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The home office has become one of the most considered rooms in the house. It's where focus meets creativity, and where long hours demand an environment that supports both. Art plays a larger role in that environment than most people realize, and geometric abstract art, with its structure, rhythm, and disciplined use of color, is especially well suited to the space.

Richard Diebenkorn's Notes to Myself, found among his papers after his death in 1993, remain some of the most honest and useful words ever written about the creative process in abstract painting. Here's what they mean to my practice.

Nature has an incredible way of grounding us — and that influence is central to my landscape-inspired artwork. Rather than painting literal scenes, my work abstracts natural forms into simplified shapes and layered compositions. 

LV No. 9 is a 44x28 original mixed media abstract painting on paper — anchored by a blazing fluorescent pink geometric form and the word LOVE. It evokes the freedom of sailing.

Geometric abstract artist Shilo Ratner discusses her creative process, artistic influences including Hilma af Klint and Agnes Martin, and the philosophy behind her contemplative geometric paintings in this Embrace Creatives interview.

A practitioner's review of Going Modern: British Art, 1900 to 1960 at the Yale Center for British Art. The exhibition traces British modernism from Sickert's urban realism through the London School, and raises questions about structure, honesty, and abstraction that remain live for painters working today.

Shilo Ratner's geometric abstract paintings were featured in the WinterLude group exhibition at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, California, alongside works by Ryan Cobourn, Kerstin Heymann, Susan English, and Carla Roth.

I don't believe we're moving away from thoughtful design. If anything, I think we're becoming more intentional with it. Neutral architecture and furnishings provide balance, while artwork becomes the place where personality and emotion enter the room.

Highlights from the opening reception of Perceptual Consciousness solo exhibition at Claire Carino Contemporary in Boston. View photos from the show featuring geometric abstract paintings.

Shilo Ratner's geometric abstract painting "Rise" has been selected for the prestigious 2025 CWA National Open Juried Show at the William Benton Museum of Art at UConn. Exhibition runs May 27-July 27, 2025.

Shilo Ratner unpacks the philosophy behind her geometric abstract work and explains why 'Grounded in Nature. Defined by Form.' is more than a tagline — it's a framework collectors can use to understand and trust the work.