The Journal
Journal — Abstract Art & Painting Insights
Essays on abstract painting, technique and the artist's practice — new articles regularly.
Giving Abstract Art as a Gift: A Guide to Choosing the Right Piece
"Can you actually give someone a painting?" Occasions, budget and personal touches: here, from the perspective of an artist who has sold her canvases directly since 2021, is how to turn an abstract painting into a gift that lands.
Geometric Abstraction vs Lyrical Abstraction: How to Tell the Two Styles Apart
A crisp line or a spontaneous drip, a planned composition or an improvised gesture: geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction are the two great languages of abstract painting since Kandinsky. Between Mondrian and Hartung, between rule and gesture, a geometric painter trained in Latin America explains what truly separates these two styles — and why her own work sits right at their border.
The Creative Process Behind an Abstract Painting: From Blank Canvas to Finished Work
A blank canvas on the easel, a tube of acrylic just opened, and then hours of layering and palette-knife work before a composition finally feels complete. How does an abstract painting actually come together? Step by step, a geometric painter trained between Buenos Aires and São Paulo walks through her creative process, from the first intention to the always-tricky moment of knowing a canvas is done.
Kinetic Art: Definition, History and How It Differs from Op Art
Sculptures that move, canvases that seem to vibrate as you look at them: kinetic art reshaped geometric abstraction in the 1950s and 60s, driven by Latin American artists who settled in Paris. Definition, history and the difference with Op Art, told by a geometric painter who inherited the same colour tradition.
Acrylic or Oil Paint: Which Medium Suits Abstract Art?
Acrylic or oil? For abstract painting, the choice of medium changes almost everything — drying speed, palette-knife texture, how a canvas ages on a wall. A working painter's honest comparison, from a studio that works in acrylic alone.
Colour Theory in Abstract Painting: How to Build a Palette That Works
"How do you choose your colours?" It's the question that comes up most often, right after the one about price. Contrast, harmony, temperature: here's how I build a palette that holds together, canvas after canvas.
How to Pair an Abstract Painting with Your Home Decor: Size, Colour and Placement
Size, colour, hanging height, light: practical, concrete advice for choosing and hanging an abstract painting at home, from living room to bedroom, from my studio in the Tarn.
How to Choose an Abstract Painting for Your Interior Design
"Will this canvas work with my walls?" Size, colour and light: here, from the perspective of an artist who has sold her canvases directly since 2021, is how to pair an abstract painting with a room without neutralising it.
Abstract or Figurative Painting: How to Tell the Styles Apart (and What Monochrome Means)
A face half-emerges, a shape slips away, a canvas holds only one colour: abstract, figurative, semi-figurative, monochrome — I help you tell these styles apart from my studio, where I paint across all three registers.
Latin American Geometric Abstraction: History, Movements and Colour
Constructive universalism, Madí, concretismo, neo-concretism: where does the geometric abstraction born in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil actually come from? Trained between Buenos Aires and São Paulo, I trace a history that still runs through my own painting.
The Contemporary Abstract Art Scene Across Occitanie, Madrid and Andorra
Where does contemporary abstract art actually get shown outside major capitals? Between converted grain halls, medieval châteaux and unexpected museums, I map the regional, cross-border circuit I've exhibited in since 2021.
How to Buy and Collect Contemporary Abstract Art
Original or reproduction? Certificate of authenticity? Emerging artist or established name? As a painter who sells her own work directly, I share the questions worth asking before a first purchase.
Inside My Studio: My Daily Routine
How does a canvas come to life, day after day? Between morning light, colour preparation and long hours with the palette knife, I take you inside my daily studio routine.
Palette Knife Painting: Technique, How It Differs from Brushwork, and Care
What is palette knife painting? Between Courbet's legacy and contemporary geometric abstraction, a look at a technique that gives canvas relief, material and light.
Understanding Abstract Painting: Origins, Techniques and a Contemporary Perspective
What is abstract painting? From Kandinsky's legacy to geometric abstraction inspired by Latin American colour, a journey through an art form that frees shape and colour from figurative representation.