An abstract painting begins with a concrete idea: a person, a landscape, a city. Abstract artists Max Hammond and Gail Morris began as more realistic artists and gradually advanced their painting style to become abstract. Like most of us, we abstract our lived experiences over time to become the blended memories and textures that weave together our very existence. Hammond and Morris do this same process from a creative vantage point with canvases and oil paints, gently weaving their imaginative experiences into colorful paintings. Connoisseurs of art remark how pleasing the works of these two artists look juxtaposed next to each other. See if you concur by witnessing their latest works side by side as they abstract the notions of their lives with ours.