zen . simply . is

zen . simply . is :: Sold

Media: acrylic paints and mediums
Dimensions: 30”x 30”x 1.5”
Date of Work: 2009

The moment is now. Not yesterday or tomorrow. This is a minimal style painting with simplistic design, let strong in presence. Background colors are yellow and green in abstract form, with a single line of red in front.

I used professional grade acrylic paints and acrylic mediums for added textures to create my signature glazes and textures. Sides of the canvas are painted with the continuation of detail as well as textures. I use artist archival quality stretched canvas with staple-free edges, triple coats of gesso primed.
This painting will be available with two coats of varnish in the buyer’s choice of matte, satin or glossy. All paintings come with “A Certificate of Authenticity” for insurance purposes, plus signatures on both sides of canvas. Painting will be complete and ready to hang upon arrival to your home.
This could be available in other color combination's upon request.

what is minimalism

A school of abstract painting and sculpture that emphasizes extreme simplification of form, as by the use of basic shapes and monochromatic palettes of primary colors, objectivity, and anonymity of style.


Agnes Martin, "Untitled #1" (2003), acrylic and graphite on canvas. Courtesy of PaceWildenstein.

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. As a specific movement in the arts it is identified with developments in post-World War II Western Art, most strongly with American visual arts in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with this movement include Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Robert Morris, and Frank Stella. It is rooted in the reductive aspects of Modernism, and is often interpreted as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism and a bridge to Postmodern art practices.

The term has expanded to encompass a movement in music which features repetition and iteration, as in the compositions of Steve Reich, LaMonte Young, Philip Glass, John Adams, and Terry Riley. (See also Postminimalism).

The term "minimalist" is often applied colloquially to designate anything which is spare or stripped to its essentials. It has also been used to describe the plays of Samuel Beckett, the films of Robert Bresson, the stories of Raymond Carver, and even the automobile designs of Colin Chapman.

_definition from Wikipedia.