Norman Lewis was one of the first pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, but his legacy as an artist among his AbEx contemporaries is relatively unknown. His work was an incredible blend of figurative and abstract painting and I am glad to see that it has finally found its way into institutional programming. “Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis” is … Continue reading Artist a Day Challenge 2016-22: Norman Lewis
Moody Mondays beg for a beautifully moody piece. Brenna Youngblood’s work combines expressionist and textural techniques with her formal background in photography. She takes found pieces of everyday objects like discarded paper bags, tree shaped car fresheners and photographs and applies them to canvas. Her paintings embody that point of collision between color field painting and abstraction. Youngblood’s 2015 Project 50 Series explored … Continue reading Artist a Day Challenge 2016-8: Brenna Youngblood
Maybe you have noticed two characteristics exist in my paintings; either their surfaces are expansive and push outward in all directions, or their surfaces contract and rush inward in all directions. Between these two poles you can find everything I want to say.”~~Mark Rothko, 1953 Explaining “why” I love Mark Rothko’s work is not an … Continue reading Reflections on Rothko
