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abstract art Archives - Original Oil Paintings by Michael A. Wilson https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/tag/abstract-art/ Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:41:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Essence of Color https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essence-of-color/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=essence-of-color https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essence-of-color/#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:18:51 +0000 https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=1757 We have come to understand that in the pursuit of good design we often place the symphony of pure color in second place.  I am reminded of Tubular Bells by Oldfield and how fascinating the relatively simple patterns he creates stir us so deeply.  Essence of color in painting comes when we begin to place […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essence-of-color/feed/ 2 Developing Concepts https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/developing-concepts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-concepts https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/developing-concepts/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2017 04:28:54 +0000 https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=1745 What can be more fundamental in any artistic endeavor than developing concepts?  This represents the beginning, the essential kernel that spawns the artistic project.  However I feel that artists are stymied when their concept (however it is conceived) is not fully developed, either emotionally or visually in the case of the visual painter.  All of […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/developing-concepts/feed/ 0 Visualizing Abstract Art Projects https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/visualizing-abstract-art-projects/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visualizing-abstract-art-projects https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/visualizing-abstract-art-projects/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:29:54 +0000 https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=1741 Visualizing abstract art projects is the essential first step in creating a painting.  Visualizing (or developing a concept) is the process of creating a basic construct of the painting in your mind.  Through practice this process can become a more natural and less forced mental effort.  We all realize how incessant our mental activity is […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/visualizing-abstract-art-projects/feed/ 0 The Purpose in Drawing https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/the-purpose-in-drawing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-purpose-in-drawing https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/the-purpose-in-drawing/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:03:53 +0000 http://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=687 The very first step in the creation of art is most often the simple sketch. When the drawing is efficient, perceptive, decisively created, then the drawing gives the piece a good chance of success. The purpose in drawing lies in the process of the discovery of essential form. It is suggested by a very well […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/the-purpose-in-drawing/feed/ 0 The Essential Purpose of Art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essential-purpose-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=essential-purpose-art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essential-purpose-art/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2017 04:00:27 +0000 http://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=684 I truly cannot remember any of my art professors discuss the essential purpose of art. It would seem vital to an art education – a young student venturing in to the field of art, to understand where they are going and for what purpose. They have chosen to express themselves as artists and so, it […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/essential-purpose-art/feed/ 0 Why buy Abstract Art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/buy-abstract-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buy-abstract-art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/buy-abstract-art/#respond Sun, 26 Feb 2017 14:29:07 +0000 http://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=682 When it comes time to decorate your home or office, the question will inevitably come up – why buy abstract art? Millennials especially are looking for more adventurous art, bold forms and larger art that enlivens an interior. Prosaic landscapes and still life paintings, though charming lack the dynamism that an abstract piece carries. There […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/buy-abstract-art/feed/ 0 Symbols in abstract art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/symbols-abstract-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=symbols-abstract-art https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/symbols-abstract-art/#respond Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:46:43 +0000 http://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=568 Shapes will often take on the aspect of symbols in abstract art.  Even without conscious effort or design, certain shapes will naturally morph themselves in to often meaningful symbols. I have often felt in Kandinsky’s work that the triangle often meant the ‘man-made’ whereas the circle related more to the universal and the organic.  The […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/symbols-abstract-art/feed/ 0 Re-working Your Oil Painting https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/re-working-your-oil-painting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=re-working-your-oil-painting https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/re-working-your-oil-painting/#respond Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:15:41 +0000 http://fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=507 There are some die-hard art critics, and artists who consider it taboo when it comes to re-working your oil painting.  Somehow they think it renders the painting impure, as if it compromises the initial inspiration.  Personally I think this is absurd. Re-working your oil painting is a vital, important step in the completion of your […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/re-working-your-oil-painting/feed/ 0 BEGINNING ABSTRACT OIL PAINTINGS https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/beginning-abstract-oil-paintings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beginning-abstract-oil-paintings https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/beginning-abstract-oil-paintings/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2015 20:39:42 +0000 http://fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=455 For over four centuries all of art representation was figurative and scenic.  It was highly formulaic and it was not considered ‘good’ art if brush strokes were detected.  All of this thankfully changed during the French Impressionist period.  The range of subject matter increased dramatically and now brush strokes became not only visible but seemed […]

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]]> https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/beginning-abstract-oil-paintings/feed/ 0 HOW TO STOP PAINTING https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/how-to-stop-painting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-stop-painting https://www.fabulousoilpaintings.com/how-to-stop-painting/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2015 04:01:34 +0000 http://fabulousoilpaintings.com/?p=443 Now there’s a catchy title for an Article, ‘How to stop painting’.  We have all seen those 18″ x 24″ paintings so completely overworked that the very life has been drubbed out of the piece.  There is no vitality because the artist had no conception of when to stop but just kept daubing on.  Knowing […]

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