WHAT IS ABSTRACT ART?

        Abstract art to me is a collage of sights and sounds, memories of ones emotions, thoughts and experiences frozen in time on one canvas.

        Back when I began painting, we just called it modern art, but for me the abstract art style became my passion.

        Abstract art is a type of painting and sculpture that was actually developed in the early part of the twentieth century.  It is essentially a departure from reality or realism, yet in the eye of the artist it expresses something  very real.

        I view abstract as art work that alters form and space using shapes, lines, movement and color to relay a particular message.  I find the work of other abstract artists most intriguing, I enjoy the challenge of trying to imagine what they were trying to convey.

       There are many types of abstract art, but the following are two of my favorite;

        Cubism, was the first style of abstract art, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and George Braque, which  challenged conventional forms of representation.  Instead of painting a fixed object on canvas, Cubists gave you a view of that object from many angles all at once.

        Fauvism, developed by French painters Henri Matisse and Andre Derain, who earned the nickname 'Les Fauves' which means wild beasts, used outrageously bold and sometimes distorted forms of vibrant and vivid colors.

        So abstract art was and continues to be an exiting and wonderful journey, so climb aboard.

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Swirling Brick Wall...Where realism meets abstract

        In 2000 I owned a flower shop with my wife, I wanted to paint a floral scene and decided to make the flowers pleasing and normal, but I loved the idea of a swirling wall which defies the laws of physics.  That's why I love abstract art.  

        Many of the paintings I did in those days were to be placed on the wall behind a vignette with 

an antique piece of furniture, several objects placed around and a silk floral arrangement strategically placed in the middle.  It really sold the flowers.

      

        I don't think I would enjoy painting if it didn't have some intrigue or hidden meaning though.  I especially love the colors in this piece, it really lights up a room.

        It's fun to toy with realism and abstract art at the same time.

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