Contemporary Abstract Painter

The long road to abstraction

Abstract painting with vibrant streaks of red, yellow, blue, green, and black colors.
Color gradient chart with red, purple, and orange sections labeled 'Linear' in the top right corner.
Close-up of brightly colored, layered bark with yellow, orange, red, and green hues.

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John David Begg’s take on abstraction goes in two directions, Liquid and Linear….

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Black and white portrait of a man with light-colored eyes, wearing a flat cap and a collared shirt, standing outdoors.

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Below 51x61cms / 20x24" Acrylic on canvas 2023 The first of my liquid paintings. Please feel free to comment. Available here: https://johndavidbegg.co.uk/shop/work/p/liquid/below
First Light 64.5x90cms / 25.5x36" Mixed media on canvas 2023 The universe was opaque until 380,000,000 after the bang, before which it was a seething plasma of atomic nuclei, elections and photons, too chaotic to allow the photons a clear path
Polarisation 80 × 185cms / 31 1/2 × 73“ Acrylic on canvas, 44mm deep box frame frame, satin varnish 2022 https://johndavidbegg.co.uk/shop/work/p/linear/polarisation
171 Trillion 20x20cms / 8x8" Acrylic on canvas board 2025 More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans.