(From Reynolds Gallery) is pleased to announce the opening of Within, a solo exhibition of work by Amy; (from me) if you liked Adam’s work these will probably resonate.
#amypleasant
Tag: womenartists
Barbara Owen
is one half of Slip at Overlap (with Olivia Baldwin*). She is particularly drawn to and work within the themes of landscape, femininity, and beauty.
*Two Coats published a conversation between Barbara and Olivia in the context of their exhibit
#barbaraowens
UPDATE apologies to Barbara for initially publishing a post with an image incorrectly attributed to her
Sharon Butler
No one who regularly reads this blog will be surprised to see Sharon’s name, but perhaps surprised for me to blog about her. I have of course (before today), originally in 2020, as I was first discovering my favorite blogazine, when she juried/curated The Daily. The second image below is from a series of paintings that she was making at the time based on very quick sketches she was doing on her phone. The work for me was a step beyond provisional painting, and had a sincerity and love for materials that is lacking in that group. As a creative focused on the active faith it takes to produce in a time after Art has died, while holding the contradiction that it is likely a pointless activity, really resonated, and still does.
Sharon has started off 2026 with a couple of very interesting projects-one at McBride Dillman* and another at CLEA RSKY – so I wanted to update my flowers for her.
*from the gallery- “Sharon Butler’s “new casualism” takes up the incomplete, the provisional, and the unfinished as meaningful categories. Her paintings challenge the authority of polish and perfection, foregrounding process as a form of truth-telling.”
#sharonbutler
Kate Nartker
had an amazing show overlapping the turn of the year: Cutting Room at Anchorlight. Not all of it was abstraction of course, and her interest in non-representational forms (like Sabrina) relates to optics- to be clear her main interests are in film and the history of women’s labor. Fascinating stuff- oh did I mention these are made on a loom?
#katenartker
Sabrina Gschwandtner
Mostly posting this for local folks who, like me, fell in love with Kate Nartker’s work because of her recent exhibition at Anchorlight (yes I’ll do a blog about Kate tomorrow). And! Yes, there are images embedded in these patterns- opticality and film are part of a Venn diagram that overlaps many concepts with which abstraction is concerned.
#sabrinagschwandtner
Leila Seyedzadeh
Painters on Painting looks at Under the Sky, Above the Sea, a solo exhibition by Leila at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey in Summit.
#leilaseyedzadeh
Julia Rommel
catches the eye of Jacob at Two Coats for her newest with Lucas Blalock (not an abstractionist) at Bureau, including below (which is collaged, and also quite different from the rest of her works in the show).
#juliarommel
Hedda Sterne
I first blogged about Hedda in early 2020 because I was so over the moon to see MOMA give Hedda her due in their (at the time) new gallery reconfiguration. Hedda has a prominent place in Art History as the only woman Artist featured in Nina Leen’s iconic Life Magazine photograph of the New York Abstract Expressionist group’s “membership” (below).
Jason at Two Coats has words about the recent Dreamscapes at Van Doren Wexter.
I am continually in awe of the #9thstreetwomen* and their truly Modernist commitment to artistic practice- they always made work, even as their male counterparts (and spouses!) stole the limelight. *Speaking of the now well known tome, enjoy this interview (YouTube video in link) with author Mary Gabriel (I know I will).
#heddasterne
Anne Wehrley Björk
Laura Newman
catches the attention of Adam Simon, who notes that in her newest there’s a “manic energy” but “also a high degree of control and an extensive repertoire of incidental mark making” (Newman uses novel combinations of materials – acrylic and oil paint, flashe, spray paint, and ink).
#lauranewman
Rocío Sáenz
(From Iron Gallery in Chicago) With a career defined by experimentation and spatial exploration, Rocío Sáenz transforms her experiences into an artistic proposal that challenges boundaries. Her work has been exhibited across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, earning her accolades such as the Chihuahua Award in Arts and Sciences and the Pedro Coronel Painting Biennial. More
#rociosaenz
Jane Haimes
Michael Brennan is a big fan of abstraction and of Jane. The title of his essay creates high expectations of course and is still worth the read. Also since I’m trying to draw more connections this year I’ll note that readers who like Jane should check out Osamu and Lorser, and Thomas who was the best living American painter for most of my life.
More (Jane)
#janehaimes
Terri Friedman
Susanna Tanger
Natasha Sweeten recounts her history with the artist, noting that her paintings (seemed) to grow from concentrated, layered planes of light, before diving into an interview. Below is titled “Listening to the Ocean.”
#susannatanger
Jemima Murphy
I really enjoy (as regular readers know) wistfully if also mildly resentfully perusing Two Coat’s NYC gallery guides. This Jan’s features Jemima’s Wild Reveries at Anat Ebgi (as well as plugging new work by Dona and Jacqueline). Yeah, I sort of think of Ross a little bit also.
#jemimamurphy
Painting After Art is Dead 