Three by Josh Peters

 Speak, Memory
2012
Acrylic and Graphite on Canvas
66 x 49 inches

 The Tinker and the Crab
2012
Acrylic on Canvas
59 x 58 inches

 Studio Installation
2012

Adele Hugo in the West Indies
2010
Acrylic on Unprimed Canvas
68 x 84 inches

Josh Peters

Three by Helmut Federle

Helmut Federle

Monday Morning Abstraction

Jason Stopa

Jason Stopa

Sterling Ruby, "SP89", 2010, Spraypaint on canvas, 96 x 84 x 2 in.

Mali Morris, Crossing Lilac, 1996, Acrylic on Canvas, 27 x 35 cm

Mali Morris, CANOPY (2)  2009  18 x 24 cm  Acrylic on canvas

Painting(s) of the Day by Terri Brooks

Terri Brooks, Neapolitan, 2011. Oil, enamel, pigment and PVA on canvas, 127x176 cm, Polyptych.

Lost Abstraction

Found this work in a bunch of old photos from Savannah (circa 2003) - at the time, I poured resin over the panel and ruined it. As far as an abstraction goes, it wasn't too bad. Oh well.

Yudith Levin

Yudith Levin, Afghan from the front, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 170x150 cm

Yudith Levin, yellow, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 200x180 cm

Yudith Levin, Holding Something, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 150x200 cm

Minmal Abstraction - Old and New

I saw a lot of minimal abstraction in New York and the more I see the more I enjoy it. These images don't even come close to the first-hand experience which is part of what made these works so alluring. The black paint on a Reinhardt painting is something that just doesn't translate to photos, prints, reproductions or anything else. I've been a lot more interested in the surfaces of my own paintings lately, so there was a lot to learn while looking at these works:

Malevich's ''White on White"

Malevich's ''White on White" - detail

Ad Reinhardt - Gorgeous black painting - one of the most perfect surfaces I've ever seen. Like a soft, warm, matte black hole - doesn't look like anything in the photo but it was pretty incredible in person.

Rothko paintings

Stella

Donald Judd

Donald Judd

Kate Shepherd

Kate Shepherd

Kate Shepherd - although hard to see in these photos, Shepherd has white geometric line drawings on these shiny surfaces.

Soot

Daniel Turner, Sp.1, soot, plexiglass, 72" x 132". 2007.

Recent Inspiration

snow

Rain drops from Animas Forks area - near Silverton, CO

lights in the Denver Botanic Gardens

"Orbs" in Notre Dame - from flickr user orb seeker.

Opening Tonight at Rule

Gregory Hayes "Primary Array #9 (Triadic Harmony)" acrylic on canvas 12in x 12in 2009
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Gregory Hayes - re-seeing, Recent Paintings
...Exhibit opens Friday, October 1, 6-9p.
Exhibition runs October 1 - November 13, 2010

New works from Gregory Hayes. Group show "Detention" including: Christine Buchsbaum, Joseph Coniff, Hector Madera Gonzalez, Dmitri Obergfell, Zach Reini.
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Gregory’s current direction in art is a series of paintings based on the behavior of prime numbers. He is exposing their elusive ability to create shapes and patterns when they are distributed in set ranges on predetermined arrays. There are many unanswered questions about prime numbers and why they behave as they do. In these paintings he is acting as an interpreter of his own vision, but following the set rules of prime numbers in mathematics; to perhaps discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers.

Gregory is also exploring the idea of brush-less painting using a paint drip method. This involves applying paint to the surface of the canvas and allowing it to form natural concave circles. Gravitational force causes the paint to form these circles in a very uniform manner. This also adds a subtle 3 dimensional aspect to the traditional 2 dimensional painting, giving the viewer the ability to engage more in the painting’s viewing space.

Gregory is a graduate of the State University of New York and Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. He is now attending Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York for his MFA in Painting.

(from the press release)

James Erikson

James Erikson

Untitled 3, 2009
24 x 32 inches
Oil on Canvas
Falling Water, 2009
48 x 48 inches
Oil on Canvas
White Light, 2009
44 x 48 inches
Oil on Canvas

New Aerial Photo

Here's a new aerial photo I took yesterday that reminded me of Abstract Expressionism and some of the older paintings of Sarah McKenzie.

RICHARD ALDRICH

RICHARD ALDRICH, Untitled, 2007, Oil and wax on panel, 14.75 H x 10.625 W x .875 D inches.

RICHARD ALDRICH, Aerial View Painting, 2006, Oil and wax on panel, 19.125 H x 14 W x .87 D inches.

RICHARD ALDRICH, Paint as Revealing Three Gestures: Psychological, Structural and Philosophical, 2006, Oil and wax on linen, 84 H x 58 W x 1 D inches.

I've been into abstraction more lately.

Harry Smith paintings

Harry Smith, Untitled, circa 1977, oil and pen on board, 28 x 36 inHarry Smith, Untitled, circa 1978, oil and acrylic on board, approximately 26 x 26 in.

Keltie Ferris

St. Sebastian, 2009. Oil, acrylic, sprayed paint & oil pastel on canvas, 80 x 80 inches. - via.

Queen Pyro, 2008, Oil, oil pastel, acrylic & sprayed paint on canvas, 80x70" - via.

Man Whisperer, 2009, Oil, acrylic, oil pastel & sprayed paint on canvas, 80x80"

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Spider Silva, 2008, 80 x 80 inches, oil, acrylic & spray paint on canvas- via.

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Keltie Ferris. I really love these paintings.

Some color

Whitney Bedford, Untitled (orange/orange), oil and ink on panel, 28 by 37 inches, 2009
Whitney Bedford, Untitled (summer), oil and ink on panel, 48 by 72 inches, 2009
Whitney Bedford, Untitled (afternoon), oil and ink on panel, 28 by 37 inches, 2009

These works are a refreshing change after all that black and white I've been posting lately. Found originally here.