I’m looking at/studying a book called Abstract America right now. I’m intrigued by abstraction, but find it very difficult to pull off.
After taking in the color and composition of a painting within a book, the next consideration I’m drawn to is size.
It’s hard to experiment with abstraction without a wealth of materials: paper, canvas, paint, a generous studio.
Eventually, I get to the intellectual content of a painting. The emotional impact holds a bigger sway over me.
Elizabeth Neel, Sucked Up, 2005
oil on canvas
46x58