Geometric Abstraction is an area of abstract art where the nonobjective compositions are comprised of geometric shapes and forms, including squares, cubes, rectangles, lines, circles, spheres, etc. that can be floating and not grounded or in highly structured and rigorous compositions. The roots of using geometric shapes and forms in artwork date back to ancient times and virtually every culture. However, in regards to the influence on modern and contemporary art, the art for

Hard edge painting includes paintings in which individual colors have clear and distinct boundaries that separate the colors from one another. There is no physical blending of the colors, each color area is a single color. Hard edge painting can be observed in Geometric Abstraction, Op Art, Color Field painting and Post Painterly abstraction. Artists who practice hard edge painting: Richard Anuszkiewicz Ernst Benkert Mark Dagley Peter Demos Thomas Downing Gabriele Evertz Dean

JEFF KAHM New shaped Canvases and Recent Paintings Jeff Kahm, Transformation No.1, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 99" x 78" x 3.25” Jeff Kahm, Transformation No.2, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 99" x 78" x 3.25” Jeff Kahm, Utterance, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 44" x 44" Jeff Kahm, Converse No. 5, 2017, Acrylic on canvas, 90" x 90" x 3.5” Jeff Kahm, Messenger, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, 70" x 70" About Jeff Kahm: L. Jeff Kahm of Plains Cree and non-Native descent was born in Edmonton, Albert