Art

When starting my research on an artist I would like to present, I entered "artist abstract" into Google - and this is what came out of it:

http://abstractartist.com/

I'm really into that site from the first moment I opened it! It gives a really good overview over all different types of abstract art during showing you the different artists with their works.

As it is really difficult for me to decide which of the artists I like the best, I decided just to present several one shortly with my favorite pictures of them.

The first one I was really impressed by is Hilary Winfield:

She's an artist originally from Washington, North Carolina, who lives now in Portland, Oregon, for 10 years. She get's her inspiration from the elements of the environment and from nature itself. Her pictures really remind me of Mark Rothko's work as she got many pictures with horizontal block stripes in different colors like these ones:

another artist a found who does similar drawings is Erin Ashley. He also get's inspired by nature as you see in this quotation:

"I love how mother nature has this way to age things in the most wonderful ways, like the colors of a flower pot that has been left outside in the elements for years or an old door that shows distress, and the beauty that comes through behind every layer. I begin my work without any preconceived ideas at all what the finished work is going to look like. I like the idea of each painting being a journey, ending at a beautiful destination. My paintings are made using many layers of texture and paint. Sometimes I find myself using just my hands to create a painting while other times using an array of different untraditional tools."

For me this quotation is really interesting because he also talks about his way of working - and as I draw paintings myself at home I  can identify with what he says and love his metaphor about each painting being a journey.

These are some of his paintings, they are all done in the same style but still they are all unique and seem to tell different stories and emotions:

His style is a little less linear than the one of Winfield and the transition between the colors is softer, while in the whole Winfileds paintings are a little more rough.

I didn't know about his art but I really have to say that I'm totally in to his work, this assignment really made me having one new favorite artist. For this reason I will post some more of his pictures, like these ones:

If there was any opportunity for me to paint here I would start immediately, but I think I will have to wait until I get back home. But then I'm sure I will paint a lot as I am so inspired by Ashley's style and technique now!