2024
Brenda Zappitell is an American abstract painter known for her colorful, gestural action paintings. Inspired by the methods of Abstract Expressionism, Zappitell employs a mixture of memory and intuition to create her compositions. She lives and works in South Florida. Her work is finished, when it conveys an elusive sense of balance between beauty and imperfection. She has described her work as flowing “directly from a deep well of intuitions and impulses.” Eschewing logic, she relies instead on what she calls her primal inner voice. Zappitell is inspired by the feeling of her paints and the movement of her body. She has named Abstract Expressionist painters like Joan Mitchell and Willem de Kooning as major influences, especially recalling their technique of applying wet paint on top of wet paint, known as alla prima. Although, she is influenced by her visual environment, especially the images she sees in nature, her objective is not to make pictures of anything figurative but is rather to convey the ephemeral qualities of emotion and inner life. Zappitell has exhibited extensively in galleries across the United States. She was featured in New American Paintings in 2016. Zappitell's work is in several public collections, including that of the Boca Raton Museum Of Art, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, the St. Regis Hotel, NYC, the Hard Rock Hotel, Tampa, FL and DoubleLine Capital, Los Angeles, CA.
What Do You Want?
By Brenda Hope Zappitell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Brenda Zappitell is contemporary abstract painter whose work is driven by an instinctive and spontaneous approach. When confronted with a blank canvas, she taps into her memories and...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Wax Crayon, Vinyl
Shadow Dreams
By Marthann Masterson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marthann Masterson’s abstract paintings are expressions of the energizing force of joy. Masterson has developed an artistic practice where lines of colorful acrylic paint are poured from the top of each canvas one inch apart, combined with mixed media, leaving her signature drip marks at the bottom. In her most recent body of work, Masterson’s application of bold vibrant colors has become more deliberate, exploring a new range of colors without inhibition. Masterson received formal instruction in painting at the Glassell School of Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The artist has exhibited her work throughout New York, Florida and Texas, where she had a solo exhibition with Octavia Art Gallery...
Canvas, Acrylic
Cool
By Melinda Hackett
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hackett’s paintings defy popular convention. They are not figurative, decorative, representative, or even completely abstract. While it is hard to tie them to any one style or movement, they manage to be a part of all of them. Hackett’s work is influenced by pattern, midcentury design, art of indigenous peoples, and the art and craft movement, combined with a loose examination of the natural world. She creates a visual environment that is both recognizable yet strangely mysterious. While steeped in art history and influenced by a range of artists from Miro to Arthur Dove, Charles Burchfield, Agnes Pelton, Florine Stettheimer...
Oil, Archival Paper
What Report the Method Allows
By Aaron Collier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Aaron Collier: Of Rocks and Ruins. The “Everything You Need to Know” website that intends to prepare visitors for the breezy summit and sce...
Canvas, Paint
Not Today But Tomorrow
By Aaron Collier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Aaron Collier: Of Rocks and Ruins. The “Everything You Need to Know” website that intends to prepare visitors for the breezy summit and sce...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
My Gala
By Naomie Kremer
Located in New Orleans, LA
In this new body of work, Kremer continues to explore and celebrate the physical experience of being, juggling eros, flora, fauna, and saga in abstract relationships that continue to...
Linen, Oil
Where Nothing At All Needs Saying
By Deedra Ludwig
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rather than re-creating a literal landscape on canvas or paper, I aim to express its essence in a rich and complex form of delicately painted organic subjects that float and trail ac...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
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By Margaret Evangeline
Located in New Orleans, LA
Margaret Evangeline is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and installation artist who lives and works in New York City. She was the first female recipient of an MFA in Fine Arts from ...
Canvas, Oil
From one atmosphere to another
By Lea Karvala
Located in Barcelona, CT
This artwork captures a dynamic interplay of textures and colors, evoking a sense of movement and depth. Dominated by soft blues and earthy tones, the piece suggests an abstract land...
Canvas, Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Margot Ledergerber - 7713
By Margot Ledergerber
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on Masonite
Masonite, Acrylic
I´ll be off then, Painting, Acrylic on Other
By Christel Haag
Located in Yardley, PA
"I´ll be off then" is a passionate and dynamic abstract artwork on linen. It is inspired by nature and the beauty of nature. The main colors are blue and purple. It is a one of ...
Acrylic
Creativity of Mind
By Barbara Bilotta
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Muted hues. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softness an...
Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
