[Lazamataz]

What people don’t realize is that the best abstract artists have excellent drawing skills, a finely honed sense of composition, and a deep understanding of the workings of color. Most abstract artists have the ability to draw a perfectly rendered rose or a realistic portrait, but they choose not to. Instead they choose to express their creativity by creating a visual experience that is more free and unencumbered by the weight of objects.

What rot.

[glenduh]

Laz, that is not nice. I paint to eat. American flags (standard, LEO, fireman, historical), poetry, vintage advertisements and historical political cartoons such as “Join, or die.”, special orders on salvaged wood. Requires some talent; i.e., drawing, design, composition, color, refinishing tecniques. BUT my love is large scale original abstract oil paintings on canvas. I start with something and remove reality but retain the emotion. Much harder to do but when successful they fetch much more money.

[miss marmelstein]

No, that’s true. Most artists have to conquer basic drawing and drafting skills before they can branch out into more avant garde forms. You can see that in the early work of Picasso. Now, Pollack didn’t have great technique apparently but was able to turn his lack of skill into a virtue. His amazing ability to just launch paint on large canvases exactly where he wanted them to go are feats in and of themselves. This can be seen to wonderful effect in the movie about his life starring Ed Harris.

Quite interesting and not to everyone’s taste.