Angela Hartranft Abstract Art

Born 1969. Originally, an architectural drafter. Indigenous artist and writer under maiden name, Angela Grey. I have always been drawn to the magnificent and the mysterious—those shimmering edges where wonder and truth intermingle. It’s no surprise, then, that art became my truest devotion. Guided by an insatiable curiosity and the quiet ache to translate the unspoken, I paint not only what I see, but what I feel—visions spun from memory, dream, and imagination.

My process lives in both the abstract and the representational, not as opposites, but as twin flames fed by the same breath. Each stroke is a search, each color a whisper. Often, I begin with a clear intent—a still life frozen in time, a concept etched in thought—but somewhere along the way, especially in abstraction, the idea slips its tether. The paint takes the lead. And when I am brave enough to follow, we usually arrive together at something unexpected, something whole.

I paint with my heart steeped in nostalgia and soul tuned to the hush of history. I believe every figure, every fleeting shadow, every texture of time holds its own quiet magic. My work is a dialogue—between past and present, reality and myth, structure and spontaneity. I mix images and philosophies a...

Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA