Abstract Portrait Artists

The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work. Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.

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Clarity No. 5

Aura No. 4

On ne sait plus où on habite

Somnium No. 3, Series XII

Vanité

Laura And Her Cat

Cat On My Lap

Madonna of the Pomegranade, after Raphael

Napoli

Portraits #52, #50 and #51, Triptych

To your feet, mother

To live off of memories

Your absence is too much company

Because of your love my heart keeps young

You never left

Hurting my happiness

Swallows in Flight No. 36

Plant Study No. 97

Swallow No. 40

The fair

Hide and seek

Dissociated Centaur

Alternative cancan

Autumnal no. 23

Oui mais bien sûr...!

L'affreux Robert

Octave

Dans la tête 2

Collagène

La reine mère

Le beau-père

Apparition

Woman Sitting Down

Portrait No 37

The Birdman

The Journey

Floral No. 11

Visceral

Heron No. 9

Heron No. 6

Interlude No. 3

Swallows in Flight No. 12

Swallow No. 8

Iris No. 69

Hellebore No. 8

Hellebore No. 6

Hellebore No. 1

Plant Study No. 25

Hanging Leaves No. 7

Hanging Leaves No. 6

Hanging Leaves No. 5

Swallow

Swallow No. 7

Branch Study No. 13

Magnolia No. 15

Winter Trees No. 2

Magnolia No. 13

Magnolia No. 14

Identity No. 4

Plant Study No. 38

Iris No. 57

Iris No. 51

Iris No. 47

Rose Study No. 4

Queen Anne's Lace No. 1

Birds in Flight No. 2