Mixed-media work by Heather Chontos, executed in ink, acrylic and oil stick on an antique book cover. A complex arrangement of overlapping organic shapes and bold graphic line work forms the composition. Newly framed in a deep, slim sapele box frame, oiled and waxed, float mounted and finished with AR70 anti-reflective glass.
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Date / Era: 2026
Material: Ink, acrylic, and oil stick on antique book cover
Dimensions: W 23 x H 31.8 cm (artwork size)
Signed: Verso
Condition: Excellent
Born in Tarrytown, New York, Heather Chontos is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Marvão, Portugal. Her practice spans painting, sculpture and textiles, with a particular focus on abstract works characterised by bold colour, organic forms and expressive mark-making.
Chontos works intuitively and impulsively, drawing inspiration from the landscape surrounding her home and studio in rural Portugal. She frequently works on unconventional and found surfaces including antique linen, canvas, wood, paper, furniture and other discarded materials, treating their existing textures, marks and patinas as part of the work.
Her paintings are developed through layers of paint and additional materials, often incorporating stitching, paper and other elements to create tactile, relief-like surfaces. She uses unconventional tools and processes to draw, scratch and build up the surface, creating works that combine colour, gesture, texture and materiality. Chontos received a BA in Art History from the University College London, and has exhibited widely with shows in New Jersey, Florida, Maine, Montana, California, Berlin, Brescia, Barcelona, Namur, London, Paris, and New York.
Mixed-media work by Heather Chontos, executed in ink, acrylic and oil stick on an antique book cover. A complex arrangement of overlapping organic shapes and bold graphic line work forms the composition. Newly framed in a deep, slim sapele box frame, oiled and waxed, float mounted and finished with AR70 anti-reflective glass.
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Date / Era: 2026
Material: Ink, acrylic, and oil stick on antique book cover
Dimensions: W 23 x H 31.8 cm (artwork size)
Signed: Verso
Condition: Excellent
Born in Tarrytown, New York, Heather Chontos is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Marvão, Portugal. Her practice spans painting, sculpture and textiles, with a particular focus on abstract works characterised by bold colour, organic forms and expressive mark-making.
Chontos works intuitively and impulsively, drawing inspiration from the landscape surrounding her home and studio in rural Portugal. She frequently works on unconventional and found surfaces including antique linen, canvas, wood, paper, furniture and other discarded materials, treating their existing textures, marks and patinas as part of the work.
Her paintings are developed through layers of paint and additional materials, often incorporating stitching, paper and other elements to create tactile, relief-like surfaces. She uses unconventional tools and processes to draw, scratch and build up the surface, creating works that combine colour, gesture, texture and materiality. Chontos received a BA in Art History from the University College London, and has exhibited widely with shows in New Jersey, Florida, Maine, Montana, California, Berlin, Brescia, Barcelona, Namur, London, Paris, and New York.
