Orfey Grunberg

Orfey Grünberg: Review by Anthony Fawcett

Orfey Grünberg is a distinguished painter and engineer from Sofia, Bulgaria, where he still lives and works. I had the good fortune to meet him in London and experience his work firsthand at the iconic Boomer Gallery. He is a large bear of a man with a deep voice and a warm heart.
After studying industrial design, which he still practices with myriad designs sold all over the world, Grünberg turned to his first love—abstract painting. Working with acrylic and oil on large canvases using a variety of different-sized palette knives, he magically conjures up paintings brilliantly rich with a veritable rainbow of colors bursting through whilst revealing hidden layers behind. One is transported to Giverny, to Monet’s garden.
Grünberg’s oeuvre feels very spontaneous, exploding with volcanic energy, in the true tradition of the originals like Jackson Pollock—namely, quickly and without any hesitation. To quote another master from the last century, and one of my favorites, Cy Twombly wrote: “To paint involves a certain crisis, or at least a crucial moment of sensation, or release, and by crisis, it should by no means be limited to a morbid state, but could just as well be one ecstatic impulse” (L'...

My painting is abstract, spontaneous, intuitive and unplanned. It always comes from the soul and heart. Expresses Emotions through the emphasis on colors and texture. I call my paintings E...(Emotion).
I use different sizes palette knives for painting with acrylic or oil paints on canvas.
I would compare the colors from the palette to the musical notes, which in a particular order (or rather disorder) that create a harmonious sound and convey my emotions and positive energy that makes you feel happy .

2021 private exhibition art galery "Laskaridis" Sozopol, Bulgaria
2021 private exhibition art galery "Fea" Sofia, Bulgaria
2022 private exhibition art galery "Laskaridis" Sozopol, Bulgaria
2022 exhibition art galery "Boomer" London UK
2023 Art Gallery Laskaridis Bulgaria-permanent
2023 exhibition Roma International art fair ITSLIQUID.
2023 The Other Art Fair Dallas,USA - Saatchi art.
2023 ArteManara Catania ,Italy -permanent
2023 Paris Art Fair with Monat Gallery
2023 Spectrum Miami ,USA with Monat Gallery
2023 Monat Gallery -Madrid
2024 Toolip Gallery -Budapest
2024 Monat Gallery -Milano