A small intoduction to my blog. Lilabstracts is all about art, things that interests me and a series of smallish abstract paintings, all sized 405mm x 405mm, hence the name "lilabstracts".
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Glenn Brown was born in Northumberland, England in 1966. He studied at Norwich School of Art, the Bath College of Higher Education, then Goldsmith's College, London. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000. His work has been the subject of numerous...
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Surrealism in art utilizes numerous unique techniques to provide inspiration. Many of these are said to free imagination by producing a creative process free of conscious control. The importance of the sub conscious as a source of inspiration is central...
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The painter had an older brother who died 9 months before Salvador Dali's own birth, and his parents treated him very much as a reincarnation of the first, dressing him in the dead brother's clothes, etc. This may well have helped from certain aspects...
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Picasso's name - Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remodios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad - honours various godparents, relatives and Saints. At the end of this string of names, came Ruiz and Picasso the first, as is...
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Abstract art is difficult. It is difficult in the sense that it requires artistic discipline, knowledge and a certain amount of expertise in painting techniques, usually acquired through training in more formal aspects of art. Abstract art does promise...
An idea I’ve been playing around with for my next series is adding anatomy sketches of insects, lizards & humans to my abstract art. The technique I’m going to use will let the sketches become part of the abstract shapes and colours of the painting! They...
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“Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colours, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.” Wassily Kandinsky: One...
My name is Adri Botha and I’m based in Cape Town, South Africa. My art is a true extension of myself a free flowing energy within ever changing and moving forward. An emotional landscape captured on canvas using rich colours, texture and shape. I find...
