Joey Korom was born in Milwaukee in the summer of 1955. He is an Abstract Expressionist painter who has been a practicing artist for 50 years. Korom went on to earn a bachelor of science degree in 1989 from the School of Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and in 1992, he obtained a master of architecture degree. He experiments with media, colors and textures to produce purely optical artwork, that is, artwork meant to engage the viewer, visually and emotionally, without employing any associations outside of the work itself. Korom is passionate about this expressive type of abstraction, an artistic mode that escapes the rules of perspective and realism. His educational and professional background is in architecture, which he considers to be the father of all arts. The use of line, shape and proportion in Korom’s work is visibly influenced by his experience as an architect, but he seeks to avoid the rigidity involved in architectural draftsmanship. He focuses instead on underlying structure, seductive color and loose brushwork. Korom sees his style as a personal liberation from the demands of architectural drawing and yet, he’s never lost the disciplines he was taught.
Autumn, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Joey Korom manifests an abstract vision of autumn in this dominantly pastel work. He executes the piece with two main colors, light blue, and sand. Prominent ...
Acrylic
Greens' On Top, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom paints a green abstract composition. He combines unconventional shapes to give the work multiple layers. "Subtle collisions suggest parts of...
Acrylic
October, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom expresses a modern abstraction of the changing colors of October. The yellow-orange field suggests autumn, specifically the middle period of...
Acrylic
Bleecker Street, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A modern abstract painting in cool blocks of blues and grays vibrating with brilliant red and pastel yellow. "Like its Manhattan namesake, 'Bleecker Street...
Acrylic
Regatta, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A boat race is recorded here with colors and shapes," states artist Joey Korom. "Speedy boat movements glide across open waters where fields of various blue ...
Acrylic
Landscape #1, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A joyful piece based upon uplifting colors and their compositions expressed by artist Joey Korom. He suggests a cheerful spring, shown through fields of flowe...
Acrylic
Passage on the Lady Anne, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An abstraction of the ship Lady Anne meanders adrift lost at sea in artist Joey Korom's abstract piece. Black, gray, and pale-yellow ...
Acrylic
The Cold Stove, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom envisions an abstract version of a stove. "With paintings, temperatures are conveyed by various colors, a time-tested artistic device," says...
Acrylic
Blue Wins, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An abstract expressionist painting in vibrant swaths of blue and purple over a soft yellow ground. Artist Joey Korom says he envisioned a sort of competition ...
Acrylic
Lightning and Fields, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Summer skies are often in tumult, turning and writhing clouds cut with bolts of hot streaks," says artist Joey Korom. "This painting echoes these conditions ...
Acrylic
Conversations, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The exchanging of information is abstracted with Conversations," states artist Joey Korom. "The painting of course is silent, yet this art conveys much to th...
Acrylic
Russell Square, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom paints an abstract visualization of London's Russell Square. Three registers define the painting's major spati...
Acrylic
Trafalgar Square, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"London’s celebrated public park, Trafalgar Square, faces the National Gallery," says artist Joey Korom. "Trafalgar is the hom...
Acrylic
$1,150
Mirage
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Mirage is a serious and contemplative painting. This work can be considered a contemplative piece, a sedate and personal work executed in the best tradition o...
Acrylic
Hi-Way Diner, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by the forms and colors of a rural diner, artist Joey Korom expresses an abstract embodiment of a drive-in restaurant along the highway. "Placards ad...
Acrylic
Badge, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An abstract expressionist painting with a strong visual statement. "The 'badge' contributes much as a primary color and it relegates all others to preordaine...
Acrylic
Jardin des Tuileries, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Joey created this painting as a modernist interpretation of the Jardin des Tuileries in central Paris, bordered by the Ri...
Acrylic
$800
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in D 0.79 in
"Take Me With You" (contemporary, black, flora, floral painting, antique linen)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
TAKE ME WITH YOU 2024 Paris, France Canvas composition is divided in half, with the upper potion focused on a floral bouquet, and the bottom half left unfinished other than a subtl...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
$1,400
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.375 in
Urban Joy Contemporary Abstract Painting, 24x24 Inches, Signed
By Jodi Ferrier
Located in Washington, DC
Urban Joy is a vibrant 24" x 24" abstract painting that captures the layered energy and rhythm of city life. Featuring a dynamic interplay of bold color blocks, gestural marks, and t...
Acrylic
$1,420
H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in
Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil
$4,972
H 55.12 in W 64.97 in D 0.04 in
Re-Finding Of The Soul, red, nature, joan Mitchell, expressionism, botanical
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a new series I began in the fall of 2025 titled Contemplation and Introspection. In this series I am exploring the profound relationship between nature and t...
Linen, Acrylic
$1,600
H 30 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
Botanical Drift 2– monochromatic, blue minimal, abstract
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
Botanical Drift – Original Contemporary Abstract Botanical Painting 30x30 inches Botanical Drift captures a tranquil, suspended moment inspired by softened botanical forms, filtere...
Canvas, Acrylic
$550
H 16.15 in W 10.63 in D 0.79 in
"Wraiths Petals" (abstract, dark, flora, floral landscape, black, pink, green)
By Nicholas Evans
Located in Paris, IDF
WRAITHS, PETALS 2024 Paris, France "Wraiths, Petals" is a dark, flora, atmospheric painting that blends organic forms with abstraction. Created using a mix of oil paint, oil stick, ...
Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
$3,255
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 0.4 in
What's In It For Me, contemporary, joan mitchell, Larry Poons, expressionism
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting belongs to my ongoing exploration of the relationship between nature and the human experience. Inspired by the natural world and influenced by the Eastern philosophy of...
Acrylic
$2,400
H 14.18 in W 18.9 in D 0.6 in
Vertical Stillness – Original abstract Botanical Painting, 40x40 inches, sage
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
Every element within Vertical Stillness has been intentionally simplified to maintain openness and flow. The result is a painting that feels both grounded and lifted, offering a sere...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,262
H 55.12 in W 51.19 in D 1.58 in
Pain Free Melody, contemporary, nature, Larry Poons, Joan Mitchell, lavender
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is on raw linen which in itself creates a warmth that is hard to create on gessoed canvas. It is part of my collection titled Contemplation and Introspection in which I...
Acrylic
$4,850
H 23.5 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
"Labyrinth" Acrylics and Ink on Paper in Hues of Raw Umber, Black and White
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Labyrinth" 2021, 23.5" x 21.5" vertical drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, New York Times, Traditional Home, ...
Glaze, Ink, Acrylic
$4,143
H 55.12 in W 51.19 in D 1.58 in
Tomorrow Never Comes, contemporary, poons, joan mitchell, expressionism art
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting belongs to my ongoing exploration of the relationship between nature and the human experience. Inspired by the natural world and influenced by the Eastern philosophy of...
Acrylic
$1,600
H 30 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
Botanical Drift 1, blue, minimal, Monochromatic, abstract
By Juanita Bellavance
Located in Cumming, GA
Botanical Drift – Original Contemporary Abstract Botanical Painting 30x30 inches Botanical Drift captures a tranquil, suspended moment inspired by softened botanical forms, filtere...
Canvas, Acrylic
Dark Blue Shards, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Rigid shapes and expressive marks define this abstract work. Artist Joey Korom shares that mathematics and architectural forms play a commanding role in the pro...
Acrylic
Tracey's Pond, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom demonstrates a calming abstract with muted tones of lavender. A subtle and demure artistic approach helps define the work. "The summer surfa...
Acrylic
Broken Wall, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Joey Korom displays a predominantly neutral-toned abstract in subtly organized structures. He executes the modern piece in adjoining gray shapes suggesting contemporary forms of architecture. The broad, loose strokes manifest his expressive and intense creativity.
About the Artist
Joey Korom is an abstract expressionist painter who has been a practicing artist for 50 years. He experiments with media, colors, and textures to produce artwork that is “purely optical;†that is, artwork meant to engage the viewer, visually and emotionally, without employing any associations outside of the work itself. Joey is passionate about this expressive type of abstraction, an artistic mode that escapes the rules of perspective and realism. His educational and professional background is in architecture, which he considers to be “the father of all arts.†The use of line, shape, and proportion in Joey’s work is visibly influenced by his experience as an architect, but he seeks to avoid the rigidity involved in architectural draftsmanship. He focuses instead on underlying structure, seductive color, and loose brushwork. The artist sees his style as a personal liberation from the demands of architectural drawing, and yet, he’s never lost the disciplines he was taught.
Words that describe this painting: New York School of abstract expressionism, acrylicpaint, de Kooning, Motherwell, Mondrian, abstract, tonal, neutral, abstract, acrylic painting, grey
Broken Wall...
Acrylic
Late Summer, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Joey channeled his deep love of Abstract Expressionism in this painting. He applied large color fields with a loose brush, intentionally displaying the brush...
Acrylic
Green Bridge
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
With Green Bridge, I sought to capture the strengths of both public architecture and engineering, says Joey Korom. This painting eschews any literal interpre...
Acrylic
Abstract Painting 14
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
;Abstract Painting 14; highlights the power of large color fields and the combination of geometric forms with smaller, more delicate areas. This is an urban ...
Acrylic
Orange Almost Hidden
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Orange Almost Hidden is an aggressive artwork executed in the best tradition of Abstract Expressionism. The painting is asymmetrically composed, with a large ...
Acrylic
The Apartment
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Colors are hinted at, as well as teasing structural lines;these attributes help comprise The Apartment. Masterfully executed, this...
Acrylic