"Energetic brushwork" refers to the vibrant and lively use of a paintbrush or artistic tool in creating artwork. It indicates dynamic and vigorous strokes that convey a sense of energy, movement, and liveliness. Full definition
From the brilliant colors and energetic brushwork of Alma Woodsey Thomas's paintings to shredded tire sculptures by Chakaia Booker, works featured in this exhibition testify to the enduring ability of abstraction to convey both personal iconography and universal themes. (eastcityart.com)
Rauschenberg had been using commercially made silk screens to reproduce photographic images on his canvases, a technique that he picked up from Andy Warhol, and the imagery mingled with energetic brushwork in brilliant colors. (articles.latimes.com)
These changes in venue and topography prompted more energetic brushwork, less contained shapes and a reinvented composition with greater emphasis on the sky to shape the pictorial space. (thecanadianencyclopedia.ca)