Art and artful compositions.

I took a stroll in a carpark and saw Mark Rothko on the ground.

Rothko was a prolific, daring Russian-American artist of the mid 20th century. I often am split between my love and distaste for abstract art; what more is there to it than a bunch of colors and lines slathered on a canvas? Rothko changed this viewpoint of mine.


The artist in Paris.

The mesmerizing effect of walking into an empty gallery space, confronted with a larger-than-life canvas, creates an emotional experience through color and texture. When I noticed similar prints on a floor, I realized once again the importance of placement, framing, and scale of an artwork.

Sure, there's always the temptation to scoff: "Oh abstract art, I can do that; ridculous how expensive this thing is."

Which is perhaps true; I mean, we even create artistic looking things without intention!  However, the je ne sais quois of a great master's works, remains just that: a mystery.  Stirring emotion out of the mundane.  That is what makes abstract art beautiful.