EDNA Contemporary Paintings

Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s i...

In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings with...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in Rome in 1990 and the Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting. His modern artwork has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad via international and national galleries, and has been featured in over 150 SOLO exhibitions since 1983. Michael Kessler’s abstract contemporary paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Appearances are deceptive, and anyone who is interested in the true nature of the universe knows that there are far more questions than answers. The more we know, the more we know we don’t know. I want my paintings to reflect both the desire to know and the futility of trying to know. I’m building a surface and not so much an image. I see my work as a metaphor for nature – about wondering how it (nature) got that way, realizing that we may never find out. I’m interested in beauty, but not a superficial or superfluous beauty – something deeper. It is daunting, but if you go through the forest at night...

This beautiful slice of abstract geometric art can hang horizontally or vertically in a small space alone or with a grouping. The bright colors are the perfect pop of color for your ...

This beautiful slice of abstract geometric art can hang horizontally or vertically in a small space alone or with a grouping. The bright colors are the perfect pop of color for your ...

Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in Rome in 1990 and the Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting. His modern artwork has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad via international and national galleries, and has been featured in over 150 SOLO exhibitions since 1983. Michael Kessler’s abstract contemporary paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Appearances are deceptive, and anyone who is interested in the true nature of the universe knows that there are far more questions than answers. The more we know, the more we know we don’t know. I want my paintings to reflect both the desire to know and the futility of trying to know. I’m building a surface and not so much an image. I see my work as a metaphor for nature – about wondering how it (nature) got that way, realizing that we may never find out. I’m interested in beauty, but not a superficial or superfluous beauty – something deeper. It is daunting, but if you go through the forest at night...

Yeskel's abstract work is strong and vibrant. Roundabout is one of his most dramatic abstract paintings and the warm colors really draw the viewer in. Scott Yeskel was raised in th...

I consider myself an alchemist on canvas. With an experimental approach and a variety of organic and inorganic elements: oils and water media, salts and minerals, earth pigments, so...

I consider myself an alchemist on canvas. With an experimental approach and a variety of organic and inorganic elements: oils and water media, salts and minerals, earth pigments, so...

Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...

Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...

Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...

Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in...

About the artist... I was four. We walked off a hot San Jose city street, down the side of a muddy embankment, to sit with our feet in the cold, chattering water of Steven’s Creek. A...

Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive. ...

Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive. ...

Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive. ...

Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive. ...

Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive. ...

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...

Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...

Extremely diverse creative pursuits which span a wide range of visual and performing arts, public service and arts education have been the primary focus of my life. These include: pa...

Extremely diverse creative pursuits which span a wide range of visual and performing arts, public service and arts education have been the primary focus of my life. These include: pa...

Extremely diverse creative pursuits which span a wide range of visual and performing arts, public service and arts education have been the primary focus of my life. These include: pa...

Extremely diverse creative pursuits which span a wide range of visual and performing arts, public service and arts education have been the primary focus of my life. These include: pa...

Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...

Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...

Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...

Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...

The human element in nature is a connecting thread in Jeffrey Long’s broad swathe of paintings done over the past five decades. His paintings, expressed in various visual languages, abstract, representational, figurative, narrative, and metaphorical, are meant to bring order to direct experience. Jeffrey Long’s paintings balance elements of Modernist design with traditions from tribal and Asian art. The “Mosaic” and “Moderne” paintings present boundless associations of color and shape in syncopation. The “Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of weaving are referenced in the “Rip Rap”, “Orchard” and “Kaokoland” paintings. The “Shelters” series introduces representational aspects. Rooflines and architecture are integrated into geometric abstraction. Jeff Long...

The human element in nature is a connecting thread in Jeffrey Long’s broad swathe of paintings done over the past five decades. His paintings, expressed in various visual languages, abstract, representational, figurative, narrative, and metaphorical, are meant to bring order to direct experience. Jeffrey Long’s paintings balance elements of Modernist design with traditions from tribal and Asian art. The “Mosaic” and “Moderne” paintings present boundless associations of color and shape in syncopation. The “Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of weaving are referenced in the “Rip Rap”, “Orchard” and “Kaokoland” paintings. The “Shelters” series introduces representational aspects. Rooflines and architecture are integrated into geometric abstraction. Jeff Long...

The human element in nature is a connecting thread in Jeffrey Long’s broad swathe of paintings done over the past five decades. His paintings, expressed in various visual languages, abstract, representational, figurative, narrative, and metaphorical, are meant to bring order to direct experience. Jeffrey Long’s paintings balance elements of Modernist design with traditions from tribal and Asian art. The “Mosaic” and “Moderne” paintings present boundless associations of color and shape in syncopation. The “Numbers” series brings together mid-Twentieth Century biomorphic design and collage. The warp and weft of weaving are referenced in the “Rip Rap”, “Orchard” and “Kaokoland” paintings. The “Shelters” series introduces representational aspects. Rooflines and architecture are integrated into geometric abstraction. Jeff Long...

Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s interest in the landscape. 

After graduating from high school, he moved to San Francisco to pursue an education in the arts. Yeskel graduated from the Academy of Art College in 2002 where he won first place in the Landscape category at the Academy’s Annual Spring Show. He was quickly picked up by galleries in Philadelphia, Laguna Beach and San Francisco. Since that time, Scott has been the subject of over a dozen solo shows, countless group exhibitions and has been featured in over 20 magazine and newspaper editorials. 

His work speaks to those who identify with the California lifestyle – often romantic but sometimes plagued with frustration. His love/hate relationship with Los Angeles’ freeways, boxy apartments and urban sprawl feed Yeskel’s desire to paint his environment as he sees – a jumble of mixed emotions. Recently, Scott’s work was purchased by prestigious corporate collections including Microsoft and NBC/ Universal. Scott currently teaches an Abstract Workshop at the Kline Academy in West LA and resides with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles. Resume Born, 1977, Montclair, New Jersey 2002 – Graduated Academy of Art College, San Francisco, BFA SOLO SHOWS 2020- Vacant LA, online exhibition. 2016-Summer Days, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. Valley Scenes, Valley Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge, Ca. 2015- Modern Escape, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 2013- Hotel Pools, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2012- Stop & Go, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2011 – Wanderlust, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. Mapping California, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco Ca. 2009 – L.A. To Ventura and In Between, Vita Art Center, Ventura, Ca 2008 – Disconnections, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca L.A. to S.F. with Love, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 2007 – Mass Transit, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2006 – Maps, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2005 – Trouble in Paradise, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2004 – Moving On, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2003 – Two Roads, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2021-Summer Salon, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 2019- Group Cityscape IX, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca Ashes of Hope, Sky Studios, Los Angeles, Ca 2018-Cityscape VIII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca Celebration Art, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Wa 2016-House and Home, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, Ca 2105-Venice Art Walk Auction, Google Headquarters, Venice, Ca 2013-Ryman Arts, ‘An Affair of the Arts’, Los Angeles, Ca. 2012-Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, Ca. artMRKT San Francisco, SFDC Concourse Exhibition Center, S.F., Ca 2011 – L.A. Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, L.A. Ca. Palette to Palate, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca. artMRKT San Francisco, SFDC Concourse Exhibition Center, S.F. Ca 2010 – Art San Diego, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, Ca. 2009 & 2010 – L.A Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, L.A., CA 2008 – Auction 100, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca. Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, Fla Red Dot Fair, Park South Hotel-New York City, New York 2006 – Venice Art Walk Juried Auction, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, Ca. Fin, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2005 – Create-Fixate, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles,Ca. 2004 – Meet the Artists IV, The Pacific Club, Newport Beach, Ca. Group Cityscapes, Greenwood Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. Getting to Know You, Backstreet Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca Scott Yeskel / Brandon Smith, Hotel Biron Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 2003 – Around Town, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2002 – Academy Spring Annual, Academy of Art, San Francisco, Ca. 1998 – Juried Luggage Show, Luggage Store...

Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s interest in the landscape. 

After graduating from high school, he moved to San Francisco to pursue an education in the arts. Yeskel graduated from the Academy of Art College in 2002 where he won first place in the Landscape category at the Academy’s Annual Spring Show. He was quickly picked up by galleries in Philadelphia, Laguna Beach and San Francisco. Since that time, Scott has been the subject of over a dozen solo shows, countless group exhibitions and has been featured in over 20 magazine and newspaper editorials. 

His work speaks to those who identify with the California lifestyle – often romantic but sometimes plagued with frustration. His love/hate relationship with Los Angeles’ freeways, boxy apartments and urban sprawl feed Yeskel’s desire to paint his environment as he sees – a jumble of mixed emotions. Recently, Scott’s work was purchased by prestigious corporate collections including Microsoft and NBC/ Universal. Scott currently teaches an Abstract Workshop at the Kline Academy in West LA and resides with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles. Resume Born, 1977, Montclair, New Jersey 2002 – Graduated Academy of Art College, San Francisco, BFA SOLO SHOWS 2020- Vacant LA, online exhibition. 2016-Summer Days, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. Valley Scenes, Valley Performing Arts Center, Cal State Northridge, Ca. 2015- Modern Escape, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 2013- Hotel Pools, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2012- Stop & Go, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2011 – Wanderlust, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. Mapping California, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco Ca. 2009 – L.A. To Ventura and In Between, Vita Art Center, Ventura, Ca 2008 – Disconnections, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca L.A. to S.F. with Love, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, Ca 2007 – Mass Transit, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2006 – Maps, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Ca. 2005 – Trouble in Paradise, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2004 – Moving On, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2003 – Two Roads, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 2021-Summer Salon, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 2019- Group Cityscape IX, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca Ashes of Hope, Sky Studios, Los Angeles, Ca 2018-Cityscape VIII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca Celebration Art, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, Wa 2016-House and Home, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, Ca 2105-Venice Art Walk Auction, Google Headquarters, Venice, Ca 2013-Ryman Arts, ‘An Affair of the Arts’, Los Angeles, Ca. 2012-Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, Ca. artMRKT San Francisco, SFDC Concourse Exhibition Center, S.F., Ca 2011 – L.A. Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, L.A. Ca. Palette to Palate, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca. artMRKT San Francisco, SFDC Concourse Exhibition Center, S.F. Ca 2010 – Art San Diego, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, Ca. 2009 & 2010 – L.A Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, L.A., CA 2008 – Auction 100, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca. Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, Fla Red Dot Fair, Park South Hotel-New York City, New York 2006 – Venice Art Walk Juried Auction, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, Ca. Fin, Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca. 2005 – Create-Fixate, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles,Ca. 2004 – Meet the Artists IV, The Pacific Club, Newport Beach, Ca. Group Cityscapes, Greenwood Chebithes Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca. Getting to Know You, Backstreet Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca Scott Yeskel / Brandon Smith, Hotel Biron Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. 2003 – Around Town, Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. 2002 – Academy Spring Annual, Academy of Art, San Francisco, Ca. 1998 – Juried Luggage Show, Luggage Store...

effrey Long, the elder son of a commercial graphic artist at Time & Life, was born in New York City in 1948. In 1970 Long received a BFA in Illustration and Art Education from Rhode Island School of Design and had decided to be a painter. His paintings from this period were photo realistic portraits and figures set in landscapes. On graduation, he married and began teaching art in a Rhode Island public school system. From 1971 through 1973 he was a resident artist at the Rockefeller-funded Pulpit Rock Community in Woodstock, Connecticut. Works from this intensive period were representational, highly dynamic, and borrowed from the vocabulary of cartoons. In early 1974 Long moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he obtained a full scholarship at California College of Arts & Crafts (now California College of Arts). There he received an MFA in painting in 1976. He established various studios in Oakland and Emeryville, while also working as a Curatorial Assistant at The Oakland Museum. The museum brought him in touch with such California artists as Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, Jay de Feo...

In the past two decades physics’ view of nature’s lack of structure—its unpredictability— underwent a major renovation with the discovery of deterministic chaos. Behind the veil of ...

In the past two decades physics’ view of nature’s lack of structure—its unpredictability— underwent a major renovation with the discovery of deterministic chaos. Behind the veil of a...

In the past two decades physics’ view of nature’s lack of structure—its unpredictability— underwent a major renovation with the discovery of deterministic chaos. Behind the veil of a...

Born in California, Julie Brookman has spent her life by the sea. She is best known for her encaustic paintings, where through hot wax and pigment she has found a way to capture the ...

Brooks Anderson’s eloquent oil on canvas and panel landscapes are an exploration into the power of Contemporary Landscape painting. Known for his gifted handling of composition, deta...