When people look at abstract art and go “uh I could make that”
Fuck, I wish you would!
I wish you would let this inspire you. I wish that seeing a piece of abstract art would move you to self expression.
I wish you would go to the craft store, buy a cheap canvas and some cheap paint and let yourself play with color and form just to see if you can.
I wish that there were more amateur painters, trying their hand at geometric abstraction and color field painting. That would be so fucking cool.
“I could make that” should be a joyous revelation, not a snarky dismissal.
You could make that? Holy shit. please. Please make that.
- Jack Bush
- Kenneth Noland
- Piet Mondraine
- Pat Lipsky
- Joan Mitchell
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Kikuo Saito
- Marilyn Kirsch
- Mark Rothko
- Adolph Gottlieb
Putting the original back at the top of the dash.
Let art inspire art.
You could do that. You could. You should try. It’ll be fun.
