Demetrios Papakostas Paintings
b. 1960
Demetrios Papakostas is a Canadian abstract painter. His approach is rooted in his passion for technical investigation, color spacial and perception. His thoughtful investigation into the subtleties of the relationship between abstract thought and the human condition is characterized by his deep conviction that art must speak of and to heart, mind and soul.
Born in 1960 in Montreal, Demetrios studied art with Nicole Lebel, Heather Yamada and the eminent Canadian painter Harold Klunder at the Saidye-Bronfman Arts Center, Concordia University and the Visual Arts Center.
He is a member of GEOFORM.COM which represents leading artists working mainly in the field of geometric abstraction from around the world. In addition to his practice of painting, Demetrios also runs a rental art gallery attached to his studio and is also a teacher’s assistant to Heather Yamada at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Demetrios has participated in several exhibitions, at the Latitude 44 Gallery in Toronto, at the Visual Arts Center, at Galerie Espace, Galerie E.K. Voland, Galerie Beaux-Arts des Ameriques, and Galerie Erga in Montreal. Some of his works had been selected to appear in a Quebec film entitled "On the Rhythm".
His work is prized and present in several corporate and private collections.(Biography provided by 1515 Lincoln Gallery)
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Artist: Demetrios Papakostas
'Summer Branches, ' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting, 2019
By Demetrios Papakostas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
'Summer Branches' is an abstract landscape Oil on Canvas Painting from 2019 by Demetrios Papakostas. The painting measures 20" x 24" and is unframed.
The painting features two tre...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Demetrios Papakostas Paintings
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'Glowing, ' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting, 2022
By Demetrios Papakostas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this 36" x 30" oil on canvas painting, 'Glowing,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field in seemingly three-dimensional geometric formations. The light and dark shapes of varying tones abut one another almost creating a lyrical dance on the canvas. Symbolizing a glowing desert terrain; a minimalist landscape with a molten sunrise captured in blocks of vibrant color.
Demetrios Papakostas is a Canadian painter who makes abstract paintings characterized by his passion for bold technical investigation, colour spatial and perception. He works primarily in oil and watercolour and is interested in creating work that highlights his passion for geometric abstraction and colour field paintings. His thoughtful inquiry into the subtleties of the relationship between abstract thinking and the human condition, are characteristic of his deeply held conviction that art must speak from, and to, heart, mind and soul.
Born in 1960 in Montreal, Canada, he first became interested in the arts after visiting an artist’s studio while on a family trip to Greece. The artist Tassos Loukithis, was a family friend and it was there after seeing multiple paintings and struck by the beauty of many religious icons hung up all over the artist’s studio that he decided he wanted to draw and paint. He studied portrait drawing, watercolour and abstraction at the Visual Arts Center in Montreal with Nicole Lebel, Heather Yamada, and with prominent Canadian painter Harold Klunder...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Demetrios Papakostas Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
'Inversion, ' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting, 2019
By Demetrios Papakostas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this 36" x 30" oil on canvas painting, 'Inversion,' by Demetrios Papakostas, the artist has created an abstract color field of reds in seeming...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Demetrios Papakostas Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
'Lucy in the Sky, ' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting
By Demetrios Papakostas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
'Lucy in the Sky,' by Demetrios Papakostas, Oil on Canvas Painting
This 48" x 36" abstract oil painting by Canadian artist, Demetrios Papakostas, is inspired by music of the Beatles and is part of a series titled 'Color Fields Forever.' "Kaleidoscope eyes...
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2010s Abstract Demetrios Papakostas Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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