Gaithersburg Fine Arts Association

Linda Slattery Sherman — Abstract Expressionism

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.”                                                           Georgia O’Keeffe

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"Sometimes the painting takes over and goes where it pleases."
                                                      Elisabeth Cummings

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I still have the abstract expressionist logic: that you don’t fuss with a painting once the emotion is gone."
                                                     Grace Hartigan

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People often have a hard time understanding abstract art.

"I don't get it", or "where is the skill in doing that?" or "What's the point?" 

In my presentation for GFAA, I want to show the work of a few of my favorite abstract expressionists, talk about what I think they were trying to do and say, and point out how they utilized line, form, color, texture and composition, not unlike our favorite representational artists do.  

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Then the fun will begin when we all take a crack at making one or two communal abstract paintings, beginning with the the idea of just "making a mess" on the canvas. So wear your painting clothes please! As the presentation comes to a conclusion, I, or anyone else, will make an attempt to pull the painting together to finish it. 

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