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.