Hong Fan Art

A vibrant culture is captured in colour and dynamic form in this lively abstract painting by David Sorensen. After visiting Cuba in 1999, the Canadian artist created a series of paintings. The light, the bright colours and the rich atmosphere of life in Havana inspired Sorensen’s colour palette—a brilliant square of yellow in the center, surrounded by graphic shapes in red, orange, lime green, blue and black. Lines of blue and black create a grid-like pattern that runs both horizontally and vertically across the canvas. “Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...

This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a bright yellow palette. David Sorensen was drawn to the rich and vibrant colours of Mexico. Celebrated as an importa...

Hédy Gobaa combines photography and painting in his production. In 2018, he defended a doctoral thesis at UQAM where he questioned the role of digital devices in the artistical creat...

Vibrant orange, purple, and green hues typical of this master of still life abstraction. Mostly known for her fondness for the abstracted still life, Jennifer Hornyak draws inspirati...

The Lighthouse of Nauplion, 2015 Oil on canvas 25 x 30 cm Nikos Kanarelis was born in Athens, Greece in 1975 where he now lives and works. Βetween ...

A joyful tapestry of colour greets the viewer’s eye in this oil painting by Jennifer Hornyak. Her series of lovely floral still life’s re-imagine the form and colour palette of tradi...

The ancient Egyptian artist is the one who introduced the world to colours. Colours are normally extracted from nature. Greens come from plants, browns come from earth and reds come ...

Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...

Goya etchings are reworked into a physical abstraction that transforms the painted panel into a bodily surface. Star-Stuff, 2025 Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Panel 14 x 11 in / 3...

A study for a painted ceiling, using noses in place of figures and angels, based on Tiepolo drawings. Study for a Ceiling with Noses, 2025 Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas 16 ...

An jarringly colorful abstraction built from images of a terra cotta portrait sculpture, an ancient roman marble bust, and the back of a person’s head in a digital photo. Dataset: T...

This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a green palette. An important Canadian artist David Sorensen first discovered colour field painting in the 1950’s. He...