"Red Kimono" $900

"Red Kimono" Acrylic on canvas and canvas on canvas, 24" X 30", 2019/2020. The latest in my "Silk Road" series.

"Waltzing Matilda" $2,300

This acrylic on canvas is a painting I made in 2019. I had been uncertain if it was finished so I have been sitting on it, but have decided I like it just fine the way it is. Going to frame it up and debut it for the January Art Walk at Gallery on First, Sanford, Fl. . 36" X 48". Still working on a title. Available $2,300.00

"Composition in Steel, 2018"

This small tabletop sculpture is made from industrial salvage and found objects. welded and multiple clear coats to seal it. 9" X 11" X 6". Enjoy!

"Centurion"

One of two new sculptures completed this summer for our garden at Dragonwood. "Centurion" stands at just over six feet with pedestal. Pictured here on a temporary pedestal. Welded steel and paint.

"Everything is Coming Our Way" $900

Another in my series of shaped paintings. Acrylic and canvas on birch plywood. 18" X 31" The title is borrowed from a Santana song. A "feel good title" for a painting that feels good to me.

"Cuckoo's Nest" $600

Welded steel/Industrial salvage 16.5" X 8.5" X 1.5" This solid little sculpture is fabricated from industrial salvage. Torch cut and welded.

Shaped Paintings

Some new shaped paintings as I gear up for my show at the Vue at Lake Eola in Orlando. Kirsten Gjermo is curating the show and she first took notice of my small shaped paintings I did in the spring (2017). We exchanged correspondence over the summer while Deb and I were in New York. She and I agreed that I needed to scale them up for this space. That was my intention and the small pieces were an opportunity for me to work through some of the technical considerations. I hope to continue to work larger as I continue to explore this concept. I am encouraged by the positive feed back that these works are getting. Many of the initial small shaped paintings sold right away. Stay tuned as I post more of these as I finish them.

"Magnanimous Pour"

This painting represents a bit of a departure for me. Basically I set out to chase color and energy in the tradition of the New New Painters. This relatively small piece measures 24" X 24" X 2.5" . Acrylic on Sanded Birch panel. This is most likely the last painting I will finish before I "roll up the tent" for the summer and head north to my studio in New York.

"Maximilian's Flow"

This latest tabletop sculpture measures 16" X 17" x 2". It is currently available for purchase at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. Shipping available. $600.00 US kabbott765@gmail.com This piece is currently on view at Reach Art Center, Rome, NY.

"Lucy Baker's Revolution" SOLD

This tabletop sculpture measures 16" X 11" X 2". Welded steel. SOLD - Private collection, New Mexico

"Small Odd Shapes"

Each year the resident artists at Gallery on First in Sanford put together an exhibition we call 100 for $100. A collection of works priced at $100.00 or less. Some artists use this as an annual garage sale and mark down older or less successful work. A chance to clean out the studio. Debe and I do not take that approach. While it is difficult to do work in this price range, we always come up with a series of new work made specifically for this two day show. In my case, I experiment with ideas that I may want to try on a larger scale. It allows me a chance to work through both aesthetic and technical issues on a small scale. The pieces pictured above are examples of my series "Small Odd Shapes" made for the 2017 show. Inspired by the work of post-minimalist Richard Tuttle and the large scale shaped canvases of Kenneth Noland, Susan Roth and Graham Peacock. I have long admired the work of these artists, but have yet made an attempt at large scale shaped work. These miniature works ( 15" X 5"ish X 1") are mixed media on wood.

"Cocktails and Daffodils" SOLD

This acrylic on canvas measures 40" X 60" and is currently available . $3,800.00 US

New Post Card

New Barn/Studio

We have a barn. Still more to do next summer to finish it up. We will add more windows in both gable ends and on the front left side facing the pond. We also hope to add a ten foot "bump out" shed addition for a framing area and a small solar array with led lighting. In any case we made a lot of progress this summer. We started clearing trees and doing the site week the 4th of July weekend. The following week we began prepping for the concrete slab. Our heartfelt thanks to our son Kevin Abbott II and Ken Doria of Ken Doria Construction. Also Karl Hoyt for help with the site work.

New Studio

A long time coming. Twenty one this fall actually. That's how long Deb and I have dreamed of building a barn/studio at our place in the woods know by family and friends as Dragonwood http://thedragonwoodchronicles.blogspot.com/. We have our drawings and are ready to build a 18' X 28' foot barn. We have done the site work, cutting trees, clearing the land, bringing in fill and grading off for a level building site. This week we hope to get the foundation, a monolithic concrete slab finished. Then after a few days of curing and permiting we can begin the frame up. Should go fast once the foundation is complete. I will post photos of the progress.

"Blue Dancer" SOLD

This painting measures 16" X 20" and is one of fifteen small canvases I am displaying at this year's 100 for $100 show at Gallery on First in Sanford. The show is an annual event that has proven popular in past years. I have made this series of small paintings. Some are studies for larger paintings. Some are just experimental ideas. Things I'm trying out. This one and several others are based on my figurative steel sculptures. Scroll down and you will see similarity to "Persephone". This painting is offered unframed at $100.00. Typically framed similar paintings sell in the $350 - $450 range.

Albert Paley

I was pleased to meet the modern master himself, Mr. Albert Paley. Mr. Paley gave a lecture at the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando on Sunday, March 13. http://www.albertpaley.com/

"Blue on Blue"

This latest sculpture is wood/found objects and paint. The piece measures approximately 31" X 21" X 11".

"Key Lime River" SOLD

This is my most recent painting. "Key Lime River" acrylic on birch panel. 40" X 60". This painting is heavily textured and is primarily light yellow and lime green, however there are also many subtle tones throughout as I built layer upon layer of both transparent washes and selectively opaque areas.

"WHS #1, May 2015 "Gaia" SOLD

This is my latest figurative wall mounted steel piece. "Gaia" or earth goddess, mother earth. Somewhat more literal figuratively, therefore more sexually evocative than earlier works. this and other works are available at Gallery on First in Sanford, Florida or contact me at kabbott765@gmail.com.