Alien landscape 3

Acrylic on MDF board 49x90cm. Completed 26th July 2010.

This is the third in a series of Alien landscapes. Contemporary abstract painting is varied, and there is a wide range of approaches and techniques. The painting could be a minimalist work with something as simple as one color or it could be a riot of colors, shapes like the above painting. I greatly prefer complex, chaotic and totally abstract painting. It could be a view similar to what we see in satellite photo’s or it could be a typical view of a landscape full of flowers. That’s entirely dependent on your own perception.

Alien landscape 2

Acrylic on MDF board. 90x60cm. Completed September 2005.

This is the second in a series of Alien landscapes. It could be a view similar to what we see in satellite photo’s or it could be a typical view of a landscape. An artist who seeks to make ultra contemporary abstract paintings should look to subject matter to inspire them that is – ‘way out there’. So when I started this one I intended to create a view of an alien city that is full of life. It’s not unlike our cities here on earth with their vertical architecture, but it is considerably more organic in it’s construction.

Contemporary abstract paintings are often riduculed by the general public. That’s fine by me – I get a great deal of enjoyment out of flicking, spilling, dropping and brushing on the acrylic paint. The emotion and concepts behind the alien series of paintings are strangeness, uniqueness and beauty. If someone doesn’t see what I had in mind as an artist, when trying to create such an artwork, and see’s something completely different then that is fantastic. A totally abstract paintings meaning is entirely dependent on your own perception.

Alien landscape 1

Acrylic on MDF board. 90x60cm. Completed June 2005. Private collection.

This is a contemporary abstract painting of an alien landscape. Because I see it as such doesn’t mean you will too. It could be a ballet lesson full of pretty young girls to another person. That’s the beauty of total abstraction. For me it’s similar to a satellite photo of a planetary surface. Paintings such as this are princpally about beauty more than anything else.

I am greatly influenced by Jackson Pollock and Jean-Paul Riopelle, who were both prominent artists of the mid-twentieth century.