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Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_In Stride_Abstraction_Blue
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan makes her paintings by pouring paint around the forms of commonplace, mass-produced objects placed on wet sheets of paper or panels – little fruit cartons, fragment...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Synthetic Paper, Ink, Panel
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_20 Moons, 2014, Enamel, Ink
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan is an interdisciplinary abstract painter who believes that synaesthesia can be taught. Through interactive tools and crowd sourcing, Fagan is developing a correspo...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Joanne Mattera, Riz 21, 2020, oil on paper, 14.25x14.25 in, Color Abstraction
By Joanne Mattera
Located in Darien, CT
Summer is Joanne Mattera’s time to work on paper. When she is fully engaged, as she has been with Riz, that time slides well into autumn. These are paintings on paper, oil and wax on...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Bridges, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 15 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces.
Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA.
Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Eden, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 15 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces.
Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA.
Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Iceland_2020_Color Field
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Bliss_4_2020_Color Field
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Bliss_3_2020_Color Field
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Air Capture_2020_Color Field
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel, Acrylic, Pigment
Andra Samelson, Roundabout, 2016, Acrylic Paint, Rag Paper
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, the celestial and terrestrial. Her imagery is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. Combin...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Rag Paper
Annette Cords, Local Generation Y, 2015, Archival Pigment Print
By Annette Cords
Located in Darien, CT
How we read visual signs and information and how we construct meaning as a result of our reading are central issues in my work.
In my Jacquard tapestries I examine the twin pract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Annette Cords, Local Generation Y, 2015, Archival Pigment Print
By Annette Cords
Located in Darien, CT
How we read visual signs and information and how we construct meaning as a result of our reading are central issues in my work. In my Jacquard tapestries I examine the twin practices...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 1, Acrylic on canvas, 28 x 22 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Stellar Gridlock, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 2, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 3, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Dusk, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Angie Drakopoulos, Element1, 2018, Acrylic On Print, 11 x 14 Framed
By Angie Drakopoulos
Located in Darien, CT
Using symmetry as a basis, Drakopoulos derives structure by combining elements from the natural world and science. Modifying these elements digitally, Drakopoulos distills into a pattern or shape, and then layers them with a different structure and repeats the process of layering paint in resin. She tries to find the most subtle and interesting way to connect the different layers that will reveal an underlying structure or system.
Slowly as the work evolves, these inner-connections and details begin to form and define the energy and invisible forces that govern the movement of matter, from the microcosmic level of molecules and light particles, to the macrocosmic of planets and galaxies. Drakopoulos views the cosmos as a primordial, all encompassing field within which the illusion of matter is created and dissolved. In this field, particles come together to create complex structures and matter evolves into its maximum state of order. This moment is temporary, a state of transition. The form will subsequently dissolve and the process will begin again. The central images that appear in her work describe this moment of emergence. They are not a representation of actual cosmic phenomena but rather an invented image of an inner mindscape. When attention is directed to the infinite vast field, which contains all of existence in potential, the holographic matrix of the universe is revealed, of which our consciousness is an interwoven part.
Angie Drakopoulos is an artist who lives and works in New York City.
Her work has been exhibited in various galleries including: ODETTA, McKenzie Fine Art, Southampton Art Center, Paris Koh Fine Arts, Smack Mellon, New York Hall of Science, Feature, G-module, Holland Tunnel...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 12, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 40 x 32 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 11, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 32 x 40 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Macyn Bolt, O to C, 2018, Minimalist, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 x 2 inches
By Macyn Bolt
Located in Darien, CT
At the heart of Macyn Bolt’s artistic practice is an interest in qualities of reflection, mirroring and contrasting perspectives that are unique to the space of abstract painting. Wi...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Macyn Bolt, Dark Pool III, acrylic on canvas, Minimalist, 18 x 60, 2018
By Macyn Bolt
Located in Darien, CT
At the heart of Macyn Bolt’s artistic practice is an interest in qualities of reflection, mirroring and contrasting perspectives that are unique to the space of abstract painting. W...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Macyn Bolt, Dark Pool I, acrylic on canvas, Minimalist, 18 x 60, 2018
By Macyn Bolt
Located in Darien, CT
At the heart of Macyn Bolt’s artistic practice is an interest in qualities of reflection, mirroring and contrasting perspectives that are unique to the space of abstract painting. Wi...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Winter_2017
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper that have been created since the winter of 2016.
Using domestic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Tile Capture I, 2016
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper that have been created since the winter of 2016.
Using domestic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Carol Salmanson, Double Diamonds, 2018, LED, plexiglas, gels, irridescent paint
By Carol Salmanson
Located in Darien, CT
Memory is at its most magical when it conjures up not the event, but its surrounding perceptual and emotional space. Flashes of reflected light, movement seen out of the corner of eye, bits of sound or feeling – these are what ignite memory, giving it form and bringing it to life.
Light both beams into and envelops you. Carol Salmanson started working with it in 2003 after painting for many years because of these singular spatial qualities. They enable herto build whole worlds with color and shape, ones that resonate with memory and experience. Painters have often talked about depicting light. Today’s technology allows me to use light as medium as well as subject.
Double Diamond is made with layers of light that beam onto reflective material; its two different configurations of diamonds are mounted on a strip that also layers light. The location in the beams creates a glowing frieze that radiates outwards, giving the viewer a first a sense of surprise, and then wonder.
Carol Salmanson is an artist working with light and reflective materials to create installations, sculptures, and wall pieces. She received a B.S. in Biological Psychology from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. She attended the Arts Students League, the School of Visual Arts as a Public Art Resident, and the National Academy of Fine Arts as an Abbey Mural Workshop Fellow.
Public art projects include Water Bubbles, an installation in twenty windows of the abandoned landmark Constructivist White Tower in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Other window installations include the venues Station Independent Projects, Time Equities’ Art-in-Buildings program, OK Harris Works of Art, 254 Park Avenue South, and Mixed Greens Gallery, all in New York. Her outdoor sculptures include Tri-Quadular Cone in Summit, NJ, and Lot’s Ex-Wife in Brooklyn. She will have an installation, Crown Colony, in the window at 266 W. 37th St, in September of this year.
Solo and two-person exhibition venues include SL Gallery (NY), Slag Contemporary (Brooklyn), Station Independent Projects (NY), Brian Morris...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass, Polyester, LED Light, Acrylic
Jo Yarrington, Lick, Dip, Paint, 2018, LED Light, Putty, Plastic
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
This installation imagines a dipping pot that the Radium Girls might have had at a work station. Lit by black light to highlight the neon glow, this object conveys a modern view on t...
Category
2010s Conceptual Portrait Photography
Materials
LED Light, Putty, Plastic
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Delft, 2015, Rag Paper
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan is an interdisciplinary abstract painter who uses synaesthesia, digital media and interactive performance as tools for developing a corresponding language between c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings a...
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Pigment
Eva Mueller, City Lights III, 2008, Digital Print
By Eva Mueller
Located in Darien, CT
Bavarian-born and raised Eva Mueller, made New York her home in 1990.
Her previous studies and experience in graphic design and visual fine art, evolved into her career in photogr...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vincent Dion, Alphabet Soup, 2016, Paper, Acrylic Paint
By Vincent Dion
Located in Darien, CT
Vincent Dion's painterly abstractions mimic various printed techniques which reconcile and affirm the introspective presence of the hand. Dion’s use of luminous color becomes his essential means to ascertain form through memory.
I efficiently try to get to the point where no point exists.
He has been featured in exhibitions at The Aldrich Museum, The Barnum Museum, Real Art Ways, The Art in Embassies program, and is currently featured in Volume 7 of the West Marin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Eva Mueller, City Lights I, 2008, Digital Print
By Eva Mueller
Located in Darien, CT
Bavarian-born and raised Eva Mueller, made New York her home in 1990.
Her previous studies and experience in graphic design and visual fine art, evolved into her career in photograp...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brigitte Parusel, After Albers 2 #6, 2016, Giclée Print
By Brigitte Parusel
Located in Darien, CT
Brigitte Parusel's works are underlined by an emphasis on experimentation and her interest in working within the limitations of a system.
Her drawings are part of an ongoing exploration of a geometric pattern of interconnected circles. The pattern is the basis for her large-scale installations, spatial sculptures and folded works. The drawings explore the geometric relationship of the patterns components and its potential as a blueprint for constructing form, shape and structure.
Brigitte Parusel's animation 'After Albers...
Category
2010s Bauhaus Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée
Ryan Sarah Murphy, 'Warn', 2016, Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
By Ryan Sarah Murphy
Located in Darien, CT
Ryan Sarah Murphy’s creative practice is intuitive and process-driven, prompted by the found ephemera in her daily experience. Responding to the inherent energy within discarded and ...
Category
2010s Constructivist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Cardboard, Laid Paper
