Abbey Messmer

Paintings 2010-2024

I’m fixated on distorted imagery because it reflects the absurdity of reality. Defining truth, from one individual’s belief to the next, can be nearly impossible, and the instability of the image represents the variable nature of perception. It also reflects the fragility of our physical and mental states. We are constantly manipulated and transformed by the world around us, and I’m interested in this elastic experience and the effort by which we try to control or embrace it.

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Lead Me In The Right Direction
Lead Me In The Right Direction

Oil on canvas

47.25” x 47”

2024

Available

Baby, Remember It's Ok
Baby, Remember It's Ok

Oil on panel

36” x 24”

2024

Available

You're Not What I Thought You Were
You're Not What I Thought You Were

Acrylic on Canvas

64 x 48 Inches

2023

Available

Bend, Don't Break, Baby
Bend, Don't Break, Baby

Gouache & acrylic on paper

47" x 59" Framed

2023
Available

Filling In The Blanks
Filling In The Blanks

Acrylic on canvas

64” x 48”

2023

Available

Untitled
Untitled

Acrylic on canvas

48” x 64”

2023

Available

Inheritance
Inheritance

Gouache & acrylic on canvas

40” x 48”

2023

Available

Elastic Ideas Of The Future
Elastic Ideas Of The Future

Acrylic on canvas

40” x 60”

2020

Available

Puddlejumper
Puddlejumper

24” x 24”
Oil and acrylic on canvas
2021

Private Collection

How To Divide The Infinite
How To Divide The Infinite

Acrylic on canvas

24” x 24”

2020

Available

Parasol
Parasol

Gouache & acrylic on canvas
24" x 24"
2020

Available

Navigating the Contours of Cool and Warm
Navigating the Contours of Cool and Warm

Gouache & acrylic on canvas
48" x 64"
2020

Available

Awash in crisp clarity
Awash in crisp clarity

Gouache & acrylic on panel
18" x 24"
2020

Private Collection

Enchanted in the Deep End
Enchanted in the Deep End

Gouache & acrylic on canvas
48" x 64"
2020

Available

The Question Will Determine the Answer
The Question Will Determine the Answer

Gouache & acrylic on canvas
48" x 64"
2019

Available

Spontaneous Synchronicity
Spontaneous Synchronicity

Gouache & acrylic on paper
42" x 42"
2019

Available

Unmediated signals
Unmediated signals

Gouache & acrylic on paper

15” x 20”

2019

Available

Do we ever know
Do we ever know

Gouache & acrylic on canvas

40” x 48”

2019

Private Collection

Change interactions of living forms
Change interactions of living forms

Gouache & acrylic on paper

12” x 9”

2019

Private collection

Adrift from your tethers
Adrift from your tethers

Gouache & acrylic on paper

12” x 9”

2019

Private Collection

Easing In
Easing In

Gouache and acrylic on panel
40" x 30"
2018

Available

Slowing down to speed up
Slowing down to speed up

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2018

Private Collection

An Oversimplification of the Future's Past
An Oversimplification of the Future's Past

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2018

Private collection

Somewhere between the beginning and the end
Somewhere between the beginning and the end

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2018

Private Collection

A detour to your new life
A detour to your new life

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2017

Unavailable

Divided
Divided

Gouache & acrylic on panel

24” x 18”

2017

Available

Catching breath in the in-between
Catching breath in the in-between

Gouache and acrylic on paper, mounted on panel
24" x 18"
2017

Available

Without warning she gave up the ghosts inside
Without warning she gave up the ghosts inside

Gouache and acrylic on canvas
24" x 18"
2017

Private Collection

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Sail Her, Don't Sink Her
Sail Her, Don't Sink Her

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2017

Private Collection

Do We Ever Know
Do We Ever Know

Gouache and acrylic on panel
24" x 18"
2017

Private Collection

A Succession of Beautiful Glimpses
A Succession of Beautiful Glimpses

Gouache and acrylic on panel
20" x 16"
2017

Private Collection

Getting out of your own way
Getting out of your own way

8" x 8"
2017

Private Collection

Each is both
Each is both

Oil on Panel
16" x 12"
2017

Private Collection

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored

Oil on panel

6.5" x 12"
2017

Private Collection

Trying Not to Try
Trying Not to Try

Oil on panel

16" x 12"
2017

Private Collection

A judicious sense of what not to believe
A judicious sense of what not to believe

Oil on canvas
68" x 128"
2016

Available

Uncovering what was always there
Uncovering what was always there

Oil on canvas
60" x 72"
2016

Available

Staggered Terrace
Staggered Terrace

Oil on canvas
24" x 24"
2014
Available

Forever Tethered
Forever Tethered

Oil on canvas
28" x 38"
2016
Available

Occultation
Occultation

Oil on canvas, framed
63.5" x 67"
2014

Available

Infinite
Infinite

Oil on canvas, framed
48" x 56"
2014
Private collection

Bathys
Bathys

Oil on canvas, framed
48" x 60"
2014
Private collection

Fluid State
Fluid State

Oil on canvas, framed
24 "x 24"
2014
Private collection

Surface
Surface

Oil on paper, framed
11.5" x 15.5"
2014
Available

Bilateria
Bilateria

Mixed media on paper
15" x 19"
2014
Private collection

Quiet Exchange
Quiet Exchange

Oil on canvas

40” x 48”

2014

Available

Persistence
Persistence

Oil on canvas

60” x 48”

2013

Available

Margarete's First Swim
Margarete's First Swim

Oil on canvas
72" x 48"
2013
Available

June Blossoms
June Blossoms

Oil on canvas
60" x 48"
2013
Collection of National Swimming Pool Foundation

Trio
Trio

Oil on canvas
28" x 36"
2013
Private collection

Mook and Z
Mook and Z

Oil on canvas
10" x 21"
2013
Private collection

Blue + Orange
Blue + Orange

Oil on canvas
20" x 24"
2013
Private collection

Girl with an Unknown Future
Girl with an Unknown Future

Oil on canvas
12" x 12"
2013
Private collection

My First Thought Was Maybe
My First Thought Was Maybe

Oil on canvas
24" x 20"
2011
Available

Surface Tension
Surface Tension

Oil on canvas
46" x 46"
2012
Available

Reflections on converging islands
Reflections on converging islands

Oil on canvas

12” x 12”

2012

Available

The Spot
The Spot

Oil on canvas
30" x 36"
2010
Private collection