Often we forget what the term Abstract Oil Paintings really means, what it refers to. There is a strong tendency to generalize the meaning of art and many feel that art simply equates to a pretty picture and for most of us that’s the extent of it. Or, on the other hand, if an artist is adept at faithfully copying an image from nature, he is considered an artist.

But, the real artist, creating realart, identifies a core attribute or characteristic of a scene or the message they wish to convey and presents that to the viewer. This is the process of abstraction. This is true for all great art, from the cave paintings of Lascaux to the Byzantine era, from Rembrandt to da Vinci, from Bourguereau to Monet, from Constable to Warhol.

Art is not simply a pretty picture, nor is it skillfully painting what we see, but rather a creative communication of feelings and emotions unachievable by documents of fact nor by a faithful reproduction. I strongly contend that art is the means by which we communicate emotion and feeling, in contrast to the cold hard facts.

In some art circles today, abstract art has become like a four-letter word, some even calling it a conspiracy. But one must realize that even with figurative and landscape art, the most profound and moving works are such because of the creativity of the artist, involving either artistic use of color, brushwork, edges are the masterful use of tone.

So in my assessment, the spirit of Abstract Expressionism is alive and well. Furthermore, I believe Abstract Expressionism to be the purest form of visual art in that the core directive of Abstract Expressionism is mirrored by the primary definition of art itself. Art is creative expression and the most effective method of expressing emotion is by the process of abstraction. Cold hard realism simply will not do.

All great art is due to the abstraction process. The goal of abstract art is to communicate the intangible, that which eludes the photograph and normal seeing.

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