Jose Mertz

Alien study

2022

Gesso, acrylic, and spray paint on wood

Acrylic, latex on canvas

Acrylic on canvas

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

This is a large transfer painting created during a MacDowell Fellowship residency in 2012. This "transfer" process allows me to play with painted fragments on plastic and then colla...

Dimensions: approx. 180cm x 204cm Medium: acrylic and ink on Unstretched canvas* * this painting is on an unstretched canvas and will be shipped rolled up in a tube. Please contact ...

An exploration of the human mind, memory, and perception. Imbued with history and character the beautiful Netherby House by Megan Hounslow was the initial inspiration for this paint...

Rothko-esque Color Field painting that delights from a distance and up close from Swedish-American visual artist Charlotte Bernstrom, who creates acrylic paintings that are poetic explorations depicting nature and humanity’s place within it. Taking queues from Abstract Expressionism and Impressionism, through juxtaposing nature-inspired fields of color over earth-like stained and textured canvas, the autobiographical works are rooted in landscape and lean toward abstraction. Bernstrom’s paintings, with their complex, earth-like surfaces, evoke an emotional response that directs viewers toward a consciousness of their place in the natural world, and perhaps also encourage better care of the Earth. Born and raised in Sweden, Charlotte was mentored by her grandfather, the painter Lennart Schultzberg. He started teaching her plein air painting when she was five years old. He came up with innovative ways of teaching a young child perspective, color theory and to use different mediums. She learned about seeing, listening, feeling and how to translate those qualities through paint. Charlotte was influenced and inspired by an environment filled with art. In her early twenties, Charlotte moved to San Francisco and studied at the Academy of Art University and the California College of the Arts. Her landscape paintings gradually became more abstract and autobiographical, with an emphasis on color and texture. 'My World...

Still Alive for your Love by artist Douglas Witmer is a grey and orange contemporary minimalist abstract painting made of black gesso and acrylic on canvas that measures 30 x 22 and ...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest form. The way they come together in the space helps ground them, giving a friction of sorts, a system, a world built around the forms, a quiet place within. I love large inviting spaces, as if to say, “Come here, I’m here to comfort you.” I am creating a space where you find a soothing uncluttered balance. I want you to like the stillness there. So every piece of work has a piece of me in it, my personality, my love of spaciousness and calm. I am totally aware of every aspect of the work and in the moment, concentrating on that one moment in time—the Now. It is my desire that the sense of peace, harmony, and stillness is communicated to you." Judith Williams...