Transcendental painting group

Agnes Pelton (1881–1961) was a visionary symbolist who depicted the spiritual reality she experienced in moments of meditative stillness. Art for her was a discipline through which she gave form to her vision of a higher consciousness within the universe. Using an abstract vocabulary of curvilinear, biomorphic forms and delicate, shimmering veils of light, she portrayed her awareness of a world that lay behind physical appearances—a world of benevolent, disembodied energies animating and…

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Courtesy of the New Mexico Museum of Art "Mother of Silence" by Agnes Pelton. kroberts@abqjournal.com Mon Aug 26 09:24:35 -0600 2019 1566833074 FILENAME: 1540610.jpg

I paint surrealism, abstracts, and landscapes in watercolor and oils. My art is about beauty and revealing the hidden world.

Now on view in Sacramento, this traveling exhibition explores an oft-overlooked group of 20th-century artists who pursued spiritual illumination in the American Southwest.

From Aaron Payne Fine Art, Stuart Walker, Composition No. 59 (1939), Oil on linen, 36 1/8 × 26 in

The Transcendental Painting Group (TPG) was founded on the principles of creating and promoting a pure abstract painting style imbued with spiritual intent.