Massachusetts - Abstract Paintings

Still Connected 15.0 x 30.0 x 1.5, 2.0 lbs Acrylic Painting Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Even when we lose someone very close to us, our hearts are always connecte...

Born in 1973, Holly Addi is an American painter living and working in Salt Lake City, Utah. In her most recent collection of works, Japandi, Addi’s abstracts (acrylic paint and charc...

Norris, as a teacher, academic, and artist had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and continued to stretch his stylistic methods throughout his career. While known for his bold wat...

Paradise Bird, Original Floral Still Life Painting 11" x 14" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Acrylic on Canvas An abstracted floral still life pops off of the canvas with a vibrant red juxtaposed against a deep blue background. Artist Commentary: This piece is the result of taking a picture of a Bird of Paradise plant, photoshopping it into an abstract image, and then painting that image on canvas. Keywords: flower, abstract, bird of paradise, red, blue, vibrant, bright, colorful Artist Biography: Robert Crooker...

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...

Textured simple shapes of browns and grey on a textured background of unsaturated blues and greens. Initial marks are visible in the underpainting. I started out with gestural brush ...

A colorful composition of hard-edged shapes, interspersing unsaturated grays and browns with saturated color. Previous color is evident in the texture of the finished piece. To me. t...

A hard edged abstraction of reds, blues and unsaturated browns and grays. This painting started out with spontaneous lines and added and subtracted until the final composition presen...

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 ...

"Water's Edge" 2018, Acrylic and Gouache on Panels, 48 x 48 x 1 inches (Diptych) Abstraction in shades of bright blues, red, orange, chartreuse, cream and brown. This painting co...

Scenario is a lively, dynamic painting inspired by a landscape. It is created in an abstract expressionist style. The painting is done on a deep canvas with acrylic colors. The sides...

Signed lower left: "Polonsky". A Boston Expressionist with a wholly unique worldview, Arthur Polonsky, spent seven decades exploring man’s place i...

acrylic and pencil on canvas - 29”H x 45”W - ships in tube Loosely brushed abstract marks on a background of beiges and off whites. Many previous layers evident making for and...

Signed lower right: "Polonsky". With label verso inscribed: "Arthur Polonsky/ 'Window Light'/ oil".

Salon by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, Represented by Tuleste Factory Born 1975, and raised in New Canaan, CT. Self taught artist Joseph Conrad-Ferm did not discover his need to paint until t...

Chi Town II by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, 2023. REP by Tuleste Factory Mixed medium painting on canvas W 32" x H 32" Mixed medium painting on canvas by NY-based artist Joseph Conrad-Ferm. ...

A colorful, textured composition of bright colored brushstrokes circumscribing areas of pinks, greens and oranges. The background of grayish violet sets off the strong color. An opti...

Multi layers of color divided by loose black abstract lines. Areas of textured whites and off whites set off the color of previous layers. Painted during a heatwave, in the relative ...

"Silent Stream," Oil on 2 Wood Panels, 48 x 36 Inches (Diptych) Abstraction in shades of gray, burgundy, white, black, blue and orange. This painting consists of 2 panels which can...

Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “York Street” is a lyrical abstract oil painting on canvas 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch on canvas with very spontaneous brushwork in grays and blacks with thick and...

"Day's End," Oil on Panel, 24 x 24 Inches. Abstraction in pink, salmon, turquoise, orange, yellow ochre, black and red. On view in the artist's one-person exhibition in Boston from...

"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...

Vibrant bursts of color emerge form a textured pinkish background. This painting was started by spontaneously applying color and calligraphic brushstrokes and subsequently reducing ...

A hard-edged abstract composition of textured greens, blues and oranges. Bursts of saturated color is juxtapositioned with warm greys and off-whites. The last painting of the summer!...

Remote Diptych by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, 2022. REP by Tuleste Factory Mixed Media 68 × 92 in 172.7 × 233.7 cm Mixed media abstract painting on canvas by NY-based artist Joseph Conrad...

A crazy quilt of unsaturated passages of unsaturated browns and grays interspersed with areas of blue. peach and yellow. Many interesting textures. Previous layers are evidenced, mak...

An energetic composition of bold black and brown brushstrokes and textured passages of reds, blues, whites and greens. Previous layers are evident in the finished surface. Many textu...

"Meeting at River's Edge #12," Oil on Panel, 16 x 20 Inches. Vivid abstraction in pale yellow/green, turquoise, white, black and orange. Susan Sharp is an outstanding abstract pa...

acrylic on canvas - 31”H x 45”W - ships in tube Bold structural brush strokes surrounded by textured off whites and grays. The textured surface is alive with traces of previou...

Inspired by my memories of my favorite places on the New England coast and my desire to be there. This original oil painting has been painted on a stretched gallery wrapped canvas, 1...

Unsaturated grays and browns confined by a green outline on a background of bright yellow. Brae Loch is an area on Lake Champlain that I was fortunate to spend time at as a youth. No...

A lively composition of reds, yellows, grays and off whites combining a spontaneous underpainting with a more rigid structure of simple geometric shapes on top. Interesting juxtaposi...

“Preludio” by Marcia Wise is a 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch oil painting which is part of her “Tree” series exploring the colors of Autumn where earthy reds are balanced with greens amid orang...

A dense, complex composition of blacks, grays, whites with accents of salmon pink. Painted at a time when I felt the need to back away from color and paint with a more limited palett...

"Floating World," Oil on 2 Panels, 48 x 49 Inches (Diptych) Abstraction in bright blue/turquoise, cream,yellow, burgundy, black yellow ochre, and green. Note: Can be installed with...

"Converge" Oil and Acrylic on Panels (Diptych). Abstraction in shades of blues, green, orange, red, yellow, black. This painting consists of 2 panels which can be installed with a...

Artist Commentary: This work is part of a portfolio of art inspired by my summer trip to a totem pole nature center in Alaska in 2013. Rich Colors, ...

"Red Ears," Flashe on Canvas, 72 x 60 Inches, is a large abstraction in gray, red, white and black, part of a highly sophisticated series of paintings, drawings and monoprints in their approach to mark making and the development of a new visual language, playful and reminiscent of Alexander Calder's aesthetic in the sense that the "drawing" is appropriated from comic books to construct a dense, multi-layered space. Margo Margolis: "While text and image combine to tell the story, it is the drawing around the narrative, the space between text and image that I find compelling. In my work, it is the space between, on the periphery, in the margins that has become the foreground. It is the charged environment that has become the subject. Equally significant and transformative have been innovations in process that have evolved. Discrete marks are de-contextualized, reassembled and photocopied. They are further manipulated by exaggerations in scale, repetition and excessive layering. I have introduced 'printerly' processes (carbon tracking and stencils) that combine with marks that are hand-drawn, hand-painted. These are layered over and under transparent veils of paint. The incorporation of printing methods has been critical both formally and conceptually. These processes underline the fact that this is a system based on a 'ready-made' language. They create an identity distinctly different from action painting, gestural painting or any notion that the artists' stroke is assumed to reveal his/her psyche. These are distanced marks and frozen gestures. In combination with what is handmade, they reveal an alternate translation. Importantly, these processes, in allowing direct reproduction point to the semantic mutability of the language. However, most important is the process of building, excessive layering, and the continual dissolution and re-materialization of form. The paintings have a physicality and material presence that affirms the medium and is in contrast to their graphic impact." MARGO MARGOLIS EDUCATION B.S. Degree 1970, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York MFA Degree 1972, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2007 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2001 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1997 Esso Gallery, New York, New York 1993 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Mass. 1991 Beth Urdang Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1989 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Mass 1987 Richard Green Gallery, New York 1980 Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1979 University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Florida 1979 Miami-Dade College, Miami, Florida 1978 Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1977 Connecticut College, New London, Ct. 1977 Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 Fabulous You, Tiger Stikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, New York 2011 Twin, Twin, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2010 Spring Editions, Pelavin Editions, New York 2010 Group Exhibition, Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2004 Analog Click-Click, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2002 Snapshots, Arcadia University Gallery, Glenside, PA, Aldrich of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT 1999 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA 1998 Accrochage in the Gallery, Esso Gallery, New York 1998 Brad Kalhammer, Nicholas Rule, Margo Margolis, Solo Voices, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND 1998 Art Exchange Show, New York 1998 Works on Paper, Galeria Martano, Turin, Italy 1998 Paintings and Monoprints, Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, New York 1997 Esso Gallery in Torino, Villa Buttino, Torino, Italy 1997 Art Exchange Show, New York 1996 Objects by Some Artists and Architects, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA 1996 The Art Exchange Show, New York 1994 Abstract Painting, Carolyn Roy Gallery, New York 1995 Wayne C. Brown DePonton d”Amecourt Collection, Colby College, Waterville, ME 1994 Contemporary Prints, Quartet Gallery, New York 1992 Mentors, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1991 Presenze, Artisti Stranieri in Italia Oggi, Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy 1990 Contemporary Painting, Langman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 1989 Very Special Arts Benefit, Christies, New York 1989 Ground Work, Valencia College, Valencia, FL 1989 Group Show, Shea Beker Gallery, New York 1989 Drawings, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York 1989 Monoprints, University of Maine, Orono M 1989 Inadmissible Evidence, SUNY Purchase, New York 1988 Group Show, Bernard Jacobsen Gallery, New York 1986 Mutual Respect, Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1984 Nature As Image, OIA, New York 1983 Works on Paper, Bucknell University, A 1982 Group Show, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1981 Abstract Painting, Womens Caucus of the CAA, New York 1981 Ten Years Later, Skdmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York 1981 Exchanges III, Louis Abrons Center, New York 1981 Group Show, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1981 Sign and Symbol, Jeffrey Fuller Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1981 Five Abstract Painters, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1981 Group Show, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1980 New York, New, Work,”Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas 1979 Group Show, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1978 Diamond, Margolis, and Ripps, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1978 Contemporary Drawings, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1978 Drawings, Pratt Graphics Center, New York 1978 Thick Paint, Curated by Carter Ratcliffe, Renaissance Society, University Of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1978 New Editions, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1978 Three New York Painters,” Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 1978 Six Contemporary Painters,”curated by Marcia Tucker, Kirkland College Clinton York 1977 Works on Paper, Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 1977 Critics Choice,” Joe and Emily Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, New York 1977 New Abstract Objects,” Halls Walls, Buffalo, New York 1977 Diamond, Jacquette, Margolis and Ripps-New Work, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York 1977 Painting ’75,’76,’77, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York; American Federation for the Arts, Miami, FL; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH 1977 Works on Paper, Vick, Klaus, and Rosen Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1976 Group Exhibition, Towson State College, Towson, MD 1976 “Contemporary Approaches to Painting,” University Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara 1976 “Four Young Artists,” Bykert Gallery, New York 1976 Invitational, OK Harris Gallery, New York PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA Brooklyn Museum, New York IBM Corporation, New York Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA Prudential, New York Rosenthal and Rosenthal, New York Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York Ivan Chermayeff, New York Lehman Brothers, New York Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL Amerada-Hess Corporation, New York American Can Company, Greenwich, CT Estee Lauder Corporation, New York General Mills, Minneapolis, MN Freed, Frank, Shriver, New York Chemical Bank, New York Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX Best Products, Richmond, VA Skadden, Arps, New York Stephen Paine, Boston, MA Davis, Polk, Wardwell, New York Roger Sonnabend, Boston, MA Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA Zimmerli Archives, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ GRANTS AND AWARDS Temple University Study leave, 1980, 1987,1994, 2002 Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, 1987 Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, 1980 New York State Council for the Arts, 1977 Yaddo Residency Grant, 1976 MacDowell Residency Grant, 1976 Indiana University Fellowship, 1970 CATALOGUES Painting ’75,’76,’77 Critic’s Choice Contemporary Drawing, Philadelphia Thick Paint Margo Margolis, Miami Dade College Exchange III Nature as Image Ground Work Presenze Chemical Bank: An Art Collection in Perspective Margo Margolis, Esso Gallery BIBLIOGRAPHY Richard Lorber, Arts Magazine, September 1976 Art Week, October 23, 1976 Henry J. Seldis, Los Angles Times David Rush, "Paintings with a Sculptural Character," Art Week, October 30, 1976 Allen Ellensweig, Arts Magazine, April 1977 Richard Brugin, New York Arts Journal, September 1977 Mary Delahoyd, "Painting '75, '76, '77" (catalogue essay) 1977 Hayden Herrera, "Critics' Choice," Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse, New York and Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York (catalogue essay) 1977 John Russell, New York Times, June 1978 Carter Ratcliffe, "Thick Paint" University of Chicago, IL (catalogue essay) 1978 Ann Percy, "Contemporary Drawings, Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (catalogue essay) 1978 Alexandra Anderson, Village Voice, March 26, 1979 Peter Frank, "In One Medium, Out the Other," Village Voice, April 9, 1979 Thomas Lawson, Art in America, October 1979 Karen Valdes, Margo Margolis, Miami-Dade Community College, (catalogue essay) 1979 Print Collector's Newsletter, Spring 1979 Lee Edwards...

Bold abstract brush strokes combined with hard edged abstraction. Initial brushstrokes evident through subsequent layers, giving the finished picture surface energy. Passages of unsa...

Blue Moon, Oil on Wood Panel, 12x9, 2017

A colorful array of loose brushstrokes on a wash background of peach and greens. I can't help but feel optimistic when I look at this. Like the advent of spring, sometimes things jus...

"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...

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...

Standing Navy, 2017, Oil on Painted Plywood, 12 x 12 1 Inches. This painting is currently on view in a one-person exhibition of the artist's works at the Beth Urdang Gallery in Bost...

Signs and symbols on an orange textured background peeking through a white, off white and grey field. This painting reminded me of a sunset in an urban area. It also connotes the hus...

Abstract signs and symbols of varying line weights on a background of bright and unsaturated colors. To me, this painting has a musical quality, with a theme stated and riffed upon,...

A lively gestural abstract acrylic on canvas. Unstretched. Ships in tube. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...

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...

Loose, spontaneous brush and pencil strokes on an unsaturated background of browns, highlighted with hints of teal, green and orange. There are many layers going on here and brush ma...

Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Personal Voyage” is a colorful abstract oil painting, 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch, on canvas with very thick texture and spontaneous brushwork in saturated reds, ...

Todd Brugman is from the north shore of Boston, he has been creating and thinking about the visual arts for as long as he can remember. His interests and abilities were noticed and a...

33 x 30 oil on wood panel

"Crossing Over" Oil and Acrylic on Panels Susan Sharp is an outstanding abstract painter of biomorphic and linear forms, flat planes, vivid color and...

John Ivar Berg Swedish, 1916-2003 Sunlight on the Water Oil on Canvas 32 ¼ by 38 ½ in, w/ frame 32 ¾ by 39 in Signed lower right John Ivar Berg was a Swedish artist who studied at ...

"Post no Bills" by Joseph Conrad-Ferm, Mixed Media Canvas, REP by Tuleste Factory Earth tone brush strokes over a grey background. Abstract painting by artist Joseph Conrad Ferm. ...

A composition of loose, layered signs and symbols with a limited palette. For some reason this painting reminded me of a box of chocolates.Unstretche...

“Ceci n'est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe) by René Magritte illustrates (in every sense of ‘illustrate’) that he did not paint a pipe. No matter how accurate one is to...

"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...