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| Composition VI ~ 1913 |
- On the right, a mountain top painted blue around the edges and the inside yellow.
- A stringed musical instrument.
- On the far right toward the top, two eyes.
- Long, thinly-shaped triangles.
- Vibrant bold colors, dark brown dominating the painting.
- On the bottom right I see an embryo inside a womb, a bib and a baby's shoe. On the very bottom center, three baby bottles.....indicating birth....perhaps the birth of the new style of abstract art.
- An active volcano near the top left, eliciting powerful change, destruction?
- A small shape that looks like a human hand. Can you find it?
- A sleeve and an arm.
Before diving into this abstract adventure, I didn't know what to think when I looked at a piece of abstract art. I've learned that rather than trying to figure out what the painting looks like, I can allow the painting to draw me into it. It is offering me emotional response, sensations, possibly even awakening memories. Abstract art allows my eyes to travel around the piece without expecting to see any one particular thing, but rather it presents itself without expectations. I can study the colors, the forms, and how shapes interact with each other. Let the painting speak as we look and listen.
Abstract art isn't easy to grasp, like a representational painting of a landscape, person(s) or a still life. We don't have to feel like our opinion might be wrong, because there is no right or wrong. It's a freeing form of art that allows every individual to see what he/she sees, and every person will react differently.....just as Our Creator created us.
