Our next assignment is to look at famous abstract artists so since Elizabeth pointed out that men occupy the top ten spots, I decided to concentrate on what the best women abstract artists have produced. I have found so many new favorites and several of them I will go back to so I can study them in depth. Of course I love Georgia O'Keeffe and Gloria Vanderbilt so I grabbed them first. O'Keeffe's stylized Autumn Leaves is in some ways more realistic than the real thing... but I feel that it is an abstracted form of nature. Gloria Vanderbilt's Springtime gives me the essence of spring. As does her next work Autumn. Mother and Child is distilled down to the bare bones, somewhat like a wood block print. Amarantha Ehrenholt I am totally unfamiliar with, but I love her control of and use of color. She is a master. This is awesome with its combination of freeform color and geometric design. Just gorgeous, Three Streams by Amarantha Ehrenholt. Next we have Elisabeth Cummings, another artist that caught my eye. Her work seems to be telling the viewer a story. Poppies by the Shore; I feel the sense of the sea here. The above and next two are by Jane Frank, another new artist to me. Here is her Aerial View: Ploughed Fields Maryland. So many of the pictures I found don't have the titles... Very organic, straight from nature. Alice Baber, Noble Numbers. The clarity of the colors is so pure and free. And one more of hers...
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Sharon BuckI have always been an artist and with art quilts I have found a way to combine my two loves of painting and textiles. Archives
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