Melissa Shaak

"Canopy", abstract, vibrant, green, gold, teal, pink, acrylic painting

2016

Sandra Cohen’s “Location Services” is a 30 x 24 x .25 inch acrylic painting on tempered hardboard, in a floral palette of pink, orange, green, and blue. The landscape and falling flo...

"Sky and Cloud Study" by C.C.inton is a fresh, contemporary take on landscape painting that explores subtle variations of color and transparency reflected as abstract forms. This 15 ...

Sandra Cohen’s “Vault” is a 30 x 21 inch acrylic painting on thick archival paper, painted in tones of yellow, orange, pink, brown, red, and white. A fema...

"Sky and Horizon Study" by C. Clinton is a fresh, contemporary take on landscape painting that explores subtle variations of color and transparency reflected as abstract forms. This ...

This mixed media artwork by Gozo, titled Ten Cypresses Arguing About the Byzantine Empire, presents a surreal landscape featuring a row of vibrant green cypress trees set against a s...

Artist : Katherine Bello Title : Before the Beginning Materials : Mixed Media on Canvas Date : 5/2019 Dimensions : 24"X24"X1.5" Signed and Dated by Hand COA Provided Katherine Bello...

Acrylic, fabric, and paper on board Each board is 12 x 12 inches with 1 inch space between them

"I welcome the continual emergence of change, evolution, and the inevitable challenges that form a large part of a working artist’s life." With CHEF'S HAT, a recent and evolving work, I am moving into more dimensionality and space. My intention is to push patterned and embellished surfaces on paper from its naturally flat surface into a more structural and spatial plane. This involves making sculptural pieces from paper and experimenting with new construction methods using strips and lengths of paper over-lapped and fastened together, shaped into objects with physical presence. I feel I am migrating from the flat surface into the third dimension. I envision the paper constructions as a landscape to be wandered in and out of, through and around, a space that invites all and sundry to enter on their own terms. I hold firmly to the belief that my work exhibits a playfulness that belies a more serious assessment of our social world. I am interested in how something that is initially perceived as frivolous and celebratory can constitute a reaction against and resistance to the shadowy world of misfortune, hard luck, and weariness. Born in 1959, Lanie Gannon was predominantly inspired by the 1970s. Conceptualism is often perceived as a reaction to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. The movements that succeeded were all representative of a strong desire to evolve and strengthen the art world, in response to the tensions of the previous 1960s. Process art branched...