What I love about Abstract Expressionist / Non Representational art is that it allows us, the viewer, to become personally involved in the experience of the piece. Instead of the artist doing the work of translation of a distinctly recognizable subject, like a landscape or a still life of an apple, with non representative work it's the viewer who is given the chance to do the translating and to figuratively speaking, be the artist.
It might begin with the shapes within the design which remind us of something tangible - possibly familiar to everyone, but more often than not, unique to ourselves, from our own life experiences. The details of the design, from simple lines or complicated strokes, to crisp edges or blended forms, can be energetic, decisive, edgy, whimsical, playful or flowing and can draw the eye to an area for further study. The choice of colors usually evoke personal emotions ranging from joy, happiness and thoughtfulness to calmness, serenity and enthusiasm.
We find ourselves either no longer interested and we move on or we become curious and drawn in and the relationship begins. We study the first piece but then find we want to know and see and experience more so we seek out the artist's other works to peruse and their reasons for painting them - and in so doing we learn of the life of another human being. And although that person may live in a different culture or even different time frame from us, there is a unique connection already established, if only tenuous at first, but one which grows steadily as each studied painting personally resonates within us.
"Boundless" by Gillian St George
8 x 8 matted to 12 x 12
Acrylic on Arches Paper
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Gillian
We find ourselves either no longer interested and we move on or we become curious and drawn in and the relationship begins. We study the first piece but then find we want to know and see and experience more so we seek out the artist's other works to peruse and their reasons for painting them - and in so doing we learn of the life of another human being. And although that person may live in a different culture or even different time frame from us, there is a unique connection already established, if only tenuous at first, but one which grows steadily as each studied painting personally resonates within us.
"Boundless" by Gillian St George
8 x 8 matted to 12 x 12
Acrylic on Arches Paper
Click HERE for price and shipping details - Many thanks!
Thanks for stopping by!
Gillian
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"or we become curious and drawn in and the relationship begins. We study the first piece but then find we want to know and see and experience more so we seek out the artist's other works to peruse and their reasons for painting them - and in so doing we learn of the life of another human being."
Yup!
So glad to have met you through your art!
"Boundless" teases me. I start walking into it. Something about it—what, pray tell?—takes me back to an April school vacation week in 1967. I had a cold but I'd decided, bah! No cold was stopping me! And off I went with friends to hang out at Seeley's Pond in Watchung Reservation for a chilly afternoon, turning a few cartwheels while there.
But, then, I discover that's not where I am.
I am walking into the pure mystery of Memory itself, not into any one particular specific isolated remembered experience.
I thank you for the opportunity!
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