2020
Louise Blyton is a reductive artist exploring the romance of raw linen and dry pigment. Blyton’s geometrically shaped canvases explore color, light and form through the visual language of Reductivism, an aesthetic style characterized by streamlined compositions, restricted color and a reduction of form and means. Identifying with Reductivism’s simplicity, Blyton’s shaped canvases and three-dimensional wall sculptures elevate craftsmanship and process, achieving a compositional clarity that unifies color and form. To construct her works, Blyton covers custom built balsa wood stretchers with raw linen, adorning them with layers of pure pigment or acrylic paint. Each pigment reacts differently to raw linen and requires a specific number of coats to reach the artist’s desired level of saturation. As the artist explains, “I’m always looking for a kind of quietness and harmony when making my works even if the color being used is loud.” Blyton creates her spatial dimension by manipulating the shape of the canvas, which escapes from the flat surface of the wall, confusing its role as a painting. “Rather than responding to the architecture, they ask particular attributes of the building to act as support,” as some works appear to climb the surface of the walls, while others straddle columns and corners. Blyton lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, in 1988. Her works are held in significant corporate and private collections in Australia, China, France, the United Kingdom, Portugal and the United States.
Inside and Outside (Abstract painting)
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Inside and Outside (Abstract painting) Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist methods to create lucid, harmonious, multi...
Linen, Acrylic
Inside and Outside (Abstract painting)
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Inside and Outside (Abstract painting) Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist methods to create lucid, harmonious, multidimensional artworks that embody the marriage of color, texture, and form. Her finished works—shaped, minimal canvases...
Linen, Acrylic
Dualism (Abstract painting)
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Each part's dimensions are 31x41x10cm/12x16x4". Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist methods to create lucid, harmonio...
Linen, Acrylic
Dualism (Abstract Painting)
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Dualism (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Each part's dimensions are 31x41x10cm/12x16x4". Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist meth...
Linen, Acrylic
Dualism (Abstract Painting)
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Dualism (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Each part's dimensions are 31x41x10cm/12x16x4". Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist methods to create lucid, harmonious, multidimensional artworks that embody the marriage of color, texture, and form. Her finished works—shaped, minimal canvases...
Linen, Acrylic
Dualism
By Louise Blyton
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on linen - Unframed. Each part's dimensions are 31x41x10cm/12x16x4". Australian abstract artist Louise Blyton employs precise, Reductivist methods to create lucid, harmonio...
Linen, Acrylic
Schism, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Nothing is static in reality," states artist Shyun Song. "The split between the two shades of blue shapes depict the breaking up of a whole." With her clean,...
Oil
"Rebondissements de la Vie" Abstract Painting
By Sofie Swann
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann features a light blue, sandy beige, and deep teal blue palette, with varying organic circular shapes layered and arranged in a l...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Wandering Around" Abstract Diptych Painting
By Teodora Guererra
Located in Westport, CT
This textured abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light blue-green palette with warm yellow accents throughout. The artist layers thick strokes of paint using a palette k...
Acrylic, Board
Anima, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece captures the inner feminine side of a man which instinctively releases nurturing energies," states artist Shyun Song. "The blue on blue rectangle ...
Oil
Large Scale Abstract Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of large-scale abstract paintings, artist unknown, probably American, circa 1960s. They have been framed in clean lined white lacquered gallery frames under UV resistant gl...
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
In The Artist's Studio Abstract
By D.S. Silver
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale abstract painting of another abstract painting on artist's easel by California artist D. Silver (American, 20th Century), 1984. Signed and dated lower right corner and on...
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
