Day 13 of looking back at (13) projects - painting

I am infatuated with 'place', a sense of place and our place within it and that art is a collision of the intellect and the visceral. Abstraction excites me. The struggle, in painting, continues to align concept/vision with ability, the technical aspects. This is why I work every day.

The mornings are for computer work, admin, tidying (maybe), sorting, research and reading/writing.

Working daily, on various projects and ideas I paint in the afternoons, across media including oil, acrylic, pastel and watermedia. Looking back on the last year, the struggle to abstraction continues.



You can see abstractions in other artworks i do including artist books, asemic, prints, ipad drawings, photography and drawing. 

1. search the label on this blog. 

2. (check out the last 12 days of 'looking back' (label).


Comments

  1. Suhail Mitoubsi4 July 2025 at 04:22

    I really enjoyed looking at your paintings and reading about your creative process and your passion for exploring a sense of place through abstraction.

    I think the ‘struggles’ in painting abstracts are also part of its appeal, in my opinion. It allows the artist unlimited space to explore, perhaps limited only by their own imagination, yet still offers vast freedom of creativity.

    Thank you for sharing your art.

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  2. Regina Piroska (Gina)23 August 2026 at 21:08

    thank you again Suhail .... i love that - the struggles being part of the appeal of abstract art and what it allows. i so agree.

    appreciate hearing from you, thank you

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