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Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

American, b. 1956

Eric Blum was educated at UCLA, St Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. Blum’s layered arrangements of ink-washed, wax-infused silk are rooted in modern painting techniques, yet activated by the experimental manipulation of his media. While initially drawing inspiration from the world around him, he dives into his work blindly, putting his materials through a process of layering, rotating, covering and uncovering, until he settles the elements into a visual anagram; no longer resembling his preconception. The ambiguity of Blum’s references and the elusiveness of his narrative are beguiling. Its parts don’t always go together, and when viewed anew it becomes something other than itself. Creating work that is more desirable, poetic or preposterous than when it began.

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Artist: Eric Blum
"Untitled No. 1036" 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1036, 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in. (blum102)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1064" 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 72 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1065, 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 72 x 48 in. (blum100)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1013" 2023 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1013, 2023 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in. (blum098)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1001" 2024 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1001, 2024 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in. (blum101)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1040" 2024 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 48 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1040, 2024 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 48 x 48 in. (blum097)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1064" 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 72 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1064, 2025 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 72 x 48 in. (blum099)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

"Untitled No. 1005" 2023 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in.
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled No. 1005, 2023 ink, silk, and beeswax on panel 60 x 48 in. (blum096)
Category

2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

Eric Blum "Untitled no. 972" - Contemporary Mixed Media Painting on Panel
By Eric Blum
Located in New York, NY
Eric Blum Untitled no. 972, 2022 ink, silk & beeswax on panel 59 x 47 in. (blum075) In Eric Blum’s mostly monochromatic paintings, ink permeates silk in soft gradients, which abrupt...
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2010s Contemporary Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

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Silk, Ink, Wax, Panel

Eric Blum "Untitled no. 977" Ink, Silk, and Beeswax on Panel
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Eric Blum mines the indeterminate area on the periphery of what is actually seen. The mostly monochromatic paintings employ his signature ingredients of ink, silk and beeswax. Transp...
Category

2010s Eric Blum Abstract Paintings

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Silk, Ink, Wax

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