Abstract Art by Jessica McCormick

In my first apartment with my partner, we wanted to mount our little television above the fireplace. Of course, we couldn’t do much to internally hide all of the cables inside that wall space. So I opted to try to cover the cords instead.

With a little tape and some paint, I disguised the cables and made a mural directly inspired by the first abstract artist I ever loved, Piet Mondrian.

Formerly in Tampa, FL

My friend had just moved into a new studio apartment, and he had asked for some advice on how to decorate his space. I was looking at how he could maybe use some coat hooks in his entryway on one wall, but otherwise this entire wall couldn’t be used for much in the way of functional decor.

Then it struck me — he needed a mural there. Something to be bright and happy in that dark entryway, far from the window. Something he could smile at when he came home.

We chatted back and forth about colors, and we played around with some different approaches. But honestly, he went with my first idea. I guess this means I should trust my instincts more!

St. Petersburg, FL

Here, I had a pair of friends who love to visit U.S. National Parks and have a great collection of vintage posters for each park they’ve been to. They wanted something simple and geometric that would also pull out the colors of these beautiful, hyper-colorized posters.

Working together, I think we all really nailed the colors.

Tampa, FL

The City of Clearwater, Florida, wanted to make their downtown area more bright and beautiful by opening up blocks along their main street for pedestrian traffic and outdoor dining. To accomplish this, the city had placed concrete barricades at the ends of the blocks, and then they needed artists to beautify those barricades.

I painted the barriers at both ends of the 400 block on Cleveland Street with the City’s favorite color palettes.

Formerly in downtown Clearwater, FL

My friends wanted to rethink a space upstairs as an eventual play area for their twin daughters. We had talked about mostly using greens and blues to create a geometric, abstract forest look.

We almost had the design locked down — or so I thought. But then one of them spoke up and said that they had been thinking about doing something with more of a sunset look, so just a few days before I was scheduled to start, we went back to the drawing board and came up with a new idea.

Here, you can see a sunset gradient behind these geometric mountains and trees. It brings such a lovely pop of color and warmth to the space — plus, I got to make TWO gradients in one project!

St. Petersburg, FL