An abstract work invites the viewer to engage their imagination and emotions.
It might calm you, excite you, delight you. You may enjoy getting lost in it- discovering new things every time you look at it.
It doesn’t depict or pictorialize something
WAVES AND PARTICLES
This one is called Waves and Particles because the painting is filled with energy.
My brushstrokes and gestures were very energetic and enthusiastic.
There are layers of pencil and charcoal marks creating interest.
But I am not illustrating anything at all quatum physics.
Abstract art has been defined in a number of different ways but the central idea is about composition, form, lines, patterns, textures, colours, Shapes. materials and movement.
This next one is Untitled because I wanted to reflect the fact that I allowed the paint to do what it seemed to want to do .
it was created mainly by dropping paint and allowing it to flow where it wanted to go. with me catching drips and blobs and helping it along with my brushes. This painting kind of painted itself and I was more of an assistant. I let chance and things like the viscosity of the paint make it’s decisions than I composed the finished work.
Some abstract art offers a suggestion of something recognizable
I like to paint places, in an abstract style, where I distill or simplify and crreate a sense of somewhere you may have been either in real life or maybe just a dreamThe mind of the viewer assembles the areas of the picture into a place that feels familiar yet mysterious. This one is called
I Swam in the Light that fell from the Sky.
Here are a few more in that vein.
Non-objective abstract art, on the other hand, does not attempt to represent anything immediately recognizable nd instead offers a visual experience that is exciting, soothing, evocative, stimulating, or thought-provoking.
PUZZLE ME THIS. Untitled #24.
Sometimes abstract work is inspired by real things but in the above compositionthere is no attempt for the work itself to represent anything or prompt a particular response. Large blocks of pink and maroon in roughly rectangular shapes Various interesting and colourful marks and some intriguing lines create an interesting work that I really enjoyed creating The arrangement of shapes and lines in a pleasing and intriguing manner was my only intent.
A KIND OF ECSTACY
This one is inspired by nature but does not want to be too literal about what it is and invites the viewr to find their own kind of joy in the colour and texture of the piece.
