Canadian artist Kevin Sonmor is known for his rich and darkly atmospheric figurative works and still-life paintings.
Born in 1959 in Lacombe, Alberta, Sonmor attended the Alberta College of Art and Design (now Alberta University of the Arts), where he studied art from 1983 to 1988. In 1986, he enrolled in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s summer studio program. Then, in 1988, Sonmor moved to Montreal, where he studied at Concordia University, graduating with an MFA in 1991.
As a student, Sonmor was drawn to the delineation of forms and naturalistic proportions associated with Flemish painting. The influence of painters who worked in this realist style, coupled with Sonmar’s use of intense color and elements of turbulent Romanticism, is seen in such abstract paintings as Vanitas Relief (2019), 100 Portraits: The Home Guard (2019) and Location (2019).
Throughout his career, Sonmor has exhibited his paintings in museums and galleries across the United States, Canada and Europe. His first solo exhibition was held in 1988 at the Truck Contemporary Art Gallery in Calgary, followed by subsequent solo exhibitions at the Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre in Kingston, Ontario and the Centre des arts actuels Skol in Montreal from 1990 to 1991.
Sonmor garnered extensive recognition in Canada following a retrospective of his work in 2002 to 2003 at the Mendel Art Gallery (now Remai Modern) in Saskatoon, the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Ontario and a solo exhibition in 2004 at the Art Gallery of Mississauga. During the 2010s, Sonmor exhibited with several fellow Canadian artists, including James Lahey, Ed Bartram and France Jodoin.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Kevin Sonmor paintings.
Vanitas Relief
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes animated with tight, intensely coloured, realistically ordered still-lifes. Hints of...
Linen, Oil
The Boys are Back
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes animated with tight, intensely coloured, realistically ordered still-lifes. Hints of...
Linen, Oil
Agriculture Vanitas
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes animated with tight, intensely coloured, realistically ordered still-lifes. Hints of...
Linen, Oil
$337
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.6 in
Impressionist expressive oil floral painting on canvas "Blooming summer roses"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary impressionist abstract expressive floral painting, "Blooming Summer Roses", was created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot. Radiating energy and emotion, the pie...
Oil, Canvas, Linen
$8,438
H 40.16 in W 32.68 in D 1.58 in
CONTEMPORARY Figurative Girl Women Sport Oil Irinka Talakhadze Painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Raised by an artist father, Irinka Talakhadze has been immersed in the world of art from an early age. Her father, a profound influence on her artistic journey, instilled in her a de...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
$3,600
H 14 in W 11 in D 2 in
"Odilon's Flowers" oil painting, expressionist still life, thick paint, unframed
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American Expressionist painter Darius Yektai. In his signature thick application of paint, Yektai molds a vase of flowers atop a simple footstool in primary colors...
Linen, Oil
$3,550
H 12 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Pink Flowers" Abstract Expressionist oil and resin painting of flora polka dots
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare small painting from contemporary Abstract Expressionist, Darius Yektai. Although titled "pink flowers" the hue of the painting is really more peach, or a light orange. A patte...
Canvas, Linen, Resin, Epoxy Resin, Raw Linen, Oil
Flesh of the trees I
Located in BARCELONA, ES
“Much like the human body, trees carry marks of time—scars, textures, and changes that reveal their history. For me, the older a tree is, the more interesting it becomes. Its bark is...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$10,600
H 39.5 in W 47 in
Surfer Girl- blue white brown abstract and figurative oil painting on beach
By Michael Azgour
Located in New York, NY
Michael Azgour is an artist and educator whose work addresses the impact of digital imagery on contemporary culture. His paintings combine evocative, expressive representation with g...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
$8,438
H 47.25 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK Figurative Children Oil Irinka Talakhadze NEW Painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Raised by an artist father, Irinka Talakhadze has been immersed in the world of art from an early age. Her father, a profound influence on her artistic journey, instilled in her a de...
Linen, Acrylic, Oil
$8,500
H 26 in W 50 in D 1 in
"Stars and Stripes" Americana Pop 23 Karat Gold Leaf/Red/Blue Oil, Flag Painting
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Stars and Stripes" 23 Karat Gold Leaf and Oil on Linen 26 x 50 Inches Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. With its depiction of a graphically idealized American flag. "Stars and Stripes" is at once lovely and bold. Beautifully painted and exquisitely executed, these elegant works of rich color are sophisticated examples of Gibbs' ability to invoke whimsy while demanding serious attention, and the artist's simple distressed white wood double lattice frame is the perfect complement. Also available is a smaller version of this painting, "American Standard" 18 x 34 inches, as well as a vertical variation "Vertical U.S. Flag" 34 x 18 inches. Additional variations of the American flag series are available without 23 karat gold leaf ("Reverse Image" in black and white, "Flag #4" in black, white and tan, and "Black and White" which is black, gray and white). The artist's "Canton" series of paintings focuses on stars only. Paintings from this series are available in navy blue with gold leaf stars ("Canton Major" 34 x 48 Inches), olive drab with gold leaf stars ("Canton Olive and Gold" 30 x 42 Inches), and all 23 karat gold leaf ("Starry Splendor" 30 x 42 Inches). Gibbs is often commissioned to paint variations on her 'flags' and 'stars' to customize scale, orientation (horizontal or vertical) palette, and/or symbols of particular significance to the client. Additionally available are flag paintings in various sizes inspired by the British flag with and without 23 karat gold leaf ("Sgt. Pepper Jack," "Union Jack Red and Gold," "Union Jack Navy and Gold," and "Union Jack White and Gold"), the Scottish flag...
Gold Leaf
$8,500
H 26 in W 50 in
"U.S. Flag in White and Gold" Americana, Pop, 23 Karat Gold Leaf, Contemporary
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
"U.S. Flag in White and Gold" 23 Karat Gold Leaf (White and Yellow Gold) and Oil on Linen 26 x 50 Inches Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's ...
Gold Leaf
Flesh of the trees IV
Located in BARCELONA, ES
“Much like the human body, trees carry marks of time—scars, textures, and changes that reveal their history. For me, the older a tree is, the more interesting it becomes. Its bark is...
Canvas, Linen, Oil
$7,500
H 48 in W 62 in D 1 in
Encounter: large contemporary abstract painting in red with blue & green imagery
By Paula Cahill
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me with zip code for best shipping rates and timely delivery. This is a large, bold red abstract painting with green and dark blue accents. All hanging hardware is att...
Linen, Oil, Graphite
$3,978
H 28.75 in W 24.81 in D 1.58 in
CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK Figurative Children Oil Irinka Talakhadze NEW Painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Raised by an artist father, Irinka Talakhadze has been immersed in the world of art from an early age. Her father, a profound influence on her artistic journey, instilled in her a de...
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Green Rainmaker Study
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes animated with tight, intensely coloured, realistically ordered still-lifes. Hints of...
Linen, Oil
Sold
H 48 in W 60 in
One-Hundred and Fifty Portraits (The Baptist) - Race Horse in Umber and Crimson
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A horse in mid-jump is rendered in rich umber and crimson and set almost in silhouette against a pale ground. In this powerful portrait of the race horse The Baptist artist Kevin Sonmor uses a neo-romantic vocabulary of atmospheric space and dramatic chiaroscuro. An MFA graduate of Concordia University and former Calgarian, Kevin Sonmor now lives and works in Montreal. He was born in Lacombe, Alberta in 1959. Sonmor reuses the artistic vocabulary reminiscent of Dutch 17th Still Life...
Linen, Oil
The Poet of Sweetgrass
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The intensity and scale of this magnificent painting of a horse by artist Kevin Sonmor is rendered on three large canvases that come together to create this beautiful 19th century inspired work. Fragments of text are visible within the panels. The central long rifle evokes the image of sacrifice; the butt of a pistol emerges from the canvas on the left; the horse has a look of tired resignation, yet continues to stand with dignity. The blood red color of the fruit in the lower right panel are in sharp contrast to the more textured and somber tones of the rest of the work. An MFA graduate of Concordia University and former resident of Calgary, Kevin Sonmor has been living and working in Montreal for the past twelve years. Sonmor was born in Lacombe, Alberta in 1959. Sonmor reuses the artistic vocabulary reminiscent of Dutch 17th Still Life...
Linen, Oil