Quiet Divide is a 22×30 abstract landscape by contemporary American painter Adam Stark, featuring layered geological textures set beneath a soft, atmospheric sky. Stark’s signature palette-knife technique creates sculptural, eroded forms in plum, charcoal, beige, and lavender tones. The composition opens dramatically at its center, revealing a serene expanse of pale color that contrasts the textured terrain. A refined example of geological abstraction, contemporary texture painting, and minimalist landscape art, offered exclusively by Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
This third Adam Stark abstract landscape continues his signature exploration of geological texture and atmospheric minimalism, but with a softer, more ethereal palette. The composition opens with a wide expanse of pale sky blending warm peach and muted ivory tones—one of Stark’s rare ventures into a warmer atmospheric register.
Below the tranquil sky, rugged formations emerge in dense acrylic textures that mimic eroded stone, sediment layers, and fractured cliff faces. Stark again uses a palette-knife technique to drag, scrape, and reopen layers of pigment, producing richly broken surfaces and exposed strata in plum, muted charcoal, soft beige, and cool lavender.
Compared to your earlier Stark works, this one has an even more pronounced sense of void and silence at its center: a broad, uninterrupted field of pale paint opens between the two landmasses, creating a striking tension between abundance of texture and minimalist space.
The result is haunting, geological, and beautifully restrained.
Signed “A.Stark” lower right (fully consistent with the authenticated signature from your other pieces).
Contemporary (late 20th / early 21st century)
Abstract Landscape
Geological Abstraction
Minimalist Atmospheric Abstraction
Textural Expressionism
Heavy palette-knife impasto
Layered acrylic, scraped back to expose earlier tones
Wet-over-dry and dry-brush transitions in sky fields
Mineral- and sediment-inspired color palette
Organic erosion patterns created by decisive removal of paint
This work visually aligns with themes of erosion, time, decay, and natural formation—a hallmark of Stark’s body of work.
Adam Stark is an American contemporary painter recognized for his abstract geological and atmospheric landscapes. Working primarily in acrylic with palette-knife techniques, Stark builds and subtracts thick layers of paint to create surfaces resembling eroded cliffs, mineral deposits, and stratified geological formations.
Stark has been active within the New York art community, participating in regional gallery rotations, juried exhibitions, and private collection placements. His work appeals particularly to collectors and interior designers interested in organic texture, environmental abstraction, and modern minimalism. Stark’s signature approach blends Abstract Expressionist materiality with the restraint of contemporary minimalism.
His paintings are collected throughout the United States and abroad, known for their sculptural paint surfaces, earthy palettes, and meditative atmospheres.
Adam Stark (American)
Title: Quiet Divide (descriptive)
Medium: Acrylic on Paper/Board
Size: 22 × 30 in.
Period: Contemporary
Description: Geological abstract with palette-knife impasto and soft atmospheric sky. Plum, ivory, and beige palette. Signed lower right.
Artist: Adam Stark (American)
Title: Quiet Divide (descriptive)
Medium: Acrylic on Paper/Board
Dimensions: 22 × 30 in.
Signature: “A.Stark” lower right
Date: Contemporary
Origin: Acquired in New York City
Assessment:
Authentic work by Adam Stark. The palette-knife textures, geological motifs, subdued palette, and distinctive signature match verified works by the artist.
Artist Studio, USA
Dealer or Private Acquisition, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — Current Owner (2025)
Quiet Divide is a 22×30 abstract landscape by contemporary American painter Adam Stark, featuring layered geological textures set beneath a soft, atmospheric sky. Stark’s signature palette-knife technique creates sculptural, eroded forms in plum, charcoal, beige, and lavender tones. The composition opens dramatically at its center, revealing a serene expanse of pale color that contrasts the textured terrain. A refined example of geological abstraction, contemporary texture painting, and minimalist landscape art, offered exclusively by Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
This third Adam Stark abstract landscape continues his signature exploration of geological texture and atmospheric minimalism, but with a softer, more ethereal palette. The composition opens with a wide expanse of pale sky blending warm peach and muted ivory tones—one of Stark’s rare ventures into a warmer atmospheric register.
Below the tranquil sky, rugged formations emerge in dense acrylic textures that mimic eroded stone, sediment layers, and fractured cliff faces. Stark again uses a palette-knife technique to drag, scrape, and reopen layers of pigment, producing richly broken surfaces and exposed strata in plum, muted charcoal, soft beige, and cool lavender.
Compared to your earlier Stark works, this one has an even more pronounced sense of void and silence at its center: a broad, uninterrupted field of pale paint opens between the two landmasses, creating a striking tension between abundance of texture and minimalist space.
The result is haunting, geological, and beautifully restrained.
Signed “A.Stark” lower right (fully consistent with the authenticated signature from your other pieces).
Contemporary (late 20th / early 21st century)
Abstract Landscape
Geological Abstraction
Minimalist Atmospheric Abstraction
Textural Expressionism
Heavy palette-knife impasto
Layered acrylic, scraped back to expose earlier tones
Wet-over-dry and dry-brush transitions in sky fields
Mineral- and sediment-inspired color palette
Organic erosion patterns created by decisive removal of paint
This work visually aligns with themes of erosion, time, decay, and natural formation—a hallmark of Stark’s body of work.
Adam Stark is an American contemporary painter recognized for his abstract geological and atmospheric landscapes. Working primarily in acrylic with palette-knife techniques, Stark builds and subtracts thick layers of paint to create surfaces resembling eroded cliffs, mineral deposits, and stratified geological formations.
Stark has been active within the New York art community, participating in regional gallery rotations, juried exhibitions, and private collection placements. His work appeals particularly to collectors and interior designers interested in organic texture, environmental abstraction, and modern minimalism. Stark’s signature approach blends Abstract Expressionist materiality with the restraint of contemporary minimalism.
His paintings are collected throughout the United States and abroad, known for their sculptural paint surfaces, earthy palettes, and meditative atmospheres.
Adam Stark (American)
Title: Quiet Divide (descriptive)
Medium: Acrylic on Paper/Board
Size: 22 × 30 in.
Period: Contemporary
Description: Geological abstract with palette-knife impasto and soft atmospheric sky. Plum, ivory, and beige palette. Signed lower right.
Artist: Adam Stark (American)
Title: Quiet Divide (descriptive)
Medium: Acrylic on Paper/Board
Dimensions: 22 × 30 in.
Signature: “A.Stark” lower right
Date: Contemporary
Origin: Acquired in New York City
Assessment:
Authentic work by Adam Stark. The palette-knife textures, geological motifs, subdued palette, and distinctive signature match verified works by the artist.
Artist Studio, USA
Dealer or Private Acquisition, New York City
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — Current Owner (2025)
