The Journal
Journal — Abstract Art & Painting Insights
Essays on abstract painting, technique and the artist's practice — new articles regularly.
Articles 29–35 of 47
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How to Commission a Custom Abstract Painting: Steps, Timeline and Budget
"Do you take commissions?" First contact, a conversation about palette, painting in the studio and delivery: here, from an artist who has sold her work directly since 2021, is how a custom abstract painting commission really works.
The Title of an Abstract Painting: How (and Why) I Name My Work
"Why is it called that?" At exhibitions, the question comes up almost as often as the price. Neutral titles, feeling-titles, or evocative titles in Spanish and Latin: here's how I name my paintings, and what a title actually changes in how an abstract work is read.
Who Is M. C. Lamamie de Clairac? An Artist's Portrait, From Buenos Aires to Occitanie
From a first drawing shown in Buenos Aires in 1982 to a canvas finished in my Tarn studio today: here is the path that shaped my eye as a painter, between Latin America and Occitanie.
How to Care for and Preserve an Abstract Painting: Light, Humidity and Framing
"So how do I actually take care of it?" A painting has just arrived home: here, from the perspective of an artist who has painted, transported and exhibited her own canvases since 2021, is how to keep it looking the same in ten years.
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.