Abstract Archives - Liz Hager

The Whole Richard Diebenkorn

by lizhager | Mar 13, 2025 | Abstract, Contemporary Art, Painting, Studio Practices

In a successful painting everything is integral—all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness. —Richard Diebenkorn Over the past month, while working on a particularly challenging project, I have immersed myself...

Shedding the Props of Painting

by lizhager | Oct 31, 2024 | Abstract, Liz Hager Paints, Painting, Studio Practices

How adverse situation led to breakthrough in painting practice.

Birthday Observances: Giacomo Balla

by lizhager | Jul 15, 2022 | Abstract, Art History, Painting, Portraiture, Sculpture

Best known as a member of the Italian Futurist movement, Giacomo Balla—painter, sculptor, and set designer—was born on this day (July 18) in 1871 in Turin, Italy. Balla had little formal art training. In 1895, while still in his early 20s, the painter left Turin to...