Catherine Carilli - Abstract Painter

 Humans have made non-objective art since they first drew pictures in the dirt.  Abstract designs have existed in Western culture in many contexts. In abstract art a distinction is made between making a pattern as in decorative arts and  creating fine art which expresses our unique and also similar human feelings and ideas through color, form, and a variety of media. In abstraction, a painting is an object of thoughtful contemplation in its own right. 

Artists who pursue abstraction are often  viewed as  revolutionary such as Picasso and Kandinsky. These artists  express the aspirations, imaginings and emotions of the people, using non-objectve art as communication. I am inspired by some of the Abstract Expressionists and Color Field Painters such as: Ellsworth Kelly, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann , Joan Mitchell and Pat Steir . Although they were at times inspired by myth, figuration, architecture, and nature , they also achieved a sublime essence within their art. Twenty first century abstract painters continue this quest such as Gerhard Richter  and Pat Steir.