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![Painting, Dreaming Pierrot, Oleg Zhivetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165857_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dialogus, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clarity No. 3, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1033221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iris No. 69, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/541210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hellebore No. 1, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/540493_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magnolia No. 15, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527342_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magnolia No. 13, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/527303_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Respire, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/513167_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Daydream, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/512366_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rose Study No. 90, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172790_1_grid.jpg)
Rose Study No. 90
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$330
![Painting, Gladiolus No. 3, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floral No. 30, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166447_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floral No. 26, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166304_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Floral No. 23, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166284_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tide no. 23, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tide no. 22, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorado No. 38, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1933425_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flow No. 3, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918215_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flow No. 2, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1918188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, DMX, Fresha D](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915854_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barren No. 14, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915335_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barren No. 15, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915332_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barren No. 16, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1915329_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magnolia No. 46, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692294_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Mexico No. 12, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682352_1_grid.jpg)
New Mexico No. 12
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$230
![Painting, New Mexico No. 10, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680852_1_grid.jpg)
New Mexico No. 10
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 25.4 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$180
![Painting, Colorado No. 35, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680849_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Impromptu No. 12, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorado No. 20, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1672305_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fog, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1647711_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Appalachians No. 13, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618845_1_grid.jpg)
Appalachians No. 13
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$180
![Painting, Appalachians No. 10, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1618824_1_grid.jpg)
Appalachians No. 10
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$230
![Painting, Shadow Study No. 6, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1415736_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hellebore No. 32, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365960_1_grid.jpg)
Hellebore No. 32
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 38.1 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$200
![Painting, Complicité, Maxime Frairot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364328_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colorado No. 19, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314060_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coast, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314057_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Mexico No. 5, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iris No. 155, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Thistle No. 2, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1049307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Still life with peonies, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202541_1_grid.jpg)
Still life with peonies
Galya Popova
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,745
![Painting, White spring, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191291_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Falling, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plexus, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181694_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cedro, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The beginning, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177002_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Matcha tea, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174140_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude with a blue book, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153049_1_grid.jpg)
Etude with a blue book
Galya Popova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,047
![Painting, On the bridge, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148719_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flower shop, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145839_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Winter still life, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143289_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zimt, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening walk, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Four figs, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113932_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, General store, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098146_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kitchen still life, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2086440_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red ship, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077479_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Searching for the sea, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999683_1_grid.jpg)
Searching for the sea
Galya Popova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,919
![Painting, 31st of June, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998741_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Lisa #5, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504743_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Murmures de jolis mots, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335000_1_grid.jpg)
Murmures de jolis mots
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,745
![Painting, Discussion Sérieuse, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283898_1_grid.jpg)
Discussion Sérieuse
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,919
![Fine Art Drawings, Octobre, the hairless cat III, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1216968_1_grid.jpg)
Octobre, the hairless cat III
Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$989
![Painting, Anna III, Laurent Anastay-Ponsolle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201374_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Santo, Ludovic Isidore](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110636_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Swallows in Flight No. 17, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/606633_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La causeuse rouge, Muriel Paul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283019_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two Irises No. 3, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/909771_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Iris No. 132, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/909711_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Woods No.119, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/908379_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rose Study No. 54, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907776_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, September Study No. 2, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835362_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Branch Study No. 16, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835350_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 64, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/835338_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fragmenta No. 3, Series III, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/789117_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmenta No. 3, Series III
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,536
![Painting, Fragmenta No. 4, Series III, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/789060_1_grid.jpg)
Fragmenta No. 4, Series III
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,536
![Painting, Somnium No. 2, Series V, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/788874_1_grid.jpg)
Somnium No. 2, Series V
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,536
![Painting, Tree Study No. 40, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/769017_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Branch Study No. 31, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/745644_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Woods No. 115, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 102, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719676_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 101, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/719190_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dahlia No. 1, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 100, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707241_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Swallow No. 42, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/699354_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 96, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 93, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698847_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 89, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 86, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698361_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 85, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/698352_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 81, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plant Study No. 79, Elizabeth Becker](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696951_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Portrait Artists
The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work. Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.