Paul Shapiro (artist)

Paul Shapiro (born 1939) is an American Abstract Expressionist and landscape painter.

[1] New Mexican author Jon Carver writes of Shapiro's work: "Paul's interest in art and his commitment to painting is unassailable and extends to the depths of his being.

[1] In the 1990s, he shifted back to nonobjective abstract, but influenced of the land can still be discerned in his recent paintings.

[2] Paul Shapiro creates visceral abstract paintings on paper and panels.

[4] Even though my work was fairly loose and abstract, I felt very confined by the envelope around recognizable forms and gravity-based relationships.