Susan Rothenberg
Susan Rothenberg is an American painter known for her abstract style of painting. Her style was that of abstract expressionism, but it shared many qualities with the minimalist movement going on in New York when she started. Her preferred source of mark making was with oil paint.
Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter is a German painter. He is known for his abstract style of painting. He has also done more realistic rendering in his paintings, but those paintings also have an abstract element to them. Some of his paintings are purely abstract, but his realistic paintings have what is called a blur effect, which creates a surreal image.
Paula Rego
Paula Rego is a Portuguese painter known for her abstract style. Her paintings feature anatomical humans being put in abstract scenerios and over bizzare backgrounds. She uses pastels for her work.