This colourful contemporary abstract painting is by a collectable artist named Milly Ristvedt.

Cellular Reaction

More Works By Milly Ristvedt, RCA Acrylic on Canvas 1989
36 × 48 in 91.44 × 121.92 cm
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37.25 × 49.25 in 94.62 × 125.1 cm
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About Cellular Reaction

This colourful contemporary abstract painting is by a collectable artist named Milly Ristvedt.

Milly Ristvedt is considered one of Canada’s foremost abstract artists. Hailed as a master colourist, Ristvedt’s entire oeuvre has been dedicated to how colour, rendered in expressive form can convey a powerful story.

Her intuitive almost visceral sense of colour and her lyrical gestural form were initially inspired by the avant garde work of abstract expressionists such as Canada’s Jack Bush and America’s Morris Louis.
In Cellular Reaction, passages of colour in purple, bright yellow, deep pink, green, blue and black dance across the canvas both horizontally and vertically adding a dynamic energy to the piece.

“I am conscious of being caught between two extremes, which change their form continually, gradually. They represent the limits I feel comfortable within (respecting my obsessions) between intellect and intuition, preconception and spontaneous action.” Milly Ristvedt

“The amazing aspect of Ristvedt’s works is the strong conceptual structure. The composition is so tight it appears deceptively simple. My first reaction was what great demonstration pieces they would make for composition classes. They are academic almost to a fault.” Storey Twogood, The Edmonton Sun

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37.25 × 49.25 in 94.62 × 125.1 cm

Milly Ristvedt was born in British Columbia and studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University). Her first solo exhibit was at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. Her work has been included in many publications, She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and honoured with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
She has won seven Canada Council awards and two Ontario Arts Council awards and had over 50 solo exhibitions and been part of countless group shows. Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections throughout North America including the National Gallery of Canada.

Milly Ristvedt is represented exclusively by the Oeno Gallery.
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