From the studio
September 2026
Abstract art · Folsom, California
Art with
Energy.
Color. Movement. Possibility.
Abstract paintings by Eric Ostrander.
The Second Renaissance — read the manifesto ↗
Before anything, before everything,
there was energy.
A manifesto for human art
The Second Renaissance
Make evidence that you were alive.
Before a painting exists, something happens between a human being and the world. A hand moves. Paint meets a surface. An intention changes. The world answers. The finished work carries the trace of that encounter.
The Second Renaissance is my invitation to reclaim that encounter. As machines take on more of what we do, we can choose to spend the time we regain making, noticing, risking, and finding meaning through our own participation.
You do not need a credential, an audience, or permission. You need to show up.
The machines can have productivity.
We will take back purpose.
The next chapter
A new direction.
A new body of work is taking shape.
A continuing exploration of energy through painting.
In the studioNew paintings.
New paintings.
A shared visual language.
The next collection will appear here as it is released. Explore earlier work and its stories in the archive.
Explore the archiveAn artwork in progress
When art
finds its voice.
A large DML speaker artwork.
A story still unfolding.
An ongoing project bringing visual art and sound together. The work is nearing completion, with a photographic history tracing its development.
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