CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT

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RAVEN SERIES; Limited to 8 pieces / Brandt Allen For decades I searched for a visual language that felt true. In time I discovered that black was not absence, but depth— a place where light, texture, and silence could speak. The Raven series marks the beginning of that discovery. Each work is part of a journey toward restraint, presence, and the quiet power of form emerging from darkness.

Abstract black sculpture or artwork with metallic and glossy textures, featuring a circular ring-like element near the bottom.

Artistic black and gold abstract painting featuring circular and organic shapes with textured details on a dark background.

Abstract black and gray painting with textured splatters and brushstrokes.

RAVEN :REFLECTIONS THROUGH TIME, “ BECOMING “ 30 X 40 RAVEN, : REFLECTIONS THROUGH TIME, “ THE TRUTH “ 24 X 30 RAVEN, :REFLECTIONS THROUGH TIME, “ THE DEEPEST CUT” 30 X 40

Abstract black and white art with shiny, textured surface and metallic accents.

Burned, melted computer keyboard with blackened surface and damaged keys

Close-up photograph of melting black wax with drips and cracks, having a shiny, glossy texture on a dark background.

RAVEN : REFLECTIONS THROUGH TIME, “CLOSE UPS

Her Garden : Whispers, Limited to 10 pieces / Brandt Allen This Series explores a single garden as it shifts through light, season,and emotion. Moving from the openness of morning into the density of evening,and from the renewal of spring toward the quiet weight transfer of winter, each painting captures a moment within space that is constantly changing yet remains the same. The layered marks interwoven lines suggest growth, connection, and unseen forces that shape both nature and human experience. There is no fixed beginning or end—the garden continues beyond the painting, evolving with time, memory, and the enduring presence of love.

Abstract painting with black, gold, red, green, and white paint splatters and lines on a tan background.

Abstract painting with multicolored splashes and drips of paint, including black, gold, purple, green, blue, and white, creating a chaotic, energetic composition.

Abstract expressionist painting with splatters and drips of black, white, red, yellow, green, and brown paint on a beige background.

HER GARDEN :WHISPERS , “SPRINGTIME’ 36’X48’ HER GARDEN : WHISPERS, “WINTER GARDEN 30”X40” HER GARDEN :WHISPERS “LOVE#2 18”X24”

Abstract expressionist painting with black, red, yellow, green, and brown paint splatters and drips on a white background.

Abstract expressionist painting with splatters and drips of black, blue, brown, purple, green, and gold paint on a multicolored background.

Abstract splatter painting with black, red, green, yellow, and brown paint on a white background.

HER GARDEN WHISPERS, CLOSE UPS

Echoes uf Copper: Limited to 5 pieces, / Brandt Allen A limited five- piece series exploring surface, restraint, and subtle tonal tension, focusing on material presence rather than narrative resolution.

Close-up of a black metallic surface with visible holes and damage, including a circular cutout and scratched areas.

Abstract metal artwork featuring a large Roman numeral 'I' on the left side and a circled number '3' on the right side, with a background of textured and cloudy metallic surfaces.

Abstract artwork featuring a metallic gray and black background with a fragmented glass-like bowl containing dark liquids. Drips and streaks of black and white are present, with some liquid spilling outward, creating a textured, layered appearance.

ECHOES OF COPPER : BRIDGES,” ENDURING TIME” 36”X36” ECHOES OF COPPER : BRIDGES, “RELIC” 24” X 24” ECHOES OF COPPER : BRIDGES “ FADING LIGHT” 30’ X 30”

Close-up of a painted or coated surface with peeling black and tan paint or coating, revealing the underlying surface.

Close-up of a damaged metallic surface with a long crack, burned or melted areas, and some liquid residue.

Close-up of a monochrome painted artwork, featuring abstract textures including black, gold, and gray tones with a metallic sheen, and intricate details of cracked and layered paint.

ECHOES OF COPPER: BRIDGES, CLOSE UPS

Desert Garden Equinox, eight piece series/ Brandt Allen Desert Garden : Equinox reflects an internal landscape rather than a physical one. Living in a sparce and often uninspiring environment, I found unexpected growth through sustained creative work. The “garden” represents that inner cultivation, while the “equinox” acknowledges the ongoing balance between light and darkness—struggle and progress—that exists simultaneousley. The work comes from a point of equilibruim”

Abstract expressionist painting featuring splatters and drips of black, white, gray, and metallic paint across a dark background.

Abstract painting with black, beige, and gray paint splatters and drips on a black background.

An abstract painting with a black background featuring chaotic splashes and splatters of white, beige, and black paint, resembling a Jackson Pollock drip painting style.

DESERT GARDEN :EQUINOX , #1 30” X 40” DESERT GARDEN : EQUINOX, #2 24 “ X 30 “ DESERT GARDEN : EQUINOX, #3 24'“ X 30 “

Receding Light: A Seven Piece Sequence, / Brandt Allen The work traces a gradual movement from fullness toward absence. Across seven artworks, light does no simply disappear— it is pressed, divided, diminished, and finally extinguished. The sequence was shaped by the idea of two lives altered by forces beyond there control—separation, distance, and irreversible change. What begins in completeness slowly yields to pressure, until only what remains after loss is left to speak. The progression from white to black is not only visual, but experiential. Each piece marks a threshold—a quiet shift in condition rather than a single dramitic event. The work asks viewers to move through the space as the light recedes, becoming witnesses to a transformation that cannot be undone. while the series emerged from reflections on love, conflict, and lasting weight of human consequence, it is not intended to describe on specific story. Instead it offers a structure through which viewers may recognize there own experiences of change, separation, and what endures after something essential is gone. What fades is not only light. What remains is not only darkness.

A textured abstract painting with vertical white and gray streaks and cracks, framed in a dark wood frame.

Textured abstract artwork with black vertical stripe on left and white textured surface with vertical lines

Abstract painting with vertical textured black and white stripes.

RECEDING LIGHT:SHADOWS, “EMERGENCE” RECEDING LIGHT: SHADOWS, “FIRST SHADOW” RECEDING LIGHT:SHADOWS, “DIVISION”

CRAFTED FROM DECADES OF MATERIAL EXPLORATION, MY WORK TRACES A MOVEMENT TOWARD EMERGENT MININALISM—A LANGUAGE THAT FORMS THROUGH REDUCTION, PRESENCE, AND MATERIAL DISCOVERY. The journey begins with RAVEN, dence and textured, where black becomes both surface and depth, confronting weight, memory, and the act of formation itself. From that gravity grew HER GARDEN, where structure loosens and organic rhythms take hold— growth and fracture, renewal unfolding through layered material and gesture” ECHOES turns inward, quieting, and letting form remember what came before. DESERT GARDEN widens the space, allowing light, stillness, and environment to shape the work. IN RECEDING LIGHT, form approaches disappearance. Only traces remain—— edges, tonal shifts, moments arising from silence. Together, these series map a continuous process of distillation: from mass to atmosphere, from gesture to presence, from construction to revelation. The work does not simplify for its own sake— it uncovers what remains when excess falls away, where material, light, and time meet in quiet equilibrium.

A visual diagram showing a series progression with six colored blocks of varying sizes, each labeled with name, dimensions, and price, connected by downward arrows.