Rodion Gilmitdinov

Spirit, Interrupted, Original Painting

2024

Artist Comments
This mixed-media painting captures the intensity of a boxing match through bold color blocks, dynamic linework, and expressive gestures. The contrast of red, yellow, and black heightens the sense of impact and motion. The silhouetted fighters and the word "SPIRIT" anchor the work in themes of resilience and inner strength, creating a vivid dialogue between conflict and determination.

About the Artist
Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov creates paintings that capture cities through broken lines, dynamic colors, and spontaneous brushwork. His compositions emerge as visceral reactions to his environment rather than strict representations. "My art is like visual diaries; it is spontaneous, raw, often nearly uncontrollable," Rodion tells me. He grew up in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where rhythm and silence shaped him. After moving to New York, the city’s chaos fueled his work. Without formal mentors, Rodion honed his skills through observation and persistence. He works in his studios in Brooklyn and Miami, where charcoal dust covers the floor and music fills the air. When not making art, he walks through the city, observes people, and spends time with his family and dog.

Words that describe this painting: boxing, boxers, fighters, punch, color block, gestural, graphic, figurative, script, people, pop, sports, mixed media artwork, yellow

Spirit, Interrupted
Rodion Gilmitdinov
Oil paint, acrylic paint, charcoal, and oil pastel on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2024
64 in. h x 60 in. w x 2.5 in. d
56 lbs. 0 oz.