Joan Mitchell Inspired Paintings by Cheryl Wilson, Abstract Artist

I share with you FOUR (4) paintings that were created as inspirational works for artists who desire to deepen their own abstract practice. Inspired by the expressive energy and emotional depth of Joan Mitchell, each piece explores gesture, layered color, movement, and memory rather than literal representation.

Feel free to print these out and paint over them for practice.

They ARE meant to be copied, printed out, studied — to observe how color relationships create tension, how physical mark-making builds energy, and how abstraction can carry the feeling of landscape without depicting it directly.

Use these works as creative prompts:

• Notice the layering and reworking

• Observe how bold color choices create emotion

• Study the balance between chaos and control

• Pay attention to physical gesture and movement

Let them encourage you to paint from memory, from lived experience, and from emotion — not just from reference.

May they give you permission to go bigger, trust your intuition, and allow your own voice to emerge on the canvas.