Abstract art.

Im not a *huge* fan of abstract art. Mostly because it is too ... well... abstract.

I generally like art that is at most, only slightly abstract. It doesnt have to be photorealistic. In fact, a good comprehensive style goes a long way for me. (aka - construct a believable and consistent world for me, and I will probably forgive anything you dont do *realistically*).

 

But occasionally, extra abstraction lights up my brainwaves.

Here is an example or two.

 

From Reed Danziger:

 

 

 

 

 

One of the things I like about #10 is that it really does give me the sense of an explosion. Of particles. Of some random in the organized method of things.

The best part about #13 is how it clearly shows the raw *power* of selective color useage. Since so much of it is based in greyscale, the blue undertone in all 3 middle bursts is intensely pronounced. And the subtle gradient across patters leads into the deep red at the bottom very nicely. Your eye gets there and wonders why this section didnt just *jump* out at you. And you become novelly confused as you amble back into the rest of the piece. Its very ... good use of eye movement. Amazing.

 

And something a bit more obscure...

 

Dennis Brady from Brady Fractals :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fractals are amazing. They have always intrgued me to no end, due to their inherent mathmatical and artistic nature. Being interested in both growing up, made me fall instantly in love with fractals from the first time I saw them. There is something so ... je ne sais quoi about it all.

But even better was the story behind Dennis Brady's work.

I met him and chatted with him at a local show in the University District. He was quite a nice conversational fellow. And I asked him some questions about his stuff.

He lit up like a fiery sky when he talked about it. You could hear how passionate he was about math. And you could *feel* his discovery about how he found fractals to be the missing link betwen his beloved math world, and the artist inside of him that coveted the act of creation. The way he spoke about it all just mesmerized me.

His work is not pure fractals. He actually generates a lot of the fractal patterns with formulas. Then he puts the generated output together in a photoshop-like program. This is where his art side gets to speak. He layers, edits, tweaks, and speaks through a mashed up language of fractals.

I love it.

 

This is also why I own Little Red Feet and Snowy Ridge.

But it was so hard to choose those over some of the others shown here.

 

 

Hope you enjoy. And if you do, stop by the websites and show the artists some lovin :)