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• Featured Abstract Artist: Tony Saladino

  

  Texas abstract artist Tony Saladino has exhibited widely, and is currently represented by a number of galleries in Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and New Mexico. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Two of My Abstract Drawings in Johnson Art Museum Show

  

  Cornell University's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will show two of my abstract drawings in it's new exhibition: Homegrown: The Harriott Collection of Local... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• When I'm Not Painting, I Like to Draw

  

  I have no canvases left to paint, so I made an abstract drawing today instead. I've been feeling very sad these past couple of days, and drawing allows me to... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Abstract Paintings on Website

  

  It always feels good to finish a group of paintings and get them up on my website. This group of eight acrylic paintings on canvas vary in size from 24" x 24" t... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finalizing Last Canvas in a Series of Abstract Paintings

  

  While each and every canvas is a single project for me, I usually work on a group of eight abstract paintings at a time. They may all follow a similar style or... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Adding Interest & Focus to New Abstract Painting

  

  I began this abstract painting by placing spots of colors in an overall pattern across the canvas. But randomly placed spots of acrylic paint would be boring... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Abstract Painting is Light and Airy

  

  After completing a very dark painting, I began work on its opposite today. This new abstract painting has a light background with pastel colors and white... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Next Step in New "Mosaic" Abstract Painting

  

  I continued to work on this new "mosaic" abstract painting by filling in the spaces around the blocks of color. I drew lines with paint, trying a variety of... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Recent Painting Influences How I Paint a New One

  

  The things you learn while making one painting will help you paint the next one. There have been times in my life where I thought each new painting was the... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Final Touches on Last Abstract Paintings

  

  It's been a difficult few weeks, with my husband dying at home under the care of Hospice--a most wonderful organization. But I knew that the best grief therapy... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Art of Life and Death

  Throughout my life, art has helped me transcend the disappointments and depressions that seep into most lives from time to time. This week I am not painting. I... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Featured Abstract Artist: Brad Bannister

  

  Recently I discovered the subtle but playful abstract paintings of Brad Bannister. His art seems subdued at first, but the more you look, the more you realize... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Fine Tuning Latest Abstract Painting

  

  I felt that my latest abstract painting (see previous post) still needed some fine tuning to provide a focus and a path for the eye to follow. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Final Stage(s) in New Abstract Painting

  

  Today I worked at bringing the disparate elements in my latest abstract painting into some kind of coherent whole. I knew it needed more of a focus, a path for... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Toning Down Intense Hues in New Abstract Painting

  

  After yesterday's painting session, I had too much saturated color in the new abstract painting I was working on. Today I worked at remedying that by mixing... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Abstract Painting Evolves with Intense Hues

  

  I began this new abstract painting with a very subdued background of pale colors, but today it evolved into a circus with intense hues. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Background Or "Undercoating" Gives Birth to Abstract Painting

  

  A stimulating backgound or undercoating is a great way to begin an abstract painting. It allows me to play off what is already there, and adds depth to the fina... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Will a Square Abstract Painting Work in a Vertical Or Horizontal Format?

  

  I know there are abstract painters who say you can hang their art any way you want to--that it works in any direction. But I don't paint that way. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Contemporary Homes for Contemporary Abstract Art

  

  It isn't necessary to have a contemporary home in order to hang contemporary abstract art, but it does provide a fantastic setting for large abstract paintings. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing Last Section of New Abstract Painting

  

  After working on this new painting in sections (see previous posts) over the last week, I wasn't sure how it would all hold together when I finished the last... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE