Edward Walton Wilcox’s contemporary abstraction is rooted in reinvention. After three decades of acclaim for his figurative work, the Florida-born artist embraced a new direction—shaped by place, light, and emotional resonance. His relocation from Los Angeles to a remote island on the St. Johns River marked a turning point. Immersed in wild landscape and atmospheric…

Ko Ushijima is a leading voice in Japanese contemporary abstraction, known for his meditative paintings that merge traditional materials with a minimalist aesthetic. Based in Kanazawa, Japan, Ushijima draws from centuries-old techniques—including sumi ink, mineral pigments, and metallic leaf—and applies them in quietly radical ways. His visual language echoes the lineage of Nihonga painting while…

This month’s Monthly Muse features the extraordinary journey of Karina Gentinetta—a former litigator whose path to abstract painting was shaped by displacement, reinvention, and profound personal loss. Born in Buenos Aires and raised in New Orleans, Gentinetta channels the duality of her roots into bold, emotionally charged works that merge fragility with strength. Her canvases—layered…

Stanley Casselman is a contemporary abstractionist whose work explores the emotional architecture of light, gesture, and material restraint. Through series like Whispering in Parallel, Entering Permanence, Fogline, and KACE, his practice unfolds as a meditation on perception—each composition inviting the viewer to engage not only with what is seen, but with what is sensed.