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Abstract Expressionist Art Gallery
Welcome to Laurie Vaughn Studio Online, the place to find original artwork, direct from the artist, at the actual place where the creative process begins, in the inception of her acclaimed works. A selection of original abstract expressionist paintings , representing a sampling from the series she has created over a 12 year span, are featured in each of the art galleries on this site.
Included in this body of work, are examples of classic abstract expressionism., derivative of influences of the New York School art movement, which the artist has identified with in her continuation of this esteemed American abstract art movement......the first, American art school to gain international recognition as a viable art genre
The influences of iconic members of the New York Art School movement, includinng Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem deKooning and Robert Motherwell, are apparent, in her unique compilation of "action painting" techniques and principles, as they are applied in her mixed media compositions, with intense, broad, sweeping gestural strokes, and richly textured impasto surfaces.
Figurative expressionism, which combines influences from the post-war CoBrA art movement,
.form a unique style of whimsical surrealism, overlaid with social commentary, on topical events, as the basis for her stylself-defined style of painting, called"Afro Expressionism". Using classic action painting techniques, focusing on spontanaiety and capturing the zeitgeist, these works provide an insiteful social commentary, reflecting the artist's philosophsphical perspectives, which underly communication and creation as one process.
Abstract expressionism is the reference for the expansion into the figurative expressionist realms of this idiom of abstract painting. Each art art gallery or portfolio, contains a selection of works, according to subject or theme. The abstract expressionist paintings, are shown in three porfoilos, based upon colorfield. Neutral palette, primary color palette and green/blue pallette are grouped in 3 separate expressionist series of abstract paintings.
The Figurative Expressionist painting series, are presented as separate groups, which feature abstract figurative works, in the style often associated with artists who led, the European post-war, CoBrA art movment. This would include iconic figures such as Karel Appel, Cornielle, Lucebert, and Asger Jorn,,, from whom the artist gained much inspiration. Additional art movements, providing techniqcal and stylistic references include German Expressionism and the current "Wilden Grosse" art movement, which includes lumionaries such as Ranier Fetting, George Baselitz and Elvira Bach, who along with co-founding member, Berlin artist, Peter keil, a student of Miro, who mentored the artsit in her development of an idiom, sympathetic to his own.
