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Artist of the moment…..Michelle Grabner

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Michelle Grabner is an American painter and print maker renown for her abstract style based on basic geometric shapes. Michelle Grabner was born in the year 1962.

Grabner received an excellent collegiate education earning M.A. and a B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin located at Milwaukee. Grabner also earned a M.F.A. from Northwestern University.

Here we visit a show featuring Grabner from 2013:

Grabner has held solo exhibitions of her work in the United States and Europe.

Price range information: Sorry none available. The artist works in oils or enamels.

Below a link to the website of Michelle Grabner:

http://www.michellegrabner.com/

Grabner has also taught at the collegiate level serving as chair of the painting and drawing department at the Art Institute of the School of Chicago.

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Artist of the moment………….Otto Zitko

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Otto Zitko is a contemporary abstract painter. Otto Zitko was born in Linz, Austria in the year 1959. Zitko attended the University of the Applied Arts located in Vienna, Austria.

In this clip we view some works by Otto Zitko. These begin at the 28 second mark of the clip.

The artist is now based out of Vienna, Austria.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

Zitko works in oils, acrylics, charcoal, and mixed media.

Below a link to the website of the artist:

http://www.ottozitko.com/

The artist reminds of Cy Twombly, another artist famous for his scribbles! James Nares, the British artist renown for his use of line, also comes to mind when viewing the work of Otto Zitko.

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