This website is a selection of Abstract Paintings and Digital Art by Brenton Schwab from 2005 to 2025
For me art is about discovery
On my journey of discovery I have moved through styles from Realism to Abstract Expressionism and have been influenced by Post-Minimalism and Non-Objective concepts, along with many artists.
Today my work is a fusion of these processes and concepts.
Over the years I have continued developing my skills in art, experimenting with drawing, painting, printing, photography and digital collage.
In 2025 I moved to Adelaide after 9 years in Sydney. Packing up was a chance to sort and group my work. Now, while unpacking, I am seeing things differently and repainting old abstract paintings while completing others that were packed in a hurry. Discovering new plants and new environments is the influence that drives me, my painting, my photography and my digital work.
When I moved to Sydney in 2016 I studied Post Graduate Art at UNSW, had a studio in an ‘art precinct’ and was painting full-time. This was the first really intense focus on my art practice. I produced lots of work and experiments while continuing to refining my style; while still abstract, there has been a shift toward more conceptual, post minimalism and non-objective processes.
Back in 1991 I moved to the Sunshine Coast Queensland with my young family. The Sunshine Coast it is one of Australia’s most bio-diverse environments, for me it was paradise. During the 2000’s I worked as a Bush Regenerator, becoming team leader while developing skills in plant identification and observation. My art, painting and photography continued and was influenced by the amazing things I saw throughout my working day.
I originally trained as a Printing Machinist which gave me experience in colour mixing, ink and paper. But in 1982, as a mature age student, I completed an Agricultural Science Degree. Unexpectedly, this Science Degree was the trigger for my insatiable need to discover art. Learning drawing gave me ‘a new way of seeing’ – a way to discover with a similar excitement that exploring natural environments had always given me.
Brenton Schwab 