Tomma Abts

Abts is again expanding my knowledge of being able to use geometric abstraction whilst blending colours and using light and dark to make an image appear 3d.

Below is 'Stilf' (1999) -

For all the colours she has used are very dark and gloomy; the vibrant greens and yellows in the lines she has used are very appealing, a very simple painting but very effective.

With only a few lines and very limited paint she has created a piece which I imagine face to face would look very 3D and high tech.

Currently looking into background colours and how it reacts; I really enjoy the scratchy brushstrokes of the Grey background contracting with the perfect yet highlighted and shaded lines.

Lines have always been an important idea in my work, whether it be creating a shape or drawing the viewers eye throughout forms and shapes. In my work I am always still interested in organic imagery, working with flowers and vines; this piece to me looks quite organic and almost twig like. I don't paticularly like looking for clues within paintings and I like to take things for face value however the colours used and the twisting turns of the vine almost looks like a forest or a tree with greens and yellows and browns.

On the other hand the geometric abstraction side looks like a map, again bringing attention to the composition; the eye of the viewer is led throughout the whole painting with depth.