(previous) Follingstad has produced work in different styles, including both abstraction and realism, in media spanning oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and sumi ink. Her most recent works are abstracted oil paintings in vibrant, glowing palettes. These works represent a mature culmination of several threads that characterize much of her work: an expressionistic sensibility, an eye for distilling essential forms, and a masterful balance between fluid, open forms and grounding, linear gestures. (continue)