a stool, and a distant landscape of trees on a hill, in the background. ...

An oil painting by American Expressionist painter Darius Yektai. In his signature thick application of paint, Yektai molds a vase of flowers atop a simple footstool in primary colors...

A vibrant and reflective floral from abstract expressionist artist, Darius Yektai. Yektai pours epoxy resin over his oil painting and then paints on top of the reflective resin furth...

"First view of Liberia Airport" is a small scale painting of the view during the artist's recent travels to Central America. Using a thin application of paint, Yektai smoothly conve...

A painting from the popular "black table" series by Darius Yektai.