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Gallery - CandyLand series 

Nice Day for a Walk

Nice Day for a Walk

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #abstraktkonst #figuratievekunst #figurativeart

Follow me into the Sun

Follow me into the Sun

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #artefigurativa #artfiguratif #figuratievekunst

Man with Confidence

Man with Confidence

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #artefigurativa #figurativeart #figuratievekunst

Morning Stroll

Morning Stroll

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #morningstroll #candyland #figurative

This Land is My Land

This Land is My Land

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #figurativeart #texturedart #pink

Tutankhamun is Back

Tutankhamun is Back

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #egyptart #sunburst #royalty

Birdman

Birdman

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #birdart #springtime #color

The Holy Man

The Holy Man

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #figurativeart #Образноеискусство #shaman

Together and After

Together and After

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 24"W x 1.5"D Acrylic, Ink, Oil on canvas, Stretched SOLD #artefigurativo #modernpainting #naive

Precious Blue

Precious Blue

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic, Ink, Oil on canvas, Stretched SOLD #sunburst #love #figurativo

Baloom Baloom

Baloom Baloom

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic, Ink, Oil on canvas, Stretched SOLD #abstractart #lovers #joy

Little Heysoos

Little Heysoos

by Dariusz Labuzek 30"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #lovelife #playfulart #figurative

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #angel #color #figurativeart

Black Jesus

Black Jesus

by Dariusz Labuzek 40"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #Образноеискусство #artefigurativo #artfiguratif

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #hopscotch #playtime #colorfulart

The Prophet

The Prophet

by Dariusz Labuzek 24"H x 20"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #figurativeart #bayareaartist #prophet

All Saints II

All Saints II

by Dariusz Labuzek 30"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #saintly #halo #color

All Saints III

All Saints III

by Dariusz Labuzek 30"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #blessed #abstractart #expressionism

All Saints I

All Saints I

by Dariusz Labuzek 30"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #saintly #bayareaartist #abstractexpressionism

Ghosts of the Rainbow I

Ghosts of the Rainbow I

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #ghosts #nebulous #color

Ghosts of the Rainbow II

Ghosts of the Rainbow II

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #rainbow #dreams #color

Ghosts of the Rainbow III

Ghosts of the Rainbow III

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #abstractart #expresionismo #arte

Solaris

Solaris

by Dariusz Labuzek 40"H x 30"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #orange #figurativeart #solaris

Copacabana

Copacabana

by Dariusz Labuzek 22"H x 28"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #riodojaneiro #arteabstracto #artefigurativo

Aruba, Jamaica

Aruba, Jamaica

by Dariusz Labuzek 20"H x 16"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #aruba #jamaica #yellowart

Turistas

Turistas

by Dariusz Labuzek 40"H x 60"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #turistas #figurative #sfartist

Lady Gaga in Blue

Lady Gaga in Blue

by Dariusz Labuzek 30"H x 24"W x 1.5"D Acrylic on canvas, Stretched SOLD #ladygaga #abstractexpressionism #abstractart

Dariusz Labuzek’s primitive-style paintings are inherently figurative. Yet, their naive imagery is predominantly stylized and has an illustrative quality that is founded on an abstract painterly aesthetic. The juxtaposition of abstraction and figuration, and the fusion of mixed media, gestures, and symbols, make his work compelling. His figures were created as vessels to be filled with textures, colors, and ideas, captivating compositions that conspire to feed our curiosity and imagination.

Feeding a sculptural sensibility – possibly informed by his training as an architect and filmmaker – Labuzek repeats the same motifs in his paintings, yet each painting is utterly different. His starting point is the relationship between painterly concepts such as texture, color, line, and form; this play on ideas gives him space to explore how we see a painting, the depth, and nuance of the material, as well as the potential it has to manipulate how we view the picture plane. Some of his figures look like copper or collage-like cutouts, the rest more illustrative in nature.

This freedom of expression, of looking to articulate the emotional and poetic quality of an image through painterly concepts, is a subject that has preoccupied many artists throughout the 20th century, some of whom have laid the foundation for Labuzek’s own creative journey, such as Pablo Picasso, Antonio Tapies, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Agusti Puig, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Artur Nacht-Samborski, Cy Twombly, Zdzisław Beksinski, Jacek Göttel, Richard Diebenkorn, Jackson Pollock as well as Zhou Brothers, Roger Ballen, and Gerhard Richter. Labuzek continues in the tradition of these great artists, as a painter who is in love with his medium, in the possibilities that lie in brush and paint, in the potential that an abstract world of strange humanoid figures can lead us into a world that lightens up our imagination.

Dariusz was born in Poland and studied architecture at the Institute of Technology in Cracow. He immigrated to the United States in 1990 and attended a film and theater program at Humboldt State University in California. In 1992 he moved to Chicago, where he continued painting and developing his unique style of figurative expression. In 2016 he relocated to San Francisco Bay Area. Dariusz has exhibited for over two decades in various exhibitions, including galleries. His work is collected extensively across the world. His art studio closed permanently in 2024.

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