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David Cairns

Acrylics

Mail [email protected]
Instagram davidcairns_paintings/
Website davidcairns.online

The challenge in abstract painting is always in the spontaneous decisions the painter makes. To not overthink, to discover the energy inherent in the canvas and colour placements, and to know when to stop.
I paint fluidly and abstractly, in the moment. With really just a colour palette selected, and without brushwork, I pour, tilt, swipe and spin, producing happy interactions of colour and shape.
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      • Jessie Chen
      • Luc De Nil
      • Nadine Dennis
      • Sandra Doan
      • Mark Doyle
      • Elizabeth Fijalkowski
      • Sandra Franke
      • Susan Freypons
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      • Annette Gaffney
      • Sudipta Ghosh
      • Rita Hisar
      • Jenny Horsman
      • Bernadette Hunt
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      • Trenna Keating
      • Patrick Klauss
      • Ileen Kohn
      • Rudolph Kurz
      • John Y. Lynch
      • Claire Lyons
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      • Susan Manchester
      • Jane Mikas
      • Pria Muzumdar
      • Kathryn Naylor
      • Svetlana Oguenko
      • Lilian O'Meara
      • Cid Palacio
      • Surabhi Pandey
      • Heather Pegg
      • Dana Pelham
      • Polina Penney
      • Elena Pope
      • Beatrice Roche
      • Anna Romanovska
      • Maggie Rose
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      • Marilyn Scott
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      • Marika Tiegermann
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      • Ingrid Whitaker
      • Pam Wilkins
      • Anna Zinato
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