Massachusetts - Abstract Paintings

“Refraction 2024–28” is a commanding 36 x 48 inch original oil painting on canvas by contemporary artist Fenway Fan. Infused with gold and painted through deep meditation, this large...

A colorful, primarily red composition of loose brushworks of varying thicknesses on a loose acrylic wash. I painted this during a particularly hot spell. My basement studio was nice ...

Sparse black abstract brushstrokes on a mottled background of greens, pinks and reds. Subdivisions within larger areas are described by pencil. Interesting textures and previous laye...

A crazy quilt composition of color and texture. Many layers are evident in the finished painting, making for a very energetic surface. Painted during a heat wave, where I found solac...

Bold brushwork and hard edged abstraction, are combined to make an energetic composition. Many textures here as well as the ghosts of previous layers. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This...

“Refraction 2022–25” is a 30 x 24 inch mixed-media painting by contemporary artist Fenway Fan, composed of oil and marble dust on canvas. Created in a deep state of meditation, this ...

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THIS WORK WILL BE SENT UPON REQUEST: Jean Feinberg is a NY based artist whose wall constructions - paintings on found wood and paintings on painted plywood - a...

Circluar -36" Diameter :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature...

Abstract with realistic Graphic element :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed:...

Snorkle by contemporary artist Kyle Ringquist is a captivating 24 x 20 inch acrylic painting on plexiglass that exemplifies the artist’s signature reverse painting technique. Working...

A lively composition with thick brushstrokes of black and greys circumscribing textured areas of saturated color. A background of yellow ochre sets off the blues, greens and reds. ::...

A lively composition of textured, saturated color with an off white lattice-like structure superimposed. Painted in early spring when the higher sun and warmer temperatures melt snow...

A bouncy composition of reds, oranges and unsaturated greys and browns. Many textures here with previous layers peeking through. Painted in the middle of the Coronavirus sequester, t...

"Refraction 2022-9" by Fenway Fan is a bold 16 x 20 inch acrylic painting that exemplifies the artist’s signature fusion of abstraction and mid-century modern influences. Part of Fen...

A colorful composition of bold abstract marks interspersed with passages of unsaturated grays and browns. Many layers below the finished surface, making for interesting textures and ...

“True Believers” by Sandra Cohen is a 24 x 24 x 1 inch contemporary abstract landscape with overlaid figurative elements. A misty, humid landscape, loosely painted in blue, green, wh...

A hard-edged composition of reds, pinks, yellows, greens, grays and browns. Earlier layers of color peek through to create interesting textures. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece...

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF THIS WORK WILL BE SENT UPON REQUEST. NOTE COLOR OF WOOD IS NOT QUITE AS YELLOW AS IIT APPEARS IN PHOTO AND IS IN KEEPING WITH OTHERS IN THIS SERIES: Jean Fein...

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 ...

This abstraction by NY based artist Margo Margolis has a very sophisticated/playful sensibility with brilliant, intense color (pink, bright green, dark green, red, yellow, turquoise, pale gray, black and white) - the significant attribute of the artist's flashe medium, a water based French paint. Consisting of multiple layers of underpainting and glazing, and the frequent contrasts between hard and soft edges, these paintings not only have occasional associations with Henri Matisse's palette and Alexander Calder's sculptural forms, but also share in these artists' complexities after initial relatively straightforward first takes. Fresh and intelligent exploration into the possibilities for abstraction are Margolis's focus, and these works achieve that rare quality of making abstraction feel new. Margo Margolis "Mapping the Day" 2022 Flashe on Canvas 40 x 32 x 1.25 Inches This painting is unframed and framing is not necessary as the sides are painted white. To achieve accuracy for color some of the detail photographs shown below cause the background to appear slightly too gray. It is currently on view in an exhibition of the artist's work in Wellesley, MA where it is featured in a group of works of varying sizes, small, medium, and large: 24 x 20 inches, 40 x 32 inches, 72 x 60 inches, and works on paper measuring 30 x 22 inches. Also available are a series of earlier small canvases measuring 14 x 11 inches each which also work well as groupings. Margolis’s continuing commitment to abstract painting dates back to the early 1970s when she began exhibiting with the Brooke Alexander Gallery in New York where she had several shows. In addition her work has been exhibited throughout the country at numerous galleries and institutions including The Pennsylvania Academy of Art, The Renaissance Society, The Munson-Williams Proctor Institute and Halls Walls, among others. In reviewing the artist’s 1993 exhibition in the Beth Urdang gallery for 'The Boston Globe' then chief art critic Nancy Stapen stated: “…eccentric, quasi-geometric forms and initial impression of simplicity belie this artist’s highly sophisticated grasp of paintings. These are multi- layered works concerned with the discipline’s core issues – transluscency and opacity, flatness and illusioinism, line and form, figure and ground, pattern and surface, structure and weightless pictorial space… these paintings may be analyzed up to a point. In the end, their process remains mysterious. Their appeal lies in their engagement with an inventive form language intrinsic to painting, as well as in their deft synthesis of quietude and quirkiness.” June 3, 1993 Current Chief Art Critic for 'The Boston Globe, ' Cate McQuaid, wrote of Margolis’ 2017 exhibition in the gallery: “Her marks grab at you as insistently as a toddler demanding attention. They’re like a language made purely of punctuation, rhythmic and emphatic, let out of the duty of modifying sentences, freed at last to express itself alone.” January 6, 2017 Works are included in numerous public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, Amerata-Hess Corporation, General Mills, Best Products, IBM, Estee Lauder, Miami-Dade College, Chemical Bank, and Wellington Management. She is the recipient of many awards including 2 grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, a New York State Council on the Arts Grant, and Yaddo and MacDowell Residency Grants. Margolis received a BS degree from Skidmore College and an MFA from Indiana University. She lives and works in New York. The artist recently retired as Chairman of the Tyler School of Art's (Philadelphia) Department of Painting. Statement by 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 2022 Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2019 Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 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 Museum 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, O 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...

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...

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...

Loose thick and thin abstract brushstrokes of browns, and green interspersed with passages of reds, oranges, greens and blues, on a background of vivid blue. I see a body builder her...

Thin black curvilinear line circumscribe textured areas of reds, oranges and blues. Evidences of previous layers add to the energy of the surface. An agreeable painting that hints of...

Sandra Cohen’s “I wanna luv ya” is a 48 x 48 x 1 inch abstract acrylic painting on canvas, in yellow, grey, and white. Two virus molecules gravitate towards each other through a dens...

Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. With its depiction of a graphically idealized American flag in black and white, "White and Black (Negative Image) " is at once bold, lovely, Pop, and a sophisticated homage to the country's flag. The artist's simple slightly distressed white wood...

"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. Presently I'm working on wood, I'm intrigued by wood grain swirling like water and how that ground moves through the swimmer's form”. Carol graduated from the Art Center College of Design in painting. For some 20 years she split her time between her loft in downtown LA and a beach bungalow in Hawaii- satisfying a passion for culture and the ocean's pull. In LA she painted backdrops...

"Pools of Blue" 2018 Oil on Canvas 36 x 36 Inches i Vividly colored Abstract Expressionist painting filled with light and energy, primarily in white, blue, green, yellow, orange an...

Artist: Lloyd Martin Title: Orange Riff Size: 56 x 60 inches Medium: Oil on canvas Year: 2016 Price: 30,000 American artist Lloyd Martin, known internationally for his rhythmically ...

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

"Medium Abstraction, Burgundy-Blue" Oil on Canvas, 12 x 12 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in burgundy, blue ...

12 x 9 oil on wood panel

"U.S. Flag in White and Gold" 23 Karat Gold Leaf (White and Yellow Gold) and Oil on Linen 26 x 50 Inches Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's ...

Contemporary abstract painting, done in the midst of computer turmoil. This painting was my solace. unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an of...

Sandra Cohen’s “hindbrain” is a 16 x 16 x 1 inch acrylic painting on cradled wood, in pink, red, yellow and green, with overlaid patterns in white and sil...

Artist Commentary: This work is part of a portfolio of art inspired by my 2013 summer trip to the magnificant Mt. Denali in Alaska. About the artist: Monice Morenz...

This painting reminds me of a colorful discourse that doesn’t make a tremendous amount of sense. Colorful shapes swirl around off white areas that are reminiscent of thought balloo...

A colourful composition of greens, oranges, and blues with loose abstract brush strokes of various thickness. Areas of busyness are juxtaposed with areas of peach colour calm. Th...

A straight edged composition with evidences of much looser calligraphic brushwork underneath. An off white background sets off the more saturated reds, yellows , greens and blues. Th...

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

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...

"Refraction 2022-26" by Fenway Fan is a striking 16 x 20 inch original painting that exemplifies the artist’s signature approach to modern abstraction. Executed in acrylic and mixed ...

A colorful jumble of textures, calligraphic marks and textures on a background of off white. This painting has gone through many iterations. Is this the best one? Let's not split hai...

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...

Blasts of saturated, textured color interspersed with passages of lighter valued greys and browns. Textured areas produce interesting juxtapositions. A yellow green white background ...

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...

A textured composition of black and brown shapes on a background of light valued stripes. To me, this painting is a reminder to not take myself too seriously and that spontaneous get...

Analogy's Nob, 2017, Oil and Gesso on Plywood, 12 x 12 Inches. This painting is currently on view in a one-person exhibition of the artist's work at the Beth Urdang Gallery in Bosto...

Ships in tube Simplified, colorful textured shapes on a black background. I was at the end of a roll of canvas and decided to use what was left on smaller paintings. I started out...

A colorful composition of bold brushstrokes of teal and orange. Many interesting textures. Painted in early spring when one can't help but feel optimistic. :: Painting :: Abstract ...

An energetic composition of yellows, grays ands browns. There are many textures here and previous marks are evidenced under layers. A combination of spontaneous calligraphic marks w...

Bold angular brushstrokes of blue and purple dividing areas of orange, greens and unsaturated browns. Previous layers are evidenced making for an energetic surface. Textures also add...

"SILENCE," 23 Karat Gold Leaf and Oil on Canvas, 4 1/2 x 19 3/4 Inches Inches, is one of a series of paintings by the artist which whimsically addresses POP art's vocabulary of verbal associations and also is a riff on the 'Silence is Golden...

"Puzzle Pieces" 2019 Oil on Canvas 48 x 46 Inches Vividly colored Abstract Expressionist painting filled with light and energy, primarily in white, blue, yellow and red. This pai...

Oil on canvas 36" x 36" 2012 :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Sign...

"American Splendor" 23 Karat Gold Leaf and Oil on Linen, 26 x 50 Inches, is inspired by the American flag, elegant and whimsical, also reminiscent of American folk art and in the sp...

Splitsville, 2017, Oil on Painted Plywood, 16 x 11 x .5 Inches. This painting is currently on view in a one-person exhibition of the artist's works at the Beth Urdang Gallery in Bost...

Bold black brushstrokes, partially obscured by subsequent layers, juxtapose with hard edged passages of off whites, reds and blues. Many interesting textures add to the energy of the...

Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Picture Show” is a colorful abstract expressionist oil painting 60 x 36 x 1.5 inches on canvas with thick and thin sponta...

Colorful, bold brushstrokes on a darker valued background of grays and blues in an overall composition. Textured brushstrokes allow interesting interplays between the various levels....