Author Archives: abstract

This is the fourth black and white in a series of six that I’m painting with acrylic on large watercolor paper.  For this one I used a large brush to make the thick horizontal swaths with mars black acrylic.  Then … Continue reading →

This is the second piece in my series of black and white non-objective paintings on paper.  They are all inspired by Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell, but have my sensibility and touch.  I am using the very white paper for … Continue reading →

This is the second piece in my series of black and white non-objective paintings on paper.  They are all inspired by Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell, but have my sensibility and touch.  I am using the very white paper for … Continue reading →

I started a group of large abstract paintings on paper, using black acrylic paint to create a black and white image.  These are spontaneous, expressionist compositions where there is no room for corrections.  The paper background is the “white” in … Continue reading →

One of my writing/artist friends was inspired by one of my abstract paintings and the poems of Emily Dickenson to write this piece.  The painting is shown below it. “A little madness in the spring”- a burst of vibrant red … Continue reading →

I started taking piano lessons recently, and I think my new musical awareness shows through in this recent abstract drawing.  See if you agree. I began with calligraphy pens, creating the sweeping wave-like lines first in blues, greens and magenta.  … Continue reading →

Each time I write in my blog about a new painting I’m working on, I am talking about the painting process as I do it.  Now there are books available that tell you how to paint abstract art from many … Continue reading →

While preparing more canvases for painting, I worked on an abstract drawing today using calligraphy pens, brush pens, and a fine point Koh-i-noor pen.  I started by making broad sweeps with the thick end of the calligraphy pens, using brown, … Continue reading →

To finish this third painting in a series of four, I first drew butterfly and floral shapes with alizarin crimson and then carefully filled them in with a watery wash so they would remain transparent.  I tried to overlap the … Continue reading →

After finishing the background on these two new abstract paintings, I began to draw shapes in cadmium yellow light, cadmium orange, cobalt, and sap green.  As I made each shape, I filled it in with a small brush using paint … Continue reading →