Gena Brodie Robbins was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Tifton Georgia, graduating from Tift County High School in 1986. Both of her parents were teachers and coaches. When the family went to the beach in the summers, her dad taught her how to paint on sand dollars. She learned how to paint sunsets using Walter Foster How to booklets at the local hobby shop. Robbins was also trained at a young age to sing, however, she did not love Latin lyrics and had horrible stage fright, but she knew that she loved visual arts. So, she formally studied art at Valdosta State University with a BFA in art education, earned an MFA in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design and won a studio space in NYC through SCAD at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Robbins began painting full time after receiving a diagnosis of Generalized Myasthenia Gravis, after moving from Savannah to Atlanta. Her current body of work stems from an interest in the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 60s. She explores the various emotions and moods that can be visually created through subtle lighting in combination with the abstract human form. Her painting process involves an immersive experience, where she ends up practically covered in paint and Robbins says that her dogs and cat leave the studio from time to time with a bright green tail or white paws. When she’s not in the studio, Robbins is teaching others to paint, enjoying a pot of tea while writing poetry, reading a crime novel or hiking the Appalachian trails with her labs in the north Georgia mountains.
The Offense of Honesty, Abstract Oil Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two silhouettes emerge from a colorful background. Scraped outlines define their form, while repeated horizontal lines surround and envelope them. Artist Gena...
Oil
Duality, Abstract Oil Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Shadows of memory take shape in two figures, one larger and closer, the other standing further away. Quick, repeated brushstrokes form a vibrant backdrop. Blu...
Oil
Believe, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This work is of a figure standing tall and brave with gentle light dancing upon their back," explains artist Gena Brodie Robbins. "I placed lovely colors and...
Acrylic
Just Beyond the Hill, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This dynamic abstract commands the viewer's presence," states artist Gena Brodie Robbins. "Two figures stand in the late a...
Acrylic
Seeing for the First Time, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gena Brodie Robbins depicts an abstract image of a figure emerging amidst dynamic strokes and patterns of pink. Ener...
Acrylic
Letting Go, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two figures stand in a hazy scene. Bold yellow strokes surround the smaller form, with marks suggesting birds in flight above. The larger one merges with brig...
Acrylic
Remembering, Original Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A male and female form face forward in an abstract landscape, the sunset glows brilliantly behind them. The figures are together, but there is a space between them. "The figures are fragments of faded, bittersweet memory - fondness and nostalgia," explains Gena. "The color schemes are a mixture of pastels and bold primaries - found in childhood - against a dark horizon and foreground. Contrasting light rests on the shoulders and edges of the figures, evoking an ambiguous, even mysterious mood." Part of Gena's ongoing Illumination series, exploring mood and emotion through abstract portraits. She begins each piece with a dark background, adding fast, autonomous and broad marks. As the work progresses, she reveals and wipes away a history of her mark-making, selectively deciding what imagery to keep and what to discard. She continues the process until recognizable imagery and figures materialize. Her reference material for these portraits is mostly color schemes observed in nature or from memory.
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Mixed Media
Distant Memory, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two figures emerge from a vivid landscape of oranges, purples, and blues. Bold patterns and mark-making give the scene a mysterious, dreamlike feel. The ambig...
Acrylic
Introspection, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two figures stand together in a vibrant, colorful setting. Bright pink strokes swirl across yellow and gold surfaces, evoking the inner light of humanity. Ear...
Mixed Media
Perpetual Solace, Abstract Painting
By Gena Brodie Robbins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bold fluorescent colors weave through the composition, shifting between recognizable shapes and abstract forms. The haunting imagery reveals drips, dots, and ...
Mixed Media
$1,350Sale Price|30% Off
H 26.38 in W 40.16 in D 0.79 in
Large Geometric Abstract. 'Traces No.9 Pour une Archéologie du Présent.'
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large 1970s abstract geometric acrylic and oil on plywood panel signed Rivel and dated 1977 to the bottom left. The painting is titled to the rear of the panel. Numbers of colour fields in muted shades jostle against one another. It is the shapes and the space between them which give energy to the painting whilst the colour palette restrains. The painting is highly textured as the artist has applied the paint thickly and energetically with both palette knife and large brushstrokes. At times layers of paint reveal underlying colours. This painting fits perfectly into the abstract genre with its focus on its formal qualities over and above its subject matter. Furthermore the artist experiments with reconstructing shapes and rejecting three dimensional perspective. A fine example of non objective art...
Acrylic, Board
$3,495
H 30 in W 24 in D 1 in
American Figurative Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting Modern Art New York
By Jay Milder
Located in Portland, OR
Modern abstract painting acrylic and oil paint, by the celebrated New York artist, Jay Milder (B. 1934), signed & dated. Milder is an abstract painter who made a significant impact ...
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil
$1,720
H 32.68 in W 46.46 in D 1.19 in
Evanescence Painting Large Contemporary Bold Blue Statement Figurative Modern
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Evanescence of Time Evanescence Painting Large Contemporary Bold Blue Statement Figurative Modern Texture Stories In this vibrant acrylic painting, I've infused the essence ...
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$1,800Sale Price|28% Off
H 34 in W 44 in
858 - Large Figurative Abstract Red Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$1,990
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Large Gold And Orange Warm Contemporary Abstract Painting By Kenneth Strandby
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a large gold, orange, and yellow contemporary abstract painting by Danish artist Kenneth Strandby (1960 - ). With its color and its large size the painting has a warm and ...
Acrylic
$5,140
H 70.87 in W 70.87 in D 1.58 in
Calm Currents by Gabriela Azar Schreiner. Contemporary abstract Painting
By Gabriela Azar Schreiner
Located in Mentone, AU
This painting is unstretched and unframed. It will be carefully rolled and shipped in a tube. "Creating large-scale abstract paintings that evoke tranquility and presence in any spac...
Acrylic
Ontological Ontology
By Brian Jerome
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To relate to the fundamental nature of being, existence, or reality of being.
Acrylic, Oil
Blue , 120x90 cm, acrylic, canvas
By Veranika Rokashevich
Located in Yerevan, AM
Blue , 120x90 cm
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,500
H 44 in W 30 in
avp_1534 - Expressive Blue and Green Abstract Contemporary Painting on Paper
By Alex Voinea
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...
Paper, Acrylic
$12,000
H 84 in W 54 in D 3 in
"Untitled" (Cosmos) Acrylic on Canvas 84" x 54" c. 1966
Located in Camden, ME
Untitled (Cosmos), c.1966, is a large-scale acrylic on canvas by American painter Margaret Milliken (1913–1968), whose work embodies the vibrant spirit of the postwar Abstract Expres...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,500
H 60 in W 36 in D 1 in
"Infinity of Flowers" Abstract Colorful Floral Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting captures an abstract scene of colorful flowers infinitely going out into vast space. The artist captures these beautiful petals in a dynamic and bold way, reminding us ...
Canvas, Oil
$775
H 24 in W 24 in
Textured Delicacies 1 - Impasto Textural Thick Acrylic Paint Abstract Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Canvas, Acrylic