Collection: Abbey Ryan

Bio

Abbey Ryan, American (b. 1979) is a painter whose focus is on the poetics of painting and classical painting as a meditative practice. Balancing traditional artistic expression with innovation is at the heart of her creative research and practice. With today’s accelerated pace of life, Abbey’s classical painting practice is an act of cultural preservation and revival. Painting is part of Abbey’s mindfulness practice and it fosters her belief that magic is still possible in life and in art. The practice of making a small painting a day speaks to her interest in practice, classical realist still life, and trompe l’oeil (French for “fool the eye”) painting. Making daily paintings and blogging them speaks to her interest in ritual, making art that is accessible to all, and the changing complexities of selling art on the web. Through her classical still life and trompe l’oeil works, her research includes the Golden Ratio, Robert Lax’s poetry, the Japanese aesthetic wabi sabi, women’s voices, and Dutch Golden Age painting, among other interests.