The great thing about creating abstracts is that there are no rules to follow. Yes, you still have to stick to painting rules, but the only rules, as far as the subject goes, are the ones in your head. I find it good to have some thoughts as a structural basis for what I want to express but these ideas don’t need to be rigid. I find with my abstracts, they can change & develop as the painting progresses through various stages.

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Creating abstract work is a good time to experiment with hues that you wouldn’t necessarily use together in a figurative work. Boundaries can be pushed, bent, squeezed & shrunk to achieve what you want to present to the viewer.

Abstract work is not an excuse for just slapping anything on the painting surface in a haphazard way. It seems that some people think painting an abstract is easy & requires no skill. Of course anyone can paint an abstract as by definition it can be anything that “does not attempt to represent external reality”. This of course doesn’t mean it will be classed as a work of art. Abstracts shouldn’t be an excuse for art, they should be part of the reason for art.

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