Simplicity

£490

This Abstract Painting

I use three main tools when I create my acrylic abstract paintings, a palette knife, a brush and/or my hands. Each tool creates a completely different feeling and effect. In this painting,

I used my favourite palette knife to spread and work with acrylic paints. Proper use of a palette knife for painting can create amazing and stunning effects.

I like to use a palette knife to build acrylic paints on top of each other without really and fully mixing the paints. I call it folding the paints.

Have a look at the main images of these blog posts: What is Abstract Art, How Can Art Therapy Help Mental Heath, and Abstract Art Makes No Sense.

I used 6 different colours in this abstract painting, but it may seem like more colours in the painting. With 6 colours you can mix a great number of other colours and shades.

For example, there are at least 4 shades of black and 4 others of white. I think you get the picture.

It is a busy painting with many colours and shapes, but the dominant colours are the earthy colours that can bring us comfort and assurance.

It is the beginning of perhaps Autumn, a new season. A new season could also mean a new beginning.

There is optimism and hope. Life is beautiful despite other appearances.

There is stability and power from black, energy and attention from red and simplicity of white. A great balance and harmony.

But, it’s like any work of art, it is all about expression – the artist and, equally important, the viewer. What emotions or feelings does the painting evoke? No two people would have the same views about the same painting.

You make up your meanings and your feelings of what you want to see and feel. That is really my biggest reward for creating a non-representational acrylic abstract painting.