figuration

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His oeuvre spans six decades in which he has repeatedly explored the possibilities and limits of painting as well as the tension between abstraction and figuration.

From Seattle Times

“Thinking about the window paintings and the way in which she’s merging these multiple realms together, there’s always this tension between representation and figuration and abstraction in her work,” Karasoulas said.

From New York Times

Precise, playful, blurring the lines between figuration and abstraction, they are tiny worlds unto themselves.

From Seattle Times

“Visions of a Makah” are the visions of Frank Peterson — vivid paintings and carved masks that combine abstraction and figuration in surreal portrayals of Native Northwest Coast figures, symbols and legends.

From Seattle Times

With his transformative touch, he moves them from solid geometric shapes into figurations embodying the experiences that produced them.

From New York Times