Arcadia Contemporary (NY) Presents Daniel Sprick: “What Remains”
Opening April 2, 2026
From the Gallery:
For more than five decades, Daniel Sprick has been recognized as one of the foremost painters working within contemporary realism. Known for his extraordinary technical precision and deeply contemplative imagery, Sprick’s works often appear photographic at first glance, yet reveal themselves slowly through subtle distortions, poetic arrangements of objects, and luminous passages of light that transform ordinary subjects into moments of quiet reflection.
In “What Remains,” Sprick returns to many of the objects and motifs that have appeared throughout his work for decades; skulls, vessels, flowers, tools, and plants. These familiar forms appear alongside fragile remnants such as broken eggshells, bones, and wilted petals. Together they quietly echo the long tradition of vanitas painting, where objects serve as reflections on time, mortality, and renewal. Some of the objects depicted have accompanied the artist from studio to studio for many years, while others appear only briefly before fading away.
“What Remains” marks Daniel Sprick’s third solo exhibition with Arcadia Contemporary and his first since 2011.
Created from the artist’s Denver home and studio, these paintings possess a heightened sense of atmosphere as light and space move gently through the compositions. The surrounding environment becomes an active presence within the work as the objects depicted appear less like formal arrangements and more like things quietly inhabiting a lived-in space, suspended in time.
Together, the paintings in “What Remains” suggest a meditation on cycles of life and decay, presence and absence, permanence and change. Familiar objects reappear across time, while fragile fragments speak to the fleeting nature of the moment. Through this balance, Sprick transforms the still life tradition into a quietly philosophical exploration of what persists, fades and returns. In these quiet arrangements, Sprick invites viewers to consider not only the passing of time, but what remains.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1953, Sprick studied at the Ramon Froman School of Art and the National Academy of Design before earning his BFA from the University of Northern Colorado. He lives and works in Colorado and has exhibited extensively throughout the United States for more than four decades. His works are held in numerous public and private collections, including the Denver Art Museum.
For more information, contact Arcadia Contemporary (NY, NY), 646-861-3941, www.arcadiacontemporary.com.
