Contemporary Paintings & Abstract Prints on Canvas

All HORIZONTAL Paintings on Canvas & Paper, Giclee Prints on Canvas

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Original Paintings on Canvas & Giclee Prints on Canvas

Original acrylic paintings on archival watercolor paper, also available in Giclee prints on canvas.

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When I begin a horizontal painting, the shape of the canvas or paper often inspires a "landscape" feel. This doesn't mean the result can't be totally non-objective or abstract, just that there is this underlying impulse. For that reason, you'll see more abstract landscapes in my horizontal paintings than in the square ones.

The important thing in any painting is to find a composition that works, so that is my focus no matter what has inspired me to begin. Color and form are also important, as well as movement or energy. I try to put all of these into my work.

In some pieces, you'll see the influence of the impressionists: in these paintings I use small brushstrokes of over-lapping colors to gradually build up an image. Two examples above are Abstract Art Seventeen and Contemporary Art Forty-Three. Some famous impressionists from the 20th century are Claude Monet and Mary Cassatt.

Another influence on my work is abstract expressionism, also known as action painting. The early practitioners broke away from traditional realism, focusing on the act of painting itself and letting the final result come out of that process. Some of my favorite early abstract expressionists are Hans Hoffman, Willem deKooning, and Joan Mitchell. I love the lush use of paint by all three of them, even though their work is very different from each other.

Lynne Taetzsch, 3 Snyder Heights, Ithaca, NY 14850. 607-273-1364. Lynne@ARTBYLT.COM

ABSTRACT ART by Taetzsch: Contemporary Paintings & Prints on Canvas

All HORIZONTAL Paintings on Canvas & Paper, Giclee Prints on Canvas

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