Today on campus, I had a chance to nourish my artistic soul by buying an original painting by Tony B. Conscious, the Ghetto Van-Go. He introduced his unique “Fly Dye Art” in 2004. He uses acrylic paint, stencils and glitter in a style that’s a combination of graffiti art, airbrushing and tie dye. Tony had a […]
Today I had a fantastic opportunity to see my favorite Jackson Pollock painting, “No. 1, 1949,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The MOCA (across the street from the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, seen in the photos below) is running an exhibit featuring a wide variety of other contemporary American artists, including Lee Krasner (Pollock’s wife), Andy Warhol, Franz Kline, Robert […]
I’ve become a real fan of abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollock. His vision and technique have so intrigued me, that I started experimenting on a canvas in my own backyard. It was much more difficult than I expected and took several days to complete each painting, but finally I was able to create a couple of […]
I’ve always enjoyed abstract art because no one can tell you what you’re supposed to see in it; you simply determine that for yourself. I remember when I was a little kid, a huge abstract painting hung over the sofa in our family room. I insisted that it was a painting of a white wolf […]
