Cosondra Sjostrom is a contemporary abstract painter who developed Existential Abstraction, a movement that transforms unseen psychological presence into non-representational material form through her core methodology of Psychological Abstraction.
Her practice unfolds across two distinct avenues: personal excavations of her own emotional turning points (Artist Portraits), and bespoke works created through confidential dialogue with collectors (Collector Legacy Portraits). Both translate lived experience into an enduring chromatic record across three distinct phases:
1. Emotional Inquiry & Intuitive Color Logic
Every painting begins with deep listening, whether exploring internal memory or analyzing the emotional cadence of a dialogue. Sjostrom maps these psychological currents into an intuitive color logic. Rather than relying on decorative theory or rigid formulas, palette selection, value contrast, and color temperature are assigned based on an felt resonance with the emotional energy and psychological temperature of the conversation.
2. Layered Construction & Structure
Painting develops on canvas through dense acrylic impasto, building tactile weight and physical presence. At the center of each work is her signature monolithic rectangular silhouette, acting as a structural anchor and a container for identity and memory. Representing the human form.
3. Excavation & Breaking the Boundary
Through subtractive scraping and excavation, buried colors resurface in luminous strata. Sjostrom deliberately drives the thick impasto past the edges of the central rectangle, using the scraped, broken borders to symbolize liberation from rigid form itself.
The finished work stands as an authentic Abstract Portrait: a living record where human narrative, emotional energy, and material depth coalesce into a universal experience.
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