A vibrant abstract mixed-media work by Heather Chontos, featuring bold organic blocks of pink, orange and blue alongside expressive line work, executed in oil stick, acrylic and ink on gauze. Newly framed in a walnut box frame, oiled and waxed, float mounted and finished with AR70 anti-reflective glass.
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Date / Era: 2025
Material: Oil stick, acrylic, and ink on gauze paper
Dimensions: W 48 x H 73.2 cm (artwork size)
Signed: Front
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.
A vibrant abstract mixed-media work by Heather Chontos, featuring bold organic blocks of pink, orange and blue alongside expressive line work, executed in oil stick, acrylic and ink on gauze. Newly framed in a walnut box frame, oiled and waxed, float mounted and finished with AR70 anti-reflective glass.
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Date / Era: 2025
Material: Oil stick, acrylic, and ink on gauze paper
Dimensions: W 48 x H 73.2 cm (artwork size)
Signed: Front
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.
