Sharon Pierce McCullough
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Geometric Abstract Painting

Posted by sharonm on
 February 18, 2022
Geometric Abstract Paintings

Throughout my art practice, I seem to weave in and out of geometrics in one form or another. Sometimes it is in the form of blocks of colored glass embedded in one of my concrete sculptures. At other times an entire painting consists of only squares of bold color. I am sure that my love of math, especially geometry, has something to do with a subconscious pull to this visual need to use shapes in my art work.

During the pandemic, I have returned to bold usage of geometrics in various forms, even recently including minimal figural shapes painted prominently in the geometric paintings. I love combining geometrics, color and minimalism all in one visual painting on canvas.

Even though I will work on this series for a while, I still occasionally revert back to another series that I keep going, such as my lyrical abstract series. Sometimes I paint on smaller, stretched canvases and at other times the paintings are on large, unstretched pieces of canvas that I attach to the wall to work on. I use a variety of paints, including acrylics, enamels and house paints.

Fun New Paintings

Posted by sharonm on
 May 5, 2013
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representational abstract painting

representational abstract painting

I’ve been having a lot of fun with some of my newest paintings.  My mind is whirling with new images to paint.  These two recent paintings, both acrylics on paper, were so much fun and the colors attest to it.

The top painting is titled Options.  It’s acrylic on paper, 19×24.  It reflects how sometimes our options in life are conflicting.

colorful paintings

The second painting, titled Summertime, is reminiscent of the fun days of summer.  It’s also acrylic on paper, 19×24.

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Wired

Posted by sharonm on
 February 19, 2013

abstract stripe painting

Today I’ve been wondering if other artists simultaneously work on several bodies of work at one time.  Paintings seem to swirl through my head, even when I awake in the middle of the night.  I don’t really want to be planning my paintings but sometimes it happens.

The one body of work I still continue to work on is “What Lies Beneath” … which has a sense of movement to it but also an underlying thread of geometrics.  Perhaps these geometric shapes are a fallback to my love of geometry while growing up.  Seriously, I was one of two girls in the advanced math class in high school.  I loved math.  So, maybe that’s my draw to geometrics?

But with some of my paintings I am drawn to use either white or black.  The other body of work I am putting together I am calling “Wicked Good”.  Is this normal though to paint in a few given directions all at one time?

Wired, 19×24, Acrylics on bristol board, 2013, Sharon Pierce McCullough.

Pathways

Posted by sharonm on
 December 17, 2012

abstract art

Direction and movement are very much part of my direction in painting lately.  This particular painting is acrylics on a wood panel.  Titled pathways, it signifies lives of everyone around us that are in constant movement.

Sharon Pierce McCullough
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