Hal Mayforth Abstract Paintings

An energetic abstract painting that translates the sensation of dusk into a lively network of color and gesture. A dominant field of warm pinks, corals, and soft reds suggests the g...

A colorful composition combining straight edged abstraction with abstract brushstrokes. I tried to keep the palette fairly limited on this one, using various grays and browns to set ...

Thin abstract marks emerge and recede in a complex background of textured saturated and unsaturated colors. A snapshot of the cosmos? Who knows? :: Painting :: Abstract :: This pie...

Colorful bold brushstrokes transcribe areas of browns and grays and saturated yellows and oranges. A combination of hard edged abstraction and loser areas of texture. Painted in earl...

A colorful hard edged abstraction combining bold black brushstrokes with passages of saturated color. Previous layers are evident in the finished painting making for interesting text...

Unfettered marks and symbols on layers loose and drippy washes. unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity s...

A colorful composition of loose brushwork over a spontaneous background of drippy acrylic washes. To me this painting has a breezy quality. Aoelian is a musical tone produced by the ...

A colorful, complex composition with many interesting passages of line and texture. Underpainting emerges and disappears. According to this list, there is much to do. :: Painting :: ...

The first in a series of paintings exploring the intersection of abstract elements and plant forms. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authen...

A vertically formatted profusion of layers of abstract brushstrokes. The composition was arrived at very organically. Many interesting textures. A bit of a departure for me. :: Paint...

Fractured, vivid colors push and pull in a lively composition.This is a departure for me in that it steers away from calligraphic mark making. Painted around the summer solstice when...

A palimpsest of jagged marks and spontaneous signs and symbols on a loose orange and yellow background. There is calmness in the chaos. Unstretched - ship...

acrylic and pencil on canvas - 50â€

A colorful abstract composition of oranges, blues and greens. Black and grey brushstrokes come forward and recede, separating areas of saturated and unsaturated color. Many interesti...

Colorful abstract brushwork on a background of various unsaturated light blues. This painting reminded me of relaxing out back on the patio with slightly overcast skies. :: Painting ...

A curvilinear design of pastel yellows, blues, and greens on a background of textured browns. Previous layers peek through making for an interesting surface. For me, this painting su...

A colorful arrangement of simple shapes and symbols. Previous layers peek through adding to the energy of the piece. Many interesting textures. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece ...

A colorful compostion of abstract signs and symbols on a warm background of oranges and pinks recalling the high desert of New Mexico. Unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abst...

A profusion of signs and symbols on a loose background of greens and greys. Unstretched - ships in tube. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...

Colorful, bold brushstrokes on a darker valued background of grays and blues in an overall composition. Textured brushstrokes allow interesting interplays between the various levels....

A colorful composition of abstract shapes. The ladder-like elements made me think of an early Jack Bruce solo track of the same title. Unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abst...

arcylic and pencil on canvas - 42”W x 33”H - unstretched - ships in tube Bold, graphic, black brushstrokes juxtaposed with thin brushstrokes and abstract pencil marks. Bright ...

Bright colored patches and bold black brushstrokes with a background of pinks and off whites. The composition recalled to me the feel of a neighborhood and how separate dwellings com...

A colorful, layered composition of brushstrokes and geometric elements on a background of light green. The overall effect is cheerful, I think, and recalls the whirl of busy daily l...

A colorful hard edged arrangement of shapes in reds, blues, teals and oranges. Many interesting textures here. The final composition was arrived upon adding and subtracting prelimina...

This painting started out as rhythmic vertical brushstrokes on a grey background and progressed from there. Spontaneous red, yellow and black brushstrokes were added and the grey was...

A colorful background of loose layered color with a scattering of spontaneous gestural brushstrokes. Painted during a time of beautiful autumn weather, this painting reminded me of t...

A vibrant abstract painting that brims with playful energy and layered rhythm. Angular and curved shapes interlock across the surface, outlined with confident, gestural lines in deep...

A colorful vertically formatted painting of deep blues and oranges. Areas transcribed by pencil of grays and blacks set off the saturated color. Painted in late September when days a...

A colorful hard edged abstract composition with saturated pinks, yellows, greens and blues. Textured off white passages set off the colorful areas. Many interesting textures and colo...

Colorful abstract marks on a background of creamy orange. This was achieved by an initial burst of mark making , adding and subtracting until the desired effect was achieved. Many in...

A cluster of interlocking, biomorphic shapes that rise upward like a playful totem. The composition has a quiet upward momentum, a though the forms are leaning toward the light. A co...

A vibrant, layered abstraction that feels both architectural and organic, built of of intersecting outlines, shifting transparencies and a bold interplay of color. This painting feel...

An array of spontaneous signs and symbols on a loose background of blues and grey blues. According to the Oxford Dictionary Vade Mecum is Latin for a guideb...

A colorful composition of bold abstract marks interspersed with passages of unsaturated grays and browns. Many layers below the finished surface, making for interesting textures and ...

A bold hard edged painting of blacks, browns, reds, pinks and various off whites. some beautiful textures here with colors revealing themselves in the underpainting. Named after a ho...

A colorful, wild composition of abstract signs and symbols. One of the last paintings, for 2023, I thought I would leave the year with a bang. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece ...

A contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas - unstretched -ships in tube :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :...

A colorful composition of oranges, greens and blues with bold, spontaneous brushstrokes of oxide red and off white. This was painted during a period of time that I was writing a song that turned out to be I Call Your Name...

Bold brushstrokes of red and brown transcribe areas of purple, green and blue. Areas of bright yellow tie together the composition. Many interesting textures. This paint has a map-li...

A colorful composition of meandering abstract brushstrokes. Many interesting textures and evidences of previous layers. The path of least resistance would been to have AI generate a ...

A vertically formatted painting in blues, yellows, pinks with darker textured areas of grays, browns and blues combined with loose abstract brushstrokes in reds and grays Many intere...

I began this painting with the idea of using a lighter palette and trying to reveal areas of previous layers, the interplay between areas of thicker textured areas with areas where t...

A colorful composition of bold yellow brushstrokes and thinner brushstrokes of grays and browns delineating areas of blues, oranges and greens. Areas of whites and pinks push in from...

A patchwork composition of reds, blues, yellows and turquoise. Many interesting textures. This painting reminded me of some of the paintings Marsden Hartley did while visiting Mable ...

A potpourri of abstract marks, bursts of saturated color and loose pencil marks. Many interesting textures. The painting underneath this was getting WAY too tight, so I went back at ...

A vertically formatted profusion of signs and symbols. Abstract brushstrokes of various colors in the center area, surrounded by passages of various pinks and yellows. Many interesti...

unstretched - ships in tube A colorful profusion of abstract signs and symbols. The goal here was to direct the viewer eye towards the center, through the use of large brushstroke...

Unstretched - ships in tube Bold brushstrokes of black and other colors anchor this colorful composition. Many interesting textures and evidences of previous layers and brushstrok...

Unstretched - ships in tube A colorful vertical composition of bold black and colorful brushstrokes, transcribing areas of pastel color. A multicolored background completes the co...

unstretched - ships in tube A vertically formatted painting of various abstract marks in black and other saturated colors, surrounded by a cream background. Many interesting textu...

Unstretched - ships in tube Abstract marks of various thicknesses and color. A colorful composition. Pencil lines transcribe saturated areas of yellow, oranges and greens. Many in...

Areas of pinks, browns and blacks are transcribed by bold abstract brushstrokes of light blues, grays and off whites. Interesting previous layers peek through. Many interesting textu...

A colorful composition of browns, deep blues and pinks. Evidences of previous layers add interest to the finished surface. Many interesting textures. One of the last paintings of 202...

A vertically formatted painting of greens, blues and browns. This painting has a totem-like quality that thrusts upwards. Many interesting textures and evidences of previous layers. ...

An abstract composition of primarily cool reds. Colorful brushstrokes of various thicknesses transcribe areas of pinks, blues and greens. Many interesting textures and evidences of ...

A colorful composition primarily of greens and reds. Abstract brushstrokes of pinks, oranges and yellows circumscribe more straight edged ares of off-whites, greens and reds. Many in...

A vertically formatted painting of a limited palette of blues, greens and browns. Early layers of blotting create interesting textures juxtaposed with bold abstract brushstrokes and ...

Areas of unsaturated greenish off-white, brown and gray are broken up by bold black abstract marks and areas of saturated greens, oranges and reds. There are many interesting texture...

Bold black and gray brushstrokes are juxtaposed with more saturated areas of pinks, yellows and blues. The saturated area are highlighted by the darker unsaturated grays and browns a...