MDE Art Blog » Abstract Art http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog Visual Art Blog, Drawings and Paintings by artist Michael D. Edens, with commentary on the artistic process behind each work of art. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Abstract Expressionism Art Series http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-expressionism-art-series/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-expressionism-art-series/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:24 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1825 Abstract Expressionism Art 02 Abstract Expressionism Art 03 Related posts:
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]]> These three abstract expressionism artworks are a series of 17″x21″ drawings created with charcoal, chalk, and pastels. The inspiration is primarily emotional and nihilistic; meditations on the imprint of life in an abstract expressionist style.

Abstract Expressionism Art 01

Abstract Expressionism Art 02

Abstract Expressionism Art 03

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-expressionism-art-series/feed/ 0 Abstract Drawing of a Tornado http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-tornado/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-tornado/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:08:11 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1769 Related posts:
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]]> This is an abstract drawing of a tornado. The 19″x25″ artwork was drawn with charcoal and pastels.

Abstract Drawing of a Tornado

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-drawing-of-a-tornado/feed/ 1 Abstract Portraits of Women and Girls http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:16:41 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1754 Blue Woman 9"x12" Lips | Abstract Portrait of a Woman Lips 9"x12" Hair | Abstract Drawing and Painting of a Woman Hair 9"x12" Lightning | Abstract Portrait Painting of a Girl Lightning 9"x12" Toof | Abstract Portrait Drawing of a Little Girl Toof 9"x12" Red Woman Glare | Abstract Portrait Drawing Red Woman Glare 9"x12" Yellow Eyes | Abstract Portrait Painting and Drawing of a Girl Yellow Eyes 9"x12" Related posts:
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]]> The following drawings of faces are a series of abstract portraits of women and girls. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with a variety of mediums, including watercolors, colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, markers, acrylics, and paint pens.

Blue Woman | Abstract Portrait
Blue Woman
9″x12″

Lips | Abstract Portrait of a Woman
Lips
9″x12″

Hair | Abstract Drawing and Painting of a Woman
Hair
9″x12″

Lightning | Abstract Portrait Painting of a Girl
Lightning
9″x12″

Toof | Abstract Portrait Drawing of a Little Girl
Toof
9″x12″

Red Woman Glare | Abstract Portrait Drawing
Red Woman Glare
9″x12″

Yellow Eyes | Abstract Portrait Painting and Drawing of a Girl
Yellow Eyes
9″x12″

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-portraits-of-women-and-girls/feed/ 0 Sad Faces | Abstract Portraits of Girls with Grief http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:36:33 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1760 Drawing of a Grieving Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Depressed Girl Drawing of a Depressed Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Melancholy Girl Drawing of a Melancholy Girl 9"x12" Drawing of a Sad Girl Drawing of a Sad Girl 9"x12" Related posts:
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]]> The following drawings of sad faces are abstract portraits of girls with different types of grief. The 9″x12″ artworks were created with colored pencils, pens, markers, oil pastels, watercolors, and acrylics.

Drawing of a Grieving Girl
Drawing of a Grieving Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Depressed Girl
Drawing of a Depressed Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
Drawing of a Melancholy Girl
9″x12″

Drawing of a Sad Girl
Drawing of a Sad Girl
9″x12″

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]]> http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/sad-faces-abstract-portraits-of-girls-with-grief/feed/ 0 Isolated Flowers | Series of Abstract Drawings http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/isolated-flowers-series-of-abstract-drawings/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/isolated-flowers-series-of-abstract-drawings/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:17:26 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1820 Related posts:
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]]> This is a series of abstract drawings entitled “Isolated Flowers”. Each individual drawing is 4″x6″ and the entire series is approximately 13″x18″. The mediums used to create the artwork include pens, markers, watercolors, acrylics, and oil pastels.

Isolated Flowers | Series of Abstract Drawings

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]]> It’s a 9″x12″ drawing of a bear car, created with colored pencils, oil pastels, pens, watercolors, and acrylics.

Drawing of a Bear Car

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]]> This is an abstract drawing of a dog entitled “Dream Dog”. The 9″x12″ artwork was drawn and painted with colored pencils, watercolors, pens, oil pastels, and acrylics.

Abstract Dog Drawing | Dream Dog

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    • ]]>     This is a 9″x12″ abstract artwork entitled “Brain”. The abstract art was completed in 2011 with a variety of mixed media, including paint pens, oil pastels, pens, watercolors, gouache, and acrylics. Multiple layers of paint were applied to the canvas paper in order to create patterns of color, shape, and value. The abstract painting was created primarily from an intuitive mindset while thoughts lingered on the chaotic nature of creative expression.

    Abstract Art - Brain

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    ]]>     This is an abstract drawing of a flower. The 11″x14″ abstract flower drawing was created in 2011 with paint pens. Outlines of whimsical shapes and patterns were sketched with the paint pens using a variety of colors. Emphasis was placed on alternating similar and dissimilar colors to create unique patterns of value changes throughout the flower artwork.

    Abstract Flower Drawing

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    ]]>     http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/abstract-flower-drawing/feed/ 1     Self-Portraits, Spring 2011 | Michael D. Edens http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/self-portraits-spring-2011-michael-d-edens/ http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/self-portraits-spring-2011-michael-d-edens/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:56:48 +0000 MDE Art Blog http://www.mde-art.com/art-blog/?p=1672 Uneasy Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens Related Artwork This is a previous 9"x12" self-portrait created as part of the Rainbow Color Portraits – Series 1. Michael D. Edens Self-Portrait - Rainbow Color Portraits - Series 1 Related posts:
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    ]]>     These are two self-portraits of/by artist Michael D. Edens. The 9″x12″ artworks were drawn and painted in 2011 with a variety of mediums. The first self-portrait, entitled “Self-Portrait”, was drawn with pens, oil pastels, paint pens, watercolors, and gouache. The second self-portrait, entitled “Uneasy Self-Portrait”, was drawn with colored pencils, oil pastels, and watercolors.

    Unique layering and coloring techniques were used in each self-portrait in order to create interesting visual styles. For example, watercolors are painted over naturally repelling oil pastels to create an uneasy imbalance of organically flowing swirls and pooling colors amidst irrepressible lines.

    Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

    Uneasy Self-Portrait - Michael D. Edens

    Related Artwork
    This is a previous 9″x12″ self-portrait created as part of the Rainbow Color Portraits – Series 1.

    Michael D. Edens Self-Portrait - Rainbow Color Portraits - Series 1

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