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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Barn Owl No. 7

Lily Bouquet

Jackdaw

Ma chatte est possessive !

Elle est tombée du ciel

Plant Study No. 109

Seagulls in Flight

Night walker

I got lost in that hug

I hid in the fables of her childhood

Contemplation

My pain has no name

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Prelude

Portrait of a beautiful moment named childhood

From my memories

Searching for life or maybe death

Store it in you heart

Tenu en laisse

Nocturne

Un âne en tête

Daydream

Vanité

Barren No. 14

Barren No. 15

Barren No. 16

Nous deux

Magnolia No. 46

Autumn Bouquet

Shadow Study No. 6

Coast

Portrait No.9 Bullfighter

Portrait No.4

Portrait No.3

Poppies No. 3

Holy s**t

Hanging by a thread

Swallows in Flight No. 17

Iris No. 132

Branch Study No. 16

Plant Study No. 102

Swallow No. 42

Magnolia No. 37

Abstract Floral No. 20

Abstract Floral No. 11

Abstract Floral No. 10

Floral No. 43

Floral No. 44

Floral No. 45

Lilies No. 4

Iris No. 205

Robin No. 11

White-Eye

Hummingbird No. 7

Kingfisher No. 3

Étude

They put color into my life

Migrants

Sweet company

Lily No. 10

Portrait No 94

Sans titre

Portrait No.5