What Is
Ornamental Expressionism?

Ornamental Expressionism is a contemporary approach to painting in which ornament becomes structure rather than decoration.

The human presence does not dominate the canvas — it emerges from rhythmic systems of color, texture, and repetition.

The face is no longer defined by contour.
Color constructs tension.
Surface generates depth.

Form appears and dissolves within an ornamental field charged with emotional intensity.

This is not the depiction of a subject.

It is the construction of presence.

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ORNAMENTAL PORTRAIT SERIES


A selection of recent paintings exploring surface, rhythm, and emotional structure.

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URBAN ATMOSPHERES

Light, architecture and emotional space constructed through texture and rhythm

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COLLECTOR REVIEWS

  • Alley of lovers

    Emma on Jul 22, 2023

    Excellent quality !! We have been impressed when got this contemporary painting !! Thanks !!!

  • Paris. Moulin Rouge

    Sinthia on Jan 14, 2024

    This is an absolutely stunningly painting! I fell in love with it when I first saw it and then it came...in the most perfectly padded shipping box ever...and when I opened it I fell in love all over again! What Talent! Thank you so much Dmitry I treasure it💕😊

  • Boats in the sunset

    Jake on Sep 11, 2025

    So impressed! Looks even better in person. Dmitry shipped everything as quickly and securely as you could ever want. Can't wait to buy more from this incredible artist.


Contemporary Ornamental expressionism Paintings by Dmitry Spiros

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Art is not decoration.
It is structure, memory, and presence.

My paintings are created through layered surface and rhythmic construction of color.

Available directly from the studio.