Oil on Canvas
170 cm wide x 138 cm tall
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R24 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See below for more details.
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102 cm wide x 91 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
A refined study in layered horizontality, The Basic Evolution of Time distills movement, rhythm, and temporal shift into a serene architectural abstraction. Through precise tonal transitions and subtle textural breaks, Karpinsky achieves a contemplative balance that defines his mature period.
A poised, highly collectible work of structural minimalism.
150 cm wide x 91 cm tall
Oil on Cosco Painting, paited on and embelished to actually look good
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R24+ on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
52 cm wide x 91 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R19 front bottom left. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
An enigma takes shape as a room whose objects refuse to settle. Against a deep blue field, pale planes fold through one another while a polished, rust-colored form appears to hover at the center. A violet ring anchors the lower left; narrow yellow and orange accents draw the eye upward and back into the structure. Each element seems tangible, yet the relationships between them remain elusive.
The vertical canvas holds several kinds of space at once. Faceted gray forms suggest architecture without resolving into a building, while rounded passages introduce a softer, almost bodily presence. Fine dark contours separate these shapes, then become routes connecting them. Near the lower edge, red opens into an unexpected depth, making the composition feel both enclosed and in motion.
The Manifestation of an Enigma offers a particular pleasure to the attentive viewer: recognition arrives in fragments. A ledge, a vessel, a threshold, or a suspended mechanism may briefly emerge before returning to abstraction. Its force lies in that interval between seeing a thing and deciding what it is. The tension between cool atmosphere and warm, concentrated color gives the painting a quietly unsettled character that reveals itself through sustained looking.
45 cm wide x 17 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R11 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
Time becomes a compact, sunlit passage in this unusually wide oil painting. Red, ochre, and sand-colored facets curve around a golden disc, while layered brown bands travel across the lower half like a remembered landscape. A pale blue opening descends from the upper edge, interrupting the warm geometry with a sudden breath of distance.
The Length of Time Here, Realized draws its rhythm from the meeting of two movements: the horizontal drift of the earth-toned ribbons and the circling arrangement of the larger colored planes. Dark outlines give these passages the clarity of fitted pieces, yet their irregular edges keep the image from becoming mechanical. The yellow form may suggest a sun, a dial, or a point of arrival without committing to any single reading.
At 45 by 17 centimeters, the canvas asks for close attention. Its shallow proportions make the eye travel, allowing changes in color and contour to unfold as a sequence rather than a single event. The composition can be read as a small panorama of duration: stretches of continuity interrupted by an opening, a turn, a moment of recognition. For viewers drawn to intimate paintings with a strong internal rhythm, the interest lies in how much movement is held within this narrow field.
91 cm wide x 51 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R23 on front bottom left. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
A broad field of vermilion gives The Appropriate Easement its immediate presence. Across it, a broken white structure stretches above a dark, striated base. A narrow vertical form rises near the left of center, holding the composition between the measured stillness of an architectural fragment and the instability of something coming apart.
The painting's reduced palette makes small transitions carry unusual weight. Charcoal edges thicken into shadows, white planes expose streaks of red, and the lower band shifts through brown, gray, and pale linear marks. The eye follows the irregular silhouette as though tracing a wall or a boundary, then encounters openings that unsettle that first impression. Empty red space becomes as consequential as the forms it surrounds.
The title introduces the idea of passage: a limited permission to move through territory. Seen in that light, the canvas suggests access negotiated through obstruction, with its upright element acting as a possible hinge or marker. That reading remains open. What gives the work its distinctive character is the balance between the expansive color above and the dense, worked surface below. Its horizontal scale encourages the viewer to read the edges slowly, discovering where an apparently solid structure becomes a route through space.
Oil on Canvas
61 cm wide x 92 cm high
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R16 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
A vase is pulled apart without entirely losing its identity. Lavender shoulders, a dark neck, and a bright red interior gather around a pale curved opening, while a long magenta column carries the arrangement toward the bottom edge. Against the brushed pink ground, the object appears to occupy several positions at once: upright, cut open, and turning away.
In The Decomposition of a Vase in the Forth Dimension, the still-life subject becomes a study in interrupted continuity. Black contours act like seams between displaced parts. A violet passage enters from the left, and a fine pale line extends from the upper form toward the right edge, drawing the surrounding space into the vessel's disassembly. The brown strip below supplies a suggestion of a supporting surface, although the geometry refuses a settled point of view.
The contrast between the familiar title and the unfamiliar construction gives the painting its fascination. One can follow the remnants of an ordinary container, or attend instead to the shifts between lavender, crimson, cream, and pink. The elongated format gives the central form a nearly figurative stance. For a viewer interested in the boundary between still life and abstraction, the work offers a sustained question: how far can an object change before memory becomes the only thing holding it together?
Oil on Canvas
61 cm wide x 92 cm high
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R13 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
Domestic objects acquire an unexpected stature in Purple Vase with Books and Cup. A slender, segmented vessel rises through the center, crowned by a broad, tilted shape in burnt orange and deep red. The cup at the left and the stack of books at the right provide recognizable points of reference, while the vase stretches into something closer to a standing figure.
Pink surrounds the arrangement in brushed passages that move from pale light to more saturated rose. Against this ground, violet fragments and sharply drawn dark edges articulate the vase's narrow body. Its small circular foot meets a brown tabletop, giving the improbable construction a precise point of balance. The books introduce a sequence of horizontal bands, countering the central upward movement; the cup's open handle creates a quieter echo of the surrounding negative space.
This is a still life animated by differences in scale and temperament. The books feel stacked and weighty, the cup enclosed, the vase tall and precarious. Their conversation invites the eye to move between the ordinary uses of these objects and the unfamiliar roles they assume in the painting. Its appeal rests in that transformation of a modest tabletop gathering into a scene with poise, tension, and a distinct personality. Close viewing brings the energetic pink surface into dialogue with the deliberate outlines of the objects.
102 cm wide x 152 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R14 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
Oil on Canvas
61 cm wide x 91 cm tall
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R14 on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
An irregular pale opening is held within nested pink contours, suspended against a deep crimson ground. The form tilts slightly, its rounded frame projecting forward like a small sculptural object. Below it, a darker red support descends into the surrounding color. The image is spare, yet the relationship between enclosure and opening gives it a concentrated, almost ceremonial presence.
Leftside Handle That Opens the Door to the Beginning turns the idea of a threshold into an object of contemplation. The luminous center does not disclose a clear destination; soft gray-green traces hover within it, suggesting depth without describing a room or landscape. Around that uncertainty, the pink border feels substantial. Its shifting edges and shaded sides invite the eye to test whether this is a door, a handle, a mirror, or a shape that precedes all three.
The restricted range of reds and pinks directs attention toward proportion, light, and the subtle displacement of one contour by another. A single cool interior interrupts the warmth, creating the sense of something withheld just beyond the surface. The painting's vertical format reinforces the encounter with an upright presence. It rewards the kind of looking in which a small visual difference changes the entire reading: an opening becomes a reflection, a frame becomes a body, and the beginning named in the title remains a possibility.
91 cm wide x 51 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R01 on front bottom left. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
Blue and ochre currents spread across a wide field beneath a pale, angular construction. The lower passages flow like reflections, while the upper forms appear assembled from transparent planes and fractured architectural outlines. A thin sweeping curve crosses the color, and a narrow upright near the right of center interrupts its movement. The scene holds fluidity and structure in an uneasy equilibrium.
The Subsequent Existence of Alternate Realities, or Truth Realized brings different visual systems into the same space. Open areas of cream let fine lines remain exposed; denser blue marks introduce another level of depth. The faceted form above can resemble a bridge, a vessel, or a folded framework, but it never quite explains the territory beneath it. The eye moves between these possibilities, finding connections that shift as attention changes.
Rather than providing a single vantage point, the composition makes room for incompatible readings to coexist. What first appears to be a horizon becomes a boundary within an abstract arrangement; what seems solid is crossed by lines that suggest transparency. The contrast of saturated blue with golden earth tones keeps this uncertainty vivid and immediate. Its interest for a considered collection lies in that active relationship with the viewer: the painting can be revisited as a landscape, a spatial proposition, or a meditation on the fragile moment when perception becomes conviction.
Conte Crayon on Raw Canvas
“60” wide by 36” tall
1996
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed RCK three times on front bottom right. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back.
100 cm wide x 44 cm tall
Oil on Canvas
PROVENANCE: On hand at artist’s studio. Signed R11 on front bottom left. Artists seal and Certificate of Authenticity in Sleeve on back. See Description below for more
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