Bridget Weiser

I am inspired by the abstract era of the New York scene that existed in the 40’s-50’s. Jackson Pollock, Willem Dekooning, and Joan Mitchell. Gerhard Richter is my favorite contemporary artist and my work reflects this.

statement
My paintings unfold gradually, intuitively. Through layers of
accrued oil and acrylic paints I hope to create windows, points of
departure that can lead the viewer to new and never before traveled
places. The pictures are open-ended, titles are not narratives or
definitions but words I feel compliment the language of the paint
itself. I want to leave the viewer space to draw their own inferences
from the architecture of their own private imaginations.

I believe in an abundance of goodness and beauty and in our
individual responsibility to cultivate this within ourselves so that
we can share it with one another. My work is about this- about this
process of nurturing something into bloom. Being self-taught has given
me the freedom to break all of the rules I never knew and the freedom
to paint without fear. I rejoice in this freedom- it keeps me painting
from the inside out, happy and sincere.

self-taught contemporary art painter