Darius Yektai Art

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...

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...

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...

"Nasturtium, Diptych" is an abstract diptych painting of two potted plants. On the lefthand canvas the background is painted a thin hookers green and resin was poured over the top. The potted flower is painted over the resin, sitting on a white stippled table with a thick yellow edge. Yellow stipples are painted around the plant. The righthand painting has intentionally exposed canvas soft smudges of green paint through the middle of the canvas and navy up in the upper lefthand corner, at the middle of the composition. A heavy impasto flower...

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...

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...

An abstract painting that focuses on slight shifts in hue to set mood. The artist, being a surfer himself, imagines a wave of red and pink hues in this smaller scale abstract paintin...

Pink Board is an oil and resin on linen painting, which depicts a figure, a surfer, who appears to be prepping her pink surfboard for use. Yektai effect...

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 ...

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...

Framed dimensions are 28 x 24 x 4 inches. Oil, acrylic, and resin on linen. Artist Bio Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and st...

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...

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...