"Verdigris" Large Scale Acrylic, Oil Pastels and Pencils Red Abstract 84"x60"

"Verdigris" 2025, 84" H x 60" W. A captivating large-scale abstract painting by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta, renowned for her work featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, The New York Times, Traditional Home, Veranda Magazine, Luxe Interiors, and Introspective Magazine. This striking piece, crafted with acrylics, pencils, and oil pastels on canvas, draws inspiration from the olive harvest in Italy, infusing the canvas with a vibrant, spirited energy.

The artwork evokes a sense of childlike wonder through expressive pencil markings and dynamic circular abstract forms. The composition explodes on the canvas in swirls and organic drips of paint. A harmonious palette of chartreuse green, sunny yellow, earthy olive brown, crisp white, and subtle hints of blue breathes life into the composition. These hues, layered with carbon pencil details, dance against a neutral backdrop, celebrating the splendor of nature and the essence of vitality. Framed in a natural poplar wood floater frame, "Verdigris" radiates both elegance and boldness, making it a masterful embodiment of movement, texture, and the raw beauty of life itself.

Karina Gentinetta's vast and audacious canvases are inspired by her home city of New Orleans. A litigator for thirteen years, Gentinetta found herself at a crossroads after losing her family home and the majority of her possessions during Hurricane Katrina. Turning to art and design for solace, the self-taught artist was inspired to leave her law practice to pursue her creative passions in the shocking aftermath of the storm.

Redolent of the shattered landscape of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Gentinetta’s paintings evoke the broken frames of flooded homes and the city's devastated infrastructure. Downed telephone lines, random piles of debris and condemned buildings are all present in the thick brushstrokes and intrepid lines that mark each canvas. The artist uses materials that are purposely indicative of construction sites, including wall plaster, varnish and house paint acrylics, imbuing the works with both a subjective symbolism and forceful aesthetic.

Using a monochromatic color scale, the Stark paintings juxtapose opposing sentiments including vulnerability and strength, chaos and balance. The bold, abstract compositions speak to a multiplicity of themes including grief and despair, but above all celebrate the triumph of rebirth and hope over loss and devastation.

Gentinetta’s works have received national and international recognition and have been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Elle Décor, Luxe, Veranda, Traditional Home and More Magazine among others. Most recently, Gentinetta collaborated with RH Modern on a limited edition series which was successfully received and sold out. Her works can be viewed on InCollect online and personally at The Gallery at 200 Lex at the New York Design Center in NYC.

Commissions may be requested.