Darius Yektai Art
American, b. 1973
Darius Yektai was born in Southampton, New York, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and studio in Sag Harbor. Darius grew up in a cultural home of art and artists, with his Greek-American mother and his father, Manoucher Yektai, an Iranian who emigrated to the United States after the Second World War. Manoucher was a prominent Hamptons Abstract Expressionist painter. Darius has picked up some traits from his father but pushes even further into what is now completely his own.
Darius’s most recent body of work is bright and colorful, with oil and acrylic paints laid on thickly. He's creating sculptural paintings that can't be read from left to right — they need to be examined from surface to base, from section to section, and then, overall, as an encompassing whole.
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Artist: Darius Yektai
"Blue Fall 2" Still Life, Impasto Flowers, Cool Tones
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Oil Pastel, Oil
"Green Lilies, Magenta Barn" 2022 oil and resin painting, abstract landscape
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Resin, Oil
Alizarin Lilies
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil
Sandy Sunset at Scott Cameron
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Silver Pond V
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Purple Falling Flowers
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Resin
Blue Spin
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Kamiland
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Off the Wall
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The dark green and blues of a dramatic wave are signifiers of an Atlantic Ocean scene. A surfer, seemingly one with the wave, rides in the barrel. Stripes of color track the movement and trajectory of the surfer.
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Sag Mallows
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Untitled - Lily Diptych" large flower contemporary painting on modern backdrop
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
White Willow Lilies
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"White Willow Lilies", is a horizontally oriented oil painting on canvas, with a layer of resin poured and hardened, to create a clear, reflective layer, reminiscent to the surface o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Resin, Oil, Linen, Acrylic
"Costa Rica Rider" Motorcyclist riding through streets of Costa Rica and florals
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Plate
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An almost sculptural still-life painting by neo-abstract expressionist, Darius Yektai.
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil
Flying Point
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Blue Mimeo Lilies
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Darius Yektai Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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