Brushwork refers to the way an artist uses a brush to apply paint or make marks on a surface. It refers to the visible and noticeable textures, strokes, and techniques that a painter uses with their brush. Full definition
Executed in a methodical, laborious manner but with a nod to the loose gestural brushwork of Abstract Expressionism, the work plays with the idea of the painter as intuitive genius, a myth associated with that mid-twentieth-century movement, and points to the more mundane routines that occupy much of artists» studio time. (fryemuseum.org)
The subtle layering of brushwork in the underpainting adds a textural dimension to these paintings. (metaphorcontemporaryart.com)
A contemporary abstractionist, Lisa Nankivil creates distinctive and highly sensuous compositions in which she alternates areas of gestural brushwork with linear ribbons of richly variegated hues. (artfixdaily.com)