2026
Like many creatives, Karina Gentinetta’s road to success wasn’t a straight line. Before she became a prolific abstract painter of mesmerizing, charged works in acrylics, pencil, oil pastels and charcoal, she was a lawyer.
Born in Buenos Aires, Gentinetta and her siblings fled with her parents during Argentina’s Dirty War, when thousands of people were killed or forcibly disappeared by the government. The Gentinettas arrived in New Orleans, where Karina later graduated from Tulane University Law School. She initially wanted to major in art, but her cautionary parents — her father drove a taxi in New Orleans — urged their bright daughter to study something more practical.
She practiced law for 13 years before Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, destroying her and her husband’s home. Gentinetta found herself at a fork in the road: law or art? She chose the latter. She also began to nurture her interest in the beauty of vintage objects and how they could be reborn, opening a shop for antique furniture. Some of her earliest paintings were made to complement her antique presentations.
Inspired by artists like Cy Twombly and Franz Kline, Gentinetta’s abstract paintings — typically pale canvases with calculated bursts of color — are emotional. Others bear a more stark palette of black and white with intense and sometimes graphic strokes. Gentinetta often uses materials that one might find at a construction site, like wall plaster and house paint, symbolically and tactilely responding to how her city was wrecked but has endured. Her collectors have included Courtney Love Cobain, and in 2016 she collaborated with RH Modern on a limited-edition series. Gentinetta’s work tells a unique story that does not end after a glance.
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"Earth Tone" Acrylics in Raw Sienna and Brown Tones Abstract Painting 42" x 28"
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Earth Tones" 2025, 42" H x 28" W (framed - unframed, it measures 40.5" x 26.5") Abstract, vertical orientation abstract painting consisting of acrylics and part of the new "Earthen...
Acrylic
"Earth Tone II" Acrylics in Raw Sienna Cognac and Brown Tones Abstract 42" x 28"
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Earth Tone II" 2026, 42" H x 28" W (framed - unframed, it measures 40.5" x 26.5") Abstract, vertical orientation abstract painting consisting of acrylics and part of the new "Earth...
Acrylic
"Untitled" Acrylics, Pencils, Oil Pastels on Paper in Neutral Hues of Taupe
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" 2019, 25" x 31" horizontal drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, the...
Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
"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
"Divine Spontaneity II" Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract Painting 48"x36"
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Divine Spontaneity II" 2023, 48" H x 36" W. Vertical abstract painting consisting of acrylics, house paint, oil pastels, color pencils, and carbon pencils on canvas by Argentine-bo...
House Paint, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
"Bodacious" Large Scale Black Blue White with Ochre Accents Abstract 72" x 72"
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Bodacious" 2023, 72" x 72" square. An oversized, large-scale, bold and dramatic abstract painting consisting of acrylic, house paint, pencils, and oil pastels on canvas by Argentine...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Color Pencil, House Paint
Black Gold- Abstract diptych 48 X 96 Mixed Media
By Nancy Seibert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Black Gold Diptych - 48" X 96" acrylic, mixed media, rocks and sand on Canvas. Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington University. She graduated...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Séptico I and II, Diptych. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
DNA is genetic information, hidden and encrypted in body fluids. Veiled data that we load, that we do not know and that someone knows how to decipher. Such specifications characteriz...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Contemporary Two-Part Abstract: Tan and Black with Lavender
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary patterned abstract composition on two joined canvases by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). The left canvas, which makes up one fourth of the c...
Canvas, Oil
Organic and neutral diptych large acrylic artwork
Located in London, GB
Richard Roberts' (b.1930, Kalamazoo, USA) work has been celebrated for over 20 years, establishing himself in some of the most notable private collections in the United Kingdom. Wit...
Canvas, Acrylic
CAMINO {DIPTYCH}, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Michele Morata
Located in Yardley, PA
My inspiration for this elegant & peaceful series came from my loving relationship with God and guidance thru my dreams, painting outdoors in nature, and creating on my dads fabulous museum quality wood panels. Two (2) 24 x 24 unique paintings that were painted outdoors on my favorite nature path & finishing touches in my indoor studio. Eco-friendly oils are layered over and under melted silver...
Oil
Pair of Abstract Compositions - Oil On Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2010
By Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original pair of artworks realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2010. Original Oil Painting on canvas. Hand-signed, t...
Canvas, Oil
