Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

American, b. 1954

Macyn Bolt is an American abstract painter. Using a visual language informed by geometric abstraction, he creates artworks that examine how color and form create shifts in visual perception. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and upstate Pennsylvania. Bolt graduated with a BFA in 1979 from Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, MI, and earned his Masters of Fine Arts from Syracuse University in 1981. Macyn Bolt has exhibited in multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. Work by Macyn Bolt is included in many corporate and institutional collections, including those of the Newark Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, the Blanton Museum of Art, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Progressive Companies, the Janet Turner Print Museum, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and TIAA-CREF. Bolt works with acrylic paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, wood panel, vinyl and paper. Using scrapers and palette knives, he builds up layers of paint, creating surfaces that seem both polished and hand made. He often strives to achieve heightened areas of contrast, exploring relationships between the painterly and the flat, the loose and the opaque. That contrast is further explored in relationships between colors. His process mirrors the balance he seeks between boldness and delicacy in his compositions. Scale is also an important aspect of his work. His smaller works, which start around 16 x 15 inches, create opportunities for intimate viewer interactions. His larger works, which can range up to 84 x 180 inches, encompass viewers in a contemplative aesthetic space. The differences in size result in a range of perceptual experiences that is integral to the work.

Artist: Macyn Bolt

Macyn BoltOA 19, 2019

$745

OA 19

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOA 19 (Abstract Painting), 2019

$745

OA 19 (Abstract Painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OA 19 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOC 19 (Abstract Painting), 2019

$745

OC 19 (Abstract Painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OC 19 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn Bolt01-19 (Abstract painting), 2019

$881

01-19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

01-19 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn Bolt01-19 (Abstract painting), 2019

$881

01-19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

01-19 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOA 19 (Abstract painting), 2019

$745

OA 19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OA 19 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn Bolt01-19 (Abstract painting), 2019

$881

01-19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

01-19 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOC 19 (Abstract Painting), 2019

$745

OC 19 (Abstract Painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OC 19 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOC 19, 2019

$745

OC 19

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Milly RistvedtMay #2 - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper, 1987

$5,200

H 34.5 in W 27 in

May #2 - contemporary, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on archival paper

By Milly Ristvedt

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This abstract painting on paper by Milly Ritsvedt features spring-like colours. The provocative power of colour is fully evident in the vivid hues of this painting by master colouri...

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1980s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Milly RistvedtJune #1 Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper, 1980s, Signed, 22.5x30.25, 1987

$5,200

H 22.5 in W 30.25 in

June #1 Abstract Acrylic Painting on Paper, 1980s, Signed, 22.5x30.25

By Milly Ristvedt

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper is by Milly Ristvedt. Few artists ever attain the kind of notoriety and accolades that Milly Ristvedt has rightly achieved. Sin...

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1980s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Mila AkopovaThrough the wall --abstract painting, made in black, beige, grey and white color, 2020

$380

H 20 in W 16 in

Through the wall --abstract painting, made in black, beige, grey and white color

By Mila Akopova

Located in Fort Lee, NJ

Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink and acrylic in black and white color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a m...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Andra SamelsonAndra Samelson, Dusk, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018, 2018

$1,000

H 12 in W 12 in

Andra Samelson, Dusk, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018

By Andra Samelson

Located in Darien, CT

Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Ryan ParkShape 44 (2019) Minimalist abstract shape, work on paper, green stylized seven, 2019

$600

H 10 in W 7 in

Shape 44 (2019) Minimalist abstract shape, work on paper, green stylized seven

By Ryan Park

Located in Jersey City, NJ

Shape 44 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, minimalist geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract s...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Ray MeadYellow Composition, 1996

$5,250

H 22 in W 30 in

Yellow Composition

By Ray Mead

Located in Toronto, Ontario

A founding member of Painters Eleven, Ray Mead (1921-1988) occupies a distinct place within the arc of postwar Canadian abstraction. Mead immigrated to Canada and settled in Hamilto...

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1990s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Andra SamelsonAndra Samelson, Red Square, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018, 2018

$1,000

H 12 in W 12 in

Andra Samelson, Red Square, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018

By Andra Samelson

Located in Darien, CT

Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Andra SamelsonAndra Samelson, Stars of Tallapooza, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018, 2018

$1,000

H 12 in W 12 in D 1 in

Andra Samelson, Stars of Tallapooza, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018

By Andra Samelson

Located in Darien, CT

Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Andra SamelsonAndra Samelson, Pink Window, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018, 2018

$1,000

H 12 in W 12 in

Andra Samelson, Pink Window, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018

By Andra Samelson

Located in Darien, CT

Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Jay WalkerInner Space #9: geometric abstract painting; yellow, red, blue, green & gray, 2020

$925

H 22 in W 15 in

Inner Space #9: geometric abstract painting; yellow, red, blue, green & gray

By Jay Walker

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

Jay Walker's latest series, "Inner Space," analyzes a single motif built from repeating parallel lines that is commonly found in his work. In this series of...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

David RuthContemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2005 by David Ruth, 2005

$450

H 30 in W 18 in

Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2005 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

David RuthContemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2009 by David Ruth, 2009

$450

H 30 in W 22.5 in

Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 2009 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Previously Available Items

Macyn BoltOQ 19 (Abstract Painting), 2019

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H 12.01 in W 16.01 in

OQ 19 (Abstract Painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OQ 19 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Macyn Bolt03-19 (Abstract painting), 2019

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H 16.01 in W 20.01 in

03-19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

03-19 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

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2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn BoltOQ 19 (Abstract Painting), 2019

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H 12.01 in W 16.01 in

OQ 19 (Abstract Painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

OQ 19 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Macyn Bolt09-19 (Abstract painting), 2019

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H 16.01 in W 20.01 in

09-19 (Abstract painting)

By Macyn Bolt

Located in London, GB

Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...

Category

2010s Abstract Macyn Bolt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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