Thoughts About Abstract Paintings
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By M.E. "Mike" Bailey, NWS
It wasnt long ago that abstract paintings
made me angry; Angry because "any
monkey" could paint one. (Oh, sure!)
It also wasnt long ago that I realized
that I just didnt understand abstract
paintings. And that is probably what
made me angry. I had tried it a few
times and realized that there werent any
monkeys that I knew of that could paint
one. Moreover, I knew then my 6th
grade daughter ( like so many people
thought) couldnt paint one either.
Where? At what angle?
How light or how dark?
What will that be
compared to in the
painting?
At a recent showing of my art, a woman
stood in front of an abstracted piece and
loudly asked "What is this supposed to
be?" "I dont see it!"
Another person asked, "Why is abstract
art so darned obtuse? I can never get
what the artist is trying to say."
Another person turned to me and asked,
"Could you explain this to me, please?"
If you are a painter, you probably know
of similar questions and exclamations.
They may even have come from you.
Here is my answer to you and all the
people who have made and will make
such comments. (This discussion is
derived from the hard won lessons of
experience, I can assure you!)
**
Abstract, non representational
or non objective painting is THE
most difficult and the most
advanced form of creative
painting! **
(in my opinion)
Allow me to explain that statement
First of all, most artists use some sort of
model, be it a landscape, a person, a still
life, a portrait or some thing to copy or to
use as a guide. That means that what
ever subject with which they are
working, they have it to refer to for
suggestions of what shape it might take,
or how lights and darks are distributed,
or colors to use etc. In fact, most artists
learn by copying. (The word copying is
used loosely here ...
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