Rational Abstract Art

                                                                          Introduction          A comet in ancient times appeared to come out of nowhere.  So also does talent or inventiveness -- or even accomplishment where it had not been seen before.  Out of Nowhere was the title of a show of the works of Jeremy Moon presented by the British artist Neil Clements at the Peer Gallery in East London in 2016.          Inspiration in abstract art does not come from observation of a scene.  It comes from the artist's inventiveness, hence in a sense --- out of nowhere.  We modify that by admitting that abstract artists must do much experimenting.  Please see our first painting by Moon.  He is clai...

                                                                 Impasto                                                         Introduction            There was a time when painters didn't want to show brush marks. They applied paint in thin layers, even to the point, near the end, applying thin transparent subtle layers of color called glazes.             Vincent Van Gogh applied paint in the opposite fashion.  One of his self portraits shows him holding a palette in his left hand together with a handful of same size somewhat small brushes.  As you loo...

                                           Letter Art          We will look now at two kinds of art made with letters --- text art then large letter art.  In them the appearance is primary-- that is, for its own sake -- and the message is absent or secondary.         For comparison, please recall that   in word art, seen previously, it is just the reverse, the message is primary and the appearance is secondary.                              Texts Used to make Patterns                                      Jose Vera Matos        The Peruvian artist Jose Vera Matos transcribes philosophical texts by hand. The texts discuss how colonia...