Gestural abstraction
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Daydream panorama (Natures Imagery) 29
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€4,091
Daydream panorama (Natures Imagery) 35
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€3,907
Daydream panorama (Natures Imagery) 36
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 1.5 inch
€2,931
Isolated forest (Morning lights) 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,108
Green forest (Silver lights intrusions) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 81.3 x 116.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 32 x 46 x 0.7 inch
€4,391
Iridescent green forest 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 83.8 x 78.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 33 x 31 x 0.7 inch
€3,134
Daydream panorama (Natures Imagery) 38
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,428
Somewhere in Between (Orange refractions)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 134.6 x 99.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 53 x 39 x 0.7 inch
€4,875
Through golden arches 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch
€2,089
Daring Natural Synergy 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 114.3 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45 x 36 x 0.1 inch
€3,095
Nighttime fearlessness 7
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 0.7 inch
€3,898
Reflections of Colors 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€4,096
Reflection of colors 5
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Reflection of colors 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Reflection of colors 9
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,931
Caribbean reflections 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A matter of nature 8 (Greater Antilles)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A matter of nature 7 (Fire lights)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Caribbean reflections 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A Matter of Nature 9 (Tropics reflections)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,205
A matter of nature 10 (deep in the forest)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Frozen in time (Iridescent colorfield)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,205
Caribbean reflections 6
Nestor Toro
Painting - 61 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
High frequency garden 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 86.4 x 71.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 34 x 28 x 0.7 inch
€2,931
In constant motion (City life) 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€3,917
One crazy dream (Colorful panorama)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 86.4 x 68.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 34 x 27 x 0.7 inch
€2,931
Dynamic drizzles (Abstract language)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Dynamic drizzles (Yellow reflection)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Echoes (Narcissistic Garden) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 0.7 inch
€4,875
Dynamic drizzles (Abstract language) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Blue streams (A closer look)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€4,875
Drizzles symphony 8 (multi 3 canvas) Triptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 50.8 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 48 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A forest song (Faces of green) 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A Forest Song (Faces of Green) 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
A Forest Song (Faces of Green) 4
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
Lavender shimmer (Summer garden)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€3,298
Under the northern lights
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€3,298
An instant paradise
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,447
An instant paradise,
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,108
Endless secret night,
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€3,356
An instant paradise 2
Nestor Toro
Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch
€2,108
Deep Blue Paradise
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€4,865
Memories and dreams 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.7 inch
€2,747
Reflections of Europe 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€3,346
Ultra radiant tropical spectra
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 0.7 inch
€3,714
Torrential purple storm (A closer look) 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,840
Torrential purple storm (A closer look) 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,840
Golden splendor (Over red)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,811
Ultimate brightness
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 0.7 inch
€2,379
Una luce splendida (splendid light)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,308
Spring drizzles (over blue)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,288
Color splendor (Over silver blue)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.3 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.5 inch
€2,321
A Forest Song (New Beginnings),
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€3,346
Dense secrecy (In the forest)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
€3,346
Foliage and breeze (A forest song)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€2,195
Where sounds disappear 3
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€2,060
A Forest Song (Circle of seasons)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.7 inch
€2,060
Fast nature (Among bees)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€2,476
Fast Nature (nighttime motion)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€2,476
Dancing in Hues
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
€4,933
La légèreté III
Sophie Mangelsen
Painting - 150 x 110 x 2.2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.9 inch
€1,400
Only Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,380
Whatever, Whenever
Newel Hunter
Painting - 111.8 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 44 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€12,573
Gestural abstraction
The phrase gestural abstraction refers to a way of making art - not what necessarily gets painted, but how it does. By abandoning the application of paint to a surface in a controlled and premeditated way, gestural painters apply paint intuitively, physically, by dripping, splattering, pouring, smearing or throwing it at the surface itself. What matters to the gestural abstraction painters then isn't the paint but the physicality, honesty, intuition and deep personal expression. This in turn leads to the artist abandoning a focus on subject matter, turning inward for inspiration. As such, the act of painting itself becomes the subject. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and Franz Kline led this movement from the 1940s onwards, with Jackson Pollock undoubtedly being the most notable with his pierced paint tins, dripping across the surface of Number 1A, 1948 (1948). Abstract gestural painters explore their deepest emotions and they express that part of themselves during the physical act of painting. Pollock would later note that he had no fears about making changes to a painting, because, he said, the work has a life of its own. The painting itself is a relic of the action, it is a recording of the gestures made. Still influencing artists today, the likes of Caroline Vis and Sebastien Desnos (s3b desnos) both reference Pollock in their work, either echoing the expression of emotion or indeed as Desnos puts it, “action painting."