Bold Abstracts

Bold, simple abstracts at times seem to be the height of luxury; mental luxury.

Take this painting on paper by Lisa Hamilton as an example. Simply titled "012006", 2006 acrylic on paper, 22" x 28", it immediately pulls you in and then holds you still. It is bold and dynamic and yet peaceful, bright and clean. There is so much personality to this work.

The image is from her web site, where you'll find lots more to entertain your psyche.

It's always a treat to see how an artist progresses; to see the many twists and turns in their oeuvre as they mature. After you view all her other work, treat yourself by looking at the images in the category - "paintings from a previous body of work". You'll be surprised.

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Big Wave/Good Ride

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Postmodern Pointillism

The Hounds of Ill Gotten
Were Baying at Noon.
Someone Needed
Their Reward
Too Soon.

Underneath all those dots is a distant castle with ferocious, purple hounds in the foreground. As I did the dots of color, I thought about my boyhood home in Pennsylvania. For example, I can show you where the brick fireplace is in the backyard and the horse chestnut tree out front. On top of that, my friends convinced me to swap the panels, left to right. And there you have it.

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(Have no idea why the thumbs won't enlarge.)

Dean Aldrich - Master Artist

Is it just me, or do we all picture ourselves, from time to time, as great and famous artists ? And in those moments of reverie don't we look upon certain works as being totally representative of our oeuvre ?



I've always considered this work - "Roundelay" - a touchstone.
Gesso on a panel is terrific; it just begs to be written on. So I framed it from behind to give it preeminence. It has one thin coat and as the years pass the tone will change. The word puzzle says; "certain you were part of the play". Then there's the pieces of collage, cut from things that I've painted, either on paper or canvas and some are second generation collage. There's the strip of newspaper across the bottom with what looks like the title - "Heavenly Pieces of Devilishly FUN".

For me, this totally represents what I think is unique to me; sort of a primer on my oeuvre..

The World At Night

This is at once sublimely beautiful and totally scary.




Found this on Neatorama.com

Dotty & Delicious ?

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Notice how this painting immediately makes so much sense and then it becomes mysterious. It took a little bit till I saw the man in the bed. What's so cool is how this scene is just casually put on top of the picture of the bedroom and it just doesn't matter that it's all a-kilter. In fact that's what makes it so charming. That's what makes it work.

This is Farhad Moshiri; born in Shiraz, Iran, he lives and works in Tehran, Iran.

He has several interesting and different oeuvres that you might want to check out. But in this particular series he applies his paint by using a cake-icing dispenser, so the outline of the characters is 3-D and ornate. Pretty cool, eh ?

The image is from Daneyal Mahmood Gallery where you'll find more images and information on this interesting artist.

Iranian Gestural

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The artist is Koorosh Shishegaran.

And the image, "Abstract Still Life" is from Dedeh.com where you'll find more of his work.

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