Abstract

Pink Abstract, acrylic on canvas, 12 1/2" x 17", 2008

Building Abstract (unfinished), watercolor on paper, 14" x 12 1/4"

Abstract Green & Blue, acrylic on canvas, 26 1/2" x 30"

Abstract Figure Study, Private Collection

City Rooftops (unfinished), acrylic on paper, 18 1/2" x 18"

Cactus Split, Machine #2, acrylic on canvas, 45" x 26 1/2"
Private Collection

Martyr to the Cause, Demolition Split, acrylic on canvas, 36 1/2" x 30 1/2", 2015

Tri Split/Victoria Secret Model, acrylic on canvas, 24 1/2" x 29", 2003

New York, New York, Private Collection

A product of California's art scene in the 50's and early 60's, Val Lewton at the time considered himself as either an abstract figurative or abstract expressionist painter. Having matriculated with an MFA from Claremont Graduate School, Val Lewton arrived in Washington, DC in 1963 to work at the National Collection of Fine Arts. He worked nights and weekends at his painting; he exhibited and entered competitions. Aware of the need to differentiate himself from the abstract style popular then, he became a realist painter. However, he often returned to the abstract. He loved letting his imagination reign. Although he might focus on a theme, he would stop a painting that had drifted to the abstract, and consider it done. Lewton cycled through his favorite painting categories throughout his life, returning to each with a new energy and a revised point of view.