Wintergreen White Rust Abstract Painting

In this evocative original abstract composition by Nashville-based artist Angela Simeone, acrylics converge in a symphony of fluid, gestural marks on gallery-wrapped raw canvas.  Simeone's work captures the raw immediacy of emotion through sweeping, intuitive strokes that dance across the unprimed surface, allowing the canvas's texture to blend with pigments and create a palpable sense of depth and turbulent movement, as if energies collide and swirl in chaotic harmony. Layers of translucent acrylic washes intermingle with gestural writing and paint strokes in a palette of muted earth tones—soft beiges, warm browns, and rusty reds—punctuated by cool aquas, greens, and whites, evoking a landscape where form dissolves into pure expression.

Simeone's palette invites contemplation, with subtle tonal shifts that hover on the edge of luminosity. Her approach aligns with the New York School painters of the 1940s, that pioneering cadre of Abstract Expressionists including Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning, who shattered representational constraints in favor of spontaneous, visceral creation. Echoing Joan Miró's surreal, biomorphic forms and playful organic abstractions, as well as Lee Krasner's dynamic, all-over compositions and rhythmic energy, Simeone's fluid gestures channel the subconscious, transforming the canvas for existential exploration, where the act of painting becomes a dialogue with the unknown. This piece bridges mid-century innovation with today's introspective abstractions.

A 50x50 original abstract acrylic painting on gallery-wrapped canvas by Nashville artist Angela Simeone.