Author: Virtual Exhibit Curation Guide

August ’21 Juried Artist Denise Durak

August 5, 2021 (updated August 6, 2021) Published by

My work has been driven by my curiosity, always asking questions, and an endless pursuit to answer them: whether in scientific pursuits, philosophical and theological inquiries, explorations of humanity and nature, and the Arts.

A Tulip From My Garden, 2021
Photography and Digital Art Exhibit Submission
38 x 48"

Photography & Digital
Juried Submission
Untitled
Mixed Media on Canvas (Acrylic and Crayon)
30 x 24"

Abstraction Academy
Juried Abstract Submission

I am fundamentally an optimist who is sensitive to the complexity and limitation of our thrown existence in this world and at the ways in which our culture and constructs have dared to define us. I feel life deeply, think and talk and reflect on my experiences continually, while at the same time submit them to logical analysis. Over the years I have learned to trust my logic, reason, and intuition, guided by my moral and spiritual thinking. In this mix, I enjoy to represent what I find truly amazing while leaving room for the mysterious and the unexpected to emerge.

View this work by Denise Durak among the jury-selected artists in the August ’21 Members Virtual Exhibit below:

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist Katryna Gagle

July 11, 2021 (updated July 16, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

As much as “I am Fool of Painting” I just start each new painting with no idea, then I open a dialogue with the painting to see what it wants. We go back & force until I decide the painting is finish (which can take days or months.)

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Strange Days
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 40”
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Lockdown
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 72”
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Iso Anxiety
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30”

View work by Katryna Gagle among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist Susanna Long

July 11, 2021 (updated July 13, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

Susanna B Long’s artistic expression is intuitive, imaginative, and stirring. Her passion for painting guides her, layer upon layer, through marks and strokes in vivid, rich colors. Her sense of color, light and depth are evident in her compositions. Her fascination with the beauty of nature and her focus on the lighter side of human emotions are expressed in paintings which are joyful and capture the viewer’s attention while generating positive emotional and physical responses.

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Finding Peace Together
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5"
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Full of Hope
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 x 1.5"
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Little Dreamer
Oil on Canvas
30 x 48 x 1.5"
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New Hope
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5"

View work by Susanna Long among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist Chuck Jones

July 11, 2021 (updated July 13, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

I’m a Tennessee-based painter, working primarily with ink, pencil, and acrylic on paper. I have no formal art training, beyond a couple of workshops and my own efforts, drawing and painting for 40 years; more seriously (meaning, working most of the day) in the last 6 years after stepping back from my clinical psychology practice of 5 decades.

Despite having developed some facility in the world of words, I’ve long recognized I’ll never be able to write the novel I want to read. But, I’ve also discovered how, by approaching my efforts with enough receptive curiosity, I can create images I want to view and patterns that, somehow, feel meaningful to me.
So, that’s where I’m now devoting my energy, later in life.

Doing so makes every morning I awake to walk into the studio a day worth … walking into the studio.

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Random Walk On a Silver Day
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
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A Reckoning This Way Looms
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"
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A Slender Elegance
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22"

View work by Chuck Jones among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist Audrey Phillips

July 11, 2021 (updated July 13, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

My work is inspired by nature, by the emotions and sensations I feel when I’m immersed in its beauty. Through nature’s light, texture, and colors there is a special vibration I feel when I’m in its presence. The vibration becomes a dialogue that is unique to me and the natural world.

This sensing language needs no story, no head space. Instead it is replaced by a language of presence, a calling to quiet the chatter, expand into silence and observe sensations. It is from this place that I paint. I loosen the tight energy that we tend to run on in our daily lives and invite this pure, vibrant energy into my body.

Suspended in this transcendent space, the painting process allows me to tap into my senses and reveal softly focused, yet very familiar realities — stirring up a remembrance of a vision from deep within, one that measures less as cerebral but more sensing and intuitive.

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Dancing Beneath the Surface
Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas
48 x 48"
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Let the Immeasurable Come
Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas
40 x 40"
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Where We Begin
Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas
40 x 40"

View work by Audrey Phillips among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist James Eli Bowden

July 11, 2021 (updated July 13, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

As much as “I am Fool of Painting” I just start each new painting with no idea, then I open a dialogue with the painting to see what it wants. We go back & force until I decide the painting is finish (which can take days or months.)

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Cut Apart Variation
Acrylic on PVC
26.25 x 42.5"
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Portrait
Acrylic On PVC Relief
36 x 24"
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Take-a-Peek
Acrylic On PVC Relief
38 x 30"
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Cassidy Red
Acrylic On PVC Relief
30 x 44"

View work by James Eli Bowden among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below

“What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artist Debra Stanis

July 11, 2021 (updated July 13, 2021) Published by

Artist Statement

Artmaking feeds my soul and abstract art has transformed my art practice. I am free. The only judgment is mine; did I experience the impulses and let my mind, heart and hand respond? I find happy accidents along the way and I hope you discover something in my paintings that touches your soul.

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Plenty of air
Acrylic, collage and charcoal on gesso board
10 x 10"
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Lost on the stairs
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16"
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Twisted silence
Acrylic paint, collage and crayon on canvas sheet
20 x 16"

View work by Debra Stanis among the jury selected artists in “What is Abstract Art TODAY?” ’20/21 Juried Artists Virtual Exhibit Space 2 (VES2) below