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Silk Road 223 - Light Powder Blue Coral Pink Encaustic Painting, 2014
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Kent, CT
A luminous pale blue contemporary encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with bright coral along the edge of the panel. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Jo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
The Calendar - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Kelly Green Blue Yellow, 2022
By David Collins
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on linen, hard edge shapes in luminous Kelly green, yellow, dark yellow, cobalt blue, ivory and a black and white floral patte...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All the Greens of June - Lilac Blue Green Abstract Botanical Butterfly, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, lively abstract brushwork in lilac, violet, blue, brown, peach, pink and lush green on a soft, mottled background with pale mint green...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Long Shadow - Comtemporary Abstract Painting Gradient Purple Violet, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on canvas, carefully ordered stripes of color in rich shades of violet and magenta transition throughout gradient purple hues in thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Light Hold - Abstract Pale Lilac Peach Pastel Mint Gradient Stripes, 2020
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in flashe on canvas, thin stripes of color in gradient shades of soft hues, starting with lilac and pale purple in the center to pale peach and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Vinyl
And There You Are - Yellow Green Blue Burgundy White Abstract Patterns, 2021
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas is composed of thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forth One - Contemporary Pink Yellow Green Geometric Abstract Stripes, 2022
By Rebekah Andrade
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in oil on canvas, Rebekah Andrade’s practice explores the intricate language of abstract painting, navigating through the diverse rea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark Window - Geometric Abstract Painting Dark Cobalt Blue Teal Paisley, 2017
By David Collins
Located in Kent, CT
Silk elements, oil and acrylic on linen create a dynamic surface in this contemporary geometric abstract painting in shades of dark blue from navy to deep cobalt. Variations of soft ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Silk, Oil, Acrylic
Zurma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Pink Green Gray, 2016
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in acrylic on linen mounted on panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in shades of magenta pink and green with hin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Linen, Acrylic
No 89 - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Mint Green Gray Stripes, 2024
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in acrylic on canvas by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in blue and light mint green are vibrant against a calm, neu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color, 2012
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in oil and graphite on panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in shades of blue are vibrant against a calm, soft s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Graphite
Untitled - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Orange Yellow Green Stripes, 2024
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in acrylic on canvas by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in bright orange, yellow, red orange coral and sage green ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Red Sage Beige Gray Shapes
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary abstract painting in acrylic and graphite on panel of geometric shapes and blocks of color. Signed on verso.
Elizabeth Gourlay’s work is a meditation on color and form,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Graphite
Three Four Four - Beige Orange Brown Stripes Geometric Lines Square, 2014
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
Clean and precise, carefully ordered stripes and lines with orange and ochre stripes in a square shape against the neutral beige lined background. This contemporary abstract painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Linen, Panel, Graphite
Canna - Orange Pink Blue Stripes Beige Linen, 2016
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on linen mounted on panel, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color along the edge of the composition in pink, orange and light ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
Clover - Abstract Green Yellow Ivory Ochre Blue Pink Patterns Circles
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Overview - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting Circles Color Patterns, 2019
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are lively in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sweet Talk - Abstract Painting Green Magenta Pink Brown Orange Waves, 2025
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of her surrounding environment. This ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scaffold Two - Geometric Abstract Light Blue Navy Ivory Beige Shapes, 2021
By David Collins
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes in shades of blue from cobalt to pale periwinkle, and delicate angular lines in black and dark gray are dynamic against a soft background fading from dark navy at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Ashgreylime - Beige Light Green Sage Lemon Yellow Stripes Geometric Abstract
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
Clean and precise, carefully ordered stripes and blocks of color in light green, dark sage, yellow ochre, pale lemon yellow and burnt orange are lively and vibrant against the neutra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Say Yes - Abstract Red White Pink Lilac Burgundy Yellow Green Patterns, 2017
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
Thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful in bright, exuberant color. Little moments in red, burgun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Fern Green - Abstract Contemporary Purple Mint Patterns, 2022
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reservoir - Abstract Blue Green Coral Ivory Undulations Color Waves, 2019
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, undulations in shades of blue with pale peach, coral, ivory and hunter green, Margaret Neill explores the properties of abstr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grayviolet - Orange Peach Gray Violet Lilac Blue Purple Violet Stripes, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on linen, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color in salmon, peachy orange, lilac, mauve, gray and light purple are vibrant aga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Fly Rod - Beige Brown Blue Black Squares Grid Geometric Abstract Painting, 2020
By David Collins
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic and oil on paper mounted on panel, a rounded shape in a geometric grid pattern in black and delicate circular lines in black and dar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Here and There - Geometric Abstract Painting Pink Blue Yellow Circles, 2025
By David Collins
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on canvas, round and triangular geometric shapes in pale pink, yellow, blue, beige and black and white floral pattern are dynamic an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cascading Folds With Footer Six - Ivory Poured Painting On Yupo Paper, 2021
By Susan English
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract poured painting by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on Yupo paper create the dept...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer
Sea Girt - Contemporary Abstract Poured Painting Ivory Violet, 2024
By Susan English
Located in Kent, CT
Sea Girt by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on Dibond panel create depth and surface textures throughout th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Sprite - Abstract Painting Blue Pink Teal Mauve Taupe Undulation Waves, 2024
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract painting in acrylic and ink on canvas investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of her surrounding enviro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Likewise - Abstract Blue Green Mauve Brown Color Wave Hourglass Shape, 2025
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
Through undulations in shades of blue with green and a mauve shade of brown, Margaret Neill explores the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized conditions of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Poppy Seed - Abstract Botanical Green Bird Red Orange Yellow White Flowers, 2022
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, lively abstract brushwork in bright yellow, white, purple and lush green against a dramatic crimson red orange background suggests flower...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silk Road 479 - Contemporary Color Field Painting Pink, Peach Bright Red, 2019
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary abstract, vibrant iridescent pink and bright red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting accented with coral, peach and orange details on birch panel. Signed, dated and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
Locale - Blue Peach Orange Green Yellow Undulations Abstract Color Waves, 2020
By Margaret Neill
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in watercolor and acrylic on canvas, undulating waves in shades of light blue, pale orange and light green are layered over a soft, luminous pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
First Bloom - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Color Patterns Teal, 2023
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary, abstract oil painting is composed of carefully combined sections of various textures and areas of pattern, circles, dots and undulations, in exuberant, cheerful co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Day From Night - Grass Green Ochre Teal Blue Abstract Patterns Circles, 2023
By Josette Urso
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on canvas, thoughtfully combined sections of varying textures and areas of pattern, stripes, circles, dots and undulations are cheerful ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prima Porta - Yellow Lily Flowers Green Red Peach Pink Abstract Botanical, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, lively abstract brushwork in bright pink, yellow, purple and lush green against a peach, pink, red, burgundy, white and gray backgroun...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silk Road 386 - Contemporary Pale Violet Teal Blue Encaustic Wax Painting
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting on panel, pale lavender, pinky purple encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with light lilac details in and light teal blue along the edge. Signed a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
Silk Road 415 - Metallic Silver Bright Blue Square Encaustic Wax Painting, 2018
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting, vibrant metallic silver and bright teal blue encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with bright blue on the edge. Signed and titled on vers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Panel
Silk Road 414 - Contemporary Teal Blue Encaustic Wax Painting, 2018
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel in bright, vibrant teal blue with bright blue edges. Signed and titled on the verso.
Joanne Mattera’s paintings ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
Delights 139 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Bright Red Gray Mint, 2023
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright crimson red, luminous...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 135 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Blue Golden Ochre Gray, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright blue, luminous golden...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 125 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Teal Blue Gold, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright teal, luminous gold, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 126 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Teal Green Gold, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright teal, luminous golden...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 131 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Blue Neon Yellow, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright blue, luminous neon y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 138 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Blue Yellow Red, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in bright blue, luminous yellow...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 137 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Gray Ochre Teal Gold, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in dark charcoal gray, olive, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Delights 136 - Contemporary Abstract Shapes Pattern Brown Taupe Blue Gold, 2024
By June Glasson
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary painting in ink, gouache and pencil on archival paper is composed of solid shapes surrounded by a pattern of delicate lines and dots in dark brown, taupe, charcoal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in gouache and acrylic on paper, clean and precise, carefully ordered thick horizontal stripes in shades of peach, light blue, dark navy, and a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Study for As If Eight - Contemporary Abstract Purple Blue Green Stripes, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in acrylic on Yupo paper, gradient stripes of color in purple, pale blue and light green hues are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and title...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Study for As If Two - Contemporary Abstract Painting Yellow Purple Stripes, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on Yupo paper, gradient stripes of color in pale yellow and magenta purple are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and titl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Study for As If Five - Contemporary Abstract Teal Aqua Blue Stripes, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on Yupo paper, gradient stripes of color in white and bright teal blue hues are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and tit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Study for By Water - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Gradient Stripes, 2019
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In acrylic on Yupo paper, horizontal stripes of color in blue gradient hues are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Audrey Stone has spent her lifetime...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
V30 - Geometric Abstract Lavender Blue Gray Stripes Shaped Painting, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting by Elizabeth Gourlay in acrylic on linen mounted on a shaped panel, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color in pale gray blue lavender, gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
PG 18 - Geometric Abstract Green Coral Orange Beige Shaped Painting, 2021
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in acrylic on canvas mounted on a shaped panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, carefully ordered blocks of color in a luminous, grassy shade of green frame two th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel
F30 - Geometric Abstract Shaped Painting Apricot Orange Navy Blue Stripes, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in acrylic on linen mounted on a shaped panel, two vertical blocks of color in dark lapis blue and soft, mottled orange are luminous against thinner neutral sections of exposed linen. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Elizabeth Gourlay’s work is a meditation on color and form, a gradual yet progressive analysis leading to a complex vocabulary of shapes, color and line. Musical composition, emotional states and our collective subconscious resonate within bars, lines and blocks of color. The abstract forms emerge, layer and shift in precisely ordered, carefully composed rhythms. The artist contemplates the elements that make color in reduced forms come to life: size, flatness, relation to its edges, and how the presence of other colors affect how it is perceived.
Gourlay draws inspiration from shapes found in everyday life and in her studio. The observed shapes either remain as they are or become simplified to their essential geometric elements. Subtleties in color, area, edge or orientation are the catalyst for emotive responses. Palette is minimized; the artist rarely uses a wide palette within one work. Rather, a broad range of colors are explored and then reduced. Gourlay investigates color properties: complementary or analogous color, value, saturation and color harmony vs. color anomaly.
Elizabeth’s Gourlay’s work has been shown extensively throughout the United States. The artist was the recipient of numerous residencies, fellowships and awards including Artist in Residence at the studio of Sol LeWitt in Spoleto, Italy. Gourlay’s work has been written about in The New Criterion, Painters’ Table and Gorky’s Granddaughter, to name a few. Gourlay earned her MFA at Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, and her BA from Edinburgh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
C30 - Peach Mauve Pink Beige Pastel Stripes Shaped Painting, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on linen mounted on a shaped panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, carefully ordered blocks of color in salmon, peach and mauve are luminous a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
P30 - Geometric Abstract Shaped Painting Gray Blue Yellow Ochre Lilac, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in acrylic on canvas mounted onto a shaped panel, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color in yellow ochre, light lilac and light blue frame sections of gray with light lilac in the center. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Elizabeth Gourlay’s work is a meditation on color and form, a gradual yet progressive analysis leading to a complex vocabulary of shapes, color and line. Musical composition, emotional states and our collective subconscious resonate within bars, lines and blocks of color. The abstract forms emerge, layer and shift in precisely ordered, carefully composed rhythms. The artist contemplates the elements that make color in reduced forms come to life: size, flatness, relation to its edges, and how the presence of other colors affect how it is perceived.
Gourlay draws inspiration from shapes found in everyday life and in her studio. The observed shapes either remain as they are or become simplified to their essential geometric elements. Subtleties in color, area, edge or orientation are the catalyst for emotive responses. Palette is minimized; the artist rarely uses a wide palette within one work. Rather, a broad range of colors are explored and then reduced. Gourlay investigates color properties: complementary or analogous color, value, saturation and color harmony vs. color anomaly.
Elizabeth’s Gourlay’s work has been shown extensively throughout the United States. The artist was the recipient of numerous residencies, fellowships and awards including Artist in Residence at the studio of Sol LeWitt in Spoleto, Italy. Gourlay’s work has been written about in The New Criterion, Painters’ Table and Gorky’s Granddaughter, to name a few. Gourlay earned her MFA at Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, and her BA from Edinburgh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel
Q30 - Geometric Abstract Shaped Panel Sage Green Gray Beige Stripes, 2022
By Elizabeth Gourlay
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary geometric abstract painting in acrylic on linen mounted on a shaped panel, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color in pale green, light teal blue and soft sage are luminous against thinner neutral sections of exposed beige linen. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
Elizabeth Gourlay’s work is a meditation on color and form, a gradual yet progressive analysis leading to a complex vocabulary of shapes, color and line. Musical composition, emotional states and our collective subconscious resonate within bars, lines and blocks of color. The abstract forms emerge, layer and shift in precisely ordered, carefully composed rhythms. The artist contemplates the elements that make color in reduced forms come to life: size, flatness, relation to its edges, and how the presence of other colors affect how it is perceived.
Gourlay draws inspiration from shapes found in everyday life and in her studio. The observed shapes either remain as they are or become simplified to their essential geometric elements. Subtleties in color, area, edge or orientation are the catalyst for emotive responses. Palette is minimized; the artist rarely uses a wide palette within one work. Rather, a broad range of colors are explored and then reduced. Gourlay investigates color properties: complementary or analogous color, value, saturation and color harmony vs. color anomaly.
Elizabeth’s Gourlay’s work has been shown extensively throughout the United States. The artist was the recipient of numerous residencies, fellowships and awards including Artist in Residence at the studio of Sol LeWitt in Spoleto, Italy. Gourlay’s work has been written about in The New Criterion, Painters’ Table and Gorky’s Granddaughter, to name a few. Gourlay earned her MFA at Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, and her BA from Edinburgh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
Plaids and Dots - Abstract Resin Landscape Blue Green Pink Stripes Brown, 2021
By Shane McAdams
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract landscape, striations of bright blue, teal green and pink in vertical stripes create a horizon line suggesting a vibrant striped sky over a vast mountai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil, Panel, Ballpoint Pen
Pen Blow Purple Horizon - Abstract Landscape Resin Painting Hot Pink Blue, 2021
By Shane McAdams
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in ballpoint pen and resin on panel, Shane McAdams' unique ballpoint ink process layers undulating striations of bright pink, blue, green, violet and ye...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Panel, Ballpoint Pen
