Abstract Oil Paintings: Their Deeper Meaning

Abstract oil paintings are not really merely a collage of colors with
pointless patterns and shapes. There are actually much deeper
definitions of each paintings done - even if you can only see colors
and irrecognizeable shapes. When yougo outside of the colors and
shapes, you will notice what it suggests. Well, it may not be the same
meaning as it is for the artist, but you will have a link to the work
of art as you study it. It just means that each and every artwork
offers various interpretations.
Let us take for an example the works of the artists Mark Rothko and
Ellsworth Kelly. They are the experts of colors. They first presented
the the so called color-field works which is now well known - the vast
areas of empty color spaces on their paintings. This will give a
feeling of calmnessand peacefulness to a busy setting. It was like a
breath of fresh air when you see their artwork. It does not have the
splashes of color that most of the abstract paintings have. There is
asense of quietness that can slow down any intermittent thinking.
With regards to shapes and patterns, there are the abstract
oilpaintings of Jackson Pollock, Howard Hodgkin and Peter Lanyon. When
you try to study their artworks, those will convince your mind to
think and analyze. Hodgkin style is like puzzles in a canvas and it
will surely take a viewer sometime to take their eyes away from it.
But for the reason that there are only very few defined areas on the
paintings, some experts may seem to find them as empty of meaning or
no meaning at all. Butthere are also some that may think that their
paintings are rich with meaning, you just have to see deeper than the
shapes and patterns.
This only means that no one meaning can be made in an artwork. Some
may have positive response but there are still othersthat may think
negatively. It will just be stimulated on their way of thinking or
their current sense of thinking. You may take a splash ofred in a
canvas, some may think of it as blood or danger, but somewill think of
it as love and power. Every thing is just based mostly on the
condition of mind of the viewer. Everyone should take into
consideration these information ifthey decides to buy oil paintings,
especially for delicate areas like schools, conference rooms and
office.