CONTEMPORARIES:
the work and words of eleven abstract painters

INTRODUCTION
These are eleven abstract painters that I either know personally or have become acquainted with
through websites, blogs and other online resources. Their work appeals to my own aesthetic
preferences-- for abstraction that is both intuitive and spontaneous, yet also in some way
structured, carefully considered and edited for clarity.
Rebecca Crowell, July 2009

Simultaneous happenings, similar but different, hidden and clear…
Nicholas Wilton
Palimsest 55”x48” oil and beeswax on panel, 2009
www.nicholaswilton.com

Nicholas Wilton
Time Unfolding, 55”x48” oil and beeswax on panel, 2009.

…Line as a way of exploring and expressing life.
Catherine Carter
Brown Web with White, 30”x20” acrylic on paper on canvas, 2008
www.catherinecarterart.com

Catherine Carter
Cobweb, 30”x20”, acrylic and paper on
canvas, 2008

…the veiling and unveiling of forms
Diane McGregor
Butterfly’s dream, 24”x19”, oil on canvas, 2009
www.dianemcgregor.com

Diane McGregor
Crossing, 18”x18”, oil on canvas, 2009

Like a spiritual journey my work emerges from my consciousness.
As in meditation, I am present in the moment.
Ian MacLeod
Composition #185, Acrylic, paper and plastic on canvas, 20”x20.”
www.ianmacleodpaintings.ca

Ian MacLeod
Composition #180, 36”x48”, acrylic and plastic on canvas

…architectural fantasies which attempt to record the urban/urbane/mundane observances I see on a daily basis.
Kathleen Waterloo
Beboki, 48”x36” encaustic on panel, 2008
www.kathleenwaterloo.com

Kathleen Waterloo
Network 1, encaustic on panel, 9”x9”, 2008

…movement, change, process and transformation…
Lisa Pressman
Linking 3, 24” x24” encaustic, 2009
www.lisapressman.net

Lisa Pressman
Mapping 36” x 36” encaustic and collage, 2008

“…well-honed superimposition of squares and rectangles atop luxuriantly layered organic
backgrounds, shot through with arcing spurts of acrylics, varnishes, and gesso…”
Michael Kessler
Uva 40”x60” acrylic on panel
www.michaelkessler.com

Michael Kessler
Nicturia, 80”x60” acrylic on panel

…a bridge between accident and control, heaviness and lightness, clarity and confusion.
Jen Bradford
Alizarin , 18”x18” oil on panel, 2008
www.jenbradford.com

Jen Bradford
Cadmium, 18”x18” oil on panel, 2008

…a need to expand the boundaries of my painting practice…
Tim McFarlane
Installation at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2009
www.timmcfarlane.com

Tim McFarlane
Installation at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

…a quest to make sense of the world, both materially, and conceptually, through the observance of nature, line and color, and
how they entwine with the flow of thought and activity…
Shawna Moore
Xantur, 40”x40” encaustic on panel
www.shawnamoore.com

Shawna Moore
Territory, 40”x40” encaustic on panel

…a unique, immediate record of having seen and experienced and traveled and felt; a visual aggregate of what caught
my eye, as filtered through my imagination.
Anthony Falcetta
P08, 22”x30” oil on paper, 2008
www.anthonyfalcetta.com

Anthony Falcetta
P121221 oil on paper, 12”x12” 2008