Rodion Gilmitdinov

The Campfire as Archive, Oil Painting

2025

Artist Comments
Two figures sit around a fire and feed its flame. Ornamental elements surround them, creating a visual rhythm. The composition blends recognizable figures and abstract forms to suggest ritual as an open, temporary condition. Artist Rodion Gilmitdinov used gestural mark-making and a combination of oil paint, acrylic paint, and oil pastel to create this piece.

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," shares Rodion. 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: figure, figurative, cowboy, camp, camping, fire, colorful, spiritual, symbolic, campfire, star, people, western, outsider, oil painting, red

The Campfire as Archive
Rodion Gilmitdinov
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2025
35 in. h x 35 in. w x 2.5 in. d
32 lbs. 4 oz.