http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/02/23/the-abstract-language/ a blog for painting, abstraction, and contemporary art for artists and art lovers Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/02/23/the-abstract-language/#comment-10 Gordon Fraser Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:40:39 +0000 http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/02/23/the-abstract-language/#comment-10 True not all representational work is dead. Titian, Rembrandt, Mary Cassatt and countless others have created moving and powerful paintings. But they have done so by activating the surface, using the same principals of overlapping shapes and forms, rich brush strokes, etc. and not slavishly following the rules of linear perspective. True not all representational work is dead. Titian, Rembrandt, Mary Cassatt and countless others have created moving and powerful paintings. But they have done so by activating the surface, using the same principals of overlapping shapes and forms, rich brush strokes, etc. and not slavishly following the rules of linear perspective.

]]> http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/02/23/the-abstract-language/#comment-8 Jimmy McDonough Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:54:37 +0000 http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/02/23/the-abstract-language/#comment-8 Abstract paintings can be seen as a meditation on something you saw or felt or a combination of the two or more. All representational paintings aren't dead think of Titian and Caravaggio. With the invention of the camera, there just really isn't a need for realistic painting unless you are looking for a fancy souvenir of a place visited or portrait. I have heard a lot of people who are studying realism aspire to become portrait painters. Non representational paintings are a lot more fun to paint than a picture of some old crusty judge or rich bitch. Abstract paintings can be seen as a meditation on something you saw or felt or a combination of the two or more. All representational paintings aren’t dead think of Titian and Caravaggio. With the invention of the camera, there just really isn’t a need for realistic painting unless you are looking for a fancy souvenir of a place visited or portrait. I have heard a lot of people who are studying realism aspire to become portrait painters. Non representational paintings are a lot more fun to paint than a picture of some old crusty judge or rich bitch.

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