Gertrude Schoeler

'Abstract in Rose and Blue', Oregon Woman Artist, Portland State, California

1980

Signed lower right, 'Paul England' (American, 1918-1988) and painted circa 1965. With old label, verso, bearing title, 'Gutenburg'. Framed in a period wh...

Signed lower right, 'Fink' for Ray Fink (American, 1922-1998) and painted circa 1985. A substantial oil by this well-listed American Abstractionist who studied at the Art Institute ...

Signed lower right, 'Jasper Jackson' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Titled, verso, 'Opus 8'. A substantial and period, American mid-c...

Inscribed, verso, 'Wendy Trosper' for Wendy Trosper Deroux (American, 1941-2019), inscribed verso, 'Nude Painted Over' and 'Painted prior to 1967'. Wendy Trosper graduated from Mills College with honors in 1963 and, subsequently, studied at the University of Washington...

Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Congruence" 2022 Mixed Media, Oil paint, Resin, canvas, stretcher bars The painting is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas. 'Cong...

Acrylic on canvas Ted Dixon is a Black painter working primarily in abstraction. He writes: "How do we learn to see what we cannot yet see? What are the things that influence our ab...

Acrylic on canvas Ted Dixon is a Black painter working primarily in abstraction. He writes: "How do we learn to see what we cannot yet see? What are the things that influence our ab...

This is a contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler. Magenta and blue forms central to the painting are surrounded by rose pink, mauve, lavender rise over a field of blue. You can see the influence of tropical colors in this canvas and a wistful yearning for the beach and the sea. Debra Drexler is an American painter, installation artist, curator and professor. Her work is informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific since 1992. She has participated in over thirty solo and over 100 group exhibitions in national and international venues including Front Room Gallery, Exit Art, The Drawing Center, White Box-The Annex, Art Finance Partners, Van Der Plas Gallery, Sideshow Gallery, and Denise Bibro Gallery in New York, as well The Honolulu Museum of Art and Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Debra Drexler is a Professor at the University of Hawaii, where she is Chair of the Drawing and Painting Area. She maintains studios in Brooklyn, NY and on the island of Oahu in Hawai’i. Debra Drexler's most recent work is highly experimental large-scale abstract painting. In a recent review of a two-person exhibition (Whitehot Magazine,2017) Drexler's work as clearly referencing the long tradition of American abstraction and the established legacy of the New York School. The reviewer, Jonathan Goodman, described the work as a “new non-objectivity” that comes out of the current moment. He states that Drexler's painting “quite accurately describes the spirit of abstract art today, in which painting is struggling to break free of the constraints of time." Debra Drexler frequently uses hot pink, a color with heavily gendered associations. Her hot pink brushstrokes...