Kristen Anton

"Token" Contemporary Abstract Black, Tan, & Blue Neutral Toned Painting

2025

Contemporary neutral toned abstract landscape painting by Houston-based artist Kristen Anton. The work features tan and white planes of color accented with hints of tree branches and...

Contemporary blue, brown, and tan toned gestural abstract expressionist painting by Houston based artist Kristi Haines Herman. The work features layers of swirling brushwork in various neutral tones. Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: As an abstract painter, Kristi Haines Herman, uses her artwork to execute ideas and two-dimensional environments that create an emotional experience for the viewer. Her paintings are inspired by personal involvements and reactions to them. Phrases and words ruminate in her mind and slowly turn into abstracted figures that convey her inner thoughts. Haines Herman is highly influenced by movement as her artistic expression due to many years in dance. Movement is depicted through various gestural lines, shapes, and texture which allow the audience to venture through the canvas; thus a visual dance from one edge to another on the painting’s surface. Ballet was Haines Herman’s first love in the art world, starting at age five. She learned to use body movement as an outward expression which allowed her to explore various audience reactions. This would later correlate with her artwork. In her late teens, dance and visual art would intertwine with time on stage as well as painting for expression. Gradually, visual art became her primary artistic avenue. Haines Herman attended Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, where she majored in studio art under professors Frank Hobbs and Polly Dixon. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Texas at Austin. During her studies at UT, she was encouraged and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David...

Artist Commentary: This piece is about how humans affect our waterways and where our water comes from. Keywords: waves, light, bright, mountain, day, abstract, water, sea, ocean, co...

Erin O'Brien I'll Fly Away, 2018 acrylic on linen 25 x 20 in. (obri005) This original acrylic painting by Erin O'Brien features painterly abstract shapes in shades of blue, red, yel...