-- Betty Harper of Naples -- Abstract Artist

Phone:  615.218.4100                            email: bettyharper2013@gmail.com

"Jazz Paradigms" is a 36" x 36" gallery wrapped canvas in a shadow frame.  It represents my fascination with the work of Amedeo Modigliani's works in which he elongated facial and neck features to create a very unique artistic treatment of the human body.

This piece is not for sale.

"Art allows us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”  

Thomas Merton

"Relative Differences"

24" x 36"    Private Collection

"No Reason Why"

​36" x 48"    Private Collection

I am a serious fan of Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944), a Russian painter most often recognized as the Father of Abstract Art.  Although I began with "realism," I appreciate what Matisse said:  "I don't paint things. I paint the difference between things."

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Academically, I have taken  classes in oil painting, drawing, water color, Prismacolor, pastels, pen and ink.  I try to not stray far from the elements of design.--shape, color, space, form, line, value and texture.  

In some respects, I am most comfortable in the 40's and 50's with the development of Abstract Expressionism and the works of the artists of the New York School.

 Every month I publish a newsletter identifying artists (or periods) that I am studying.  I include my own interpretation of those works and discuss how they have influenced me.  To be a part of this journey, simply send me a request at bettyharper2013@gmail.com