Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 4

Robert Stark III
Adrift

2022

About the Item

American, b. 1964 Predominantly a realist still life painter, Robert Stark III confronts the tradition of still life painting by challenging the viewer with dubious arrangements. His arresting compositions portray both interior and exterior settings, capturing the subtle effects of light and shadow to create a particular atmosphere or sense of place. These exquisitely realistic, often small-scale paintings invite close scrutiny. Stark strives to pull the viewer in through an implied narrative; his remarkable technical proficiency results in paintings that can be deceivingly loaded with content, action, and intention. Stark draws strongly from the Dutch still life painters for technique. Through repeated applications of oil glaze the artist has developed a chiaroscuro style that gives the painting and the subject itself a strong sense of depth. Glazing permits the manipulation of pigments to either reflect or absorb light, producing a strong illusion of three-dimensionality. Stark’s compositions also remind us of early Spanish still life painters in their simplicity. He “peoples” his paintings with few objects that, in their placement, seem both random yet distinctly interrelated. Raised on Nantucket, Robert Stark attended the Taft School and Georgetown University, where he majored in Chinese/Asian studies and Fine Arts. He has since returned to the island to focus on his painting.
  • Creator:
    Robert Stark III
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU18110965412
More From This SellerView All
  • Fez
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Born 1978, Jerusalem Lives and works in Tel Aviv and Brussels Education 2005 MFA Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv 2001 Slade School of fine art, U.C.L, London, pai...
    Category

    2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Panel, Oil

  • Marrakech
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    Born 1978, Jerusalem Lives and works in Tel Aviv and Brussels Education 2005 MFA Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv 2001 Slade School of fine art, U.C.L, London, pai...
    Category

    2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Panel, Oil

  • Race Day
    By John Terelak
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    American, b. 1942 John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art instruction at the Vespe...
    Category

    2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Distant Hills
    By Nicholas Berger
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
    Category

    2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Looking Back
    By Nicholas Berger
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
    Category

    2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • The Course at Sankaty Head
    By Lori Zummo
    Located in Greenwich, CT
    American, b. 1962 Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving ...
    Category

    2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

You May Also Like
  • Slipping into her Shoes
    By Charles MacLellan
    Located in Fort Washington, PA
    Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Panel Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left: Chris. A. MacLellan - 34 Sight Size 30.00" x 24.80", Framed 37.00" x 32.00" The Saturday Evening Post cov...
    Category

    1930s Paintings

    Materials

    Panel, Canvas, Oil

  • "New York City, Jazz" Oil Painting
    Located in Denver, CO
    Christopher Clark's "New York City, Jazz" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a night scene of a bustling cityscape.
    Category

    2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

  • "Little Fish in a Big Pond", abstract, pinks, golds, pigment stick, oil painting
    By Nan Hass Feldman
    Located in Natick, MA
    Nan Hass Feldman’s “Little Fish in a Big Pond” is a 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch textured, rich oil painting of a close-up view looking down into a lovely lil...
    Category

    2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Panther in the Grass, Oil Painting, Landscape, Animal Painting, Illustrator
    Located in Houston, TX
    Panther in the Grass is by artist Jeff Slemons .There is the use of the palette knife which builds up a texture of the oil paints used in this landscape...
    Category

    2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Linen, Wood Panel

  • French Girl with Flowered Hat with Impressive Sfumato Technic by Leon Richet
    By Leon Richet
    Located in Stockholm, SE
    Introducing a stunning portrait by renowned French artist Léon Richet (1847-1907), depicting a young girl adorned with a beautiful floral wreath and a hat perched atop her head. This...
    Category

    Late 19th Century Barbizon School Portrait Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Panel

  • Sturm in Steyregg
    Located in Wien, 9
    Hermann Haider war einer der wichtigsten Künstler der Linzer Jahre der Galerie und die Beziehung mit ihm ging weit über eine rein berufliche Zusammenarbeit hinaus. Meinem Vater gelan...
    Category

    1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Wood Panel

Recently Viewed

View All