About this Site

4/20/01—4/25/01

The entire site was down because I was late in paying my ICAMM domain-name fee to Network Solutions. It was a big hassel getting it back up. Sorry if you missed me. I have been supporting abstract-art.com out of my own pocket for over 4 years now. (no banners or popups) Are you willing to help? Do you value the site? I am thinking of just taking it down. Support ronhondo@newmex.com and a continued abstract-art.com by sending a donation or by buying his prints or his paintings.

This site has been up and running since December 1996. Since that time it has grown until it now contains nearly 600 individual webpages, thousands of images, and uncounted hyperlinks. It is a labor of love for me, and actually costs me cash to keep it going. If you have any suggestions about the site itself, let me know. If you have a greed for speed, then this is not a site for you. I have chosen to display art works at a scale and resolution that is more like an art book. If you are a Lyrical Abstractionist or Abstract Illusionist and have something to add to this site e-mail me and I will add it.

The site features artists Ronald Davis, Ronnie Landfield, Wendy Lehman, Jim Wrinkle, and Peter Reginato (since we are paying for it). It will continue to spotlight many abstract artists who were pivotal in the evolution of important, if neglected, late 20th Century Art, as well as newcomers to the fray.

4/12/01. . . Ronald Davis

e-mail webmaster Ron Davis: ronhondo@newmex.com

This site is dedicated to a retrospective (retroactive) view of Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Illusionism, which loosely groups together a number of painters who emerged in the late sixties with much fanfare, but since then seem to have "fallen through a crack" in the art world fashion salons.

It is important now, more than ever, to take a look at the paintings labeled as Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Illusionism. These paintings connect quickly and immediately to the viewer. The need for positive emotion in the world has never been greater than today. Positive emotional force emanates from this collection of paintings and can be absorbed directly by the receptive viewer capable of suspending disbelief. These artists have engaged in a continuing personal spiritual search, the impact of which may be experienced in their paintings.

This site now features artists Ronald Davis, Ronnie Landfield, Jim Wrinkle, and Peter Reginato. It could and hopes to spotlight as many as fifty more abstract artists who were pivotal in the evolution of important, if neglected, late 20th Century Art. The thoughtful viewer observes in this art a plethora of visual information and an articulated language of space, color, composition, and painterliness. These paintings create a dialogue resonating with meaning and power which, if nothing else, delve into and illuminate the mysteries of late Twentieth-Century thought, abstraction, and spirit.

2/20/97. . . Ronnie Landfield