Stacked Cake: Black on Pale Pink and Grey
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; water-based enamel paint on paper bags
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
American, b. 1951
A forerunner of the post-painterly abstraction movement, contemporary artist Gary Komarin approaches each composition with a pure openness to inspiration. With every brushstroke, he builds a visual interpretation of his mindset in that moment, never knowing what he's going to paint next. Komarin asserts that, for him, "the best paintings are the paintings that paint themselves."
Komarin invites risk into his abstract work, and employs daring in every element of his pieces. From his adventurous deployment of spackle and house paint as mediums to his playful use of color and imperfect lines, he pulls forms from a backdrop of consciousness, rather than merely delivering images to a surface. He enjoys instilling a child's sense of wonder into his abstractions and still-lifes, invoking a toddler's experience of "seeing things without knowing what they are."
Born in New York City, Komarin is the son of a Czech architect and Austrian author. He attended art school at Boston University, where painter Phillip Guston became a mentor. Much of Komarin's work nods to Guston, without mimicking or replicating the latter’s signature cartoonish style.
Komarin has exhibited in the United States, Asia, the United Kingdom and throughout continental Europe. In 1996, his work was included in an exhibition at 41 Green Street in New York. He has received numerous awards, including the New York Foundation for the Arts grant in painting, the Joan Mitchell Prize in Painting and the Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship. Komarin lives in rural Connecticut, where he continues to create new work.
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Artist: Gary Komarin
Orange Cake Stacked on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Cake Stacked, Barcelona
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Stacked, Barcelona, 2025 Signed by the artist Enamel paint on wood panel 127 x 61 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths,...
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2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Enamel
Cake Stacked, Galisteo
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake Stacked, Galisteo, 2025 Signed by the artist Enamel paint on wood panel 127 x 61 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Enamel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
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2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Gary KomarinCake, 2023
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Cake
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Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
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2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$16,100
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake, 2023 Acrylic on paper 35 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin finds room in contem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake , 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 127 x 61 cm 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Gary KomarinCake, 2023
$25,300
Cake
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Cake , 2023 Acrylic on wood panel 127 x 61 cm 50 x 24 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Small Canvas
By Gary Komarin
Located in London, GB
Gary Komarin Small Canvas, 2024 Oil on canvas 35.6 x 27.9 cm 14 x 11 inches Eschewing traditional materials in favor of tarps and drop cloths, spackle and house paint, Gary Komarin ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Red Cake Stacked on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Cake Stacked: White on Turquoise
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Cake Stacked: Bright Pink on White
By Gary Komarin
Located in Fairfield, CT
Unique; Water-based enamel paint on paper stacks
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mixed Media Painting by Gary Komarin 'The French Wig (white)'
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'The French Wig (white)' 2015 by American artist, Gary Komarin. Mixed media on canvas, 14 x 11 in. Wigs are among Komarin’s most recognizable idiosyncratic images. This faux naive wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mixed Media Painting by Gary Komarin 'The French Wig (blue)'
By Gary Komarin
Located in White Plains, NY
'The French Wig (blue)' 2016 by American artist, Gary Komarin. Mixed media on canvas, 14 x 11 in. Wigs are among Komarin’s most recognizable idiosyncratic images. This faux naive wor...
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2010s Contemporary Gary Komarin Figurative Paintings
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