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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From Tree to Sea
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
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...
Oil, Watercolor, Linen, Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
$30,500
“Kasos 2” Figurative painting of a woman wearing a sun hat sunbathing on a beach
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Kasos 2" is an oil and resin painting by abstract artist Darius Yektai. A nude female figure with a straw hat leans over her brightly striped beach blanket. The grey pebbled beach s...
Canvas, Resin, Oil
“Kasos 8” figurative painting of reclining woman, sunbathing on a beach
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Kasos 8 "is an oil paint and resin on canvas painting by contemporary artist Darius Yektai. In it, a woman sits partially reclined, nude but for the straw hat obscuring her face and...
Canvas, Resin, Oil
$45,500
“Kasos 5” Large scale contemporary seascape oil painting with figure, impasto
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Kasos 5" is a large scale oil and casein on linen painting by Hamptons-artist, Darius Yektai. A pulled back to a wide, almost surrealist view of the Greek island. A lone figure stan...
Linen, Oil, Casein
"Kasos 6" Oil Painting, Resin, Reclined Nude Woman, Beach Scene, 44x50 in
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a figure at the beach - a nude woman wears a straw hat, and looks over her right shoulder, away from the sea. She sits upon the rocky shoreline of Kasos' island. ...
Resin, Charcoal, Oil
$33,000
"Lunch on the Slope: Courmayeur" skiers among white snow of french alps, diptych
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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 ...
Canvas, Oil
$50,400
"MilkyWay Stargazers" large scale painting, resin, figures looking at night sky
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Resin, Oil
$6,500
"First View of Liberia Airport" Costa Rican Landscape view of the tarmac arrival
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Canvas, Oil
$33,600
"After Poussin: Madonna of the Steps" abstract, figurative painting, warm tones
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A famous French Neoclassical painting by Nicholas Poussin, copied by Darius Yektai on four panels of linen. "Madonna of the Steps" was la...
Linen, Oil, Epoxy Resin
$7,800
"Boy Reflection" oil and resin painting, mirrored portrait atop a Lily Pond
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil
$8,300
"Girl Reflection" oil and resin painting, upside down portrait with waterlilies
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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...
Canvas, Resin, Oil
$45,000
"The Patio Lesson" large colorful oil painting of pink tulips in ceramic vase
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"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. ...
Linen, Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper
By Katherine Kallick
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper Watercolor and charcoal painting of a nude reclining woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician and San Francisco artist Katherin...
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
$1,150
H 26 in W 20 in D 1 in
Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine
By Katherine Kallick
Located in Soquel, CA
Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine Abstract expressionist watercolor and charcoal painting depicting a nude woman lounging by acclaimed bluegra...
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Paul (male nude)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970). Paul, 2024 Gesso and charcola on paper, 16 x 20 inches. Measuring 17 x 21 inches in black frame behind glass. Signed and dated lower left.
Gesso, Charcoal
$5,444
H 63 in W 63 in
The Road by Valérie de Sarrieu - Oil on canvas painting, landscape
By Valérie de Sarrieu
Located in Paris, FR
The Road is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Valérie de Sarrieu, dimensions are 160 × 160 cm (63 × 63 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a...
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Tempera
$585
H 11.82 in W 23.63 in D 0.4 in
October in the Venice Lagoon - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 1990s
By Pino Romanò
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.
Canvas, Oil
$7,030
H 48.82 in W 34.65 in D 3.55 in
Paul Anton Kaulbach (1864 Hanover - 1930 Berlin) Male Nude
Located in Greding, DE
Depiction of a male nude in diffuse architectural scenery. Signed lower right (Paul) Anton Kaulbach (1864 Hannover - 1930 Berlin). Oil on canvas, in gold-patinated frame. Image size:...
Oil, Canvas
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.5 in W 12.75 in
Strange Woods, 20th Century Surrealist Painting by Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Gretchen Oldfather Troibner (American, b. 1953) Strange Woods Casein on paper Signed with monogram lower right 16.5 x 12.75 inches 27.5 x 22.5 inches Gretchen Troibner is an America...
Casein
$3,150
H 14 in W 12 in D 2 in
Modern Abstract Female Nude Oil on Canvas Gestural Figurative Multi-color
By Jessica Benjamin
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
EVE Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, nude, multi-color, gestural, modern, abstract This painting features Eve, the mother of women, sitting in contemplation in the garden of Eden. Through the use of expressive brushwork, and color, this painting tells a new version of this story from antiquity. Jessica Benjamin was born in Bloomington, IL and graduated from the New York Academy of Art with his MFA in 2014. Her paintings have been featured on the cover and interiors of three albums by Wynton...
Canvas, Oil
Painter's Palette
By Miles Cleveland Goodwin
Located in Dallas, TX
After a tour of duty in the US Navy, Miles Cleveland Goodwin earned a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon, in 2007, and eventually returned to coastal Missi...
Egg Tempera, Oil, Panel
"Das modell"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The task was to write in a semi-abstract style about one’s impressions and observations of a nude model.
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 30.75 in W 38.5 in
Central Park NYC Mid-20th Century American Scene Modernism WPA Realism Citycape
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Central Park NYC Mid-20th Century American Scene Modernism WPA Realism Cityscape Adolph Dehn (1985-1968) "Central Park: People, Rocks & Hills" Casin on board 22 x 30 inches Signed ...
Casein, Board
$8,594
H 39.38 in W 59.06 in D 0.79 in
Beach - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism, Beach View, People
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Hallein, AT
Artodyssey "Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 18 in W 24 in D 2 in
"Afternoon Hammock" Oil Painting w Resin, Figurative, Signed, 24x18 Inches
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare figurative work from abstract painter Darius Yektai. The canvas is covered in oil paint and clear resin, giving it a glassy, reflective surface. It features a brunette female ...
Linen, Resin, Oil
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H 24 in W 20 in
"Dark Self" Post Modern oil painting, an opaque self-portrait of artist on black
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Dark Self" is a post modern, oil on linen painting. It depicts a man in a very dark room, barely visible. The viewer continues to search for Yektai’s image in “Dark Self” which is...
Linen, Oil
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H 20 in W 17 in
"Self Portrait with Green Cape" Post Modern oil painting, artist w thick paint
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Self Portrait with Green Cape" is a post modern, oil on linen painting. It is a colorful self portrait of Yektai wearing a green cape. “Self Portrait with Green Cape” started as an ...
Linen, Oil
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H 48 in W 80 in
"Powder Day" abstract expressionist oil painting of skier on snowy mountain
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on panel titled "Powder Day" is an impressionist painting of a skier carving their way through a ski slope in Chamonix, France. Layers of fluffy snow translate almost effort...
Oil, Panel
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H 24 in W 30 in
"Switchbacks on the Aiguille Du Midi" Winter landscape painting mountain skier
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Switchbacks on the Aiguille Du Midi" is an abstract expressionist oil painting; a winter landscape of a two skiing figures alongside a mountain slope. A rich ...
Canvas, Oil
Waxer
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Darius Yektai's "Waxer" is a large, vertically-oriented, layered painting on canvas. An important component of this new exhibition of paintings is Yektai’s spirited, figurative “Surfer” paintings...
Canvas, Resin, Oil, Acrylic, Oil Crayon