Biggest inspiration of this semester

Since it is almost the end of the semester and nothing has been said much about this great artist I thought I should write about who has inspired me most throughout the making of my work; Piet Mondiran, the co founder of the De Stijil movement and lover of primary colours.

My obsession with his work came about when my eyes were highly appreciative of how his older work (futurism) took forms and created objects from the simple shapes, "He simplified the subjects of his paintings down to the most basic elements, in order to reveal the essence of the mystical energy in the balance of forces that governed nature and the universe." - theartstory.org

The painting above is 'The Gray tree' 1912 oil on canvas.

My interest in his work intrigued me into taking out a few books from the library to find out more, I then came across some of his later work where Mondrian focuses on only horozontal or vertical lines and

using only primary colours and 'non colours' (black and white and grey). Below is a painting called 'Composition of coloured panels' 1917 showing how his work develops into a slightly cubist nature, disregarding vertical and curved lines and going to very basic qualities, below this painting is 'composition 2 red blue and yellow' 1930 I love the composition and the use of basic colour yet how it can make such a difference, I thought I would put my own spin on the De Stijil fundamentals by using diagonal lines and triangles rather than squares and rectangles.