Color gardening VI pencil Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism

Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism

Each piece records a unique incident

In a play on the Persian word Simorgh (Phoenix) they end up with Si-Morgh (thirty birds) realizing that the Phoenix Is nothing more than those birds themselves who persevered and endured the path through Self-sacrifice and steadfastness

As Brice Marden has said

Annear has continually delved deeper into his relationship with abstraction and paint

Color gardening VI pencil Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract ExpressionismHelsen painted this piece during summer 2014 while preparing an exhibition for a gallery which was located in a sculpture park with a pond, the atmosphere was blissful and inspiring. "Color gardening VI" is a transposition on canvas of Helsen's impressions, colors evoking the leaves and flowers, a reminiscence of nature.