Fred Tomaselli 1

After Echolocation #2

2000

Nares uses large brushes of his own manufacture to create gestural markings that appear almost three-dimensional. This is a multi-color screenprint printed on heavy weight paper wit...

A stunning example of Nares' gestural brushstroke prints with copper-colored background. Printed on heavy-weight paper.

2015, screenprint, 47 x 34 3/4 inches, edition of 48 Signed and numbered by the artist on the front.

Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U....

Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U....

Sean Scully (Irish, b. 1945) Room, 1988 etching 42 x 51 inches (106.7 x 129.5 cm) Edition of 40

“I’ll find me a place by the river now and give up all my story lines.” – Van Morrison All of these paintings originated in the past year, but I suspect they truly began in 1955 after I returned from the army to complete my college education at Fresno State. Having discovered the heroic-scaled canvases of the abstract impressionists while away, I changed my major to art. Soon, after enrolling into a painting class taught by Darwin Musselman, I felt I’d be advancing from the old school to the new wave. Wrong. Musselman, an intense taskmaster, held me firm to the basics and taught me how to crawl first. The flying would come after I paid my dues. Musselman had studied at the Los Angeles Art Center and The School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Proficient in many styles of painting, he never shied away from demonstrating techniques he felt might spur a student’s progress. About the time I began to suspect he was controlling us all too tightly, he showed the class Hans Namath...

Digital illustration of abstract composition.

Digital illustration of abstract composition.

Peter Feldstein was an artist from Oxford, Iowa. He retired in 2006 from his long-time position of Professor of Art at the University of Iowa where he ...

Digital illustration of abstract composition.

Peter Feldstein was an artist from Oxford, Iowa (1942-2017). Feldstein has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is included in several...