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Raymond Pena Painting

Detail from Raymond Pena's
"Diagonal on Orange II"

A wholly abstract work is a nonrepresentational image that is its own subject, without reference to anything else. Abstract canvases range from expressionistic "action painting" to linear, more logical works that represent abstract ideas distilled to their formal essence.

It is this tendency to incorporate ideas that has made “abstract” the common description for all that is experimental or conceptual. Current trends actually range over any combination of abstract and representational imagery in order to communicate content. That content may be political, psychological, literary or poetic, and may stretch the definition of “painting” to the limit. And that's just fine. To look at it without prejudice is to understand and transcend the present moment.

Collectors sometimes enjoy the interplay of dimensionality by displaying it with abstract sculpture. article


Collector’s Resources

Albuquerque

Ralph Greene rem By Appointment Only | 505-243-9267
Bright Rain Gallery rem 206 1/2 San Felipe NW in the Old Town Patio Market | 505-843-9176
Galeria de Corrales 3923 Corrales Road | 505-890-4929
Susan J. Zimmerman rem By Appointment in Corrales | 505-280-4755
Downtown Contemporary pic 105 4th Street SW--Upstairs | 505-238-3491
516 Arts rem 516 Central Ave SW | 505-242-1445
The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History rem 2000 Mountain Road NW | 505-243-7255
Barbara Burzillo rem By appointment | 505-228-3199
Concetta D Gallery pic The Galeria, 20 First Plaza NW Ste 29 | 505-243-5066
Corrales Bosque Gallery pic 4685 Corrales Road, Suite 6 | 505-898-7203
DSG Fine Art rem 510 14th Street SW | 505-266-7751
Exhibit 208 rem 208 Dartmouth Drive NE | 505-450-6884
Joshua S Franco rem Los Ranchos de Albuquerque | 505-550-7220
Richard Levy Gallery rem 514 Central Avenue SW | 505-766-9888
Mariposa Gallery rem 3500 Central Ave SE | 505-268-6828
Matrix Fine Art rem 3812 Central Ave SE #100A | 505-268-8952
VSA North Fourth Art Center / N4th Gallery rem 4904 4th Street NW | 505-345-2872
New Grounds Print Workshop & Gallery rem 3812 Central Ave SE #100B | 505-268-8952
Palette Contemporary Art & Craft rem 7400 Montgomery Blvd NE, Suite 22 | 505-855-7777
Park Fine Art pic 20 First Plaza NW, Suite 65 | 505-764-1900
Alan Paine Radebaugh pic PO Box 37112, Albq, NM | 505-379-3465
Weems Galleries pic Louisana Plaza and Plaza Don Luis | 505-293-6133
Weyrich Gallery pic 2935-D Louisiana NE | 505-883-7410
Peter Eller Fine Art & Appraisers rem By Appointment Only | 505-268-7437

Elsewhere in New Mexico

Joyce T Macrorie Studio Gallery pic 639 South San Pedro, Las Cruces, NM | 575-571-8349
Mimbres Region Arts Council rem 1201 N. Pope St | 575-538-2505
Roswell Museum & Art Center rem 100 West 11th Street | 575-624-6744

Santa Fe

Pablo Milan Gallery rem 209 Galisteo Street | 505-820-1285
EVOKE contemporary rem 130 Lincoln Ave | 505-995-9902
Gallery 203 B 203 Canyon Road | 505-992-0333
Mark White Fine Art rem 414 Canyon Road | 505-982-2073
Robert Livsey Wells rem InArt Santa Fe - 219 Delgado St | 505-466-3974
Arroyo 200 Canyon Road | 505-988-1002
DR Fine Art rem 123 Galisteo Street |
Encaustic Art Institute rem 18 County Road 55A - Cerrillos | 505-424-6487
McLarry Modern rem 225 Canyon Road | 505-983-8589
Martha Putnam Art | Design rem Represented by Adieb Khadoure Fine Art 613 Canyon Road | 408-828-3204
The Gallery Collection at La Posada Santa Fe pic 330 East Palace Avenue | 505-954-9668
GVG CONTEMPORARY rem 202 Canyon Road | 505-982-1494
David Richard Contemporary rem 130 Lincoln Ave | 505-983-9555
Alan Barnes Fine Art rem 402 Old Santa Fe Trail - next to The Pink | 505.989.3599
S R Brennen Gallery rem 555 Canyon Road | 505-428-0274
Beals & Abbate Fine Art rem 713 Canyon Road | 505-438-8881
Aaron Payne Fine Art rem 213 East Marcy Street | 505-995-9779
Adieb Khadoure Fine Art pic 610 & 613 Canyon Road | 505-820-2666
Charlie Andrijanoff By Appointment in Santa Fe | 505-819-8417
Bellas Artes rem 653 Canyon Road | 505-983-2745
Michael Billie rem FireGod Gallery - 217 East Palace Ave | 505-592-4884
box gallery pic 1611-A Paseo de Peralta | 505-989-4897
Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Inc pic 403 Canyon Road | 505-983-0433
Canyon Road Fine Art rem 621 Canyon Road | 505-988-9511
Cardona-Hine Gallery rem Main Truchas Road, Truchas, NM | 505-689-2253
Patricia Carlisle Fine Art rem 554 Canyon Road | 505-820-0596
Castillo Gallery pic PO Box 309, Cordova, NM | 505-351-4067
CCA - Center for Contemporary Arts rem 1050 Old Pecos Trail | 505-982-1338
Gallery Chartreuse rem 216 Washington Ave | 505-992-3391
Jane Chermayeff pic 907 Canyon Road (rear) | 505-989-7080
Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art rem 702 1/2 & 708 Canyon Road | 505-992-0711
Darnell Fine Art rem 640 Canyon Road | 505-984-0840
Deloney Newkirk Gallery pic 634 Canyon Road | 505-992-2850
The Matthews Gallery pic 669 Canyon Road | 505-992-2882
Eight Modern rem 231 Delgado Street just off Canyon Road | 505-995-0231
Ford Smith Gallery rem 135 W Palace Ave #101 | 505-988-3732
Jamie Gagan pic PO Box 803, Tesuque, NM | 505-984-1172
Galerie Zuger rem 120 W. San Francisco St | 505-984-5099
Gebert Contemporary rem 558 Canyon Road | 505-992-1100
GF CONTEMPORARY rem 707 Canyon Road | 505-983-3707
Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art rem 702 Canyon Road | 505-986-1156
Glenn Green Galleries rem 136 Tesuque Village Road (CR 73), Tesuque, NM | 505-820-0008
Greenberg Fine Art rem 205 Canyon Road | 505-955-1500
Hahn Ross Gallery rem 409 Canyon Road | 505-984-8434
Hirsch Fine Art rem 141 Camino Escondido | 505-988-1166
No‘l Hudson pic By Appointment Only | 505-466-6940
Hunter Kirkland Contemporary pic 200 Canyon Road | 505-984-2111
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts rem 108 Cathedral Place | 505-983-1777
Charlotte Jackson Fine Art rem 554 S. Guadalupe | 505-989-8688
Kate Jewel rem By Appointment in Santa Fe | 505-984-0605
The Johnsons of Madrid Galleries of Fine & Fiber Art pic 2843 South Highway 14, Madrid, NM | 505-471-1054
Carol Kucera Gallery pic 112 West San Francisco St - Suite 107 | 505-989-7523
Lewallen Galleries rem 129 West Palace Ave | 505-988-8997
Manitou Galleries rem 123 West Palace Ave & 225 Canyon Road | 505-986-0440
Marji Gallery rem 217 W. Water St | 505-983-1012
Klaudia Marr Gallery rem 668 Canyon Road | 505-988-2100
Mercedes Velarde Modern Art pic 533 Agua Fria St | 505-216-7769
Meyer East Gallery rem 225 Canyon Road | 505-983-1657
Michael Henington Fine Art Gallery rem 416 Agua Fria | 505-474-0791
Kelly Moore rem 620 Canyon Road - End of the Alley | 505-470-3175
New Mexico Museum of Art rem 107 West Palace Avenue | 505-476-5064
Niman Fine Art pic 125 Lincoln Ave - Suite 116 | 505-988-5091
Nuart Gallery rem 670 Canyon Road | 505-988-3888
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum rem 217 Johnson Street | 505-946-1000
Peyton Wright Gallery rem 237 East Palace Ave | 505-989-9888
Aleta Pippin rem Studio visits by appointment | 982-9665
Rabby Studio & Gallery rem 734 Dunlap Street | 505-988-2217
Joyce Robins Gallery rem 201 Galisteo Street | 505-989-8795
Karan Ruhlen Gallery rem 225 Canyon Road | 505-820-0807
Shidoni Galleries / Sculpture Garden / Foundry rem Bishop's Lodge Road | 505-988-8001
Silver Sun Santa Fe rem 656 Canyon Road | 505-983-8743
SITE Santa Fe rem 1606 Paseo de Peralta | 505-989-1199
THE Magazine rem 1208 Mercantile #A | 505-424-7641
Touching Stone Gallery rem 539 Old Santa Fe Trail | 505-988-8072
Turner Carroll Gallery rem 725 Canyon Road | 505-986-9800
Valdes Art Workshops pic 1006 Marquez Place | 505-982-0017
Ventana Fine Art rem 400 Canyon Road | 505-983-8815
Vivo Contemporary rem 725 Canyon Road | 505-982-1320
Joe Wade Fine Art rem 102 East Water Street | 505-988-2727
Waxlander Gallery & Sculpture Garden rem 622 Canyon Road | 505-984-2202
Wiford Gallery pic 403 Canyon Road | 505-982-2403
Windsor Betts Art Brokerage House rem 136 Grant Avenue | 505-820-1234
Winterowd Fine Art pic 701 Canyon Road | 505-992-8878
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art rem 435 S Guadalupe St | 505-982-8111
Nausika Richardson rem County Road 0064 #30, Dixon | 505-579-4573
JW Art Gallery rem 99 Cortez Ave. Hurley | 575-537-0300
Leyba & Ingalls Arts rem 315 N. Bullard | 575-388-5725
Molly Ramolla Fine Art & Framing 307 N. Texas | 575-538-5538
Seedboat Center for the Arts rem 214 W. Yankie | 575-534-1136

Taos

203 Fine Art rem 203 Ledoux Street | 575-751-1262
Blue Rain Gallery rem 130 Lincoln Avenue | 505-954-9902
Envision Gallery rem 1405 Paseo del Pueblo Norte | 575-751-1344
Fenix ONLINE Gallery rem Online Only | 575-758-9120
Mark Gould / Dancing Crow Studio rem 74-A Rim Road, Arroyo Seco, NM | 575-776-8765
Harwood Museum of Art pic 238 Ledoux Street | 575-758-9826
Kessler Collection rem 317 Kit Carson Road | 407-996-9947
Stephen Kilborn Gallery rem 136A Paseo del Pueblo Norte | 575-758-5760
Claudia Kleefeld pic PO Box 1688, Ranchos de Taos, NM | 575-751-4608
Michael McCormick Gallery pic 106-C Paseo del Pueblo Norte | 575-758-1372
Mission Gallery pic 138 Kit Carson Road | 575-758-2861
Navajo Gallery - Taos rem 210 Ledoux Street | 575-758-3250
Ortenstone Delattre Fine Art 115 Bent Street | 575-737-0799
Parks Gallery rem 110A Paseo del Pueblo Norte | 575-751-0343
Total Arts Gallery, Inc rem 122-A Kit Carson Road | 575-758-4667
Patti Tronolone 326-A Sanistevan Lane | 575-770-9463
Walden Fine Art pic 125 Kit Carson | 575-758-4575

Related Pages

A Brief History of Pastel Painting article
Abstract to Zeitgeist: Contemporary Art Terms article

Abstract Sculpture article
Multiple Faces of (Big) Wall Art article

Other Art on the Wall Categories article

Expressionist | Modernist | Impressionist | Symbolist | Representational | Western
19th-Early 20th c | Works On Paper | Prints-Drawings | Photography | Digital Fine Art | Textiles


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