Hal Mayforth

Night Owl, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

2025

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 limited palette composition of greens, ochres and various grays. Many interesting textures. Painted in early March, when things were still pretty dreary, but there is hope of faire...

A rhythmic profusion of signs and symbols that has a musical feel. Maybe it was the early Jethro Tull I was listening to when I painted it. Unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting...

A vivid profusion of marks, signs and symbols that are both startling and calming, recalling the experience of the sleepless night. Unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abstrac...

Artist Comments
After a flight back and forth across the country, Janine's exploration in her studio started with a playful mixing of colors directly on the canvas. A shape emerged in that process that she chose to repeat and then incorporate with a series of glazes. Stepping back and looking at the result, the image reminded her of those hours spent moving through the clouds to finally find herself back home.

About the Artist
Janine’s abstract artworks are created with measured doses of both intuition and analysis. “My work develops as a series of calls and responses,” she says. She adds color, letting gravity pull the paint around. She then responds to the direction of the composition with additional marks, adding and subtracting. The incorporation of recognizable forms, specifically letters and numbers, indicates the influences of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg on Janine’s work. Janine is also inspired by listening to jazz music. She is a musician herself, and plays in a local Zimbabwean marimba ensemble when she’s not painting.

Words that describe this painting: abstract, dreamy, clouds, abstract, non-representational, modern , acrylic painting, blue

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In Alfredo Gisholt's "Studio" series, Alfredo’s primary subject matter revolves around the interplay between light and shadow, and the way they cooperate within his studio space. A...

Nina is an artist, ceramist and colorist with 20 years of professional experience and a lifetime of art appreciation. Originally from Virginia and having traveled and lived extensively worldwide she now resides as a full-time artist and ceramist in Los Angeles. With a degree in psychology and training in ceramics, painting was a natural transition and expansion to her repertoire from an early age. With color and form as her guide, her artwork flows from spontaneous and spiritual inspiration. Influenced by her travels with the play of color and light, her paintings reflect nature, spirit and a place of tranquility. There’s a touch of magic, secrets and a touch of the unknown in every painting, when painting ”time...

In Alfredo Gisholt's "Studio" series, Alfredo’s primary subject matter revolves around the interplay between light and shadow, and the way they cooperate within his studio space. A...